What we’re about
The Cincinnati Data & Analytics Meetup is a monthly meetup featuring subject matter experts and enthusiasts of data and analytics in Cincinnati. It has been meeting monthly since May 2022, and meetups are hosted the third Wednesday of the month at Union Hall in OTR. At each meetup, the talk takes place from 4 to 5pm, followed by networking from 5 to 6pm, and food and drinks are provided. All Cincinnati data and analytics practitioners and enthusiasts are welcome!
Thank you to our meetup sponsors:
- Centric Consulting for providing refreshments. Centric Consulting is an international management consulting firm, who bring expertise in AI strategy, cyber risk management, cloud solutions and more. The firm combines the benefits of experience, flexibility and cost efficiency to create tailored solutions centered on what’s best for your business.
- Cintrifuse for providing the space to meet. If you’re a founder looking for support, be sure to visit cintrifuse.com- they're a startup catalyst and innovation hub right here in the greater Cincinnati area.
Union Hall is fully ADA accessible. If there are food allergies or other needs the organizers can take into account, please let us know.
Transportation options to Union Hall include:
- Bus: there are over 10 bus stops within a three block radius of Union Hall. These stops are serviced by lines that go to neighborhoods including Walnut Hills, Norwood, Pleasant Ridge, Northside, College Hill, Clifton, Mt. Auburn, Avondale, Finneytown, and others. Bus fare within Hamilton County is $2, and you can plan your trip using the Transit app: transitapp.com.
- Cycling: bike parking is available on the street right outside Union Hall, and bikes are permitted inside Union Hall, if you would prefer to bring your bike inside.
- Driving: the Mercer Commons Garage is right across the street from Union Hall, and is $4 for 2 hours.
Talk topics from 2022, before we were on Meetup, included:
- Mobile Movement, Graph Embeddings, and Consumer Segmentation: A Foray into the Location Analytics Industry by Jack Schroder, Lead Data Scientist at Spatial.ai
- Simplifying the Data Ecosystem: Supporting the Producer-Consumer Relationship by Sam McFarland, Senior Director of Data & Analytics Enablement at Olive and Elizabeth Gilbert, Product Data Analyst at Olive
- Data Science in Remote Sensing by Rick Davila, Spectral Imagery Scientist at Radience Technologies
- Everything Tableau by Dinushki De Livera, Business Analyst at Unifund
- Data Science for Private Credit Investing by Paul Kostoff, Chief Technology Officer at Karus
- Building Deep Vision Models with Synthetic Data by Greg Sweeney, Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Pieces
- Data Science Platforms as a Product by Dan Shah, Data & Analytics Product Manager at IGS
- Event Streaming at Scale by Lauren McDonald, Principal Consultant at SEI
Please note, the Cincinnati Data & Analytics meetup is distinct from the Cincinnati Data Science meetup, which hasn't met since May 2020, but serves a nearly identical purpose. The goals of the Cincinnati Data & Analytics Meetup are to highlight the excellent work being done in data and analytics, provide opportunities for learning in the space, and build in person community.
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Unlocking Business Value through Power BIUnion Hall, Cincinnati, OH
In today's data-driven world, understanding and utilizing your data is essential to remain competitive. This talk explores how businesses can transform raw data into actionable insights in scalable and maintainable way using Microsoft Power BI. We will dive into the core capabilities of Power BI, including data modeling, and interactive visualizations, which empower organizations to make informed, data-backed decisions.
We will use some examples to cover:- Advantages of Power BI that merges its strength in data modeling and visualization
- Best practices for visualization that lead to insights.
- Where does the growing need for AI fit in with business intelligence.
This talk will be presented by Noah Antoun, a Senior Consultant at Centric Consulting. Noah has worked in various roles around business intelligence focusing on data modeling, data visualization, and Power BI.
Session will take place 4-5pm, followed by networking 5-6pm. Food and beverages will be provided.
Meetups are hosted the third Wednesday of each month at Union Hall in OTR and feature subject matter experts and enthusiasts in the fields of data and analytics.
Thank you to our sponsors:
- Centric Consulting for providing refreshments. Centric Consulting is an international management consulting firm, who bring expertise in AI strategy, cyber risk management, cloud solutions and more. The firm combines the benefits of experience, flexibility and cost efficiency to create tailored solutions centered on what’s best for your business.
