The purpose of this group is to educate one another about AI and related fields.  We're interested in how machines might be made to "think like people," and what is known about the human mind at a computational level.  Usually we pick books or papers as a starting point for discussion.  Sometimes we have mini-tutorials on AI topics. Anyone interested in studying intelligent machines is welcome.  We have people with diverse backgrounds in AI, neuroscience, and other areas.  Additionally, some of …

The goal of this meetup is present informative lectures, hands-on tutorials, networking events, etc, towards helping the local community further it's understanding and proficiency regarding Predictive Analytics.  Our group has three main focal points:  business applications, advanced mathematics, and computer science; with topics covering Recommeder Systems, Machine Learning, Google Analytics, Data Visualization, Social Media / Text Analytics, and related topics.  Predictive Analytics are levera …

This is the meeting site for the Connecticut R user group. R is an open source language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.

APRA-GNY is the greater New York chapter of the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement. We welcome both seasoned professionals and newcomers to prospect research and fundraising. Our monthly programs are organized with diverse needs in mind. We offer networking, professional development, and support for your work in hospitals, universities, the arts, and social programs, as well as both large and small non-profits. Please attend an event, get to know us, and join our chapter – i …

The Vertica Professionals group was created to provide a forum for those in the NYC Area to share tips, tricks and knowledge about using Vertica and it's ecosystem for analytics. We will be managing this group out of linked in -- http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4210608

Our group is for those interested in AI, machine learning, forecasting, recommendation systems, and building smarter applications.  We share experience and knowledge in the field, and help each other with ideas and projects. This is a group for sharing and learning about AI -- also eating and drinking. The community of AI programmers in New England is an important part of the vibrant software industry in the region, and contributes to the global trend toward improving products and infrastructu …

Data mining! Predictive Modeling! Statistical Modeling! Predictive analysis! What does this all mean for marketers, and how can it work in your organization? This group aims to explore how data mining is leveraged by marketing departments and firms to predict behavior and optimize response and profitability.

This group will concentrate on understanding the tools and skill-sets needed to become an effective Data Scientist. We will explore all topics related to the data lifecycle including acquiring new data sets, parsing new data sets, filtering and organizing data, mining data patterns, advanced algorithms, visually representing data, telling stories with data and softer skills such as negotiations and selling your ideas based upon data.

A meetup to talk about search engines, information retrieval, recommendation engines and predictive analytics. We aim to share knowledge about both enterprise and open source technologies that deal with these topics.

Big Data Boston is for people with a passion for analytics & insights that are derived from the extreme information generated today. This group is for the small start up and the big company, the individual and the group, anyone in Boston that wants to make it the capital for Big Data!

Are you interested in data science but also passionate about international development? Then this is the meetup for you! Let's get together to explore how the rapidly growing areas of data science and big data can transform the world of international development and contribute to improving the lives of the billions of underprivileged and poor people in the world.

Elasticsearch is picking up steam in Bean Town. Let's share our experiences with it and strengthen the local community around it by introducing newcomers to the great features it has to offer.

This group will provide a place to meet and discuss potential use of existing technologies and practice in the service of improving education. I started this group because there is a rich community across disciplines that offer a wide variety of complex approaches to this topic that merit review in the context of the the education sector. I look forward to reviewing technologies, organizing some hands on labs, participating in dialogue, and pursuing innovative approaches with you.

This is an IBM sponsored Big Data meetup group.  Geared towards developers, data scientists and all Big Data enthusiasts, our meetups provide an opportunity to work hands on with the solutions and tools in our Big Data platform. Our Meetups typically include a 45-60 min (max) presentation that serves as an introduction and overview for a specific Big Data technology.  It is followed by ~3 hours to collaborate with fellow developers and apply your Big Data skills.  We provide a cloud environment …

Technical discussions about the convergence of Big Data and traditional data warehousing. We'll meet to exchange ideas, products, projects and solutions that are creating new methods and techniques to analyze data.

Boston Storm Users is a group for developers using or hoping to learn about Twitter's Storm real-time data processing framework. We get together to discuss best practices, to exchange ideas and to learn how to apply Storm to various engineering challenges. Storm is a distributed realtime computation system. Similar to how Hadoop provides a set of general primitives for doing batch processing, Storm provides a set of general primitives for doing realtime computation. Storm is simple, can be used …

Transforming politics and public policy by applying data science best practices to political campaigns and organizations.

This is an R and RStudio user group for the Pioneer Valley and Five College Area. R is a free and open programming language for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphical visualization. Along with this powerful software, comes a dynamic and vast community. The group seeks to bring this community together to share ideas, discuss R related topics, and provide direction for new and experienced users. For more information on R, see The R Project at: http://www.r-project.org/. For more infor …

Welcome techies, business people and Verizon team members... Come join us at our offices in NYC for a monthly discussion of interesting topics including subject areas like M2M, banking finance, healthcare and the Internet. Verizon has numerous ongoing projects that contribute expertise and services to the technology ecosystem. We will be partnering with our colleagues running related Meetups and are interested to act as much as a host as a presenter ! NOTE: PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE YOUR FULL …

Calling all Growth Hackers! Are you obsessed with growing your business through carefully designed and tested internet marketing? Do you like to A/B test everything you do in life? If so, you have come to the right place! We plan to gather the very best Growth Hackers in Boston to exchange ideas, brainstorm new growth hacks, and inspire each other to achieve new levels of growth hacking success! [growth hacker (noun) - one who’s passion and focus is pushing a metric through use of a testable and …

A group of professionals using the Python programming language in quantitative applications (algorithms, visualization, number crunching, statistics) in the New York metro area.

Hello Data Divas! Let's get this meetup started for all the ladies out there who love, work and breathe DATA! If you are interested in making new friends and connecting on all things data and digital-let our conversations begin. And have fun!

The Boston Data Mining meetup focuses on making data mining accessible to everyone. It aims to be inclusive to all regardless if you are a beginner or expert in statistical modeling, machine learning, data mining, or any of the analytics (business, predictive, etc). Our talks will focus on the practical side of data mining and analytics by showing attendees how to perform data modeling in a non-programming environment. To achieve that goal we employ RapidMiner; an open source data mining platfor …

The Analytics Professionals group was created to provide a forum for those in the New York metro area to share tips, tricks and knowledge about using the ParAccel Analytics Database platform and similar technologies for analytics.

The Analytics Professionals group was created to provide a forum for those in Boston to share tips, tricks and knowledge about using an analytic platform such as ParAccel to drive business value. With the variety and volume of data available these days from a number of sources (RDBMS, web logs, sensor data, social media, etc.) we're interested in discussing how you begin to make sense of all this data and derive real business value from it.

Visualizing big data sets with easy-to-read illustrations can help tell a story and make complex data easier to understand by more people. Hear this panel of experts discuss a range of vizualizations that may help in efforts to resist and transform criminalization: "Data Visualization in the Newsroom" Amanda Hickman, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism "Visualizing Stop and Frisk Data" Maria Elene Torre, Brett Stoudt, and Scott Lizama, Morris Justice Project "Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Re-Tel …