Hi. This group was established in 2009. Anyone interested in the Scala programming language is welcome. We meet at various locations in the Kendall Square neighborhood of Cambridge. Lately most meetings have been at MIT's Stata Center. Meetings usually start at 6:30, include one or two talks or sessions, and conclude by 8:00; there is usually pizza and soda provided by a sponsor; and some of us usually go out for drinks and further conversation afterwards. We'd love to hear from interested speak …

PyLadies Boston is for anyone who identifies as a woman and is a Python programmer or an aspiring Python programmer in the Boston area. Or even if you have no clue what Python is, but you're interested in learning to program. It's a great language to learn if you have no prior programming experience. Our goal is to get a larger number of women coding and involved in the open source community. Developers and aspiring developers only, please. PyLadies Boston is welcoming to and respectful of tran …

Your mobile development a little- listless?  Your Rails lost some of its groove? Then join us and meet other technology enthusiasts as we explore a different technology every month.  Each month our group will focus on learning a different technology (i.e programming language, framework, development tool, concept (OOP, cloud computing) etc,...) and together review that technology with experts and teachers at our monthly Meetup.  In between Meetups there will be hack sessions where we gather and w …

Come learn to program in HTML5. This meetup is for beginnners. If you are looking for advanced HTML5 programming, this is probably not for you.

This group is dedicated to learning and experiencing techniques and strategies used to improve yourself or your skills in helping others through the use of NLP and/or Hypnosis. It is a great place to meet other local people interested in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Hypnosis share techniques, practice and improve skills, and have fun while doing it. We have workshops on Hypnosis and NLP (as well as several other healing modalities like EFT and EMI) where we learn and experience techniq …

This group is an attempt to bring together Groovy / Grails users of all experiences levels to demonstrate, instruct, and spread information about the Grails framework and the Groovy programming language. Our meeting schedule will generally follow a bi-monthly schedule. Every other meeting will be a presentation/lecture, while the others will be a social night at a different bar where we can discuss Grails and other technology with like-minded people. Join us!

This group holds a variety of events throughout the year to support women in engineering and to encourage young women to consider an engineering career. Our monthly meetings usually feature a speaker who is asked to address a topic of interest to women in diverse areas of engineering, at various stages of career advancement, and with different priorities for work/life balance. These programs are geared towards encouraging women to achieve their full potential in careers as engineers and leaders. …

Our Mission: to educate and empower every girl and woman at every age level, on every skill level, at every income level on computer technology with fun and provide a legacy by giving back and paying it forward. We do this by providing full day Tech Boot Camps, Meetups, Geek Girl for Hire, Speakers, online blogs and help. Our demographics are from 10 years old to 86. Why you should be a part: * You want to learn more about computers, including Social Media, Blogging, Photoshop, Quickbooks, Mac a …

Purpose? A joint effort to learn, discuss and tackle the fundamental problems and theorems of Theoretical Computer Science, including Program Synthesis, Theory of Computation (Turing 1937), Recursion Theory (Kleene), Incompleteness in Logic (Godel 1931, Rosser 1936), Paradoxes (Liar and Russell's) and any other problem related to the topics discussed on Googe Groups sci.logic If Godel, Turing and paradoxes (and even Rosser and Smullyan) turn you on, if you spend time reading about, thinking a …

This group is for Software Engineers in and around the Merrimack Valley. The meetings will be focused on a variety of topics including new technologies, trends in software engineering, frameworks, and programming languages. Non-technical topics will include effective resume writing, job interviewing, and professional networking.  Our meetings will include guest speakers from local software companies. Whether you are an entry level Software Engineer or V.P. of Software Development this group will …

LabVIEW users meet regularly to discuss various LabVIEW programming techniques, technologies, application design patterns, and much more. Attendees learn development strategies demonstrated through real-world applications and interact with fellow LabVIEW users creating LabVIEW programs for a wide range of applications and industries. Local networks of LabVIEW developers share ideas and example code during LabVIEW events. Whether you are new to LabVIEW or a longtime wireworker, these meetings pre …

Web Start Women is a group of smart, nerdy (and proud of it!) women who are taking over the world learning to program for the web so we can make awesome stuff online. If you have big ideas for new projects... If you want the satisfaction, control, and flexibility of building those projects yourself... If you're looking for a friendly community where you can share ideas and get inspired... And if you want to do it all in an open, supportive, intimidation-free environment with other women... …

Boston Storm Users is a group for developers using or hoping to learn about Twitter's Storm real-time data processing framework. We get together to discuss best practices, to exchange ideas and to learn how to apply Storm to various engineering challenges. Storm is a distributed realtime computation system. Similar to how Hadoop provides a set of general primitives for doing batch processing, Storm provides a set of general primitives for doing realtime computation. Storm is simple, can be used …

This meetup group was created by the Boston Entrepreneurship Center (BEC) in order to connect the international population in Boston with local professional and academic initiatives.  For the past two years, BEC has been cultivating an international community concerned with socially impacting the world.  Boston is the premier source of incredible initiatives and opportunities for incoming international professionals and students. This network is ideal for people who want to learn more about the …

This is a group for anyone who makes anything creative with either their computer and/or electronics. Audio, Video, Lighting, Programming, etc. We'll meet monthly and have workshops, lectures, audio and video improv jams, hack sessions, a party to wrap up the evening, and more!

