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This includes improving BC4CHEMD to 93.72% (4.1% gain), Species800 to 80.91% (4.6% gain), and JNLPBA to 81.29% (5.2% gain). #### Improving Clinical Document Understanding on COVID-19 Research with Spark NLP ###### December 2020 ###### Authors: Veysel Kocaman, David Talby ###### Accepted to SDU (Scientific Document Understanding) workshop at AAAI 2021 [![Read the Paper](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/5ad1bb2e-ee9e-4ada-97a2-06fabb0f15ac.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/5ad1bb2e-ee9e-4ada-97a2-06fabb0f15ac) ###### Following the global COVID-19 pandemic, the number of scientific papers studying the virus has grown massively, leading to increased interest in automated literate review. We present a clinical text mining system that improves on previous efforts in three ways. ###### First, it can recognize over 100 different entity types including social determinants of health, anatomy, risk factors, and adverse events in addition to other commonly used clinical and biomedical entities. Second, the text processing pipeline includes assertion status detection, to distinguish between clinical facts that are present, absent, conditional, or about someone other than the patient. Third, the deep learning models used are more accurate than previously available, leveraging an integrated pipeline of state-of-the-art pretrained named entity recognition models, and improving on the previous best performing benchmarks for assertion status detection. --- #### Spark NLP: Natural language understanding at scale ######  January 2021 ###### Authors: Veysel Kocaman, David Talby ###### Accepted to Software Impact Journal Elseiver [![Read the Paper](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/11282b78-6564-4185-8b63-221af214aa34.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/11282b78-6564-4185-8b63-221af214aa34) ###### Spark NLP is a Natural Language Processing (NLP) library built on top of Apache Spark ML. It provides simple, performant & accurate NLP annotations for machine learning pipelines that can scale easily in a distributed environment. ###### Spark NLP comes with 1100+ pretrained pipelines and models in more than 192+ languages. It supports nearly all the NLP tasks and modules that can be used seamlessly in a cluster. Downloaded more than 2.7 million times and experiencing 9x growth since January 2020, Spark NLP is used by 54% of healthcare organizations as the world’s most widely used NLP library in the enterprise. #### Automating Clinical Data Abstraction From Unstructured Documents Using Spark NLP [![Watch Recording](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/d8cfdcc6-c1eb-4816-87ed-c3ea6f04d942.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/d8cfdcc6-c1eb-4816-87ed-c3ea6f04d942)     ![Screen Shot 2021-05-10 at 4.46.48 PM](https://events.johnsnowlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202021-05-10%20at%204.46.48%20PM.png?width=674&height=236&name=Screen%20Shot%202021-05-10%20at%204.46.48%20PM.png) ###### May, 2021 ###### **Speaker:** David Talby --- #### State-of-the-art Emotion and Sentiment Analysis with Spark NLP [![Watch recording](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/52f44765-022a-4099-a07d-b3346b441e38.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/52f44765-022a-4099-a07d-b3346b441e38)     [![data-science-salon-logo-black-text](https://events.johnsnowlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/data-science-salon-logo-black-text.png?width=200&name=data-science-salon-logo-black-text.png)](http://www.globalbigdataconference.com/seattle/global-artificial-intelligence-conference/schedule-122.html) ###### November 18th, 2020 ###### **Speaker:** Dia Trambitas --- #### Automated Detection of Environmental, Social, and Governance Issues in Financial Documents [![Watch Recording](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/32d275bf-f6e0-45c3-b3d2-84520e89ec01.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/32d275bf-f6e0-45c3-b3d2-84520e89ec01)     [![data-science-salon-logo-black-text](https://events.johnsnowlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/data-science-salon-logo-black-text.png?width=200&name=data-science-salon-logo-black-text.png)](http://www.globalbigdataconference.com/seattle/global-artificial-intelligence-conference/schedule-122.html) ###### December 10, 2020 ###### **Speaker:** Alina Petrukhova --- #### Automated and Explainable Deep Learning for Clinical Language Understanding at Roche [![Watch recording](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/f0fa403a-d8ef-43d1-9861-29ea85bce165.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/f0fa403a-d8ef-43d1-9861-29ea85bce165)   [![Screen Shot 2020-08-31 at 4.01.03 PM-1](https://events.johnsnowlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-08-31%20at%204.01.03%20PM-1.png?width=200&height=98&name=Screen%20Shot%202020-08-31%20at%204.01.03%20PM-1.png)](http://www.globalbigdataconference.com/seattle/global-artificial-intelligence-conference/schedule-122.html) ###### August, 2020 ###### **Speaker:** David Talby, PhD --- #### How to Apply State-of-the-Art Natural Language Processing in Healthcare [![Watch recording](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/6f8076f4-43f1-4c9f-947d-295463bee250.