Natural Language Processing (NLP): Technologies and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, Natural Language Processing (NLP) has become a core technology driving intelligent information processing and human–computer interaction. In recent years, breakthroughs in large-scale pre-trained models, multimodal learning, and generative AI have further expanded the application of NLP in text understanding, knowledge extraction, intelligent question answering, machine translation, sentiment analysis, and various domain-specific fields such as healthcare and finance.

This Special Issue bring togethers recent advances and practical experiences in NLP, covering fundamental methods, model innovation, and real-world applications. We invite researchers and practitioners to submit high-quality original papers to share their latest findings and explore future directions and challenges in NLP.

Topics of Interest:

• Natural language understanding and generation;
• Large language models and pre-trained models;
• Information extraction and text mining;
• Sentiment analysis and opinion mining;
• Machine translation and cross-lingual processing;
• Knowledge graphs and semantic representation;
• Multimodal learning and dialogue systems;
• NLP applications in healthcare, finance, education, and other domains;
• NLP systems and engineering practices.

Both theoretical studies and application-oriented research are welcome. This Special Issue will provide a high-quality platform for academic exchange and collaboration in the field of Natural Language Processing.

Dr. Meng Wang
Guest Editor

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