[TriLUG] Triangle Java Users Group (TriJUG) mtg reminder: Monday February 15th

[Pete Soper]

Triangle Java Users Group presents:


 Introduction to scalable machine learning with Apache Mahout

 By Grant Ingersoll

  February 15, 2010
  6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  Red Hat/Raleigh
  1801 Varsity Drive, Raleigh, NC
  Hosted by JBoss

Presentation summary:

 In this introductory talk, Mahout co-founder Grant Ingersoll will
introduce the Apache Mahout project and its approach for solving machine
learning problems, using Java, in a scalable, open source way. The talk
will provide some preliminary background on machine learning along with
demonstrations of solutions for common use case

About the Speaker

 Grant Ingersoll is a founder and member of the technical staff at Lucid
Imagination. Grant's programming interests include information
retrieval, machine learning, text categorization, and extraction. Grant
is the co-founder of the Apache Mahout machine-learning project, as well
as a committer and speaker on both the Apache Lucene and Apache Solr
projects. He is also the co-author of Taming Text (Manning, forthcoming)
covering open source tools for natural-language processing.

Agenda:

6:00 - 6:30 -- Setup, TriJUG board discussion (open to all)
6:30 - 7:00 -- Meet, Talk, Pizza & soft drinks
7:00 - 7:15 -- JUG Business and Announcements, including "share a job"
7:15 - 8:15 -- Presentation
8:15 - 8:30 -- Discussion with Presenters
8:30        -- Raffle
9:00        -- Doors close

Admission:

 Paid-up members of TriJUG may attend without additional charge. Non
members are asked to pay $5 per meeting. But, if you are either a full
time student or unemployed, then we ask only $2 per meeting. Membership
for 12 months is $40 and $15 respectively.

DIRECTIONS to Red Hat:
  Google Maps location (Superman could see that this is where the pizza
will be sitting):
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=35.773645,-78.676336&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=19&sll=35.773447,-78.676398&sspn=0.000899,0.001585&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=19

  From the Raleigh Beltline:

    Take the Western Blvd exit east toward downtown Raleigh. After
crossing Gorman Street turn right onto Varsity Drive. After crossing
Avent Ferry Road and Main Campus Drive, Red Hat's main entrance is on
the left. Parking is just beyond the entrance: a left into the parking
deck. Come back out of the deck, follow the sidewalk to the right and
back to the main entrance. The meeting room is to the left after
entering the main lobby.

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