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Dec 12, 2020
A truly great course, focuses on the details you need, at a good pace, building up the foundations needed before relying more heavily on libraries an abstractions (which I assume will follow).
Dec 2, 2020
A neatly organized course introducing the students to basics of Processing text data, learning word embedding and most importantly on how to interpret the word embedding. Great Job!!
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Oct 27, 2021
Thank you!
创建者 Mohamed S•
Oct 10, 2020
I loved it
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Nov 15, 2020
Good One
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Mar 22, 2021
I'm a master/graduate student who took an NLP course in Uni.
I think that overall this is a very a good introduction to the topic. Some concepts are really well explained - in a simple manner and with a lot of jupyter-lab code to experiment with.
In general in this specialization - the first 3 courses are good. There are some quirks (e.g. why Lukas is needed at all? He doesn't really teaches, just passes it on to Younes) but nevertheless I learned from it. And I think they have good value in them.
The 4th one, however, is completely disappointing. First 2 "weeks" are confusing, not really well explained, but somewhat "bearable". The last 2 weeks are complete sham. They claim to teach "BERT" and "T5" but don't really give any value. You're better off going elsewhere to learn these concepts.
If it wasn't for this, I would give the overall experience a 5 stars, but because of this, I think the overall is more like 3 or 4.
创建者 Eloy S•
Jun 29, 2021
Es bastante completo, y en general, claro; salvo un detalle: explica demasiado superficialmente PCA, pero luego para la tarea hay que implementarlo manualmente. También tiene algunos bugs desde hace meses a pesar de haber sido reportados con solución. Además, las lecturas posteriores a los videos a veces son escuetas y le hacen falta algunos diagramas que se ven en el video (conviene sacar capturas de los videos para tomar nota).
It is quite complete, and generally speaking very clear, except PCA: it's covered only superficially but it is required to implement by hand on the assignment. Also it has some unsolved bugs since several months ago, despite they were reported with solutions. Also, the readings after the videos are sometimes narrow and lack of some diagrams shown on the videos (it is useful to take screenshots to take notes).
创建者 Nima M•
Nov 6, 2020
The content of the course was really interesting an engaging. But the assignments mostly only helped in understanding the details of the algorithms and processes. It would have been nice to get to learn how to use state of the art libraries, which would've been more practical. Although, in fairness, anybody who completes this course should be able to make use of off-the-shelf libraries. Another point was that when the instructor was narrating the slides, his intonation was occasionally a bit off, making me lose track of the subject and having to re-listen few times.
创建者 Yen S L•
Sep 7, 2020
Good for the basics of NLP. Good mix of examples from classical NLP (e.g. n-grams) and neural nets (e.g. embeddings). As usual from deeplearning.ai, great motivating examples such as autocorrect and autocomplete to help us understand the materials. The neural net examples could do with more equations as in other deeplearning.ai courses.
创建者 Shantimohan E•
Dec 11, 2021
The quiz for week 1 contains topics from week 4. It has not been changed in 2 weeks that I was on this course. Except for this lacuna everything else was very nice. The course is well structured and the assignments made me to think and revise the course material thoroughly. In a nutshell this was an excellent course.
创建者 Mares B•
Dec 2, 2020
Thank you for the Lecture. I enjoyed it a lot! One thing I did not like too much was reading aloud and fast complex equations. I got distracted a lot when that happened. Also the Grade of the programming assignment is very slow and some additional verification of the programming task would be helpful.
创建者 Anatoly L•
Dec 4, 2021
There is a confusion in week 1 practical quiz. It seems that this task from week 4. There are conusions in contests but in general this is good course, because we come through the program from simple to difficult tasks and make necessary computings and functions from libriaries from scratch.
创建者 Kostyantyn B•
Oct 18, 2020
A good course overall. I wish the assignments were a bit more challenging though. Still, we have covered a lot of ground. And for those who know nothing about the word embeddings, I think this would be a perfect first course to take. So all in all, time well spent.
创建者 James P•
Sep 17, 2020
I found the course really helped to reinforce my understanding about importants concepts like n-grams, HMMs and word embeddings. The labs are pretty well spread out, and by the time you get to the week-ending assignments, you have all the info you need to complete.
创建者 vijaya k e•
Feb 3, 2022
It will benefit if we can apply the knowledge at work while learning. Fourmulas in videos, readings and assignments are sometimes different. There is almost no help in community forum if we are stuck with assignmernts. It helps if we get help from TAs.


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Manning led otherwise. But each every now and then, he'd get a wild hair and hit the workforce with an impactful speech. He selected his spots.
