Big Data Week: Wednesday Preview

sigBig Data Week is a weeklong series of seminars, panels and fireside chats designed to grok, debunk myths and illuminate the opportunities associated with Big Data. Thanks to Emcien’s leadership, Atlanta is host to the largest branch of Big Data Week independently hosted events in the world – a bold first step in defining our city as the Big Data Capital of the World. 

Big Data Week Atlanta – Hypepotamus Events
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

12 noon – Lunch & Learn: Introduction to D3.js
You can join developers, engineers, and data nerds here for an introduction to D3.js, a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. D3 helps bring data to life using HTML, SVG and CSS.

You’ll be able to ask questions and learn how simple things that you may not have thought of as Big Data assets can help transform your data. And with a little work, you can transform HTML and other simple files into something more dynamic.

Sound cool? Don’t miss out on this interesting conversation, RSVP today.

2:00pm – Leveraging Big Data to Mine Social Media Conversations on Brands
Have you ever wanted to predict the future? Well, brands and other companies are already doing it and they’re using Big Data. Join the folks at Bottom Line Analytics for a discussion and demonstration on how mining millions of  social conversations can translate brand conversations to useful and validated predictors of brand sales.

See exactly how and what techniques are used to help take what a consumer might say online and turn it into a sale. Don’t miss out, come see the magic at work.