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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/07/microsoft-ds-summit.html"> Revolutions</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
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<p>Microsoft has a brand-new conference, exclusively for data scientists, big data engineers, and machine learning practitioners. The <a target="_blank" href="https://ignite.microsoft.com/MicrosoftDataScience">Microsoft Data Science Summit</a>, to be held in Atlanta GA, September 26-27, will feature talks and lab sessions from Microsoft engineers and thought leaders on using data science techniques and Microsoft technology, applied to real-world problems.</p>
<p>Included in the <a target="_blank" href="https://ignite.microsoft.com/MicrosoftDataScience">agenda</a> are several topics of direct interest to R users, including:</p>
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<li>The <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/04/microsoft-ds-vm-linux.html">Data Science Virtual Machine</a>, which includes R</li>
<li>Deploying <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/05/predictive-maintenance-r-code.html">Predictive Maintenance solutions</a> with Cortana Intelligence</li>
<li>Using the <a target="_blank" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2016/06/programmers-gender.html">Cognitive Services</a> framework, which you can use to incorporate machine intelligence into R scripts</li>
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<p>Other topics of interest include building with bot frameworks, deep learning, Internet of Things applications, and in-depth Data Science topics.</p>
<p>To register for the conference, follow the link below. Discounted day passes to <a target="_blank" href="https://ignite.microsoft.com/">Microsoft Ignite</a> on September 28-29 are also available to Microsoft Data Summit registrants.</p>
<p>Microsoft Events: <a target="_blank" href="https://ignite.microsoft.com/MicrosoftDataScience">Microsoft Data Science Summit, September 26-27</a></p>
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