Federal Big Data Working Group Meetup Dr. Brand Niemann Director and Senior Data Scientist Semantic Community March 4,
Mission Statement Federal: Supports the Federal Big Data Initiative, but not endorsed by the Federal Government or its Agencies; Big Data: Supports the Federal Digital Government Strategy which is "treating all content as data", so big data = all your content; Working Group: Data Science Teams composed of Federal Government and Non-Federal Government experts producing big data products (How was the data collected, Where is it stored, and What are the results?); and Meetup: The world's largest network of local groups to revitalize local community and help people around the world self-organize like MOOCs (Massive Open On-line Classes) being considered by the White House. 2 Co-organizers: Brand Niemann and Kate Goodier
Logistics Hosted at The National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia A short distance from the Ballston Metro Orange Line. Free Street Parking and Paid Ballston Common Mall Parking. The building's main entrance is located at the corner of 9th and Stuart Streets. No prior clearance required for Conference Room Dinner will not be served for this Meetup. NO FOOD ALLOWED IN THE ROOM. Please Eat Before at a Nearby Place Like the Ballston Mall Food Court. Start time is 6:30 p.m. Restrooms are outside. 3
Agenda 6:30 p.m. NIH Welcome and Introduction to Biomedical Big Data Research: NIH Program Director, Dr. Peter LysterBiomedical Big Data ResearchPeter Lyster 7:00 p.m. Brief Demo of NIH Semantic Medline/YarcData by Drs. Tom Rindflesch and Ted SlaterTom RindfleschTed Slater – Note: See January 7th Meetup for Slides and Videos. Also see Semantic MEDLINE Query: mesothelioma and Data Science for VIVOJanuary 7th MeetupSemantic MEDLINE Query: mesotheliomaData Science for VIVO 7:30 p.m. NSF Welcome and Scientific Data-A View Form the US: NITRD Program Office Director, Dr. George StrawnScientific Data-A View Form the USGeorge Strawn 7:40 p.m. Presentation on Euretos BRAIN (VIVO 2010 Conference Brain Video): Dr. Barend Mons Euretos BRAINBrain VideoBarend Mons Discussion: A Data Fairport Workshop SummaryA Data Fairport Open Discussion Networking 9:30 p.m. Exit 4
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Next Meetups: Xcelerate Solutions – Spring Hill Metro Fifth Meetup: March 18, 6:30 p.m. – Continue Data Science Tutorial: Graph Databases and Bigdata SYSTAP Literature Survey of Graph Databases – Bigdata SYSTAP, Bryan Thompson, SYSTAP – Discussions and Networking Sixth Meetup: April 1, 6:30 p.m., Seventh Meetup: April 15, 6:30 p.m., Eighth Meetup: May 4, 6:30 p.m. and Ninth Meetup: May 18, 6:30 p.m. 2 nd Cloud, SOA, Semantics and Data Science Conference, June (in planning) 6