Credit for the title image: Liu et al. (2021) 2021 saw many exciting advances in machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP). In this post, I will cover the papers and research areas that I found most inspiring. I tried to cover the papers that I was aware of but likely missed many relevant ones. Feel free to highlight them as well as ones that you found inspiring in the comments.
![ML and NLP Research Highlights of 2021](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/a3e6b9f8c6d5baa7b211d30ac4edefaba7bf433c/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ruder.io%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2Fsize%2Fw1200%2F2022%2F01%2Fprompt_survey_header.png)