This document summarizes the first meetup of the Brussels Data Science Community in January 2015. It provides figures on the community's growth, including the number of blog hits, Meetup members, LinkedIn members, and Facebook likes. It also lists some of the challenges in data science like lack of training and available data. The meetup agenda is included, outlining updates on the community and an upcoming data science competition, as well as four presentations on topics related to data analysis in neuroscience and healthcare.
Meetup January 29th 2015 Brussels Data Science Community
1. FIRST MEETUP IN 2015
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Our mission is
to educate, inspire, empower
scholars and professionals
to apply data sciences
to address humanity’s grand
challenges.
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6. CHALLENGES
1. ACADEMIC TRAINING IS NOT ENOUGH
2. BUSINESS DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF ANALYTICS
3. DATASCIENCE IS TEAMWORK: NO IDEA ON HOW TO BUILD SUCH A TEAM
4. NO DATA TO WORK ON
5. NO TRAINING AVAILABLE FOR LATEST TECHNOLOGY
6. COMPANIES WANT TO HAVE A CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
7. COMPANIES CANNOT FIND THE RIGHT DATA SCIENTISTS
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7. SOME FIGURES - 2015
• 6000 HITS BLOGSITE IN JANUARY
• 700 MEETUP MEMBERS
• 555 LINKEDIN MEMBERS
• 175 FACEBOOK LIKES
• BUSINESS MEETS IT KEYNOTE
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• TOP 50 BLOGS TO READ – LIST FROM NG DATA
• +200 PAGES OF OUR BLOGSITE VISITED EACH DAY
• +10 JOBS POSTED
Brussels Data Science Community | @datasciencebe
9. SOME FIGURES - 2015
• 6000 HITS BLOGSITE IN JANUARY
• 700 MEETUP MEMBERS
• 555 LINKEDIN MEMBERS
• 175 FACEBOOK LIKES
• BUSINESS MEETS IT KEYNOTE
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• TOP 50 BLOGS TO READ – LIST FROM NG DATA
• +200 PAGES OF OUR BLOGSITE VISITED EACH DAY
• +10 JOBS POSTED
Brussels Data Science Community | @datasciencebe
10. LET’S TRAIN TOGETHER
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Coursera and Johns Hopkins University starts a full Data Science training.
Why don’t we build a teal and do this together.
More info
11. NEW JOBS IN JANUARY
HTTP://DATASCIENCEBE.COM/DATAJOBS/
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More info
15. AGENDA – JANUARY 29TH
UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY – PHILIPPE
UPDATE DATA4GOOD COMPETITION HOSTED BY KAGGLE - WARD
PRESENTATIONS: BRIEF INTRO TO THE THEME OF THE NIGHT - WARD
• BEN CALJON AND DIDIER CROES (UZ VUB):
NEW GENERATION SEQUENCING
• DANIELE MARINAZZO (UGENT):
MAKING SENSE OF THE BLOBS: CHALLENGES AND METHODS IN THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF FMRI DATA
• MIHA PELKO (UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH):
LEARNING ABOUT NEURONS AND SYNAPSES USING THE PYTHON ECOSYSTEM
• WOLFGANG JACQUET (VUB):
THE USE OF TRADITIONAL STATISTICS IN THE PRESENCE OF "HUGE" DATA
NETWORKING - KULTUURKAFFEE
PS: THERE IS A CALL FOR SPEAKERS OUT FOR OUR DATA INNOVATION SUMMIT, PLEASE SHARE IT WITH YOUR NETWORK
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