We are the DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery.  We help advance computing as a science and a profession.  We do this offline through lectures, workshops, discussion panels, and professional development seminars.  We partner with ACM HQ, ACM Public Policy, ACM special interest groups (SIGs), DC area technical user groups, and area university Comp Sci and Info Tech departments. Join us if you like any of the following categories: http://acm.org/sigs Suggest a topic or speaker, w …

An OpenStack DC Group for the Washington, DC metro area. Technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, government, or corporate employees are encouraged to join in this exciting and very promising world of open source cloud computing called OpenStack (http://openstack.org/).  Let's OpenStack & learn together.  We will be known as the OpenStackers. Are you interested in deploying a Private, Community, Public and/or a Hybrid cloud in the Washington, DC metro area or do you just want to learn or teach? …

Join us to connect with other professionals and entrepreneurs and learn to maximize Cloud and other technology.  We will discuss the newest Cloud-Based Technology Solution - CloudZow - network, socialize and learn new ways to protect your data, documents, contacts, pictures and videos; remotely access your data from anywhere and help others do the same. Techies and business professionals will especially enjoy this Group, but anyone with a computer will benefit from it.   There are so many q …

Washington DC ACM SIGGRAPH is a non-profit, professional computer graphics organization serving the Washington metropolitan area. Our mission is to foster the synthesis of art and technology while promoting and educating the computer graphics and interactive media community through the exchange of printed and electronic information and innovative ideas. We are a volunteer organization that relies on its members to provide unique resources for the benefit of those interested in the field of compu …

R is an open source programming language for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphical visualization. R has an estimated one million users worldwide, and its user base is growing. While most commonly used within academia, in fields such as computational biology and applied statistics, it is gaining currency in commercial areas such as quantitative finance and business intelligence. Among R's strengths as a language are its powerful built-in tools for inferential statistics, its compact …

This group is for parents & educators who want to teach computer technology and design. We want to have regular meetups to exchange ideas and also to also provide opportunities for kids to learn programming, design, and robotics skills.

Meet other local people interested in the technology, opportunities, marketing, scalability, advertising, and social impacts of social platforms including: * Bebo (OpenSocial, f8) * Facebook (f8) and Facebook Connect * Hi5 * Imeem * Kickapps * Linkedin * Lycos * MySpace * Ning * Orkut * Plaxo * Salesforce / Exchange And also stuff like Friend Connect, MySpace Data Availability, Facebook Connect, and clouds: AppEngine, Amazon Web Services/EC2/S3. And timeless marvels such as Softwa …

Join us for discussions on the latest topics in science and technology. Meet local authors in the fields of computers, math and engineering.

We're a group of Hadoop & Cloud Computing technologists / enthusiasts / curious people who discuss emerging technologies, Hadoop & related software development (HBase, Cassandra, Hive, PIG, etc). Come learn from each other, meet nice people, have some food/drink.

… Topics covered: Penetration Testing, Exploitation, Password Cracking, Buffer Overflows, Shellcode, Vulnerability Assessment, Rootkits, Website/Web App Testing – XSS, CSRF, SQL Injection, Browser Exploitation,   Information Assurance, OSINT, Certification & Accreditation – DIACAP, NIST, Tools of the trade – Metasploit, Nessus, Nmap, Burp Suite, Wireshark, Malware Analysis,  Certification Study – CISSP, CEH, ECSA, Security+, Digital Forensics, Auditing, Reverse Engineering, Risk Assessments, Compu …

Interaction Design (IxD) defines the structure and behavior of interactive systems. Interaction Designers strive to create meaningful relationships between people and the products and services that they use, from computers to mobile devices to appliances and beyond. Our practices are evolving with the world; join the conversation. - IxDA.org This Meetup Group is for the Baltimore chapter of the IxDA (Interaction Design Association). Our goal is to build a local group that fosters interaction des …

Join us to connect with other professionals and entrepreneurs and learn to maximize Cloud and other technology to enhance your workplace or business.   There are so many questions around The Cloud, its security, whether we need it and how to choose a Cloud-based solution. Like the President of CloudZow (a Sr. Microsoft Technologist), the organizer of this Meetup (formerly a Sr. Systems Analyst with IBM), has made a handsome living keeping up with, becoming knowledgeable in, and staying a …

Welcome to theCloud DC. Anything in 'Cloud' we will bring it for discussion. Less Vendor focused, more product and solution and Open Source Cloud initiatives will be covered. Welcome to suggestions and feedback. 

This group will share the best practices and ideas for implementing the Amazon Web Services Cloud products for Customers in the National Capital Area. Our customers have unique requirements including professional associations, lobbying groups, government, technology startups, and large corporate headquarters. Cloud technology consultants and IT department leaders would benefit from joining this group.

… Currently we are looking for people who are in the following industries to visit our chapter - Acupuncturist Advertising Air & water purification Alternative healing Answering service Attorney - business Attorney - estate planning Bookkeeper Business coach Carpenter Chiropractor Collection agencies Commercial cleaner Computer hardware Computer networking Computer software Contractors Copiers & fax machines Counselor/therapist Dentist Dietician Disability insurance Electrician Equipment rental Fl …

A group for the application of cutting-edge HPC & GPU supercomputing technology to cutting-edge business problems. With an emphasis on the useful application of supercomputing by practitioners, for practitioners. Note: We have several sister groups that meet in other cities: New York, "HPC & GPU Supercomputing Group of New York", Boston, Chicago, Silicon Valley, and Tokyo ... you can find them all on meetup.com