The Melbourne GPU Users group is an informal special interest group, hosted by VPAC (Victoria Partnership for Advanced Computing), to bring together GPU users from all fields and experience levels from Melbourne to learn and share their ideas and creations at friendly meetings. The Melbourne GPU Users group is a sister group of the Brisbane, Sydney and Perth GPU Users groups, and it is expected that the groups will interact through publicly accessible video conferencing facilities, taking turns …

There is a blossoming of search technology usage in Melbourne, but a definite lack of an unofficial, relaxed gathering to allow some fruitful information and experience exchange. Our aim is to make the meetup more welcoming to all search developers in Melbourne who are facing similar challenges -- while maintaing the level of technical depth that we've come to enjoy. Search technologies include, but are not limited to: ElasticSearch, Apache Lucene & Solr, AWS CloudSearch, Microsoft FAST, Apache …

Melbourne Web Developers is a bi-monthly meetup that brings together Melbourne's awesomely talented web development community to exchange ideas, have a beer and talk about all things interwebs related! We cover web development topics including high scalability, user experience (UX), web frameworks and languages, social media, harnessing cloud tools and SaaS and anything else that makes web applications tick!

I started this group because there appears to be no other Melbourne groups focusing on analyzing Big Data*. This group is for people looking to share experience and or learn new methods for analyzing the data. It is also for people who have Big Data that they need help with. I have extensive Big Data experience from my time at eBay and will gladly help others in any way that I can. * Big Data is a term for datasets which can no longer fit in a database. Typically this happens at around the 1 ter …

This group is for web practitioners and other professionals who are interested in web accessibility and inclusive design practices. After the success of meetings in Sydney, Perth and Brisbane, Melbourne now has its own Web Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup. It makes no difference if you work in a large organisation, a small business, are an independent consultant or an accessibility advocate. This group is about regularly connecting Melbourne’s accessibility community, allowing us to share …

We are a group of people interested in functional programming. This ranges from academic discussions around type systems right through to demonstrations of software we've developed using practical functional languages. At our meetups we usually have two or three talks and some pizzas before heading out to a local pub for some drinks and more conversation. People of all experience levels are welcome. If you've never done FP before and are curious to see what it's about, or looking to figure out w …

Melbourne Raspberry Jam (hashtag #raspberryJam) is an Australian user group that meets to support hobbyists, developers, teachers, students and families - in fact anybody that would like to put their Raspberry Pi to use. Raspberry Jam is not endorsed, sponsored or formally associated with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, but we do share their goals. We are very grateful to the organisations that do support us: Element14; Connected Community Hackerspace; and RMIT Please note that Melbourne Raspberry …

A group where we all can learn more about Big Data, hence the Melbourne Big Data User Group / BDUG. To meet 'n' greet, learn and laugh with fellow Big Data folk. Anyone who is interested to learn, mingle or share all things Big Data is encouraged to join and participate if you chose to. This is not a sales focussed group, simply a group of people interested in learning more about Big Data technologies, experiences and new ways of doing things. Put your hand up to present, help organise or offer …

An informal get-together for people who work in the web industry around Melbourne to catch-up, have a yarn, share ideas and talk about new techniques and technologies. Put together by the gang at @thirststudios

The way we develop software today takes a major part on how they will be maintained in future. If we can find ways to improve the way we Design and Develop Software, the maintenance cost will be less in future. As Developers, we want to write code and design Software that are testable, maintainable as possible. One way to achieve this is to share knowledge and experience among industry experts, Developers, on how they go about writing testable, and maintainable Software. This is the prime reason …

If you are interested in issues relating the Internet in Australia and worldwide, then this might be of interest to you. This Meetup group is an experiment to encourage Members of ISOC-AU and those who are interested in getting together for a chat about issues relating to the Internet in Australia. - Privacy - IPv6 - Security (Hacking, Law, Identity Theft) - Access (Disability) - Internet Governance - Human Rights (for Internet Users) - Social Media - Domain Names We are planning bi-monthly meet …

Our group provides a forum for users of top end Nikon cameras (such as the D800) to get together and share and network their expertise and experience.

iMug - the Melbourne Internet Macintosh User Group - provides Apple Macintosh, iPod, iPad and iPhone enthusiasts with an opportunity to share knowledge and experiences with other business, educational, professional, hobby and home users. We have an open, supportive membership who are anxious to help other learn more and make better use of Apple technology. iMug features: monthly meetings in Melbourne an active email mailing list members from novices to experienced, including industry experts an …

A group for business users and technically minded individuals alike who are seeking to understand how Agile methods work, discover new and interesting ways to build business intelligence systems and share experiences in building data warehouses

Do you love PostgreSQL? We do too! Come hang out with like-minded elephantidae lovers at the Melbourne PostgreSQL Users Group. You don't need to be an expert - perhaps you want to share your experiences as a DBA or SysAdmin; maybe you're a developer with exquisite tastes (when it comes to databases obviously!); or maybe you just want to learn about whats possible with PostgreSQL. All are welcome.

Design Melbourne, is a meet-up for creative professionals across industrial design, product design, ubran design, furniture design and more. Each quarter we'll feature an talk from an inspirational / iconic Melbourne designer and the chance to mingle, network and share a drink after with other likeminded creative professionals. Why are we doing this? The purpose of this group is to gather a community of Melbourne creatives, and nurture an ecosystem of creativity, ideas and spur the creative econ …

Welcome To The Art of Relating Meetup Group! The Art of Relating Meetup group is a community of singles who are interested in developing their self-understanding, self-confidence and relationship skills. Art of Relating Meetups are designed to be welcoming, supportive, and to help you to develop greater confidence, further develop your relationship skills and to connect with other singles interested in personal growth. Is This Meetup Group For Me? Are You: - Looking for a great opportunity …