[melbourne-pug] Data Science Hackathon: Now part of Big Data Meetup

[Henry Walshaw]

Hi all,

Big Data Analytics Group in Melbourne and the Melbourne R Users Group are
running a Worlwide Data Hackathon event at the end of April (sorry - should
have bought this up last night at the PUG) as part of Big Data
Week<http://bigdataweek.com/>.
There are no restrictions on the tools that you can use (see the FAQ @
http://datascienceglobal.org/data-hackathon-faq/) so I figured some at the
PUG might be interested too.

The event is being held on April 28th from 9pm until April 29th at 9pm at
the York Butter Factory.

See the email below from Yuval (to the R Users Group) for some more
details, and if you're interested, sign up at *
http://melbourne.bigdataaustralia.com.au/events/58373732/*

Cheers,
-Henry

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Yuval Marom <yuvalmarom at gmail.com>
Date: 3 April 2012 09:00
Subject: [MelbURN-Melbourne-Users-of-R-Network] Data Science Hackathon: Now
part of Big Data Meetup
To: MelbURN-Melbourne-Users-of-R-Network-list at meetup.com


*Hi All,

We’ve decided to consolidate the RSVP process for this event with the Big
Data group:
http://melbourne.bigdataaustralia.com.au/events/58373732/

Apologies for the inconvenience if you’ve already RSVPed, but you will need
to RSVP again using the link above.

We’re consolidating because we’d like to build on the momentum that is
gathering for this event from the two communities.

If you’re still not sure whether to attend keep in mind that already around
25 people have joined up, including some very experienced R and data users
and miners, plus a few Kaggle winners. Being stuck together in a venue for
24 hours means that this is a unique opportunity for some hands-on learning
and knowledge sharing with like-minded people from various backgrounds and
varying levels of experience.

The venue itself,  the York Butter Factory, is ideal for this kind of
event.  It has wireless internet, plenty of desks, break-out areas, a
kitchen with basic facilities, and of course being in the CBD there are
plenty of shops, cafes etc nearby.

We’ll be connecting via a video link to the other Hackathon sites around
the world.

We’ll be providing prizes for the local winners.

We’ll help you form groups if you need.

We’re trying to gather some sponsorship to provide catering.

What are you waiting for? join us:
http://melbourne.bigdataaustralia.com.au/events/58373732/*



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