HLTH 718MNatural Language Processing Algorithm and Application in Health

This course presents natural language processing techniques (NLP) and their optimization and applications in healthcare and public health. Classic NLP techniques and the state-of-the-art transformer-based language processing models will be introduced. Challenges and barriers of processing and understanding medical notes, reports and social data will be discussed. This course will present some advanced NLP solutions to those barriers and how NLP advances are being applied to health. This is a modular seminar-style course. There will be a series of lectures from faculty members and researchers from the health and NLP community. Students who do not have the prerequisites but have Python programming and ML skills may be permitted to enrol in the course at the instructor’s discretion.