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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 …

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 …