Data Science DC is a non-profit professional group that meets monthly to discuss diverse topics in predictive analytics, applied machine learning, statistical modeling, open data, and data visualization. Our members are professionals, students, and others with a deep interest in these fields and related technologies. Meeting topics are varied and range from tutorials on basic concepts and their applications, to success stories from local practitioners, to discussions of tools, new technologies, …

R is an open source programming language for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphical visualization. R has an estimated one million users worldwide, and its user base is growing. While most commonly used within academia, in fields such as computational biology and applied statistics, it is gaining currency in commercial areas such as quantitative finance and business intelligence. Among R's strengths as a language are its powerful built-in tools for inferential statistics, its compact …

Intel Analytics DC is a group led by the HumanGeo team to foster learning and sharing of Big Data analysis and geospatial techniques to further the state of the art for intelligence applications.   This group is founded on a principle of open sharing of interesting ideas related to: highly scalable 'Big Data' architectures data-centric programming tricks and techniques emerging tools and analysis paradigms   Join us now to stay up-to-date with interactive talks from some of the most innovative …