This is the R user group for the New England and Greater Boston 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 Greater Boston useR 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/

Knowledge of and fluency in the language of analytics is becoming increasingly important in business, especially in the financial services industry. Even small process changes based on advanced analysis can result in millions of dollars in revenue gained or lost. It’s never been more important to brush up on your analytics “literacy”. This is a great place to learn and network with other professionals in analytics!

NY Graph is a place for people to learn about and discuss graph structures, graph theory, graph databases and related topics. We host technical presentations and lectures, product demos, lightning talks, seminars, town hall-style open forums and hands-on tutorials, in addition to less-structured monthly gatherings. Why graphs? Why now? Graph structures and methods are being used everywhere. As the size of datasets being generated, processed, and presented continues to grow, the relative strengt …

Gathering of people who are interested in data visualization. Speaker series - watch and listen to fellow designers, statisticians, mathematicians, architects, programmers, start ups, and other great people in the industry. We hope to have monthly small meetups sharing work and ideas. Also plan to have headline speakers every two to three months in a larger format!

For artists who like to code and coders who love to create, This is a collaborative space for creative coders, designers, and artists to come together to share the latest tips, tricks, and techniques in any area from data visualizations, to generative art, to kinect hacks. Focusing on open tools like Processing, OpenFrameworks, Cinder, Protovis and R.

Boston has an amazing group of people who not only create beautiful data visualization work, but also push the entire field forward with their contribution to the open source and academic communities. This meetup will aim to bring those people and anyone interested in data visualization together, fostering a community, creating a space for learning and enabling new partnerships. The meetup will host talks, hack days, workshops/tutorials and personal work showcases. If you would like to speak at …

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 group devoted to the use and development of open source, big data, agile intelligence solutions, for the Boston Metro area.  Join our group if interested in solving real business problems utilizing open source, big data analytical solutions.

A group devoted to the use and development of open source, big data, agile intelligence solutions, for the NYC Metro area. Join our group if interested in solving real business problems utilizing open source, big data analytical solutions.

The New England Netezza User Group(NENUG) is for Netezza users interested in meetings and discussions topic such as Netezza best practices and Netezza use-cases. The Group will promote open communication between IBM’s Big Data Group and NENUG members concerning the Netezza appliance or the integration of the platform with other IBM products and services.

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 …

Boston d3.js is a group specifically focused on data visualizations based on d3.js. If you haven't heard about d3, then you should probably check it out! http://d3js.org/ https://github.com/mbostock/d3 Our goal is to create a community of designers, developers and researchers interested in d3 in the Boston / Cambridge area. If you - Love d3.js - Interested in data visualization - Would like to learn some / more about it - Want to show / teach your d3 visualizations - or whatever reason you may h …

We are a group focussed on Social Media Data and Analytics - specifically case study presentations, tool reviews, and methodologies around Social Media Data and 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.

Our focus is on how to make powerful and maintainable Javascript frontends. One of the areas of interest is "Big Data" analytics and the effective visualization of large data sets. The format will be conversational and based on a centering theme. Technologies that will be discussed: Client application organization (Require.js, Aura.js) Client visualization and data manipulation (D3.js, Crossfilter.js) Analytics (Cascalog) Databases (Redis, ElephantDB, HBase, MongoDB) Operations (Chef) Anything …

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 brush up your non-RDBMS skills? Join us!

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 …

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.

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 …

The mission of this meetup is to expand the conversation around personal data, as it relates to the new-web, devices, apps and and anywhere else we are creating digitized personal data. As heard in the press, time and again "Data is the oil of the new economy". We will explore issues like data ownership, control, uses and abuses.

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!

We are healthcare data hackers. We pull insight out of healthcare data whether that is medical claims, pharmacy claims, EMR data, lab data, clinical studies, or anything else. We will soon be hosting networking sessions and presentations. Feel free to recommend speakers.

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.

This is a group for anyone interested in big data technologies, machine learning, artificial intelligence, predictive analysis, data visualization, etc. All skills levels are welcome. I have started this group for big data professionals to network and learn the latest in the big data technology. Looking forward to having lively discussions about the cutting edge big data technology and its impact on the business world.

"Smart Data" refers to the high-value data used to inform business decisions. Our interest is in comprehensive enterprise solutions, from ingestion of data through to business insight. This includes: large-scale physical systems, virtual/cloud systems, operational systems such as Hadoop, BI tools, and techniques to drive business decisions

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.

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 …

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 …