Monday, January 28, 2019
9:30 am - 10:20 am
247 Hesburgh Library, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship
Python is a very popular programming language for text mining and natural language processing.
The Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK) is a very popular suite of Python modules making the process of text mining easier.
This workshop is an introduction to the NLTK and will demonstrate some of its functionality. You will leave with a working knowledge of Python and exposure to the inner workings of the NLTK.
Please bring your own computer or borrow a laptop from the Circulation desk.
Open to all graduate and undergraduate students, postdocs, faculty and staff.
Digital Initiatives Librarian
emorgan@nd.edu
Eric Morgan is the Digital Initiatives Librarian in the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship. His current work focuses on assisting faculty and students with text mining and analysis. Though his work involves extensive computing expertise, Eric considers himself to be a librarian first, and a computer user second. His professional goal is to discover new ways to use computers to provide better library service. His research interests have included information retrieval, expert systems, and automated personalization.
MIS, 1987, Drexel University; B.A. Philosophy, 1982, Bethany College
For more information: http://www.nd.edu/~emorgan/
Julie Vecchio
Interim Co-Director, Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship
250I Hesburgh Library
