"This intermediate-level course takes you beyond AI theory into the practical world of Natural Language Processing (NLP) powered by Transformer architectures. You’ll trace the evolution of language models—from traditional statistical methods and recurrent networks to attention-based systems like BERT, GPT, and T5—through engaging demos and real-world case studies.

Transformers in Action: A Practical Approach to NLP and AI

Transformers in Action: A Practical Approach to NLP and AI

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2 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn
Master Transformer architectures and attention mechanisms driving modern NLP.
Fine-tune pretrained models using Hugging Face for real-world NLP tasks.
Build, evaluate, and deploy end-to-end NLP workflows with confidence.
Apply Transformers to tasks like summarization, translation, and sentiment.
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Taught in English
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November 2025
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