The Chicago Drupal community has a long and colorful history. It is one of the most vibrant around the country, and possibly the world. We have been long time attendees and members of the Chicago Drupal Meetup Group. We see a need in the Chicago community for an advanced Drupal meetup.  Somewhere we can get together and talk about solving the problems developers face.  In addition we wanted to help ramp people up to contribute to Drupal core using the Drupal Ladder program.  Finally, we wanted p …

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 purpose of this group is to bring governments, developers, and communities together in a common mission to use public data to create digital tools that serve civic needs and promote economic development. Go to http://illinoisopentech.org/ for the latest updates on the Illinois Open Technology (ILOpenTech). The first set of meetups will be held in our four pilot communities: Belleville, Champaign, Rockford and South Suburbs centered around the ILOpenTech Challenge, a multi-month initiative th …

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 …

Urban tech-based businesses are the next startup frontier. Neighborhoods are where the people and the needs are, and people in urban neighborhoods spend billions on goods and services. So whether you're a caterer, service professional, programmer, app developer, or open-data specialist, if you use tech tools to start and drive your business (web development, e-blasts, online web portals, social media, etc.), or if you are looking for an urban incubator or other business startup resource, this is …

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.

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!

The Chicago GIS Network is born from the idea that the Chicago area is in need of a group which can bring together its GIS community. The goal is to create a network which would enable GIS users to connect with others for support with GIS issues, to learn about new developments in the GIS fields, and to share our work and experiences. The Chicago GIS Network works to establish a thriving network of GIS professionals and enthusiasts in the Chicago area. Goal 1 : Establish a network of GIS profess …

The Chicago JavaFX User’s Group is here to help developers and others learn about JavaFX and related tools, as well as really cool applications that are built with JavaFX!  Occasionally, we will also have presentations of hardware and devices that can benefit from JavaFX technology. JavaFX is the next step in the evolution of Java as a rich client platform, shortening development time and easing deployment of data-driven business and enterprise client applications. We generally meet monthly in p …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Nearparkers Family Workshop is the working title of a community tinkerer/maker/hacker/creator space being planned to be located near Oak Park and Forest Park. The goal is to have equipment and a family friendly space to share, and to feed off of each other’s creative juices. We are looking for people to follow along as progress updates come out and also looking for people to actively drive the creation of this cool space. The space will have members who pay a monthly fee to have 24 hour access, …

This group is open to anyone who is interested in using technology to fuel social good. During these meetups we'll talk about how to use technology to bring an idea to life, and bring in Chicago nonprofit leaders and entrepreneurs to help guide the discussion. We'll focus on how to build web and mobile solutions to solve real-world problems such as data management, registrations, transactions, and community building, among others.

We will look at practical, real-world scenarios that leverage Riak, exploring best-practices, pitfalls, and strategies. Our goal is to bring in speakers from the community as well as from Basho itself, to help share experiences and solutions to help members get the most out of Riak and learn from each others' approaches and mistakes.

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

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.