Kickoff -- Regularization Regression

We're going to kickoff the DC Data Science Meetup by joining our friends over at the R Users DC Group on August 25th for a presentation by John Myles White on some tricks for solving machine learning problems with more than a few predictors. John is a Ph.D. student and is currently working on a new O'Reilly book called "Machine Learning for Hackers".

We're still working to finalize a location, but are committed to hosting the meetup near a Metro station in Downtown DC. Things will kickoff at 6:30 with refreshments and networking and we'll start the presentation at 7:00pm.

For those curious about Data Science, here are some links:

http://www.dataists.com/2010/09/the-data-science-venn-diagram/

http://www.quora.com/What-is-data-science

And for more on John Myles White:

Twitter: @johnmyleswhite

Bio: http://www.johnmyleswhite.com/about/

Blog: http://www.johnmyleswhite.com

And here's a link to the DC R Users Group:

https://www.meetup.com/R-users-DC/