The purpose of this group is to bring R users in San Diego together for presentations and discussions on topics of mutual interest. R is a free, open source programming language and software environment for statistical computing. It is a premier tool for bioinformatics, data mining, machine learning, business analytics, and a wide variety of other fields.

This is a face-to-face version of the online LinkedIn group (see http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1895501). This group is dedicated to all such researchers and analysts who are interested in innovative research methods and analytics, as well as related software tools. It is a forum for researchers, analysts and practitioners to discuss about research methodology, research computing, research applications, research flow management, and research process standardization. It is also a place …

This is group which gathers to discuss topics in machine learning. This could be classification, clustering, neural networks, loss functions, graphical algorithms, information retrieval, data mining, artificial intelligence, search, game theory, computational learning theory, reinforcement learning, collaborative filtering, recommendation systems, bioinformatics, or really anything having to do with large scale data analysis and prediction. The usual format is to select a topic and/or paper for …

We are building a small (5-10) group of intelligent/educated people who treat trading and investing in public-market securities as a primary business. Ideal members are those who already spend 20+ hours per week on their trading/investing activities. Whether you trade your own accounts, or are in the process of building a fund or pool to expand your assets under management, this group may be for you. We are open to different trading/investment styles, since we won't spend most of our time discus …

San Diego Artificial Intelligence has meetings corresponding to the AI related on-line courses from Udacity, Coursera, edX and others. Join us to get notified about local study groups for these and related classes. Please submit which study groups you're interested in. "Fifteen people meet each week at the Ansir Innovation Center, a community space with big tables and comfortable chairs, in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood of San Diego." -- New York Times, November 04, 2012. Anybody with an interest …

To provide a venue for Vertica Analytic database users to share ideas, tips and solutions among their peers. To encourage you to make more out of the data you already have.  Big data users can meet to network and get a fresh perspective on things. Vertica was just voted #1 in big data!! http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/Big_Data_Market_Size_and_Vendor_Revenues

This group is for people who are interested in Data Science, Big Data, Hadoop, Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and other disciplines involving turning raw data into value.

Greetings! I've started this group in the hopes of finding others who are interested in taking data - from surveys, clickstreams, and other sources - and turning it into stories. Looking for people who are interested in seeking and sharing knowledge related to data visualization, tools like Illustrator, PowerPoint, Keynote, and Prezi, and platforms such as Visual.ly and Tableau.

We created this group to give like minded individuals a place where they can get together to discuss web analytics. The purpose of this group is to meet other web masters and learn from each other. Join this group if you are interested in learning from and meeting different web analytics professionals in Los Angeles.

A supportive casual lunch group for architects of Big Data -- Hadoop, Data Warehouse and everything in-between. Implementers and strategists only; to enrich and contribute, collaborate and discuss, divide and concur the problems of today's big data challenges.

Come SIP with us a glass of wine and network with our San Diego high-tech community. It is FREE, no sales pitch, just schmoozing. We meet every first Wednesday of the month after 6pm and you are welcome to bring guests.

This is the Southern California Oracle Big Data Analytics Meetup Group. Our focus is to network with Oracle technology professionals and evangelists to share user experiences, conduct training sessions, as well as hear from industry experts on the latest developments around Oracle Big Data, NoSQL, Hadoop, R, Oracle Big Data Connectors, ODI,  Endeca Information Discovery, Oracle Business Intelligence Analytics, Exalytics, etc.

Greater San Diego area based user-group focused on bringing Hadoop users together to discuss use-cases, share problems and solutions as well as learn new skills for building large-scale Hadoop-based systems and Bigdata solutions.

A meeting place for those in Orange County interested in Hadoop.

This is a group about discussing HBase and promoting HBase within the Los Angeles community

The Excel Refresher Meetup is here for beginning and intermediate users of Excel who would like to learn and share tips and tricks with fellow users. Maybe you are upgrading from or to Excel 2007 2010 2013 or maybe your new to Excel all together. This is a great place to help get acquainted and we will be a great support when Excel 2013 comes out soon. Excel is an extremely dynamic and useful program and there are TONS of resources out there on the web for MS Excel, but sometimes it’s hard to se …

This group is for anyone who is interested in Hadoop technology and how the software can be used to unlock the potential of Big Data. Share insight, challenges and experiences with like-minded individuals. Regardless of your experience, join the troop for networking and an exploration of Hadoop!

If you work in Healthcare and interested in the use of Technology to enhance the tools care providers have, and you live in SoCal, this group is for you. If you are interested in Bigdata, Cloud and Mobile and want to discuss and see their case studies in Healthcare, this group can also be of interest to you. I searched before starting this group, and the same problem that faced HealthIT for decades still exists, at least in SoCal, there are great interest and venues for Technology driven initiat …

The Los Angeles 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.

Whether you're a beginner or expert, this group will meet to discuss strategies on getting into the C-Suite by mastering Big Data.

This group is to bring together those interested in or working with Big Data and Hadoop. Understanding and managing Big Data technology is now a vital part of successful organizations. Share insight, challenges and experiences with like-minded individuals. Regardless of your experience, join the troop for networking and an exploration of Big Data and Hadoop!

Interested in data visualization tools from Tableau, MicroStrategy, QlikView, IBM Cognos, SAS, Spotfire and others?  Interactive graphics can tell you more than tables of numbers.  Let's get together to hear from users who have implemented these tools or discovered useful knowledge from data visualization.  We will also hear from representatives of various analytics software companies and consulting firms. We can also host some hack sessions to work on projects or learn something from each other …

This group is for anyone that is interested in learning how to use Tableau Software better and meet others that share the same need and/or interest.