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/6f8076f4-43f1-4c9f-947d-295463bee250)   [![download](https://events.johnsnowlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/download.jpeg?width=200&name=download.jpeg)](http://www.globalbigdataconference.com/seattle/global-artificial-intelligence-conference/schedule-122.html) ###### August, 2020 ###### **Speaker:** David Talby, PhD --- #### Using Spark NLP to Enable Real-World Evidence (RWE) and Clinical Decision Support in Oncology [![Watch recording](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/81137cc6-a6a5-40e0-ba60-adb9dad75bf0.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/81137cc6-a6a5-40e0-ba60-adb9dad75bf0)   [![Screen Shot 2020-04-30 at 1.00.53 PM](https://events.johnsnowlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-30%20at%201.00.53%20PM.png?width=200&name=Screen%20Shot%202020-04-30%20at%201.00.53%20PM.png)](http://www.globalbigdataconference.com/seattle/global-artificial-intelligence-conference/schedule-122.html) ###### April 13 - April 17, 2020 ###### **Speaker:** Veysel Kocaman, PhD --- #### Applying State-of-the-art Natural Language Processing for Personalized Healthcare [![Watch recording](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/fa4c9663-c714-4afd-bffd-fe5ff29e30b3.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/fa4c9663-c714-4afd-bffd-fe5ff29e30b3)   [![Screen Shot 2020-04-30 at 1.00.53 PM](https://events.johnsnowlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-30%20at%201.00.53%20PM.png?width=200&name=Screen%20Shot%202020-04-30%20at%201.00.53%20PM.png)](http://www.globalbigdataconference.com/seattle/global-artificial-intelligence-conference/schedule-122.html) ###### April 13 - April 17, 2020 ###### **Speakers:** David Talby, PhD --- #### Spark NLP for Healthcare: Lessons Learned Building Real-World Healthcare AI Systems [![Watch recording](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/24e0923e-716c-4f9b-b3c0-e3224f5d7b1f.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/24e0923e-716c-4f9b-b3c0-e3224f5d7b1f)   [![Screen Shot 2020-04-30 at 1.00.53 PM](https://events.johnsnowlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-30%20at%201.00.53%20PM.png?width=200&name=Screen%20Shot%202020-04-30%20at%201.00.53%20PM.png)](http://www.globalbigdataconference.com/seattle/global-artificial-intelligence-conference/schedule-122.html) ###### April 13 - April 17, 2020 ###### **Speaker:** Veysel Kocaman, PhD --- #### State-of-the-art Natural Language Processing at Scale [![Watch recording](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/29ecddee-3d88-4272-bc32-33b6635d0fa2.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/29ecddee-3d88-4272-bc32-33b6635d0fa2)   [![Screen Shot 2020-04-30 at 1.00.53 PM](https://events.johnsnowlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-30%20at%201.00.53%20PM.png?width=200&name=Screen%20Shot%202020-04-30%20at%201.00.53%20PM.png)](http://www.globalbigdataconference.com/seattle/global-artificial-intelligence-conference/schedule-122.html) ###### April 13 - April 17, 2020 ###### **Speakers:** David Talby, PhD --- #### Apache SPARK NLP: Extending SPARK ML to Deliver Fast, Scalable & Unified Natural Language Processing [![Watch recording](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/33f80616-1f93-44b6-b880-0af3542880fd.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/33f80616-1f93-44b6-b880-0af3542880fd)   [![Spark + AI summit](https://events.johnsnowlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Spark%20+%20AI%20summit.png?width=200&name=Spark%20+%20AI%20summit.png)](http://www.globalbigdataconference.com/seattle/global-artificial-intelligence-conference/schedule-122.html) ###### June 4 - June 6, 2018 ###### **Speakers:** David Talby, PhD --- #### State of the Art Natural Language Processing at Scale [![Watch recording](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/31257a44-d681-4377-8e75-79038389ce16.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/31257a44-d681-4377-8e75-79038389ce16)   [![Spark + AI summit](https://events.johnsnowlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Spark%20+%20AI%20summit.png?width=200&name=Spark%20+%20AI%20summit.png)](http://www.globalbigdataconference.com/seattle/global-artificial-intelligence-conference/schedule-122.html) ###### June 4 - June 6, 2018 **Speakers:** David Talby, PhD --- #### State of the Art Natural Language Processing at Scale [![Watch recording](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1794529/2caf1c6a-0710-41b7-af80-06f89be22e56.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1794529/2caf1c6a-0710-41b7-af80-06f89be22e56)   [![Screen Shot 2020-04-30 at 1.00.53 PM](https://events.johnsnowlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202020-04-30%20at%201.00.53%20PM.png?width=200&name=Screen%20Shot%202020-04-30%20at%201.00.53%20PM.png)](http://www.globalbigdataconference.com/seattle/global-artificial-intelligence-conference/schedule-122.html) ###### October 26 - 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