Data Science in Practice: Importing and Visualizing Facebook Data Using Graphs!

Details: [Agenda]

6:00 - 6:30 PM : Doors open for networking and pizza

6:30 - 7:15 PM: Ray and Jenn’s talk

7:15 - 7:30 PM: Q&A

[Description]

This is event is co-hosted by our friends, Data Visualization Group - Bay Area (https://www.meetup.com/visualizemydata)

Our speakers, Ray Bernard & Jen Webb will walk through how their cloud-based marketing company, Suprfanz, uses Neo4j to drive attendance over social media platforms, email and SMS.

This talk will show you how to step-by-step use the Facebook Graph API to import data into Neo4j. The technologies discussed are Neo4j, Flask, Python, D3, and a cloud solutions stack on Digital Ocean. You are welcomed to bring your laptops and follow along. All the materials will be made available over Github.

[Know the speakers]

Ray Bernard: Ray Bernard is the founder and Chief Architect at Suprfanz.com (http://suprfanz.com/). He is a former adjunct professor at Columbia University. Ray has worked for technology giants like Compaq, Dell, and EMC. As leader of the Cosmic Blues Band, he performs regularly at BB Kings in NYC!

Jennifer Webb:

Jennifer has over 12 years experience in web development, design and print graphics. A graduate of the Design Essentials program at Emily Carr and BCIT in Vancouver, she has worked with many different kinds of businesses and people, and throughout them all, has brought a passion for solving problems and creating top quality user experiences.

• What to bring

We encourage you to bring your laptops and follow along. All the materials will be made available over Github.