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<p>Calvin CS/IS Alumni and Students:</p>
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<p>If you're interested in the trends for data science and big data, here is an opportunity for a West Michigan conference focused on those areas. It is Big Data Ignite (
<a id="LPlnk109242" href="http://www.bigdataignite.com/" class="OWAAutoLink">http://www.bigdataignite.com/</a> ). If you use the following code when registering you will get a discount:
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BDI4CLVN25</span> <br>
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<p>More information from Professor Randall Pruim appears below, and of course, take time to visit the website for the conference noted above.</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> data-bounces@list.calvin.edu <data-bounces@list.calvin.edu> on behalf of Randall Pruim <rpruim@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 17, 2016 9:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> data@calvin.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Big Data Ignite</font>
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<div class="">Data folks,</div>
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We are now under two weeks until the Big Data Ignite conference. The schedule of speakers was finalized yesterday and should be appearing online over the weekend or on Monday. You can already see the list of speakers (with titles and abstracts for most of
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<div class="">If you know any Calvin alumni or friends that might want to attend, you can pass along this discount code: <span class="" style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:15px; line-height:normal; orphans:2; white-space:pre-wrap; widows:2; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">BDI4CLVN25</span></div>
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<div class="" style="orphans:2; widows:2"><span class="" style="orphans:auto; widows:auto">There is also an academic price, which will be lower than the discounted regular price.</span></div>
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<div class="" style="orphans:2; widows:2"><span class="" style="orphans:auto; widows:auto">Other news:</span></div>
<div class="" style="orphans:2; widows:2"><span class="" style="orphans:auto; widows:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>* David Behen (DTMB Director and CIO for the State of Michigan) has accepted an invitation to give a special
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<div class="" style="orphans:2; widows:2"><span class="" style="orphans:auto; widows:auto"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>* The directors of the meeting have put together a video that is airing on GRTV: </span><a id="LPlnk916735" href="https://vimeo.com/183060151" class="">https://vimeo.com/183060151</a></div>
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