The group is organized by Dustin Laurence and Jan de Leeuw . We will be meeting once a month at UCLA to talk about issues relating to GPGPU and parallel programing.

Can't get enough of Salesforce.com and the Force.com platform? You've come to the right place! This meetup is intended to serve the Greater Los Angeles area community of Salesforce.com(SFDC) and Force.com administrators, developers, power users, and other IT Professionals looking to expand their breadth of knowledge with like minded individuals. We will focus on development, but will focus on in-house business process development as well as 3rd party app development and ISV topics. We will cover …

Open to all those interested in Apache Cassandra, Big Data, Hadoop, Hive, Hector, NoSQL, Pig, and high scalability. Let's get together and share what we know!

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Codewars and Cross Campus present - Hacker Zazen Zazen (definition): Meditative discipline performed to experience insight into the nature of existence and gain enlightenment. Hacker Zazen is a mastermind of hackers -where ideas are shared and code is written. This monthly gathering is focused on helping hackers advance along the path towards achieving code enlightenment. Come sharpen your skills on Katas (short code challenges), and collaborate on Missions (real projects). Who should attend? …

Come out to wine tastings and meeting new people at wine bars, lounges and dinners.  We will meet regularly to taste wine or just appreciate wine over food.  Group open to singles, couples and married.  30s and mid 40s welcome! You don't have to be a wine expert. Just come out try a new wine and have a few laughs! a few more details... Join us at dinner parties, dining events, gourmet dining out, potlucks, bowling, picnic, hiking, short hiking, movies, concerts, board games, networking professio …

We're a group of developers who enjoy happy hour and code. We'll be hosting various happy hour code-mixers, hackathons, and parties in downtown LA. Do you occasionally code under the influence? Then join us!

R is an open source software/programming language for data analysis, statistical modeling, visualization, data mining, predictive analytics, statistical computing, exploratory data analysis etc. This group is aimed to bring together practitioners (from industry and academia alike) in order to exchange knowledge and experience in solving data analysis/statistical problems by using R. Besides discussing techniques and solutions in R, emphasis will be put on providing a good understanding of the da …

LA Makerspace is a non-profit member-driven family friendly community space for makers, tinkerers, and DIYers of all ages to create and collaborate. Contact Info: http://www.lamakerspace.com/contact Our mission is to provide a place where youth can make and learn alongside adults and where members can work on their own projects while learning new, unique maker skills through our workshops, on-going interest-based programs, mentorship, and peer learning environment. We offer affordable single cla …

The Los Angeles/SoCal Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance is an organization formed to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. The Los Angeles/SoCal Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance is comprised of many subject matter experts from a wide variety disciplines, united in our objectives: Promote a common level of understanding between the consu …

RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and inclusive Tech Socials provide a casual, unpreten …

Google fans unite! Meet others in the greater Los Angeles area interested in developing apps on Google App Engine and for the business productivity suite Google Apps. This meetup has a technical and programming focus, but we also encourage those that are currently on or interested in learning more about Google Apps and App Engine to join! Join if you would like to: Network with fellow App Engine developers and Google Apps enthusiasts - Learn more about where Google technology is heading. Learn …

The narwhal bacons at midnight. This is a meet-up group specifically for redditors of r/LosAngeles. If you don't know what that is, this isn't the meet-up you're looking for. *waiving Jedi hand* You might be asking yourself why on Earth you'd want to meet with a bunch of other geeky people from the interwebs. Well, Inglip only knows, but we can guarantee that you'll meet beautiful women and gorgeous men.* After all, this is Los Angeles. All redditors (and reddit-appendages) are welcome! Again, i …

We're a group of Linux enthusiasts, from hard core hackers to people who just use Linux on the weekends. We don't judge, we're here to help, and we love meeting new people!

Pac IT Pros is an independent, non-profit user group for IT professionals. We hold our meetings the fourth Tuesday of every month with technical speakers presenting engaging and relevant information. At each meeting we share our experiences and ideas as well as discussing new products and software, troubleshooting techniques, and business strategies. Our meetings are open to all business professionals with an interest in technology and we strive to provide a community for business networking and …

If you met a billionaire venture capitalist, would you know what to say? What would you show that person? Luck is where preparation and opportunity meet. How well have you prepared? This group,VC Prepper, VCPreppers, or Venture Capital Preppers, how ever you like to refer to it,  conducts activities which focus on preparing people to present their ideas or existing businesses to venture capitalists. The group is inspired by the TV show, “Shark Tank,” and Morgan Spurlock’s “Failure Club” on Yahoo …

"I like writing beautiful code" "I code in the JVM" "I like 'open spaces' conferences" Is this you? If so, then you're one of us!  So join us at our next meetup as we hang-out together for code, beer*, food and fun! *Alternative beverages provided for the rest of us

This group shares lessons learned about using Amazon Web Services, including API's, EC2, S3, Automation, Deployment, Security, ELB, High Availability, Business Continuity (Earthquake and Tsunami concerns in particular...) and learning about how others are currently using AWS. The purpose is to network, collaborate, share experiences and help others where possible. We conduct monthly meetings and discuss different approaches, uses and topics.

Ruby Power Lunch is a collection of some of the best ruby developers in the world. We meet about once a month for lunch to share ideas, challenges and solutions with our peers. In addition to monthly face-to-face meeting opportunities, we use the group discussion and mailing list to keep on the (b)leading edge of ruby tech.

Los Angeles Windows Azure Developers is a local meetup for Windows Azure Developers in Southern California. We host 3 types of meetup events for Windows Azure Developers. Hack Nights - Bring what you're working on, ask questions, demo your stuff, get feedback. These are informal events where you can come to get help or just to talk about Azure.  These events don't have a specific topic, and often have several conversations going on at once. Presentations - Come listen to an Azure expert presen …

Meet other locals who are interested in EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), the computer to computer exchange of business documents over phone lines, via VAN or directly, and using the Internet. Discuss EDI translation software, implementation schemes, bar coding, label printing, automation, mapping problems, web based EDI, AS/2, VANS, EDI chargebacks and other issues revolving around EDI and the use and growth of your company's EDI environment. If you are a manufacturer or distributor, and w …

Want to learn to make music with Pure Data or to meet other computer musicians who program in it? Beginners and experts welcome. We'll meet once a week or so at my place (the living room of a quiet, private apt) to swap ideas, listen to Miller Puckette's lectures, and help each other out with building patches. Bring snacks!