2 Meetup Groups match “Popular Science” near Birmingham, AL
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less than 1 mile away in Birmingham, AL65 MembersThere are no upcoming Meetups.
The Birmingham Big Data Science Group (BIDS) aims to provide a forum for discussion of the latest tools and techniques in the area of Big Data. We cover technologies such as: 1. Google and Apache Foundation's pioneering efforts in large-scale distributed computing such as MapReduce and the Hadoop framework, Mahout, Percolator, Microsoft's Dryad/DryadLINQ, and any upcoming new frameworks, 2. NoSQL and NewSQL data store efforts such as Cassandra (Facebook/DataStrax), Hbase (Google BigTable), Megas …
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less than 1 mile away in Birmingham, AL31 Intellectual Drinkers
Discuss _The Half-life of Facts_ by Samuel Arbesman
Wednesday 6:00 PMat On Tap Sports Cafe in Birmingham, ALFrom Amazon: Facts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly.… Read moreWho's attending?
2 attendingThe Persians, the Germans, and the Greeks all debated issues sober and while drinking their favorite intoxicating beverage. In Plato’s Symposium, great minds gathered around to drink and engage in intellectual discussion, becoming more animated and fanciful as the hours and the drinks add up. We are trying to recreate this atmosphere with this book club. In this bookclub, we read and have engaging discussions (sometimes quite passionate ones) about popular scientific books. The books cover issue …
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