Build a Knowledge Base for the Human Body

This project is already taken and is not available for the 2023 HPCC Systems Intern Program

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Project Description

Create a knowledge base using NLP++ and the conceptual grammar for the human body. This includes a "part-of" hierarchy for the human body, an accompanying vocabulary. This will allow for processing of medical texts.

If you are interested in this project, please contact David Dehilster.

Completion of this project involves:

Become familiar with NLP++ and VisualText
Research and find medical data that can be used to create a KB and dictionary
Implement NLP++ parsers to ingest and create a KB and dictionary for the human body
Run the KB and dictionary on medical texts using the NLP++ ECL plugin
Create a VisualText repository with the Human Body KB and dictionary

By the mid term review we would expect you to have:

<What must be completed to pass the evaluation and continue on to complete the project>

Mentor	David Dehilster
Skills needed	Keen interest in natural language Ability to do research on the internet Ability to learn and program in NLP++ Ability to write test code in ECL using the NLP++ plugin to test the KB and dictionary
Deliverables	Midterm More details coming soon End of project More details coming soon
Other resources	HPCC Systems website Blog: Understanding Natural Language Processing Github Repository Video: Deploying Digital Human Readers Leveraging HPCC Systems Video: NLP++ ECL Plugin Visual Text Open Source Website NLP++ Language Extension Formal language description Learning ECL documentation and on-line training courses.

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Build a Knowledge Base for the Human Body

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