JanataHack: NLP Hackathon

With more than 5000 submissions and 2500+ participants, we saw yet another JanataHack witnessing a lot of competition, sharing of interesting approaches by the top finishing hackers and of course loads and loads of learning for everyone involved.

This time we have chosen Natural Language Processing as the theme for JanataHack. 

Natural Language Processing (NLP) is basically how you can teach machines to understand human languages and extract meaning from text. Language as a structured medium of communication is what separates us human beings from animals. We are surrounded by text data all the time sourced from books, emails, blogs, social media posts, news and more. 

Natural Language Processing is expected to be worth 30 Billion USD by 2024 with the past few years seeing immense improvements in terms of how well it is solving industry problems at scale.

Brush up your skills in NLP and get ready for our longest JanataHack till date filled with loads of learning and competition. Here are a few free resources from Analytics Vidhya to help you get ready:

1. Introduction to Natural Language Processing Course
2. Learning Path for NLP
3. Comprehensive Guide on Text Classification

 

FAQs

1. Where can I find the dataset and the problem statement for the hackathon?

The contest will go live on the designated contest start date and time. There is a timer that is shown at the top of this page which shows the remaining time before the contest goes live. This is when you can access the problem statement and datasets from the problem statement tab.

1. Are there any prizes/AV Points for this contest?

This contest is purely for learning and practicing purpose and hence no participant is eligible for prize or AV points.

 

2. Can I share my approach/code?

Absolutely. You are encouraged to share your approach and code file with the community. There is even a facility at the leaderboard to share the link to your code/solution description.

 

3. I am facing a technical issue with the platform/have a doubt regarding the problem statement. Where can I get support?

Join the AV slack channel by clicking on 'Join Slack Live Chat' button and ask your query at channel: janata_hack