November's meetup will have a little different flavor. In contrast to talks focused on a specific package or technical topic, the November talks will focus more on interesting data, applications and analysis problems. Our speakers, Kevin Goodfellow from Sports Data Hub and Steve Malers from the Open Water Foundation, will provide an overview of their respective organizations, analysis capabilities and challenges. There will be ample time for questions, comments, ideas and feedback. Each topic will be about 30 minutes, so longer than a lightning talk - but shorter than a full talk. Potentially, this could evolve into a type of short presentation that allow us to share at a higher level what we do (or would like to do) with R, in contrast to talks which discuss how we do things in R.
Kevin Goodfellow will discuss: A brief overview of the current state of sports analytics with a specific example of the potential new uses of player positioning data.
Steve Malers will discuss: "Transparency in Water Resources - Moving to Open Source Software"
The Open Water Foundation (OWF) is a new nonprofit social enterprise that focuses on providing an open source software platform to help organizations make better decisions about water resources. An overview will be provided illustrating the need for this approach and insight into the OWF startup. The technology landscape will be discussed, including challenges and opportunities for technologists and entrepreneurs.
And of course afterwords we will head out to Freshcraft for some beer.
The location has been confirmed. Room 470.
November 20, 2013
Really interesting talks that showed practical analytics problems in context. Enjoyed my first time with this group.
November 20, 2013
Don't know why my post didn't appear. The speakers start around 7:30. Between 7 and 7:30 there are general discussions, discussions and such.
Regarding parking. Basically, you are at the edge of LoDo. Meters are often available if you like hunting for them. Otherwise, there are lot options see.
http://www.downtowndenver.com/getting-around/driving-and-parking/
Parking is also available on the Auraria Campus - but that is a bit of a walk. http://www.ahec.edu/departments/parking/
November 19, 2013
Kind of curious about timing too....on campus until 7pm, can be there by 7:15.
November 19, 2013
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