Neural Networks in NLP: Newest History and Modern Challenges

Aleksey Tikhonov, a Senior Analyst from Yandex, will give a short retrospective of the last years' development in NLP, typical difficulties and problem statements. We will start with classic RNN architectures and continue up to the newest approaches like BERT, ELMo, GPT-2. At the discussion part, we will talk about the latest trends and challenges. Basic neural networks approach understanding is required.