- InfoTrust, our digital sponsor. If you are looking for a new position, check out their website at infotrust.com/careers- they are a great place to work right here in the Cincinnati area.
- Cintrifuse for providing the space to meet. If you’re a founder looking for support, be sure to visit cintrifuse.com- they're a startup catalyst and innovation hub right here in the greater Cincinnati area.
Transportation options to Union Hall include:
- Bus: there are over 10 bus stops within a three block radius of Union Hall. These stops are serviced by lines that go to neighborhoods including Walnut Hills, Norwood, Pleasant Ridge, Northside, College Hill, Clifton, Mt. Auburn, Avondale, Finneytown, and others. Bus fare within Hamilton County is $2, and you can plan your trip using the Transit app: transitapp.com.
- Cycling: bike parking is available on the street right outside Union Hall, and bikes are permitted inside Union Hall, if you would prefer to bring your bike inside.
- Driving: the Mercer Commons Garage is right across the street from Union Hall, and is $4 for 2 hours.
- Poetry & Programming: An NLP Approach Using PythonUnion Hall, Cincinnati, OH
In this talk we will be diving into the field of Natural Language Processing and how we can apply some of its basic techniques to gain semantic insight and better understand the written word. We’ll be exploring the use and application of tasks such as Sentiment Analysis, Named Entity Recognition, and Text Classification using several open source libraries such as NLTK, spaCy, and TextBlob.
This talk will be presented by David Moody, Data Analyst at MassMutual Ascend. Session will take place 4-5pm, followed by networking 5-6pm. Food and beverages will be provided.
Meetups are hosted the third Wednesday of each month at Union Hall in OTR and feature subject matter experts and enthusiasts in the fields of data and analytics.
Thank you to our sponsors:
- Datacoves for providing refreshments.
- InfoTrust, our digital sponsor. If you are looking for a new position, check out their website at infotrust.com/careers- they are a great place to work right here in the Cincinnati area.
- Cintrifuse for providing the space to meet. If you’re a founder looking for support, be sure to visit cintrifuse.com- they're a startup catalyst and innovation hub right here in the greater Cincinnati area.
Transportation options to Union Hall include:
- Bus: there are over 10 bus stops within a three block radius of Union Hall. These stops are serviced by lines that go to neighborhoods including Walnut Hills, Norwood, Pleasant Ridge, Northside, College Hill, Clifton, Mt. Auburn, Avondale, Finneytown, and others. Bus fare within Hamilton County is $2, and you can plan your trip using the Transit app: transitapp.com.
- Cycling: bike parking is available on the street right outside Union Hall, and bikes are permitted inside Union Hall, if you would prefer to bring your bike inside.
- Driving: the Mercer Commons Garage is right across the street from Union Hall, and is $4 for 2 hours.
- Topic Coming SoonUnion Hall, Cincinnati, OH
This talk will be presented by Junia Howell, Ph.D., Director at eruka and Sociology Professor at University of Illinois, Chicago. The talk title and description will be shared by mid January.
Session will take place 4-5pm, followed by networking 5-6pm. Refreshments will be provided.
Meetups are hosted the third Wednesday of each month at Union Hall in OTR and feature subject matter experts and enthusiasts in the fields of data and analytics.
Thank you to our sponsors:
- InfoTrust, our digital sponsor. If you are looking for a new position, check out their website at infotrust.com/careers- they are a great place to work right here in the Cincinnati area.
- Cintrifuse for providing the space to meet. If you’re a founder looking for support, be sure to visit cintrifuse.com- they're a startup catalyst and innovation hub right here in the greater Cincinnati area.
Transportation options to Union Hall include:
- Bus: there are over 10 bus stops within a three block radius of Union Hall. These stops are serviced by lines that go to neighborhoods including Walnut Hills, Norwood, Pleasant Ridge, Northside, College Hill, Clifton, Mt. Auburn, Avondale, Finneytown, and others. Bus fare within Hamilton County is $2, and you can plan your trip using the Transit app: transitapp.com.
- Cycling: bike parking is available on the street right outside Union Hall, and bikes are permitted inside Union Hall, if you would prefer to bring your bike inside.
- Driving: the Mercer Commons Garage is right across the street from Union Hall, and is $4 for 2 hours.
