Summary  
This chapter covers text encoding techniques for converting raw text into numerical vector representations using methods such as bag-of-words, one-hot encoding, TF-IDF, and word embeddings.

General domain of usage  
Natural language processing

Different **text encoding** schemes are explored to transform raw text into numerical representations suitable for machine learning algorithms. Text encoding is a crucial step in NLP, enabling the conversion of unstructured text into structured formats that capture meaning and word relationships.


In summary, text encoding is an essential part of preprocessing text data for NLP tasks. While simpler methods like BOW and TF-IDF are useful for certain tasks, **word embeddings** offer a more powerful and semantically rich representation of words, which will be essential in more advanced NLP tasks, such as sentiment analysis. Later, we will implement **word embeddings** for our sentiment analysis project to capture the context and meaning of words more effectively.

In **TF-IDF** encoding, what does the "Inverse Document Frequency" (IDF) component measure?

Master Recurrent neural networks and their advanced variants like LSTMs and GRUs using PyTorch. Gain hands-on experience processing sequential data for practical applications. Apply these powerful models to tackle real-world challenges in time series forecasting and various Natural language processing tasks.

Covers the limitations of traditional neural networks for sequential data and introduces the fundamentals of Recurrent Neural Networks. Explains RNN architecture, types, and step-by-step implementation through basic examples and a coding challenge.

Explores common training challenges such as vanishing and exploding gradients. Introduces advanced RNN variants including LSTM and GRU, highlighting their internal mechanisms and use cases, with practical implementation examples for each.

Focuses on processing and forecasting time series data using RNN-based models. Includes data loading, preprocessing techniques, model training, and performance evaluation, with emphasis on comparing LSTM and GRU architectures.

Demonstrates the application of RNNs to text classification tasks. Covers core NLP concepts, text encoding methods, data preparation steps, and construction of an LSTM-based model for sentiment prediction.

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