On Tuesday, following the Giants' sixth coaching camp follow, Manning selected a spot. He delivered a robust and motivational message to the present group of gamers.
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A rigorous numerical model of the diffusion-controlled peritectoid transformation based on the isoconcentration contour migration method is presented here. The model is capable of considering the concentration dependence of diffusivity in the participating phases. The predictions from the model show an encouraging agreement with the experimentally determined peritectoid kinetics in the Zr-Al system and dissolution kinetics in the Ni-Mo diffusion couple. An extensive parametric study through the…
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NBA AM: Jamal Crawford – A Case Study
It's not that Jamal Crawford wants out, it's about the changing economic landscape of the NBA… It's not always about being cheap; sometime other factors play a role in spending in the NBA.
Jamal Crawford – A Case Study: In 2012, Jamal Crawford opted out of the final year of his contract with the Portland Trail Blazers hoping to secure a market value long-term deal. At the time, the expectation was that Crawford had played himself into the $8-$10 million per year range, however the market wasn't nearly as kind to Crawford as expected. Ultimately, Crawford settled into a four-year, $25 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers.
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Crawford is slated to earn $5.675 million this season. To put that into perspective, the mid-level salary cap exception is $5.464 million. To further illustrate that number's value, consider that new Milwaukee Bucks guard Greivis Vasquez is set to earn $6.6 million and new Detroit Pistons center Aron Baynes is set to earn $6.5 million next season.
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Much has been made about Crawford's recent comments on social media. He was recently asked about being a free agents and his response was "I wish…" and while it's easy to frame that as Crawford wanting out from the Clippers, it may be more about the frustration of where his contract value is at compared to what the market would pay him.
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The Realities Of Sports: I want to share a little accepted fact about sports, specifically the NBA: It's a business.
I know, that's hard to believe, but at the end of the day – like every business – there is money that comes in the door and money that goes out the door. And, in the end, some business make more cash than others.
This is true in all of sports – what's different is the number of zeroes in the equation.
Sports teams have owners, or at least face guys that we call owners, but the truth is that while virtually every team in pro sports may have a primary backer, they have usually lowered their own risk with minority investors. Teams are almost never owned as a personal asset, rather they are corporations or limited liability constructs designed to allow several people to put money on the table.
This becomes important on a number of fronts. The biggest being that it is nearly impossible for an owner to simply dig into his pocket and spend more of his own cash. It's a popular narrative to say Dallas' Mark Cuban "is a billionaire, he'll just pay it." The truth is Cuban has partners and digging into his own pocket becomes complicated. What usually happens is teams either reallocate money internally (cutting cost on one side to meet the cash needs on another) or they take on a little debt in one year and offset it with profits in another year.
This becomes material when talking about Luxury Tax and how some teams have managed it.
For the most part, the Collective Bargaining Agreement, specifically the salary cap, is designed so that if you stay at or near the cap a team should turn a profit. For most teams, if they stay under the Luxury Tax, they should turn a profit for all but the smallest of markets.
The teams that pay tax are likely just at the profit line or are losing money.
This is important to understand in the grand scheme of a partnership.
For years the Chicago Bulls have carried the label of being "cheap," mainly because they have traded away key players that could have helped the team in the postseason to avoid paying tax. This is confounding because Chicago is a major market and does very well financially. So this isn't the case of not being able to afford it, the revenue is there.
What often gets overlooked about the Bulls is the elaborate ownership structure in place in Chicago. Jerry Reinsdorf is the chairman and primary decision maker, but his group of investors includes more than 29 people owning various shares, so it's not just as simple as Reinsdorf paying the bill. Like most businesses, the Bulls operate on a defined budget and every year that budget gets evaluated and adjusted based on needs.
It's easy to toss around the "cheap" label, especially when other ownership groups will pay more and more money to compete while teams like Chicago cut costs that may have cost them talent or more importantly wins. However, that's not always accurate.
The problem in calling a team that spends $70-$80 million a year cheap is simply one of perception. Because others are doing it, the Bulls should do it, but what's left out of the commentary is the why. There is no question that Reinsdorf in his history as an owner in professional sports has avoided cost whenever possible, but some of that may be related to how his ownership groups are constructed. Will his supporting owners allow the team to spend more than the budget? Is there a defined expectation of profit for the other owners? All of this is a factor that gets left out of the "their just cheap" narrative.
The beauty of sports and sports teams is they reach fans on a very visceral and passionate level. Fans want to win at all costs and have an expectation that their team's owners share that same mindset. The problem is that sports is a very expensive business and while some teams may take a "whatever it takes" approach, the truth is there are still dollars to be collected and it's fairly hard for most ownership groups to spend without regards to profit.
