# First Julia Meet Up for Washington DC Greater Metro Area

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/first-julia-meet-up-for-washington-dc-greater-metro-area/33077
**Category:** Meetups
**Created:** [January 7, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/first-julia-meet-up-for-washington-dc-greater-metro-area/33077 "2020-01-07T20:06:28Z")
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### Author: ![Nosferican](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nosferican/32/9275_2.png) [@Nosferican](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nosferican)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/first-julia-meet-up-for-washington-dc-greater-metro-area/33077/1 "2020-01-07T20:06:28Z")

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I wanted to invite those interested in attending a Julia meet up group in the Washington DC greater metro area. People may register for the event at

## About this Event

Learn about the Julia language: the basics, why it is so great, and how we use it as a tool for data science for the public good in our work. We will showcase some of the great features Julia offers, key projects in the ecosystem, its community, and how to apply it to various applications. This session will give brief presentations on how to use Julia for reproducible research, regular expressions, REST/GraphQL API, I/O, tabular data, databases, and regression analysis.

#### Date And Time

Thu, January 16, 2020  
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM EST

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### Location

Biocomplexity Institute  
1100 Wilson Bvld  
STE 2910  
Arlington, VA 22209

> **[Introduction to the Julia Language](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-the-julia-language-tickets-85250888703)**
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> Learn about the Julia language: the basics, why it is so great, and how we use it as a tool for data science for the public good in our work