Hate Speech Detection In Italian Text Using Deep Learning Techniques

Author : Vivian Siahaan
Publisher : BALIGE PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book HATE SPEECH DETECTION AND SENTIMENT ANALYSIS USING MACHINE LEARNING AND DEEP LEARNING WITH PYTHON GUI written by Vivian Siahaan and published by BALIGE PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2023-08-04 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this project is to develop a comprehensive Hate Speech Detection and Sentiment Analysis system using both Machine Learning and Deep Learning techniques. The project aims to create a robust and accurate system that can automatically identify hate speech in text data and perform sentiment analysis to determine the emotions and opinions expressed in the text. The project is designed to address the growing concern over the spread of hate speech and offensive content online. By implementing an automated detection system, it can help social media platforms, content moderators, and online communities to proactively identify and remove harmful content, fostering a safer and more inclusive online environment. Additionally, sentiment analysis plays a crucial role in understanding public opinions, customer feedback, and social media trends. By accurately predicting sentiment, businesses can make data-driven decisions, improve customer satisfaction, and gain valuable insights into consumer preferences. This project focuses on Hate Speech Detection and Sentiment Analysis using both Machine Learning and Deep Learning techniques. It begins with exploring the dataset, analyzing feature distributions, and predicting sentiment using Machine Learning models like Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machines, K-Nearest Neighbors, Decision Trees, Random Forests, Gradient Boosting, Extreme Gradient Boosting, Light Gradient Boosting, and AdaBoost, while optimizing their performance through Grid Search for hyperparameter tuning. Subsequently, Deep Learning LSTM and 1D CNN models are implemented for sentiment analysis to capture long-term dependencies and local patterns in the text data. The project starts with exploring the dataset, understanding its structure, and analyzing the distribution of classes for hate speech and sentiment labels. This initial step allows us to gain insights into the dataset and potential challenges. After exploring the data, the distribution of text features, such as word frequency and sentiment scores, is analyzed to identify any patterns or biases that could impact the model's performance. The dataset is then divided into training, validation, and testing sets to evaluate the models' generalization capabilities. Early stopping techniques are utilized during training to prevent overfitting and enhance model generalization. Performance evaluation involves calculating metrics like accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score to gauge the models' effectiveness. Confusion matrices and visualizations provide further insights into model predictions and potential areas for improvement. A graphical user interface (GUI) is developed using PyQt to facilitate user interaction with the Hate Speech Detection and Sentiment Analysis system. Before training the Deep Learning models, the text data is tokenized and padded for uniform input sequences. The dataset is split into training and validation sets for model evaluation, and early stopping is used to prevent overfitting during training. The final system combines predictions from both Machine Learning and Deep Learning models to provide robust sentiment analysis results. The PyQt GUI allows users to input text and receive real-time sentiment analysis predictions. The LSTM and 1D CNN models, along with their optimized hyperparameters, are saved and deployed for future sentiment analysis tasks. Users can interact with the GUI, analyze sentiment in different texts, and provide feedback for continuous improvement of the Hate Speech Detection and Sentiment Analysis system.