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Neo4J User Group:Using Graphs to Analyse Public Spending on International Development
Using Graphs to Analyse Public Spending on International Development
James has been working on a really interesting project for the Department for International Development (DfID, http://www.dfid.gov.uk/), a UK government agency working on providing transparency around the ways that aid money gets spent on different development projects. He has been working on a web application that is providing a frontend + API access for people to interrogate a very detailed data format that details how Countries, Regions, Organisations, Activites, Budgets are related. During his talk, he will be explaining the history of the project, the reasons for moving from a MySQL backend to Neo4j, the benefits and problems that he faced in his experience along the way.

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Ian Robinson & Jim Webber' Neo4j Tutorial

Join Ian Robinson & Jim Webber for this hands-on, 2-day Neo4J Tutorial at Skills Matter.

Ian Robinson is Director of Customer Services at Neo Technology, the company behind Neo4J. Jim Webber in turn is Neo Technology’s Chief Scientist and runs the Neo4J User Group in London. Both are international speakers and keen to share their insider Neo4J expertise with you.

The Neo4J Tutorials are a mixture of theory and hands-on practical sessions that enable you to discover the true capacity of graph data and Neo4J databases. The practical aspects of this Neo4J course consist of Koan-style lessons where a specific part of the Neo4j stack is presented as a set of failing unit tests which participants will work to fix. You will participate in gradually more complex and challenging exercises until you’re capable of implementing sophisticated graph operations with Neo4J.

Graph databases like Neo4j are an esoteric and powerful member of the NOSQL family. For highly connected data, graph databases can be thousands of times faster than relational databases, making Neo4j popular for managing complex data across many domains from finance to social, and telecoms to geospatial.

What: Ian Robinson & Jim Webber's Neo4J Tutorial

Where: Skills Matter, 116-120 Goswell Road, London

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NOSQL eXchange 2012

Skills Matter are delighted to announce the second annual NOSQL eXchange, a 1-day conference packed with the latest ideas and best practices in NOSQL technologies!

This year's programme will feature 6 talks by our expert speakers. There will be ample opportunity to mingle and discuss, learn and share skills in NOSQL development, tools and related technologies. Speakers involved this year include - Paul Ingles, Alistair Jones, Ian Polsker and Malcolm Box.

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Richard Low's Cassandra Tutorial

Join us at Skills Matter for Richard Low’s for his Cassandra Tutorial.

Richard Low is an active member of the Cassandra community, and has spoken many times at the Cassandra User Group. Previously Richard has undertaken consultancy work on Big Data for the Government and is currently running the distributed team at Acunu.

The course consists of a mixture of tutorials and hands-on workshops, allowing you to really immerse yourself into learning and implementing Cassandra. This course covers everything you need to know to successfully build applications using Cassandra and administer it.

What: Richard Low’s Cassandra Tutorial

Where: Skills Matter, London

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Ayende Rahien's RavenDB Workshop



Oren Eini, aka Ayende Rahien, is a leading figure in projects NHibernate and RavenDB. With 15 years experience, Ayende is author of Rhino Mocks, one of the most popular mocking frameworks on the .NET platform.

This RavenDB workshop is a fast paced and hands-on 2-day workshop. From Day 1 you will be thrown into learning RavenDB and its core concepts. On Day 2 you will build on from the knowledge you gained in the previous day and learn how to extend Raven DB and various options of scaling out.

On completion of this RavenDB Workshop, you will be able to building database-backed applications faster and more efficiently.  

