This is an IBM sponsored Big Data meetup group.  Geared towards developers, data scientists and all Big Data enthusiasts, our meetups provide an opportunity to work hands on with the solutions and tools in our Big Data platform. Our Meetups typically include a 45-60 min (max) presentation that serves as an introduction and overview for a specific Big Data technology.  It is followed by ~3 hours to collaborate with fellow developers and apply your Big Data skills.  We provide a cloud environment …

Data Science Chicago brings together people interested in data science: the analytical "statistics and machine learning" side, the creative "visualization and design" side, the verbal "communication and story-telling" side, and especially the areas in-between those extremes. This group is organized by Datascope Analytics. Members are professionals, students, consultants and entrepreneurs that love data and understand the potential value it brings for society, business and government. Meeting t …

This group is for anyone interested in discussing and learning more about applied business analytics. All skill and knowledge levels are welcome. This group is being formed to promote the growth and open exchange of information on a subject that tends to be closed as a result of organizations protecting what they consider to be a strategic competitive advantage.

- Bringing together data scientists, computational scientists, and folks interested in data analytics, scientific computing, and visualization. - Promoting data computing as a way to enhance computational outcomes and add value to the bottom line. - Fostering a collaborative culture between government labs, industry, the non-profit sector, and academia in the Chicagoland area.

A forum to explore all aspects of managing and analyzing big data: Hadoop and related techologies, nosql, MPP databases, data mining, machine learning, etc.

This is a group of data visualization enthusiasts interested in networking, learning, professional development, and competing in visualization contests.

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

The Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association was established to foster interest in statistical methods. We want to promote unity among analytical professionals, and aim to make information concerning statistical science available in order to stimulate research, and promote high professional standards. It is our hope to make statistics useful to practical affairs, for the advancement of society as a whole.

Pentaho BI provides a full spectrum of data integration and business intelligence (BI) capabilities including data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL), interactive reporting, ad hoc analysis, rich visualizations, data mining, and predictive analysis. With a BI platform that has made it the world's most popular open source BI, Pentaho also provides broad enterprise data integration services for Big Data analytics and reporting. At our monthly user group we'll exchange knowledge and expe …

This group is for anyone interested in business intelligence, mobility and data warehousing. All skill levels are welcome. TDWI sponsors Chapters in regions throughout the world to foster education and networking at the local level among business intelligence, mobility and data warehousing professionals. Chapter meetings are open to any BI/DW professional. TDWI provides you with a powerful, comprehensive, and constantly growing selection of industry research, networking, news, online content, an …

Are you a student, techy, entrepreneur, or weekend-warrior who uses tools from Machine Learning in your research, business applications, or small projects? Would you like to meet like minded people from the Northwestern and Chicago community who work with and develop these tools? Would you like to expand your knowledge of Machine Learning/Data Mining and its applications, and/or get involved in hackathons with a diverse group of data scientists?  Then come check us out! PLEASE RSVP FOR EVENTS SO …

Inspired by DataKind's DataDive 2012. We offer regular meeting space and opportunities for ongoing collaboration of non-profit data partners and data enthusiasts to explore and gain insights from interesting data sets for the greater good.

This meet up is for anyone that is impacted by Big Data in their business, professional, and personal realms. We are starting this meet up to educate and demystify everything around Big Data technologies like Hadoop, HBase, Hive, PIG, Datameer, R, etc. and help understand how these new technologies fit within traditional enterprises that have architectures around Mainframe, Windows, Oracle, Teradata, Netezza, Exadata etc. It is one thing to know technology and another to leverage it appropriatel …

This group is to foster knowledge about data management and meet to learn more about a broad set of topics such as MDM, data quality, trends in analytics/dashboarding, Big Data and what it means to you, open source alternatives for data integration and database technology, getting more out of your data warehouse, data appliances, etc. We will meet 6+ times per year to dive into a series of topics that will be educational and technical, and not simply vendor advertisements.  The forum online wil …

This is a group created to advance the education and awareness of Apache Hadoop and the 100% open source distribution Hortonworks. It will focus on salient topics to educate and advance Apache Hadoop.

Welcome to the Chicago 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.

Join fellow MicroStrategy customers to share best practices, hear about the latest releases and learn how to make the most of your MicroStrategy investment. Local MicroStrategy community for Chicago are BI professionals. Ideas, knowledge, BI know-how and experiences translate into positive business results. Ideal for customers, partners and all users of MicroStrategy software.

We are an informal local Chicago digital forensic group. No fees or any affiliation required to attend. Anyone interested can stop by!

Aggrego hack night - for all the times you wished you could have hacked on something in the Chicago Sun-Times building. Now you can. Aggrego aims to use data collection, data analytics, visualization technology to create the next generation of digital media. Come hack with us!

This Chicagoland group will be focused on Oracle Business Intelligence. There will be a specific focus on Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) but other related tools and platforms may also be discussed. Please join us as we share user experiences, discuss problems and solutions, and hear from industry experts and guest speakers.

This group will consist of BI professionals, data consumers, data evangelists, Sharepoint developers, data & enterprise architects, and business stakeholders  looking to leverage corporate assets through the information lifecycle and capitalize on advancing technologies. During our meetings we will discuss the following topics: Data strategies and roadmaps ERP and data rationalization Master Data Management Data Governance Operational assessments Enterprise Data Management Design Functional & L …

A group for those in Chicago who develop or implement enterprise search software. We'll discuss new search solutions, specific products (Autonomy, Endeca, Fast, Dieselpoint, Lucene, Solr, Google Search Appliance), ideas, and maybe a bit of "big data" technology like Hadoop as it relates to search. Folks into text analytics also welcome. Great for developers or academics who work in information retrieval.