This is a group for all Big Data professionals to include programmers, architects, platform specialists like Hadoop, MongoDB, GreenPlum, Cloudera, Hortonworks etc. We welcome Engineers, IT Professionals, Architects, Data Scientists, Analytics Experts, Sales and Marketing Professionals, Entereneurs. We will be holding lectures, tutorials, panel discussions, demos, hackathons and networking for all professionals. We will feayure local, regional and international conferences with world famo …

This group is dedicated to bringing the institutions and practices that constitute science into the 21st century. In recent decades, many disturbing trends have emerged that impede free scientific inquiry, slow lifesaving research, and otherwise impair the practice of science for the benefit of all humanity. Recently, the fledgling, International Open Science Movement has rallied around the promise of networked knowledge sharing possibilities. New P2P tools and paradigms enable science to fin …

Geekout weekends: build robots, work on open source projects, get something done with a fun group. We plan on having one weekend project per month with beer, food, entertainment - generally lasting about 4-5 hours. All participants get something to take home and/or a share in a new project.

… We can replicate and store great amounts of raw data, but we have trouble extracting meaning from that data. Without meaning, information becomes increasingly oppressive. Can we break through the wall that separates flat data from actionable information? This is the foundational challenge facing humanity today. And finally, I feel it important to emphasize that CLINE is only interested in the exploration and development of empirically compliant theory. Your ideas can be as wild as you like, but …

We'll discuss different kinds of algorithms. First, we'll try to understand basic algorithms. We'll also discuss simple puzzles and brain teasers. If you are not from mathematical background, you'll find it simple and if you are from computer science, you'll find it interesting. You can also post any algorithms you want to discuss in particular.     Learning Practical Applications:   We'll try to understand algorithms practical applications. The challenge is not to write complex algorithms b …

We rank people every day. We rank their influence; we rank them for jobs; for credit; for fun. We rank them for dating, knowledge, reputation, and for funding or joining a startup. Ranking is hard and subjective. But the results are there for all too see -- who drives action? Who gets the job? Who gets funded? We need better science and engineering for people ranking, and we will make it here.

… Serve as a resource for the latest building science practices and protocols to assist the Passive House community in designing the most energy efficient buildings possible. Host the North American Certified Passive House Consultant Training and Exam Membership in the PHAUS-SF Chapter provides the best opportunity to connect with those in the Bay Area that are actively and successfully implementing Passive House projects and to other interested parties who are concerned with practical, actionabl …

This is a regular show and tell for people who take advantage of various personal self-tracking tools and methods to gain more knowledge about themselves, others and the world around them. Come share what you are doing and learn from others. Topics include, but are not limited to: *Self-experimentation *Behavior monitoring *Lifelogging, lifecaching, lifestreaming *Location tracking *Digitizing body info *Biometric data *Psychological self-assessments *Medical self-diagnostics *Personal genome se …

This Meetup group supports the SF Bay ACM Chapter.  You can join the actual SF Bay Chapter by coming to a meeting - most meetings are free, and our membership is only $20/year ! The chapter has both educational and scientific purposes: - the science, design, development, construction, languages, management and applications of modern computing. - communication between persons interested in computing. - cooperation with other professional groups See official bylaws at http://www.sfbayacm.org/?at …