1. Data Mining with Excel 2010 and PowerPivot

    January 11, 2012

    Excel 2010 provides a world-class platform for enterprise decision making. This presentation introduces the decision-making ability possible with the free Excel add-ins for PowerPivot and SQL Server Data Mining. The data mining is a service hosted in Microsoft's Analysis Services, but the Excel add-in exposes the enterprise-strength server technology to analysts and executives. This talk introduces some functions from the "Analyze" and “Data Mining” tabs, including data mining model creation from Excel data. Having seen this presentation some had thought it was all Excel since the functions seem so seamless. The Excel interface provides a familiar way for professionals to make actionable decisions.

    About the Speaker

    Mark Tabladillo (MVP, SAS Expert) has been an information technology professional since 1998, and has a primary career consulting with companies across the United States and around the world. Mark's business mission is to empower and inspire executives, architects and developers with insights from data mining, predictive analytics and business intelligence to make actionable decisions. Mark shares his thoughts on his professional blog at http://marktab.net

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  2. The Legend of Lambda

    December 14, 2011

    The Legend of Lambda

    Lambda expressions are a powerful feature of C#, one that can be wielded for good or evil. Attend this session for an adventure through the evolution of the C# language, from the depths of the delegate keyword to the expressiveness of the lambda expression. I will show you how anyone can easily learn to wield and empower code with lambda expressions. It's dangerous to go alone! Take this: =>.

    Biography

    Chris Eargle is a Telerik Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional – C#, and two-time INETA Community Champion from Columbia, SC, USA. He has over a decade of experience designing and developing enterprise applications, and he runs the local .NET User Group: the Columbia Enterprise Developers Guild. He is a frequent guest of conferences and community events promoting best practices and new technologies. His blog, kodefuguru.com, has been featured on ASP.NET, MSDN, and Reddit.

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  3. Build cool devices controlled by your phone!

    November 09, 2011

    Two years ago, Dan built a water cannon aimed and controlled by Windows Phone 7 / WCF / MEF / Arduino / IIS Live Smooth Streaming.  Last summer, Dan rebuilt the squirt gun using the netduino and the .net micro framework.  This presentation will focus on the C# .net object oriented code in VS2010 for the squirt gun and other cool projects.  Dan will focus on the software, but also present the .net microcontroller and the hardware to make it all work.  He built a device that uses servos to aim a squirt gun anywhere in the pool area!!  IIS Live Smooth Streaming video is used so that Dan can nail his kids with a high powered spray from the office or anywhere.  Spraying the kids is as easy as touching the position on the screen where they are located.  Come to the meeting to learn how to integrate custom hardware with your software.  Dan will also show you how he turned his Android phone into a remote control device for his garage door opener.

    Speaker - Dan Thyer

    Dan is CTO and managing partner of Logical Advantage.  Logical Advantage is a software consulting company that provides software consulting services, full SDLC services and technical workforce management services.  Dan has over 15 years of professional experience with utilizing a variety of Microsoft-driven technologies.  Prior to his professional experience he was having fun writing software in high school and started integrating with hardware on the Commodore 64.  Dan has duel degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. 

    Street: 151 Powell Rd
    City: Columbia
    Country: USA
    State: South Carolina