This group is tied to the Milwaukee Data Initiative, and effort to help our city by working with technology and data to innovate in business, community and government. This group will have all formal initiative events, and any that organizers want to do which relate to furthering technical standards, data collaboration or tool building. This group is for technology entrepreneurs, software developers, business professionals, government officials or community activists/workers that live, play or w …

This is a group of data visualization enthusiasts interested in networking, learning, professional development, and competing in visualization contests.

Data 2.0 Chicago is the Midwest arm of the DataWeek.co and Data2Summit.com events in San Francisco. We host over 500 innovative data companies from Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce to MongoDB, Kaggle, and InfoChimps at our yearly conferences & summits. Topics cover big data, cloud data, NoSQL, API's and mashups, open data initiatives, and data platforms. The Data 2.0 meetup group is for entrepreneurs, data scientists, investors, engineers, database admins, data architects, and professionals in …

- Bringing together data scientists, computational scientists, and folks interested in data analytics, scientific computing, and visualization. - Promoting data computing as a way to enhance computational outcomes and add value to the bottom line. - Fostering a collaborative culture between government labs, industry, the non-profit sector, and academia in the Chicagoland area.

Inspired by DataKind's DataDive 2012. We offer regular meeting space and opportunities for ongoing collaboration of non-profit data partners and data enthusiasts to explore and gain insights from interesting data sets for the greater good.

Expert, novice, guru, all are welcome. Get together to discuss HTML5 technologies, applications, and frameworks. Meetings will take place monthly and are hosted at Bucketworks

The Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association was established to foster interest in statistical methods. We want to promote unity among analytical professionals, and aim to make information concerning statistical science available in order to stimulate research, and promote high professional standards. It is our hope to make statistics useful to practical affairs, for the advancement of society as a whole.

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 …

This is a group created to advance the education and awareness of Apache Hadoop and the 100% open source distribution Hortonworks. It will focus on salient topics to educate and advance Apache Hadoop.

This group is for professionals, thought leaders and researchers dedicated to Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Business Analytics, BI, Cloud Analytics, Cloud BI, Social Media Analytics, Sensor Data Analytics, Data Integration, Data Warehouse Appliances, Data Visualization, Data Management, etc. In short, this is a networking community focused on emerging technologies (Hadoop, NoSQL, etc.), and strategies that allow enterprises to leverage their data assets so they may better …

This group is to bring together those interested in or working with Big Data, Analytics & Business Intelligence. Understanding and managing data is now a vital part of successful organizations. Share insight, challenges and experiences with like-minded individuals. Regardless of your experience, join the group for networking and an exploration of Big Data and Analytics.

The Design Research Institute meetups are for anyone interested in design, entrepreneurship, innovative business, information design, data visualization, marketing and more. We offer food, short programs, and networking for faculty and students at UWM and other institutions of higher ed, the business community and creative industries. Mission: The Design Research Institute applies design thinking to creative research. We use the expertise and experience of artists and designers to collaborate, r …