Introduction to Natural Language Processing

(Invited)

This introductory course on Natural Language Processing (NLP) equips participants with both technical computational skills and critical perspectives on language and society. This course provides a hands-on introduction to NLP techniques, including data scraping, text preprocessing, word embeddings and Large Language Models (LLMS). Using a feminist lens, the course will explore how gender is portrayed differently on Wikipedia, uncovering biases in language and representation. By combining technical training with critical analysis, this course empowers participants to apply NLP tools to address gender inequalities and their facilitation in knowledge production.