So What is Data Science? Why do we need Data Science? And What does a Data Scientist do? In this meetup we will discuss the tools, methods and technologies used by many startups and enterprises to analyse large scale data (big data), obtain predictive and actionable insight, generate business value from data, and exploit business opportunities from data products. We'll have data scientists talking about topics like: big data analytics,  distributed data analytics, Pig, data mining, machine learn …

… Intranet search best practices Data management Designing search user interfaces Implementing successful search-based applications And much more   Enterprise Search London has hosted many excellent speakers, including: Lee Pollington, MarkLogic Martin White, Intranet Focus Jeremy Bentley, SmartLogic Stefan Olafsson, TwigKit Upayavira, SourceSense Gregory Grefenstette, Exalead Stephen Arnold, Arnold IT Martina Schell, Travelmatch.co.uk Max Wilson, Swansea University Stephen Dunn,Graham Tackley, …

Data is growing in size and complexity. Increasing velocity, volume and variety of data are driving new database technologies and techniques of data analysis. NOSQL databases are becoming more popular and widely accepted. This is leading to a disruption in the database market and a fragmentation of database solutions. At DeNormalised we want to bring together people who are interested in keeping up to date with the evolving landscape of data persistance and analysis. Our meetups will consist of …

… A tool (idea, concept, methodology, framework, system, etc.) used by groups of people to deliver value that has some, if not all, of the characteristics below:  New - at least in the sense of not yet being generally accepted  Works even when data is imperfect, out of date, disputed, or missing  Can engage and align multiple stakeholders at thinking, feeling and doing levels  Based on transparent, open, collaborative processes that lead to actionable results  Faster, more effective, les …