For data professionals who are passionate about making sense of large scale data using innovative technology.

User group for NYC area who want to learn more about the Pentaho Business Analytics

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!

About Us: NY Cultural Tech has expanded its focus as of March 2013 to more broadly delve into the innovative intersection of tech and culture.  It started out as a cross-disciplinary group for practicing technologists (coders, info architects, developers) focused on the advancement of emerging tech from within the domains of public knowledge.  Our participatory group is a new-media catalyst for those involved with museums, libraries, educational institutions, government, non-profits, and outwar …

The Philadelphia Self Quantifiers group brings together technologists, healthcare professionals and anyone interested in self-improvement through data gathering and analysis.  We'll meet to discuss technologies and techniques that aid in understanding of the physical, mental and psychological. As the group grows, we hope to have regular "show and tell" meetups in which members will share their quantified-self tools. NOTE: This group is intended to replace the Quantified Self Philadelphia that se …

A group for those using or interested in Big Data Systems, Apache Hadoop, training, awareness, Cloudera Products, Hadoop Analytics and Innovations

Welcome to the New York City Jaspersoft User Group. The goal of this group is to get together to learn, share, and collaborate with others that are working with or want to work with the Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite, including: * JasperReports * iReport and Jaspersoft Studio * JasperReports Server * Jaspersoft ETL The members of the group will help to decide on topics for future meetings, present their experiences, and learn from each other.

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 …

Meets up to discuss and support other SQL Server DBAs & Developers. Discuss topics like disaster recovery, monitoring, troubleshooting, implementation, database politics, other sql events, certification, and any other topic a member would like to discuss. This group is not about selling though a good discussion on tools is welcome. This is about supporting members with their daily challenges at work or for beginners and new people looking to get into the field. I hope we can create a fun, suppor …

This group is for business and IT professionals looking for news, in-depth case studies, expert insight, best practices, and product analyses to plan and implement their data analytics and management strategies. We provide decision makers perspective on how they can apply big data concepts and technologies to their business needs. With original insight, ideas, and advice, we also explain the potential risks and benefits of introducing new data technology into existing data systems.

Yield Management is now a critical discipline within online media companies. The NY Yield Meetup brings together Yield Managers, Inventory Managers, Pricing Analysts, and anyone else interested in the techniques and tools that produce the best revenue possible. It's an opportunity to network and talk some shop with like minds. Past attendees have represented very large digital and traditional (broadcast, cable, print) companies, mid-size pure-digital shops, content networks, local-focused sites, …

DataPhilly is a group for anyone interested in gaining insights from data. Topics include predictive analytics, applied machine learning, big data, data warehousing and data science.

NYC Algorithmic Trading is for anyone interested in creating and using algorithms in the financial markets. We arrange monthly talks from practicing quants, algorithmic traders, trading technology experts, and academics. Our focus is practical, rather than theoretical. We enjoy talking about how to automate the purchase and sale of securities using statistics, machine learning, data mining, and algorithms.

This meet up group is open to all Big Data enthusiasts.  We are providing a platform to learn about new technologies, as well as to share ideas amongst your peers.

This group is open to all folks interested Python/PyData, and related tools like NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, and IPython. Send us a note if you'd like to host or present at one of our meetups.

This group is for anyone who is involved in the World of QlikView or interested in learning about QlikView. QlikView is a new kind of Business Intelligence software and has experienced tremendous growth over the years. Goal of this group is to share best practices, promote QlikView and provide an opportunity to meet others in the QlikView world. Join us if you are interested in: * Discovering the QlikView Business Discovery platform * Discovering how QlikView can help you to better understand …

This group is aimed at technology professionals who are interested in the problem of embedding Analytics, Data Mining and Machine Learning approaches directly into operational applications and processes that drive the business. The group is programming language and platform agnostic as we plan to open the floor to presentations by technologists working in Java, .NET, R, C++ and whatever other language makes sense. Language choice notwithstanding, the group is interested in use cases, best practi …

NYC's data science community is full of brilliant, incredibly talented people. We started this group to create a central location to showcase the amazing work New York's data scientists are doing and help awesome people meet one another. This meetup aims to serve the technical community—data scientists, software engineers, hackers, and statisticians. Our events will vary from introductory to advanced, but are always intended to provide new ideas, concepts and tools to help you solve your hardest …

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.

These are day-long (or multi-day), advanced, intensive, master classes in advanced statistical programming.

The New York Data Governance Users Group is a non-profit volunteer run organization with the objective of create a forum and exchange of information related to Data Governance.

Meetup group for experienced developers looking to explore the NoSQL/NewSQL/Big Data landscape.

NYC Data Engineering hosts events where the lead engineers from pre-screened companies showcase their technical challenges. ONLY ENGINEERS can attend. If you are not an engineer, please be aware that you may be removed from the group. Software engineers are presently faced with an ever-increasing amount of data as well as a plethora of options for open-source technologies to use to manage it. And the architectures required to process the data into useful information using machine learning, NLP, …

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.

Business Intelligence/Data Analysis professionals in the Philadelphia and New York metro areas have long held informal meetings to discuss their trade. http://www.meetup.com/Philadelphia-Business-Intelligence/ http://www.meetup.com/Open-Analytics-NYC/ http://www.meetup.com/nyhackr/ Given the number of local companies with expertise in this field, it seems that the Lehigh Valley can support its own user community of data professionals. We hope to get the ball rolling on these meetings. Th …

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 …

We are a group of business and data professionals interested in using Tableau Software for creating & managing all sorts of data visualization tools and gaining insights through data visualization.

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 …