Data Science Melbourne

This is a group for anyone interested in 'Data Science'. We are not quite sure what the exact definition of a Data Scientist is, but if you deal with something generally related to converting data into useful insight then you will hopefully benefit from joining the group.

Whether you’re in business, academia, or government, and whether you’re an analyst, data miner, programmer, student, electrical engineer, computer scientist, physicist, etc, and you work with data to generate insights, build predictive models, build optimisation models, build reports/dashboards/visualisations, automate analyses, etc, using python, R, SQL, C/C+, Java, Tableau, Excel, Hadoop, etc, and you care about doing it right, efficiently, repetitively, optimally, visually, etc, then join us!

We meet every 6 weeks or so with normally 2 talks, one being of a technical nature. The evening is also for networking over beer and pizza and afterwards we normally continue the discussions down the pub.

*due to demand, we now have morning and lunchtime meetups.

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“If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine.”

An Actuary, a Data Scientist and a Statistician walk into a bar...
- Thu Jul 27
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Jul 25, 2017 8:00 AM
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Ever wondered what an Actuary, a Data Scientist or a Statistician does? • Actuaries do it until death, disability or withdrawal. • Data scientists do it with models. • ... Learn more

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What Python and R can learn from each other
- Tue Aug 8
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The debate on Python vs R seems, at times, to resemble the “I’m a Mac, and I’m a PC” adverts from the early 2000’s (for those old enough to remember). But the reality... Learn more

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DSM@RMIT: Analytics at Medibank and an Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis
- Tue Aug 29
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RMIT University and Data Science Melbourne invite you to attend an evening of talks from industry and academia. Speakers: Emily Ryder, Head of Benefits and Network... Learn more

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186 Data Scientists | 5.002

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195 Data Scientists | 5.003 | 36 Photos

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