Whether you want to learn to whip out a mean program in C++ or ruminate over the stalwarts of world history socially - this is a meetup for people interested in life-long learning of the academic sort! We will use Open Course Ware (OCW) from the major universities to follow. Every month or couple of months, we will pick out a topic and interested learners can join the meetings to track progress. Great, eh? :)

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 …

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

This group sprang out of a conversation on the Hack and Tell mailing list. Let's get lunch and geek out together! Meet up at coffee shops to hack! Announce impromptu events whenever we'll be hanging out at the Tea Lounge to code or wake up early enough for breakfast with other hackers! Pair over pastries! Learn Lisp over lunch! &c &c &c. Any member can schedule Hack & Snack events. Yes, that means you! If you want company for lunch or brunch or drinks or whatevs, please feel free to schedule it …