For Corona SDK developers to get together and discuss mobile development and technology, Corona tips and tricks, and the Lua programming language. Experienced Corona developers and newcomers are equally welcome!

This is the R user group for the New England and Greater Boston area. R is a free and open programming language for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphical visualization. Along with this powerful software, comes a dynamic and vast community. The Greater Boston useR Group seeks to bring this community together to share ideas, discuss R related topics, and provide direction for new and experienced users. For more information on R, see The R Project at: http://www.r-project.org/

Meet other local people who use Extreme Programming (XP) for software development. Gather and discuss this deliberate and disciplined approach to software development. In the tradition of London's eXtreme Tuesday Club, we hold these discussions in local pubs. We announce schedules and locations of meetings on our blog at http://xtcboston.blogspot.com/ and we'll also be announcing them here.

We are a group of real estate investors seeking a means to meet and interact with other like minded investors and related professionals, so we can all do more deals and conduct more business. Based on this premise, we have the following guidelines for our Networking After Hours events: Free Events: Networking events are free and open to the public. We encourage a relaxed, informal and fun atmosphere. Local Speakers: Monthly events will include lots of ways to interact and topics of interest pr …

A group for the application of cutting-edge HPC & GPU supercomputing technology to cutting-edge business problems. With an emphasis on the useful application of supercomputing by practitioners, for practitioners. Note: We have a sister group that meets in New York, "HPC & GPU Supercomputing Group of New York".

There have been over 18,000 SMART Recovery Self-Help Group meetings in Massachusetts since 1990. All groups are lead by volunteers, most of whom are graduates of the SR Program. SR meetings occur weekly in hospitals (e.g., MGH, McLean, Mount Auburn, Salem, Jordan, Lahey Clinic, etc.), a few in community facilities (e.g., Middlesex Community College) and several in prisons. The SMART Recovery Handbook has be translated into 11 languages (e.g., Spanish, Farsi, Mandarin, etc.). There are SR meeting …

Tennis Player, We're connecting players on the tennis courts throughout Metro Boston from Andover to Burlington to Somerville/Cambridge to Brookline to Waltham to Newton to Quincy. Pretty much all communities around Route 128. We allow players to put post meetups. So feel that it is acceptable to promote an event that you will take ownership of and we'll let the meetup group know about it. We'll be running certain tennis socials, weekend tournaments and get togethers for the passionate tennis …

Living On Purpose: Starting the Year with a Powerful Resolution and Resolve Each year, we make a commitment to ourselves for ourselves: to change something. Or to give something up. Or maybe to start a new project, or learn something. For most people, the coming year is going to be very important on many levels – financially, our relationships / interrelationships, and in our personal development. And the New Year is a powerful time to create this change and prepare for the coming year. We can c …

The Humanist Community at Harvard The Humanist Community at Harvard (HCH) is dedicated to building, educating, and nurturing a diverse community of Humanists, atheists, agnostics, and the nonreligious at Harvard and beyond. HCH serves undergraduate and graduate student communities; in addition, Harvard faculty, staff, alumni, and the general public are welcome and encouraged to participate and join in our activities. In recent years, thousands of members of the Harvard and greater Cambridge/B …

Are you tired? Have you been feeling sick? Run-down? Having trouble with your digestion? Do you have hard time losing weight? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, it may be time to treat your body to an Ultimate Reset Welcome to SunSprout & Greens Nutrition Group Discover the path to wellness and optimal health and learn the secret to reversing the effects of poor diet and lifestyle habits. Learn the top tips and tricks to living and feeling your best. Jump start your nutrition pla …

This is a follow up group for graduates of the MBSR program who would like to maintain the formal mindfulness meditation practices learned as part of the program, stay connected with classmates, and meet other graduates of the MBSR program with whom they can share experiences and ask questions.

We are a group of fitness minded people that love working out! We typically get together on Fridays. Everyone is welcome no matter what your fitness level! All programs can be modified to fit your needs...don't be shy! We want to see you there! We workout to best-selling Beachbody programs like Tony Horton's P90X, Shaun T's INSANITY and Chalene Johnson' TurboFire, just to name a few. We also host challenge groups for those looking for accountability, commitment, and serious weight loss or fitnes …

Once a month weekend brunch program for LGBT Seniors. Held in Braintree. Networking LGBT Seniors in the South Shore Community. Activities and educational program. Not a bar scene at all! Yes, we are growing older and this is the place to network and navigate the older LGBT community. Brunch is free (donation of $2.00 suggested) to those 60 and over. Under 60? No problem minimal charge to eat with us.