1. Federal Big Data Working Group Meetup Dr. Brand Niemann Director and Senior Data Scientist Semantic Community http://semanticommunity.info/ http://www.meetup.com/Federal-Big-Data-Working-Group/ http://semanticommunity.info/Data_Science/Federal_Big_Data_Working_Group_Meetup March 4, 2014 1

2. Mission Statement Federal: Supports the Federal Big Data Initiative, but not endorsed by the Federal Government or its Agencies; Big Data: Supports the Federal Digital Government Strategy which is "treating all content as data", so big data = all your content; Working Group: Data Science Teams composed of Federal Government and Non-Federal Government experts producing big data products (How was the data collected, Where is it stored, and What are the results?); and Meetup: The world's largest network of local groups to revitalize local community and help people around the world self-organize like MOOCs (Massive Open On-line Classes) being considered by the White House. 2 Co-organizers: Brand Niemann and Kate Goodier

3. Logistics Hosted at The National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230. A short distance from the Ballston Metro Orange Line. Free Street Parking and Paid Ballston Common Mall Parking​. The building's main entrance is located at the corner of 9th and Stuart Streets.​ No prior clearance required for Conference Room 1-110. Dinner will not be served for this Meetup. NO FOOD ALLOWED IN THE ROOM. Please Eat Before at a Nearby Place Like the Ballston Mall Food Court. Start time is 6:30 p.m. Restrooms are outside. 3

4. Agenda 6:30 p.m. NIH Welcome and Introduction to Biomedical Big Data Research: NIH Program Director, Dr. Peter LysterBiomedical Big Data ResearchPeter Lyster 7:00 p.m. Brief Demo of NIH Semantic Medline/YarcData by Drs. Tom Rindflesch and Ted Slater​Tom RindfleschTed Slater – Note: See January 7th Meetup for Slides and Videos. Also see Semantic MEDLINE Query: mesothelioma and Data Science for VIVOJanuary 7th MeetupSemantic MEDLINE Query: mesotheliomaData Science for VIVO 7:30 p.m. NSF Welcome and Scientific Data-A View Form the US: NITRD Program Office Director, Dr. George StrawnScientific Data-A View Form the USGeorge Strawn 7:40 p.m. Presentation on​ Euretos BRAIN (VIVO 2010 Conference Brain Video): Dr. Barend Mons Euretos BRAINBrain VideoBarend Mons Discussion: A Data Fairport Workshop SummaryA Data Fairport Open Discussion Networking​ 9:30 p.m. Exit 4

5. Background 5 http://semanticommunity.info/Data_Science/Euretos_BRAIN#Story

6. Next Meetups: Xcelerate Solutions – Spring Hill Metro Fifth Meetup: March 18, 6:30 p.m. – Continue Data Science Tutorial: Graph Databases and Bigdata SYSTAP Literature Survey of Graph Databases – Bigdata SYSTAP, Bryan Thompson, SYSTAP – Discussions and Networking Sixth Meetup: April 1, 6:30 p.m., Seventh Meetup: April 15, 6:30 p.m., Eighth Meetup: May 4, 6:30 p.m. and Ninth Meetup: May 18, 6:30 p.m. 2 nd Cloud, SOA, Semantics and Data Science Conference, June (in planning) 6