{"594960":{"#nid":"594960","#data":{"type":"news","title":"First Southern Data Science Conference comes to Atlanta on April\u00a07","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERegister now at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.southerndatascience.com\u0022\u003Ewww.southerndatascience.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe data science community and members of the South Big Data Hub should mark their calendars for the very first Southern Data Science Conference, to be held on April 7 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Perimeter at Villa Christina. The conference is expected to attract data science thought leaders from around the southeast and the nation and will feature speakers from innovative companies and research laboratories, such as Google, Microsoft, AT\u0026amp;T, NASA, Glassdoor and Groupon.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThose who attend the conference will learn about data science best practices and cutting-edge technologies that are transforming data science and analytics into a game-changing domain that spans business, academia and government. Conference speakers will cover topics ranging from data science fundamentals to building hands-on data science solutions to solve real-world problems in areas such as fraud detection, cybersecurity, relevant search and recommendations, and many others.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe conference also will be the first to host three authors of respected books on data science: Joel Grus author of \u003Cem\u003EData Science from Scratch\u003C\/em\u003E; Michael Brzustowicz, author of \u003Cem\u003EData Science with Java;\u003C\/em\u003E and Trey Grainger author of \u003Cem\u003ESolr in Action\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERegistering early will translate into money saved. The conference offers a $75 early bird discount to those who register by Feb. 15 and will provide an additional 15 percent discount to South Big Data Hub members when they use the discount code SBDHUB2017. Organizations that register a group of five or more attendees will be eligible for a company pass that provides a 20 percent discount.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EConference sponsors include \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.careerbuilder.com\/\u0022\u003ECareer Builder\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.lexisnexis.com\/en-us\/gateway.page\u0022\u003ELexisNexis\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.datacamp.com\/\u0022\u003EDatacamp.com\u003C\/a\u003E, the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.becomingadatascientist.com\/\u0022\u003EBecoming a Data Scientist\u003C\/a\u003E podcast and blog (podcast sponsor), \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/PyData-Atlanta\/\u0022\u003EPyData Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Applied-Data-Science-of-Atlanta\/\u0022\u003EApplied Data Science Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bigdata.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Data Engineering and Science\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Interested sponsors should contact Khalifeh AlJadda at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:khalifefh@southerndatascience.com\u0022\u003Ekhalifefh@southerndatascience.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo learn more about the conference or to register, please visit the conference \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.southerndatascience.com.\/\u0022\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The conference is expected to attract data science thought leaders from around the southeast and the nation and will feature speakers from innovative companies and research laboratories."}],"uid":"27343","created_gmt":"2017-08-24 16:40:58","changed_gmt":"2021-06-28 18:26:56","author":"Jennifer Salazar","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594964":{"id":"594964","type":"image","title":"The South Big Data Innovation Hub","body":null,"created":"1503593305","gmt_created":"2017-08-24 16:48:25","changed":"1503593305","gmt_changed":"2017-08-24 16:48:25","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226741","name":"SBDH_Highway.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/SBDH_Highway.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/SBDH_Highway.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":196190,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/SBDH_Highway.jpg?itok=gkpYACfA"}}},"media_ids":["594964"],"groups":[{"id":"545781","name":"Institute for Data Engineering and Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187023","name":"go-data"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJennifer Salazar\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications and Grant Writing, IDEaS\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jsalazar@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}