This group is a place for developers to learn more about the non-relational, open source, document-oriented database MongoDB. MongoDB is the leading NoSQL database and many of the key committers are based right here in New York City. So if you are facing challenges with MySQL or Postgres or Oracle and want to explore a more flexible, scalable alternative, please join us at one of our monthly sessions. We typically meet on the third Tuesday of the month, have some pizza and network, and enjoy a p …

NewJerseyR NewJerseyR will be a free informal event, held quarterly and intended to serve as a platform for all local (and regional) R users to present and exchange their experiences and ideas around the usage of R. A typical meeting will consist of 3-4 talks of about 20-25 min to give plenty of room for sharing your R experiences, discussions and exchange of ideas. What is R? R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S l …

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

This is the meeting site for the Connecticut R user group. R is an open source language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.

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.

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.

A group of web developers meets monthly to build web apps and learn how to do it right and fast using open source, web standards and various API (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google, Meetup and more). @StartupAPI The list of topics ranges from Security and Identity to Usability and Analytics. If you know a good topic we should discuss, please add it to the wiki, maybe even add some links to good articles / videos about it. We also code web applications right at the meetings - using whatever we want …

This is a group for anyone interested in anything D3.js related. All skill levels are welcome. This group was started so that members could meet and learn from each other as well to help foster the D3.js related community in NYC. Events will cover things like drinks, lectures, show-and-tell's, instructional meetups, etc.

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.

We've moved to http://www.meetup.com/Self-Driving-Vehicle/.

A group of professionals using the Python programming language in quantitative applications (algorithms, visualization, number crunching, statistics) in the New York metro area.

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.

If you believe that there is scope for financial institutions to expand their use of Opensource applications (Or if you don’t but would like to join the debate anyway) then please join us for a monthly meetup. Where possible I will arrange guest speakers. My sense is that there is scope to develop more enterprise level open source applications in finance. Open Gamma has already done this successfully with its risk management application. The Lodestone Foundation, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, has …

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 …

This group is dedicated to hackers, makers, and the next Edisons. In NJ, we've created the first commercially viable light bulb and bubblewrap! Now let's build something similarly ambitious as a group. Google built it out west and we all want to see a self-driving car here in the Garden State. This summer we are planning on building a self-driving car! Praful is volunteering his car and he has computers specifically designed for cars. Now we have the equipment, we need your help to "drive" this …