Starting a new group to cater to 'big data' and 'data analytics' in WashDC / McLean area.

This group is for anyone interested in embedded analytics in Software,SaaS organizations and embedded systems. Topics for discussion will be about web based business intelligence, analytics, dashboard, reporting, KPI, data analysis, and data management. Meetups will include seminars, training, hot topics (like Big Data, Advanced Visualizations, Mapping/GPS, Mobile, etc.) Suggest a topic! Many of these features can be embedded into the Logi Analytics ecosystem, seamlessly.

Data Visualization DC is a non-profit professional group that meets monthly to discuss data visualization, data communication, infographics, exploratory data analysis, charts and graphs, perceptual psychology, and more! Our members are data journalists, data scientists, business intelligence professionals, and others who tell stories and persuade with data. Meeting topics are varied and range from tutorials on basic concepts and their applications, to success stories from local practitioners, to …

What's the big deal with big data? McKinsey consulting predicts a shortage of 140,000 data scientists in the US, and a shortage of 1.5 Million of...the rest of us. The business users who make decisions based on the data. The folks who interact with the data scientists. Once per month, we'll feature a speaker or workshop focusing on Big Data case studies (like how Big Data is helping the NYPD solve crime, Unilever sell more soap, and The World Bank alleviate poverty in Burundi), consider the impl …

The Federal Big Data Meetup group is a community dedicated to promoting the technologies, practices and innovations needed for Federal Government agencies to get maximum value from massive amounts of data. With over 2.5 trillion bytes of data accumulating around the world every day, the Federal Government is at the epicenter of the Big Data revolution. Through an exchange of BIG ideas, education and fresh thinking from Government employees, contractors and technologists, Federal Big Data aims to …

Developers interested in joining IBM to learn about big data for social media and log analytics. Get jump started with Hadoop scripting and text analytics and address the full spectrum of Big Data business challenges.

The Data Science MD group is intended to be a gathering of professionals, students, and enthusiasts in the area to discuss diverse topics related to data science. We aim to have frank discussions on all topics related to the field of data analytics. No subject is too big or too small, as we believe analytics can operate on any scale. We plan to mix education with practical examples, helping users make the most of their time. Data Science MD on Facebook Data Science MD on LinkedIn Data Science MD …

Come join us for regular technical discussion in the areas of large scale data processing and analytics. We're open to all topics related to "big data" -- distributed algorithms, machine learning, probabilistic data structures, performance and reliability. The focus will be on the practical solutions to real world big data problems rather than just a single processing or storage platform. The format will typically be two presenters with ample time for discussion and questions. Everybody is welco …

This is a group for anyone interested in learning anything and everything about Data Science, Analytics, Big Data, Data mining, Predictive Analytics and Statistics. There are no presentations and pizza. Just learning and doing. We will follow Data Science/Analytics related courses offered on Coursera as a group and have regular meetups as the course progresses. Looking for people who are serious about hand on learning. Come out and join us!!!!

This is a group for events from Data Community DC that do not fit our other Meetups (Data Science DC, Data Business DC, Data Visualization DC, R Users DC). Job fairs, conferences, data drinks, weekend educational events, hackathons, etc.

We are designers and developers with a passion for taking big data and turning it into unique, awe-inspiring data visualizations and user experiences. Combining new data visualization techniques with great UI design allows others to draw meaning from raw data. Bring your examples of great data visualization applications on mobile, multi-touch or web based applications. Bring your ideas and brainstorm with us about better ways to make digital information useful. No slides here. Presenters are e …

ClusterDC aims to bring together the Washington DC area's brightest developers, data scientists, analysts and big data fanatics to form a collaborative and hands-on group to solve the world's data problems. OK, that's a stretch, but this group is by invite and application only and for people interested in hacking and developing novel and intelligent solutions around Big Data, NoSQL and distributed computing technologies. Be ready to teach and to be taught and to collaborate with your peers. Plan …

Intel Analytics DC is a group led by the HumanGeo team to foster learning and sharing of Big Data analysis and geospatial techniques to further the state of the art for intelligence applications. This group is founded on a principle of open sharing of interesting ideas related to: highly scalable 'Big Data' architectures data-centric programming tricks and techniques emerging tools and analysis paradigms Join us now to stay up-to-date with interactive talks from some of the most innovative, i …

A group, lead by the team at IKANOW, devoted to the use and development of open source, big data, agile intelligence solutions, for the DC/Metro area. Join our group if interested in solving real business problems utilizing open source, big data solutions.

This group is for anyone in the Washington, D.C. area working in (or interested in) Natural Language Processing. Our meetings will be an opportunity for folks to network, give presentations about their work or research projects, learn about the latest advancements in our field, and exchange ideas or brainstorm. Topics may include computational linguistics, machine learning, text analytics, data mining, information extraction, speech processing, sentiment analysis, and much more. If you're active …

This meetup group is created for managers, professional IT architects, and everyone interested in information architecture art and science. We meet to discuss, debate, share ideas, collaborate to make sense of Big Data, Content Management (including Adobe CQ, Drupal, SharePoint, WordPress), Data Management, Enterprise Solutions, Mobile Technology, SEO, etc. Please make yourself at home - check out our scheduled events below and suggest new ones. Welcome on our board and let there be a higher …

The DC Area R Users group has become Statistical Programming DC (SPDC), a part of Data Community DC. This change is a reflection of the reality that people working with data use multiple tools to get the job done. This group has a very strong R user base and following, and our content will be primarily R focused. However, we will also have events on other programming languages that are used for statistical, numerical and data programming including Python, MATLAB, and julia, among others. Our mee …

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!

Excel at business intelligence? Interested in learning the hot new BI tool that's working its way across the country? Tableau is a software product aimed at providing analysts across industries with powerful data visualization capabilities, and we're here to help you master it. The DC Tableau Workshop is a free and unofficial forum for beginners and experts alike, providing users a place to get help from peers with their current challenges, or to team up and take part in fun data viz competition …

Welcome to Riak DC. A meetup group in the Washington DC metro area for people to talk Riak, application development, NoSQL, Big Data, and all things distributed.

Open to all those interested in Apache Cassandra, Big Data, Hadoop, Hive, Hector, NoSQL, Pig, and high scalability. Let's get together and share what we know.

For DC area big geospatial data bitheads.

This is the group of Apache Accumulo users and developers local to DC / VA / MD. Apache Accumulo is a scalable, open source BigTable implementation written in Java with cell-level security and server-side processing. Join us!

The Vertica Professionals group was created to provide a forum for those in the DC Area to share tips, tricks and knowledge about using Vertica and it's ecosystem for analytics.

This group is focused on learning and sharing ideas on NOSQL and distributed graph database technologies and solutions...

This is a group for anyone interested in learning and using d3.js

This is a group for anyone interested in understanding how to apply the various analytics offerings from IBM in solving pressing issues facing government agencies as they wrestle with many issues in this era where we must all do more with less. We will be offering monthly webcasts and face to face seminars on a wide range of topics with subject matter experts. Looking forward to meeting everyone!!

We are a group focussed on Social Media Analytics - specifically case study presentations, tool reviews, and methodologies around Social Media Analytics. Meet people in our industry and keep up with what we are all trying to keep up with in this quickly changing world. Learn new strategies around affecting positive change and network with others in the field.