NYC Predictive Analytics is a non-profit professional group that meets monthly to discuss diverse topics in predictive analytics and applied machine learning.  We are a group 1000+ members strong comprised of analysts, computer scientists, engineers, executives, entrepreneurs and students with a deep interest in these fields & related technologies. Meeting topics are varied and can focus on, as examples, new trends and technologies, best practices for development in big-data environments, and fu …

These are not your typical software engineering events.   Our events cover topics related to software engineering along with business but aim to change the perspective of those who attend.  Our focus is on emerging technologies such as Big Data, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, 3D printing, Machine Learning, MapReduce, Semantic Web technologies, alongside more traditional topics like Ruby on Rails, HTML5, PHP, node.js, and Python.    We reach out to the entire New York metropol …

The purpose of our group is to provide a forum for discussing past, present and future trends and topics in robotics. Hardware, software and related subjects will be covered. Theoretical as well as practical information will be presented. You should join Robot Enthusiasts Group if: You want to learn the latest information about robotics. You enjoy watching and learning at your own pace - we place our meetings and other robotic content (videos of meetings, documents, etc.) online, so you can rev …

http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs221/ I'm one of the 20,000+ student that signed up for Professors Thrun and Norvig's AI course (in three days???, I think they're targeting 200,000) and I know I'd like to participate in a local group. If you're in the course, please do become part of our local NYC group.  The speaker events aren't necessarily going to follow the course. Unless, of course, you'd like to propose and secure a speaker who can do so. I'm more than happy to discuss this. SEE DISCUSSION …

Join the local New York City forum for the Volumetric Society ( http://volumetric.org ) an eclectic group of innovators exploring the arts & sciences of a new world of natural user interfaces between body, brain, and spatially aware computing for the physical world.  Come exchange ideas, demo your projects, or just get exposed to the volumetric future that devices such as Kinect, Emotiv/MindWare, and volumetric 3D displays and cameras are taking us. Everyone is welcome - from advanced hardware h …

… Meanwhile, wider awareness of graph concepts (thanks in large part to the popularity of online social networks and widespread adoption of machine learning techniques) has increased the use of graph methods in a variety of fields. As a result, the last few years have seen renewed interest in academic circles, and a large number of companies and independent efforts putting a great deal of effort into creating faster, more scalable, and more reliable graph databases and ever more powerful interface …

… Among the topics on the agenda for this meetup are ad exchanges, behavioral targeting, campaign management automation, demand side platforms, audience relationship management, audience buying, yield management, supply side platforms, IPTV and online video, addressable TV, data and analytics appliances, data mining, and machine learning, data exchanges, audience insight, computational advertising, social media listening platforms, social media data mining, RFID, digital outdoor display, digital i …

Gathering of people interested in search and discovery and the related fields -- information gathering, extraction, and retrieval, natural language processing, text analytics, data mining, sentiment detection, named entity recognition... Some example technologies that would be nice to cover are Lucene, Solr, Nutch, Mahout, UIMA, GATE, OpenNLP, Hadoop, HBase, Katta, etc. The plan is to have more or less regular meetups and share experiences involving any of the target topics. Initial meetu …

… Also, how can predictive analytics and machine learning be integrated into the UX design process? Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/nycux NYC User Experience (NYCUX)  

For data professionals who are passionate about making sense of large scale data using innovative technology.

This group is for everyone interested in building flying robots (a/k/a UAV, UAS, or Drone) using open source platforms such as Ardupilot, Paparrazzi, Gluon, etc.

Small businesses talking to small businesses about competing and thriving in the online marketplace. Share and learn with small business owners, entrepreneurs and executives about leveraging your online presence to strengthen your reputation on major search engines.

Soul Collection's Art of Beginner's Sewing Classes, Advanced Sewing Specializations, or Flat Patternmaking Classes offers a Small Group setting and Affordable Class Fees in Brooklyn. Soul Collections helps students Develop Creative Life Application Skills in Sewing or Flat Patternmaking during the 4 Week Sessions  .     Students who have taken Soul Collections Sewing Classes have advanced tremendously from not knowing how to thread the sewing machine to sewing skirts or shorts in a matter of we …

We are a group of diverse crafters who enjoy sharing and learning about all types of crafts. We knit, crochet, bead, sew, quilt and machine embroider. We are open to learning new crafts. New members need not do all the crafts we do, but rather have an interest in all needle crafts. We are looking for people who think making things is really cool. We do a "Show and Tell" every meeting and one member does a "Demo." We meet the second Saturday of the month in various locations throughout central Ne …

… You’ll learn how to be proactive, use effective leveraging and that the key to success and happiness is not about being a “human doing” machine. We want you to have a balanced life, working with your personal energy cycles, and have more fun. Your fundamental quality and experience of time will shift. The Webster’s dictionary may define time as a measurable period. You’ll personally begin to recognize that time can be more of an emotion or feeling. By bringing your focus on what coun …

… In the age of brain imaging machines the last 80 years of Self-improvement has failed to provide a physical interactive tool to change your life. A system based on you holding the heart of your mind physically in your hands. For some seeing their personal memory-network in front of them can be an emotionally freeing experience. Left-brain processors will have the experience of profound intellectual insight. This group will help you achieve both while gaining real tools for shaping how you live a …