A place to connect with others in Metro Atlanta interested in learning about the new Julia mathematical programming language being developed for scientific computing. http://julialang.org/ http://julialang.org/blog/2012/02/why-we-created-julia/ Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users of other technical computing environments. It provides a sophisticated compiler, distributed parallel execution, numerical …

The Atlanta Big Data User Group is a community dedicated to promoting the technologies, practices and innovations needed for organizations to get maximum value from massive amounts of data. With over 2.5 trillion bytes of data accumulating around the world every day, we are at the epicenter of the Big Data revolution. Through an exchange of BIG ideas, education and fresh thinking from employees, contractors and technologists, Atlanta Big Data aims to focus on the specific Big Data issues, archit …

Welcome to the Atlanta Jaspersoft User Group. The goal of this group is to get together to learn, share, and collaborate with others that are working with or want to work with the Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite, including: * JasperReports * iReport and Jaspersoft Studio * JasperReports Server * Jaspersoft ETL The members of the group will help to decide on topics for future meetings, present their experiences, and learn from each other.

This group is for Cassandra users and those new to Cassandra to discuss all aspects of its usage, from schema design to operations.

A gathering of current and aspiring Data Science practitioners. We focus on practical applications of exploratory data analysis, statistics, machine learning and data visualization to solve interesting problems in any field. Our aim is to create a forum for discussing the techniques of data science, independent of the tools used for it (such as R or Hadoop, for which there are excellent meetups in Atlanta already).

Security Data Science is focused on advancing information security through practical applications of exploratory data analysis, statistics, machine learning and data visualization. Although the tools and techniques are no different that those used in data science in any data domain, this group has a micro-focus on reducing risk, identifying fraud or malicious insiders using data science.

This is a group of people who do data visualization. Scientific animators, Tufte fans, fractal fiddlers, data miners, and artists are welcome. We'll meet on a regular basis to talk about visualization and show off our latest work. Where and when has yet to be determined. A nice quiet pub that everyone can get to would be ideal.

This is a group for people who genuinely enjoy learning, sharing, creating and designing anything data. It's about telling a story, and how data visualization is becoming more important than ever. So if your creative, obsessed with data visualization, and love infographics, come join the rest of us!

This Meetup is for all past, present, and wannabe Splunk users in the metro Atlanta area - or any Splunkers ready to make a road trip to metro Atlanta. Come share a drink and stories on how Splunk is turning machine data into insight through Operational Intelligence. We'll meet every month at a various bars, restaurants, and even your office if you'd like.

Continuous BI-Atlanta is a growing group of Business Leaders, Analysts and developers that meet monthly to talk about Business Intelligence.  Members connect and learn from professionals what it takes to create a culture of BI in today's world. If you're a Business leader or professional looking to meetup with BI professionals (BI Architect, Developer, designer, Analyst, etc) or you just want to keep up with the latest trends in BI, come visit Continuous BI at our next event.

Learning “Machine Learning” by Example A quick overview There are several online machine learning courses offered right now, Coursera, Udacity, Caltech, Stanford. This course is based on the “learning by example” principle. The students will be introduced in machine learning algorithms and data analysis techniques by actively working on a real dataset. Course style In this course we will not follow the traditional lecturing style with powerpoint style. It will be taught in lab sessions. We w …

Open Atlanta is coming. Open Atlanta is part of the worldwide movement to use technology and information to solve problems and improve communities. Open Atlanta is civic applications, crowdsourcing, open data, visualization and communication protocols but mostly Open Atlanta is people - developers, designers, researchers, IT professionals, communication experts, government officials, nonprofits, business and citizens coming together. We are starting our first projects and planning many more for …

Developers interested in learning about and working with graph databases for social, spatial, hierarchical or other highly connected data sets. We host hands-on lab sessions, technology reviews, topical lectures, and plenty of social beer nights. Curious about graphs, want to pimp your non-RDBMS skills? Join us!

We will get together regularly to learn about Oracle database technologies and network with other Oracle professionals. All Oracle professionals are welcome including roles like: administrator, developer, data warehouse, engineer, architect, DBA, and data modeler. We will explore all Oracle technologies that relate to databases including RAC, Data Guard, PL/SQL development, tuning, Middleware Applications including Weblogic, Golden Gate, SOA, as well as some of the newer technologies such as Exa …

This group is dedicated to finding unseen patterns in large volumes of healthcare data such as claims data, pharmacy data, DME purchases, etc.

For Developers interested in learning about big data applications, technology and industry. Get jump started with Hadoop scripting, visualizations, and text analytics to address the full spectrum of Big Data business challenges.

This is a group for anyone interested in meeting others in the digital measurement space to share knowledge and experiences.

A quarterly meetup for those in the Atlanta area to talk about Riak, distributed systems and app development. We look at real-world scenarios that leverage Riak in production, exploring best practices, pitfalls and strategies.