This Meetup group supports the SF Bay ACM Chapter.  You can join the actual SF Bay Chapter by coming to a meeting - most meetings are free, and our membership is only $20/year ! The chapter has both educational and scientific purposes: - the science, design, development, construction, languages, management and applications of modern computing. - communication between persons interested in computing. - cooperation with other professional groups See official bylaws at http://www.sfbayacm.org/?at …

BayLISA is the premiere system adminstration user group in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in the very early 90s after the fourth Large Installation System Administration (LISA) conference, BayLISA has supported and educated systems, network, storage, virtualization, and other technology professionals in the Bay Area for over 20 years. We use Meetup to coordinate meeting attendance, announcements, and reminders. We have our official organizational presence on the web, inc …

We welcome all people from all religious backgrounds, cultures, LGBTQQA, races, and of all ages. If you consider yourself spiritual and are interested in living the life of your dreams by changing the way you think about life, you are welcome here! We don't ask you to park your brain at the door. We are looking for inquisitive, inspiring, and fun people to help us create a community on the Peninsula. Center for Spiritual Living, Peninsula is a reflection of a global thriving spiritual movement d …

Want to explore technology, science, and music, film? Take free classes from https://www.udacity.com/ and https://www.coursera.org/ and collaborate with a group to discover! These classes are great help whether you are building a startup or just want to keep updated on technology and arts. Feel free to post a discussion event through the "Suggest a New Meetup" feature.

Please join us for a lively discussion of emerging developments in PreK-12 digital learning in and across formal and informal environments. Co-hosted by Stanford University Graduate School of Education Professor Roy Pea with the U.S. Department of Education's Karen Cator, Director of the Office of Educational Technology and OET's Deputy Director, Richard Culatta, this meet up will be of interest to you as an ed-tech innovator or entrepreneur; learning sciences and technology researcher; or innov …

This for anyone and everyone interested in the Lecture Series at The Tech Museum of Innovation in downtown San Jose to band together and attend as a group. The lectures focus on the many different intersections science and technology make with culture, arts, politics, math, and our entire world. If you're an expert or enthusiast in any of these fields or subjects, and have been to one or more of these lectures or wish to attend in the future, this is the place to discuss the presented subjects a …

Alameda Contra Costa County Math Educators (aka AC3ME) is your local affiliate of CMC-North, serving math educators in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, and the greater Bay area. This year we will sponsor a number of free events for math educators, including a series of seminars on the common core, and would like to invite all math educators to join us for this and other related events.

The Technology Frontiers Collaborative (TFC) is dedicated to sustained and sustaining innovation. The TFC invites all stakeholders at the frontiers of science and technology to exchange information, get educated, and promote best practices and policies for operating at the leading edge in their fields. Through its collaborative forums, TFC encourages the proliferation of scientific breakthroughs and high-impact enabling technologies, and their translation to commercial products and services.

This is a space for smart, creative folks who have left the academic track and are trying to find community and networking opportunities in the lively Bay Area innovation community. This is not a space to complain about academia, but rather where we can talk about how to translate skill sets developed for academia into tangible and fulfilling opportunities outside of the Ivory Tower. All are welcome, with a special invitation to those folks coming from the Humanities and "softer" social sciences …

Families of K-3 students and siblings welcome! This is an academically inclined support group for families interested in shared learning opportunities in life skills, reading, writing, foreign languages,acting, math, science, history, music, geography. Our goal is to help children become long-term learners as well as enjoy building long-lasting friendships through studying together, joining playgroups, going on trips, etc. We are primarily based on Charlotte Mason method,  Montessori  method, a …

CLINE was established to encourage and facilitate the scientific exploration of the intersection of computation, language, information, complexity, and intelligence as they are influenced by, and influence, the process of evolution. Of particular interest to this group is the development of self-evolving systems. The assumption is that apex systems evolve toward greater and greater complexity-handling capacity. Some call this "artificial intelligence," but we have trouble with the term as it: 1 …

We offer mobile application development workshops (most are FREE) for the iOS and Android platforms. The workshops are designed to train new and experienced app developers on the latest technologies and programming techniques. Basic classes in Java and Objective-C programming are also offered. We take suggestions for new workshop topics as well. Attend a workshop, learn something new, make new friends and improve your overall app development skills. Newbies are encouraged to join since we offer …

The Drawing for Fun Workshops are for inspiring artists who like to draw for fun. All levels are welcome from beginners to advances, and even non-artists! I want to make this group as fun and unique as possible. The events are always fun. We can have field trips to art and cultural festivals, open studios,  anime, and comic conventions.  We can hang out in zoo, science and art museums to draw from animal, science, beautiful paintings, and sculptures. Meetup several places to chat and draw sci-fi …

I've been meaning to found this group for a long time, but I wanted to be somewhere where I'd actually be putting down roots and staying awhile. Finally, that day has come! This is a group for anyone who has a Service Dog or Working Dog of any type accompanying them through this crazy thing we call life. It's also a place where puppyraisers are welcome, as are people who are seeking information - trying to decide if a service dog is a good option for themselves, wanting to know more about the va …

“ If you'd like to build your business relationships, to grow sales, to learn and apply new skills, tools and strategies, and to have sustainable results in income & success, this is the group to join. ” - Shu-Hsien Ho, Business Owner & Meetup Group Organizer Are you looking to Boost your sales ? Reduce your work stress and time ? Enjoy life as any entrepreneur deserves ? & Make easy and solid business connections ? Welcome Business Women & Men ! F*ree Networking & Business Trainings, Worksho …

This is a Bayesian Statistics interest group for the San Francisco Bay Area. We will have a mix of talks, training sessions, and other events based on member interest. We also have message boards for discussions and job postings (http://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Bayesians/messages/boards/).

Meet other women (and men) who are interested in empowering women in all kinds of technology and encouraging girls to pursue education in science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) that will prepare them for career opportunities in technology. Discuss topical strategies for advancement, handling issues in the workplace, personal and professional development as well as the emerging technologies of interest.