Some teams are constructed better than others, and some ownership groups care more about winning than their chunk of the profits, but when you look at some of the non-business decisions that get made, keep in mind it's not always in the owner's control and there are a lot more moving parts to a team than just the guys you see in a jersey on the floor.
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A COLLEGE football player tragically died after a cliff diving accident in Oklahoma on Saturday.
Brexten Green, 20, "never surfaced" after jumping into Grand Lake where his body was later found in 31ft deep water.
He was about to start his second season with the Emporia State soccer team after playing in the red jersey in his freshman year.
Delaware County emergency responders received a call after the incident and recovered Green's body.
Emporia State confirmed Green's death in a statement mourning the beloved receiver.
"This is a terrible day for Emporia State football and just a devastating loss for the Green family," Emporia State football coach Garin Higgins said.
"Brexten was a great teammate who cared so much about this football program.
"It was reflected in his competitive spirit, his work ethic and his willingness to be there for his family.
"He will always be part of our Hornet football family."
Green was an All-State selection by the Oklahoma Coaches Association for the 2020 Oklahoma Class A State Champion Wildcats.
He was also District A-3 Player of the Year as a high school senior.
His senior team of the year went an undefeated season.
In his obituary, the late football star is described as "larger than life".
"Whether it was a flat tire, a friend in need, or just dragging it, Brexten was there and normally the center of attention," reads the obituary.
"His last day on Earth was spent doing one of the many things he loved – enjoying his friends."
Tributes poured in online after the devastating news of Green's untimely death.
His funeral is to be held in his high school gymnasium where "we send him Cashian Wildcat style."


text: This year's Bitef Festival, the 56th one since its inception, will be held from 23rd September till 2nd October. Under the slogan "We, the Heroes of Our Own Labour", the main festival programme brings the performances from Germany, Belgium, Mexico, France, Slovenia, and Great Britain, as well as two performances from Serbia. Those two domestic productions, bold in terms of topics they explore but also original in their stepping away from a typical form, were the main reason for this year's first Bitef walk with journalists, which was held on Friday 7th July.


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Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle
Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle, What penalties will be imposed on foreign airlines that do not change Taiwan's label in accordance with China's requirements? The Australian Financial Review reported on the 25th that companies that refuse to offend China by changing their name for Taiwan may not be invited to participate in the China International Import Expo to be held in Shanghai in November this year.
In addition, in response to some requirements of the US military, the Chinese military will make corresponding arrangements and arrange a visit itinerary.
"We should be the masters of our own destiny.
For more than a year, Laotian's son hardly went out, sitting at home all day long, taciturn.
The person in charge of the embassy also went to the hospital to visit and condolence to the wounded.
The Chinese people and the government will never allow any person, political party or organization to separate Taiwan from China under any name and by any means.
However, the reputation of Yang Hetong and his wife is not very good. According to Lao Chen, a cadre of Dongdibei Village, Yang Hetong is about 60 years old this year. Seven or eight years ago, as the leader of a private explosives gang, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Still serving time in prison, Yang Hetong's wife, Meng Xiangzhong, was sentenced to 4 years in prison as an accomplice in the case. She was released after serving her sentence. At least 9 people in the same village were sentenced for participating in the gang.
In addition, in order to conduct follow-up negotiations on the US-DPRK summit, the US is in the process of formal engagement with the DPRK.
We look forward to the joint efforts of the whole society to contribute more and better to creating a healthy and smoke-free environment.
In addition, pretending to be mentally ill (%) and intentionally tattooing (%) to avoid military service are close behind.
In terms of media cooperation, China has provided rich training programs for African countries, which are in line with the needs of African countries, and actively helped the media in many African countries to achieve digital transformation, leading and accompanying Africa to a bright future.
Promote the combined transportation of urban production and living materials by road and rail.
For example, it is possible to adjust the flights of foreign airlines to or through China in accordance with the principle of reciprocal air rights, and propose a series of rectification measures for websites and apps operating in China, sales in China, and organizational levels. suddenly(Editor:admin )
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Last Updated on August 5, 2021 by Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo
KOKOMO, Ind. – Ivy Tech Community College celebrated several milestones Wednesday at a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Kokomo Campus at 1815 E. Morgan St. The event included the announcement that community support for the project has topped the $3 million goal set for THE TIME IS NOW Campaign to successfully complete the $43 million transformation of the campus.
