This group will provide a place to meet and discuss potential use of existing technologies and practice in the service of improving education. I started this group because there is a rich community across disciplines that offer a wide variety of complex approaches to this topic that merit review in the context of the the education sector. I look forward to reviewing technologies, organizing some hands on labs, participating in dialogue, and pursuing innovative approaches with you.

This is a Meetup for developers who are currently using Apache Lucene/Solr or would like to learn more about it. Join us for pizza, beer, and a discussion about Solr.

The Boston Data Mining meetup focuses on making data mining accessible to everyone. It aims to be inclusive to all regardless if you are a beginner or expert in statistical modeling, machine learning, data mining, or any of the analytics (business, predictive, etc). Our talks will focus on the practical side of data mining and analytics by showing attendees how to perform data modeling in a non-programming environment. To achieve that goal we employ RapidMiner; an open source data mining platfor …

Fellow web entrepreneurs and VCs gather once a week in Cambridge, MA to grab some coffee, free WiFi, and chat about what's new. Around the world, tech entrepreneurs and investors are meeting regularly to drink coffee, network and hopefully do deals. No more of the old-school "please send us your executive summary before we'll even talk to you". A place to find opportunities. Where and when is it? Held every Wed morning from 8:30a-10:30am at Voltage Coffee, 3rd St, Cambridge, MA http://www.yelp. …

Data mining! Predictive Modeling! Statistical Modeling! Predictive analysis! What does this all mean for marketers, and how can it work in your organization? This group aims to explore how data mining is leveraged by marketing departments and firms to predict behavior and optimize response and profitability.