UMBC CSEE alumni Don Miner and Brandon Wilson have started a Meetup group for Hadoop users in and around the Baltimore area to discuss Hadoop technology and use cases.

Apache Hadoop is one of the most popular open-source tools used to harness clusters of computers to process, analyze or learn from massive amounts of data. Whether you are new to Hadoop or an experienced user, this is a great opportunity to improve your knowledge and network with others in the Baltimore computing technology community.

The first meeting will be held from 7:00pm to 9:30pm on Thursday, 19 February 2015 at AOL/Advertising.com at 1020 Hull St #100, Baltimore, MD (map). Join the group here.