Natural Language Processing in Swift with Ayaka Nonaka of Venmo

Apple has offered an API for natural language processing since iOS 5, which allowed us to tokenize text, detect the language, and determine parts of speech. With Swift and the introduction of Playgrounds, it’s faster and more delightful than ever to experiment with linguistics. We’ll go over how to build a spam detector in Swift, starting with the basic theory and ending with a fully functional Naive Bayes classifier. Feel free to bring your laptop to code along!

About your presenter, Ayaka Nonaka

Ayaka leads the iOS team at Venmo, where they’ve recently started introducing Swift into their workflow. She’s been developing for iOS since iOS 4, working on side-projects during school. Now she’s really into open-source development, with an unintentional focus on language and linguistics.

Schedule:

6:00pm: Doors open. Look for the doorman standing outside the building.

6:30 - 7pm: Refreshments and snacks

7pm: Presentation + Q&A

After, you're welcome to stay for beers or soda or snacks.

Location:

The Realm office is on Townsend between 2nd and 3rd.

Look for the doorman standing outside the building. He'll guide you in.

Getting there:

• 5-minute walk to the King St. Caltrain station. 20-minute walk from the Powell St. BART Station.

• Bike Parking. We don't have bike racks, but you can bring your bike up, but you'll need to carry it to the 2nd floor. The building doesn't have an elevator.

Thanks to:

Realm (http://realm.io/) for hosting and providing refreshments.

Questions?

Email: Arwa - arwa@realm.io