"We are excited to announce that with the leadership of our campaign committee, made up of a number of business and government leaders and community volunteers, we have exceeded our $3 million cash fundraising goal," said Ivy Tech Kokomo Chancellor Dean McCurdy. "With their support, and the support of 254 different donors from faculty, staff, students, and Ivy Tech's many friends, we have raised $3,104,743. That's 103.5 percent of our goal!"
Today's ceremonies were timed to coincide with meetings at the Kokomo Campus of the Ivy Tech Community College State Board of Trustees and the Ivy Tech Executive Council, which includes chancellors from all 19 campuses as well as President Sue Ellspermann and her cabinet. Gov. Eric Holcomb, State Sen. Jim Buck, and State Reps. Michael Karickhoff and Heath VanNatter joined a number of local government and business leaders, members of the Kokomo Campus Transformation Campaign fundraising committee, and other supporters of the project in officially opening the new campus and dedicating it to the students and communities it serves.
Over the last 36 months, Ivy Tech's Kokomo Campus has undergone a long-awaited transformation funded by a $40 million appropriation by the Indiana General Assembly approved in June 2017 and this $3.1 million in philanthropic support.
"This $43 million project represents the second largest investment the state has ever made in Howard County (second only to the new U.S. 31 bypass)," McCurdy said in thanking the governor and the state legislators who championed the initiative. "It changes everything for Ivy Tech and the way we serve our students and community."
McCurdy said the project is the realization of Ivy Tech's goal to bring students and community partners together in a unified, expanded, updated and efficient campus. Bringing all instruction into four adjacent buildings, the campus's new spaces include Hingst Hall, Ivy Tech's new community room; a student fitness center and campus walking path (around a relocated community garden); and a central quad adding green space and connecting sidewalks. There are new classrooms and laboratories, student lounges, conference rooms, and faculty and staff offices – even a new trolley stop – that add to the student's educational experience at the new regional Campus, he added.
Karen McLean, public affairs and economic development manager at NIPSCO and Ivy Tech regional trustee who is also a 1989 graduate of Ivy Tech Kokomo, has served as chair of the campaign leadership team. She said the project has redefined Ivy Tech as an educational leader, economic development power, and innovator in meeting workforce needs in north central Indiana.
"Thank you to all the donors who made the Kokomo Ivy Tech Campus Transformation a reality," she said. "The incredible impact and growth opportunities for the regional students, workforce, and communities will be realized for generations to come. And congratulations to the Ivy Tech Capital Campaign team of community leaders and the Ivy Tech staff and faculty who all worked so hard to make the dream of this campus transformation come true."
Campaign committee member Rick Smith added his appreciation, saying, "Thanks to the many philanthropic hearts in our community, the citizens of Kokomo and the surrounding area now have access to state-of-the-art educational facilities that provide advancement into a promising future right here at home."
Kelly Karickhoff, executive director of resource development for Ivy Tech's Kokomo Service Area who led staffing for the campaign, talked about the generosity of community members.
"We live in a generous community and when community members can see the need, they rise to the occasion," she said. "Donors to the Kokomo Campus Transformation Project could see our vision. They could see the impact this project would have on student success and they are excited to be part of Ivy Tech Kokomo's future."
Karickhoff said the campaign team worked together to exceed the $3 million goal. "Donors made sacrificial gifts because they believe that higher education changes lives," she continued. "We are grateful to our donors who made all of this possible. They have become a part of our Ivy Tech family and our transformational story." She noted the Ivy Tech's Kokomo Service Area includes Cass, Fulton, Howard, Miami, Pulaski, and Tipton counties.
Plans are under way for several additional events to celebrate the completion of the campus. A community open house is set for Saturday, Sept. 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. to officially unveil the new campus at 1815 E. Morgan St. The entire community is invited to come for a tour of the new facilities along with educational demonstrations, games, and refreshments.
For more information on the campus transformation, go to www.ivytech.edu/kokomotransformation or contact Kelly Karickhoff at email@example.com or 765-252-5501.
SOURCE: News release from Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region


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The subtitle of this book is "American Airpower over the Pacific and the Far East, 1941–51". But it covers much more than this.
This excellent book follows Douglas MacArthur from his education at West Point through his retirement. I really enjoyed some of the "side stories", such as the fact that Arthur MacArthur, Douglas' father was friends with Congressman John Mitchell. When Arthur was deployed, Mrs. MacArthur stayed in Milwaukee, where the Mitchells also lived. Douglas was friends with the son Bill, who was later famous as Billy Mitchell, the airpower advocate. The two served together on the Army General Staff. And Douglas MacArthur was on the board of Mitchell's court martial.


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