Anybody interested in Hadoop.

Come join us for regular technical discussion in the areas of large scale data processing and analytics. We're open to all topics related to "big data" -- distributed algorithms, machine learning, probabilistic data structures, performance and reliability. The focus will be on the practical solutions to real world big data problems rather than just a single processing or storage platform. The format will typically be two presenters with ample time for discussion and questions. Everybody is welco …

Open to all those interested in Apache Cassandra, Big Data, Hadoop, Hive, Hector, NoSQL, Pig, and high scalability. Let's get together and share what we know.

Map/Reduce, specifically Hadoop is revolutionizing several areas of computing. This group is for those that are investigating this technology or perfecting their skills with it. Hopefully it will be a mix of introductory material and hands on labs. Meeting in Northern Virginia, usually Reston.

The Vertica Professionals group was created to provide a forum for those in the DC Area to share tips, tricks and knowledge about using Vertica and it's ecosystem for analytics.

This is the group of Apache Accumulo users and developers local to DC / VA / MD. Apache Accumulo is a scalable, open source BigTable implementation written in Java with cell-level security and server-side processing. Join us!

For DC area big geospatial data bitheads.

A group, lead by the team at IKANOW, devoted to the use and development of open source, big data, agile intelligence solutions, for the DC/Metro area. Join our group if interested in solving real business problems utilizing open source, big data solutions.

The Federal Big Data Meetup group is a community dedicated to promoting the technologies, practices and innovations needed for Federal Government agencies to get maximum value from massive amounts of data. With over 2.5 trillion bytes of data accumulating around the world every day, the Federal Government is at the epicenter of the Big Data revolution. Through an exchange of BIG ideas, education and fresh thinking from Government employees, contractors and technologists, Federal Big Data aims to …

Discussions around Microsoft Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) including but not limited to Visual Studio 2010/2012, TFS 2012, SQL Server 2012, Microsoft Hadoop on Azure. For architects and enthusiasts.

Big Data District is a Washington DC based organization that will articulate the future of data and technology and link together tech savvy people. We will do this by connecting supporting and developing start-ups, entrepreneurs, big thinkers, and radical ideas in the Big Data & Technology space. We will host various events including meet-ups and hackathons where attendees can connect and collaborate. Specific technology areas of interest: Hadoop Projects, Cloud Computing, Analytic Platforms and …

The Infinit.e User Group is a forum for Infinit.e users, prospective users, and partners to gather and discuss best practices for implementing Infinit.e, document discovery and analysis use cases and examples, Open Source software, and network. Membership in the Infinit.e User Group is open to anyone interested in the Infinit.e platform, document discovery and analysis, and Open Source software and like Hadoop, elasticsearch, and MongoDB regardless of technical proficiency.

Developers interested in joining IBM to learn about big data for social media and log analytics. Get jump started with Hadoop scripting and text analytics and address the full spectrum of Big Data business challenges.

ClusterDC aims to bring together the Washington DC area's brightest developers, data scientists, analysts and big data fanatics to form a collaborative and hands-on group to solve the world's data problems. OK, that's a stretch, but this group is by invite and application only and for people interested in hacking and developing novel and intelligent solutions around Big Data, NoSQL and distributed computing technologies. Be ready to teach and to be taught and to collaborate with your peers. Plan …

The Data Science MD group is intended to be a gathering of professionals, students, and enthusiasts in the area to discuss diverse topics related to data science. We aim to have frank discussions on all topics related to the field of data analytics. No subject is too big or too small, as we believe analytics can operate on any scale. We plan to mix education with practical examples, helping users make the most of their time. Data Science MD on Facebook Data Science MD on LinkedIn Data Science MD …

This Washington DC Meetup mission is to help businesses understand and convert Data to be an Asset as compared to be a liability. Our community will cater to SAP HANA and its ecosystem (BI, BODS, MDM, ETL, EIM etc.), BIG Data and Hadoop community and predictive analytics with R and explore Cloud offerings. ABOUT HANA SAP HANA is a modern platform for real-time analytics and applications. It enables organization to analyze business operations based on large volume and variety of detailed data in …

Storm Users Group is a community for Storm developers and companies using Storm. Storm is a distributed realtime computation system. Similar to how Hadoop provides a set of general primitives for doing batch processing, Storm provides a set of general primitives for doing realtime computation. Storm is simple, can be used with any programming language, and is a lot of fun to use!

"This Business Intelligence (BI) group is about people who have some understanding of Database in order to understand how to transform raw data into meaningful and useful information for business purposes. BI can handle large amounts of information to help identify and develop new opportunities. I am starting this group in order to meet people and let them understand the purpose of BI in everyday life."

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 …

This is a group for anyone interested in understanding how to apply the various analytics offerings from IBM in solving pressing issues facing government agencies as they wrestle with many issues in this era where we must all do more with less. We will be offering monthly webcasts and face to face seminars on a wide range of topics with subject matter experts. Looking forward to meeting everyone!!

What's the big deal with big data? McKinsey consulting predicts a shortage of 140,000 data scientists in the US, and a shortage of 1.5 Million of...the rest of us. The business users who make decisions based on the data. The folks who interact with the data scientists. Once per month, we'll feature a speaker or workshop focusing on Big Data case studies (like how Big Data is helping the NYPD solve crime, Unilever sell more soap, and The World Bank alleviate poverty in Burundi), consider the impl …