IBM lights the Spark in DC

Agenda below. Location now finalized to the Sheraton Tysons Corner! For this event, you must RSVP with your full name, affiliation, and email for registration purposes. Thanks, d

IBM | Spark - 10 minutes

Overview of IBM's commitment and investments into Apache Spark community.

Data Science in Action - 30 minutes

See how IBM's emerging technology team tackled a data science challenge using data science work bench, weather data and the power of Spark.

Spark Streaming vs. Samza - 25 minutes

A discussion on two of the top-level Apache streaming data processing projects, Spark Streaming and Samza. Metistream's Nathan Salmon will cover architecture considerations and show how each technology can be applied to healthcare use cases.

Big Data, Little Device! (Red Rock Demo) - 30 minutes

A demo and discussion with the IBM Spark Technology Center engineering team and how they built a custom iPad mobile application on Spark that puts the power of big data into the hands of average users by analyzing trends on Twitter.