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 …

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.

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 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 …

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 is a group for anyone interested in sharing and learning in the areas of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM). EPM is a fastest growing area in enterprise applications. This meetup group will try to bring the finance/business users and technology experts together to solve the problems and share solutions. This meetup group will try to stay business focused with technology as an enabler and not the driver. Some of the tools in this space are Oracle's fusion version of EPM, SAP BPC, Cognos …

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 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.

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 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 …

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 …

This is a group for users of the SAS statistical programming and analysis package in the Baltimore Metro Area. Professionals, students, researchers -- all are welcome. Writing sophisticated macros in a UNIX enviroment? Come share your knowledge. Just learned the difference between a PROC step and a DATA step? Come join us, too!

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 …

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 …

A group of database technologists that discuss data technology of all types, but with a focus on the PostgreSQL relational database. Open to developers, admins, and engineers of all types!

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!

A group devoted to the use and development of MongoDB, and the sweet things it enables, for people in the DC/Metro area.

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

The DC Excel Refresher Meetup Group is here for beginning and intermediate users of Excel who would like to learn and share tips and tricks with fellow users. Maybe you are upgrading from or to Excel 2007 2010 2013 or maybe your new to Excel all together. This is a great place to help get acquainted with Excel. Excel is an extremely dynamic and useful program and there are TONS of resources out there on the web for MS Excel, but sometimes it’s hard to see the forest through the trees. Simply hav …

Professional group of distributed computing practitioners.

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