What: Ayende Rahien’s RavenDB Workshop

Where: Skills Matter, London

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ABOUT JAMES HUGHES
In his spare time James likes to talk about himself in the third person, attempt to blog about technical things on http://yobriefca.se and troll Twitter as @kouphax
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ABOUT THE NEO4J USER GROUP
We host hands-on lab sessions, technology reviews, topical lectures, and plenty of social nights. Curious about graphs, want to pimp your non-RDBMS skills? Join us!
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PODCAST USING GRAPHS TO ANALYSE PUBLIC SPENDING ON INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BIG DATA & NOSQL PODCASTS
 :STORM for streaming analytics at scale: a case study on cybersecurity, Streaming analytics at scale
: 16th May 2013
View Podcast: STORM for streaming analytics at scale: a case study on cybersecurity,
Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien:RavenDB & the magic beans , RavenDB & the magic beans
Oren Eini aka Ayende Rahien : 15th May 2013
View Podcast: RavenDB & the magic beans ,
Akmal  Chaudhri :Considerations for using NoSQL technology on your next IT project, Considerations for using NoSQL technolog
Akmal Chaudhri : 7th May 2013
View Podcast: Considerations for using NoSQL technology on your next IT project,
Various Speakers:Lightning Talks, Lightning Talks
Various Speakers : 7th May 2013
View Podcast: Lightning Talks,
Adam Mlocek:F# embedded in Excel, F# embedded in Excel
Adam Mlocek : 25th Apr 2013
View Podcast: F# embedded in Excel,
Adam Mlocek:F# embedded in Excel part 2, F# embedded in Excel part 2
Adam Mlocek : 25th Apr 2013
View Podcast: F# embedded in Excel part 2,
 :CASE STUDY: how OpenCorporates uses Neo4j to provide insight, CASE STUDY: how OpenCorporates uses Neo4
: 24th Apr 2013
View Podcast: CASE STUDY: how OpenCorporates uses Neo4j to provide insight,
Martin Thompson:Performance Testing Java Applications, Performance Testing Java Applications
Martin Thompson : 15th Apr 2013
View Podcast: Performance Testing Java Applications,
Robin Edwards:CASE STUDY: How Sharehoods Created Neomodel Along The Way, How Sharehoods Created Neomodel Along Th
Robin Edwards : 27th Mar 2013
View Podcast: CASE STUDY: How Sharehoods Created Neomodel Along The Way,
Trisha Gee:What do you mean,  backwards compatibility, What do you mean, backwards compatibili
Trisha Gee : 21st Mar 2013
View Podcast: What do you mean,  backwards compatibility,
Sébastien Heymann:How can we use Graph Visualisations to gain better insights, How can we use Graph Visualisations to g
Sébastien Heymann : 27th Feb 2013
View Podcast: How can we use Graph Visualisations to gain better insights,
Michael Cutler:CASE STUDY: Using Graph Theory & Graph Databases to understand User Intent, Using Graph Theory & Graph Databases to
Michael Cutler : 30th Jan 2013
View Podcast: CASE STUDY: Using Graph Theory & Graph Databases to understand User Intent,
James Hughes:Using Graphs to Analyse Public Spending on International Development , Using Graphs to Analyse Public Spending
James Hughes : 28th Nov 2012
View Podcast: Using Graphs to Analyse Public Spending on International Development ,
Alistair Jones:NOSQL at the Crossroads, NOSQL at the Crossroads
Alistair Jones : 28th Nov 2012
View Podcast: NOSQL at the Crossroads,
Paul Ingles:uSwitch.com - Our Age of Enlightenment, uSwitch.com - Our Age of Enlightenment
Paul Ingles : 28th Nov 2012
View Podcast: uSwitch.com - Our Age of Enlightenment,
OTHER BIG DATA & NOSQL EVENTS
Russel Winder Are Go and D threats to Python?,  Are Go and D threats to Python?
FREE EVENT: In The Brain of Russel Winder
London, Tuesday, May 28th
Neo4J User Group:Discuss a little Graph Theory for the Busy Developer, Neo4J User Group
FREE EVENT: Discuss a little Graph Theory
London, Wednesday, May 29th
Udi Dahan:Udi Dahan's Advanced Distributed Systems Design with SOA,  Udi Dahan's Adv Distributed Design w SOA
5 DAY COURSE. Featuring Udi Dahan
London, Monday, June 3rd
Martin Thompson:Writing Concurrent Code with Lock-Free Algorithms with Martin Thompson,  Writing Concurrent Code with Lock-Free Algorithms
3 DAY COURSE. Featuring Martin Thompson
London, Wednesday, June 5th
QCon New York, QCon New York
CONFERENCE (5 DAYS)
New York, Monday, June 10th BOOK NOW!
DDD eXchange 2013, DDD eXchange 2013
CONFERENCE (1 DAY)
London, Friday, June 14th BOOK NOW!
Nicolas  Favre-Felix:Richard Low's Cassandra Tutorial,  Richard Low's Cassandra Tutorial
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Nicolas Favre-Felix
London, Thursday, June 20th
Russel Winder:Russel Winder's Python Workshop,  Russel Winder's Python Workshop
4 DAY COURSE. Featuring Russel Winder
London, Monday, July 1st
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