You’re invited! The Microsoft Big Data Hackathon is your opportunity to hack for a good cause. Assemble a team, learn, share, and make new friends as you use big data technologies to solve real-world problems. http://blogs.technet.com/b/cansql/archive/2015/01/28/big-data-hackathon-in-mississauga-bdh.aspx Who should attend This event is open to anyone interested in Big Data, BI and Data Visualization: · Data Scientists · Developers and Programmers · Data Architects · Anyone interested in learning about Microsoft’s big data technologies Technologies covered · Power BI and Excel · Azure HDInsight (Hadoop) · Azure Machine Learning · SQL Server Contest and prizes Attendees will self-organize into teams of 3-5 members and participate in the Big Data Hackathon contest. Each team will be given 24 hours to select and solve a specific data science problem using Microsoft tools and then pr
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