Table of contents : CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO DIALOGUE SYSTEMS AND NLP 1.2 Unlocking Human-Computer Interaction: The Magic of Natural Language Processing (NLP) CHAPTER 2: DEMYSTIFYING PYTORCH 2.1 Getting Started with PyTorch 2.2 Mastering the Fundamentals: Unveiling the Power of Core PyTorch Functionalities 2.3 Equipping Your Toolkit: Expanding Your NLP Arsenal with Specialized Libraries CHAPTER 3: DIALOGUE MODELING: THE CORE CONCEPTS 3.2 Approaches to Building Dialogue Systems: A Journey Through Methodologies 3.3 Evaluating Success: Measuring the Quality of Conversations CHAPTER 4: CRAFTING A SIMPLE RULE-BASED DIALOGUE SYSTEM 4.2 Beyond the Simple: Exploring the Frontiers of Dialogue Systems CHAPTER 5: SEQUENCE-TO-SEQUENCE MODELS: POWERING DIALOGUE GENERATION 5.1 Understanding Seq2seq: The Backbone of Conversational AI 5.2 Encoder-Decoder Architecture: Unveiling the Core Components 5.3 Building a Simple Seq2seq Model for Dialogue Generation (PyTorch Example) CHAPTER 6: ADVANCING TO TRANSFORMERS: THE CUTTING EDGE 6.2 Transformer-based Encoder-Decoder Architectures: 6.3 Fine-tuning Pre-trained Transformers: Building Powerful Dialogue Models in PyTorch CHAPTER 7: DIALOGUE STATE TRACKING: KEEPING THE CONTEXT FLOWING 7.2 Long Short-Term Memory Networks: Remembering the Conversation Flow 7.3 LSTMs with Attention: Supercharging Dialogue State Tracking in PyTorch CHAPTER 8: FINE-TUNING PRE-TRAINED MODELS 8.2 Fine-tuning Techniques: Unlocking the Potential of Pre-trained Models 8.3 Real-World Application: Fine-tuning for Dialogue Generation and Intent Classification in PyTorch CHAPTER 9: OPEN-DOMAIN DIALOGUE SYSTEMS: THE NEXT FRONTIER 9.2 Expanding the Toolkit: Empowering Open-Domain Dialogue Systems CHAPTER 10: EVALUATION AND DEPLOYMENT: PUTTING YOUR MODELS TO THE TASK 10.1 Evaluating Performance: Measuring Success Beyond Just Accuracy 10.2 Real-World Deployment: Bringing Your Dialogue System to Life CHAPTER 11: ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS: LOOKING FORWARD 11.2 Emerging Trends and Advancements: Glimpsing the Future of Dialogue Systems