NYC Predictive Analytics is a non-profit professional group that meets monthly to discuss diverse topics in predictive analytics and applied machine learning.  We are a group 1000+ members strong comprised of analysts, computer scientists, engineers, executives, entrepreneurs and students with a deep interest in these fields & related technologies. Meeting topics are varied and can focus on, as examples, new trends and technologies, best practices for development in big-data environments, and fu …

ABOUT The New Marketplaces, Science & Tech For A Better Internet meetup invites scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, software coders, designers, activists and financiers to discuss and explore how new online marketplaces, business models & infrastructures can create more interaction and innovation on the Web. MEETUPS We meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month at some of NYC's most cutting-edge tech company offices. MEMBERS Where does the network end and where does the marketplace begin? Wh …

The Philadelphia Talend Meetup Group is dedicated to learning and exchanging Talend best practices expanding the use of Talend's open source ETL tools.

"be id" with us to learn how to use your vast personal information better. What can we do with so much fragmented digital data about ourselves? We'll explore how we might benefit by more fully integrating & interpreting our mobile, online & offline identities. In Manhattan, our speakers, events & project labs will enable us to delve into our own deluge of data.  We expect to uncover curiosities in new private ways with innovative mobile-apps & digital tech. While you might want to "be id" for …

Fusion Energy League NJ Meetup We bring people together to bring nuclei together. We invite physicists, engineers, financiers, activists, policy makers, software coders, game and app designers, entrepreneurs, marketing wizards, artists, musicians, filmmakers, chefs and all who have a passion for igniting fusion energy.  We seek those who are focused on the science, as well as those who are inspired by the metaphor.  Fusion enthusiasts, and the fusion curious.  Meet your fellow fusion fighters. …

Calling all data do-gooders: DataKind NYC is a meetup for the New York chapter of DataKind, a community of data scientists and non-profits working together to better collect, analyze, and visualize data in the service of humanity. DataKind encourages local meetups to share ideas, collaborate across communities, discuss new tools and practices, and help bring about a better world through data for social causes. Come hang out with other conscientious dataists and tech-savvy social innovators doin …

A group for those in/around NYC who use or are interested in Apache Pig, Hadoop, related projects, and big data in general.

This group is for business and IT professionals looking for news, in-depth case studies, expert insight, best practices, and product analyses to plan and implement their data analytics and management strategies. We provide decision makers perspective on how they can apply big data concepts and technologies to their business needs. With original insight, ideas, and advice, we also explain the potential risks and benefits of introducing new data technology into existing data systems.

DataPhilly is a group for anyone interested in gaining insights from data. Topics include predictive analytics, applied machine learning, big data, data warehousing and data science.

data io is a NYC meetup that feeds the minds of curious people who are interested in big data. Join us in exploring the uses and implications of big data. We will host bi-monthly events where data lovers and inquiring minds can come to learn and socialize. Each meetup will include one or two guest speakers to help you discover new information and make connections with people, processes, and platforms that match your interests. This meetup is sponsored by Enigma Technologies.

This is a group for anyone interested in research concerning artificial neural networks, deep learning, and so on. The format varies between discussion groups, guest speakers, and tutorials. Proposed topics include: training deep belief networks with unsupervised pre-training/supervised finetuning, recurrent neural networks, different optimization methods, scalable architectures for large networks across clusters, practical GPU programming (with Python!), NNs for NLP, using NNs in robotics, visu …

This group is open to all folks interested Python/PyData, and related tools like NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, and IPython. Send us a note if you'd like to host or present at one of our meetups.

Twitter New York welcomes software engineers and technologists who are interested in learning about our engineering projects and initiatives. While we have made great progress, there are lots of massive technical challenges to solve. With millions of  active users on Twitter, we're always working on ways to scale our products and play with massive amounts of realtime data. Our New York based engineering teams own the Discover tab, working on new approaches to search quality and building highly s …

NYC's data science community is full of brilliant, incredibly talented people. We started this group to create a central location to showcase the amazing work New York's data scientists are doing and help awesome people meet one another. This meetup aims to serve the technical community—data scientists, software engineers, hackers, and statisticians. Our events will vary from introductory to advanced, but are always intended to provide new ideas, concepts and tools to help you solve your hardest …

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!

These are day-long (or multi-day), advanced, intensive, master classes in advanced statistical programming.

What's the future of journalism and the news going to look like? This is perhaps one of the most important questions of our time, one that will determine our relationship to information for years to come, effecting how we see the world--everything from politics to revolutions to science to local issues. The future of journalism and the news is ours to own. This Meetup is a thinktank for media-focused startups (especially those with a tech bent), journalists, bloggers, and publishers--anyone i …

Meetup group for experienced developers looking to explore the NoSQL/NewSQL/Big Data landscape.

NYC Data Engineering hosts events where the lead engineers from pre-screened companies showcase their technical challenges. ONLY ENGINEERS can attend. If you are not an engineer, please be aware that you may be removed from the group. Software engineers are presently faced with an ever-increasing amount of data as well as a plethora of options for open-source technologies to use to manage it. And the architectures required to process the data into useful information using machine learning, NLP, …

Government is one of the largest producers and consumers of Data. Open Data — data about us, for us, and paid by us, is now being released by forward-looking governments. This meetup is for anyone interested in using this Big Open Data to create all kinds of innovations - both for profit and the public good.

Are you: - Passionate about stereoscopy? - A stereoscopic 3D professional? - Interested in 3D and want to find out more? - Or, have you never experienced stereo vision? Join the new 3D Club of NY and enjoy the magical world of stereoscopic 3D! We are a group of passionate Stereoscopers, organized for the purpose of promoting the art, practice, enjoyment and science of 3D imaging. This will be accomplished through open monthly meetings (with 3D projections and programs), events, workshops, …

Have you ever dreamed of a political party in America that relies on factual data, solid research, and basic common sense to create their policy agenda?  A political party that can bring Washington back to the center? If yes - than join us! This meetup will hopefully serve as a spring board for organizing like minded individuals who want to take collective action to create real change in Washington. For more information - take a look at some of our research here - http://www.americasreportcard.c …

This group is for data hackers, scientists, analysts, statisticians, engineers, enthusiasts, gurus, ninjas, wizards - whatever your preferred label, if you possess hands-on experience with data and use it to solve problems, then this group is for you. We'll cover a wide range of data topics, mostly those relevant to the tech industry: prediction, visualization, data cleaning, real-time reporting, user tracking, split testing, etc... The group is language agnostic but will emphasize ubiquitous/op …

Big Data ! Data Science ! Predictive Analytics ! Machine Learning ! ... these are all great buzzwords but to make a system actually work and that has an impact is a non-trivial task. To go from concept to system deployment many technical, project and program elements need to come together. The goal of this meet-up group is to provide a forum for systems architects/engineers, software architects, software engineers, analysts, informaticists, data scientists, program managers and end customers a f …

The hype surrounding Big Data and Data Science is at a fever pitch with promises to solve the world's business and social problems, large and small. How accurate or misleading is this message? How is it helping or damaging people, and which people? What opportunities exist for data nerds and entrepreneurs that examine the larger issues with a skeptical view? This Meetup focuses on mathematical, ethical, and business aspects of data from a skeptical perspective. Guest speakers will discuss the mi …