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<h2>Spark Community</h2>

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<h3>Mailing Lists</h3>

<p>Get help using Spark or contribute to the project on our mailing lists:</p>
<ul>
  <li>
    <a href="http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com">user@spark.apache.org</a> is for usage questions, help, and announcements. <a href="mailto:user-subscribe@spark.apache.org?subject=(send%20this%20email%20to%20subscribe)">(subscribe)</a> <a href="http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com">(archives)</a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="http://apache-spark-developers-list.1001551.n3.nabble.com">dev@spark.apache.org</a> is for people who want to contribute code to Spark. <a href="mailto:dev-subscribe@spark.apache.org?subject=(send%20this%20email%20to%20subscribe)">(subscribe)</a> <a href="http://apache-spark-developers-list.1001551.n3.nabble.com">(archives)</a>
  </li>
</ul>

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<h3>Events and Meetups</h3>

<p>Conferences:</p>
<ul>
  <li>
    <b><a href="http://spark-summit.org">Spark Summit:</a></b>
    In December 2013, the community held the first <a href="http://spark-summit.org">Spark Summit</a>, with 30 talks from organizations using Apache Spark. Visit the <a href="http://spark-summit.org/summit-2013/">Summit archive page</a> for slides and videos of all the talks. <a href="http://spark-summit.org">Spark Summit 2014</a> is also coming up.
  </li>
</ul>

<p>Meetups:</p>
<ul>
  <li>
    <b><a href="http://www.meetup.com/spark-users/">Bay Area Spark Meetup:</a></b>
    This group has been running monthly events since January 2012 in the San Francisco area.
    The meetup page also contains an <a href="http://www.meetup.com/spark-users/events/past/">archive of past meetups</a>, including videos and <a href="http://www.meetup.com/spark-users/files/">slides</a> on most of the recent pages.
    You can also find links to videos from past meetups on the <a href="documentation.html#meetup-videos">Documentation Page</a>.
  </li>
  <li>
    <b><a href="http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-Spark-Meetup/">Seattle Spark Meetup:</a></b> Newly formed group in Seattle.
  </li>
</ul>

<p>If you'd like your meetup added, email <a href="mailto:user@spark.apache.org">user@spark.apache.org</a>.</p>

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<h3>Issue Tracker</h3>

<p>The project tracks bugs and new features on <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK">JIRA</a>. If you'd like, you can also subscribe to <a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spark-issues/">issues@spark.apache.org</a> to receive emails about new issues, and <a href="https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spark-commits/">commits@spark.apache.org</a> to get emails about commits.</p>

<h3>Powered By</h3>

<p>Our wiki has a list of <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPARK/Powered+By+Spark">projects and organizations powered by Spark</a>.</p>

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<h3>Project History</h3>


<p>
Spark started as a research project at the <a href="https://amplab.cs.berkeley.edu">UC Berkeley AMPLab</a>
in 2009, and was open sourced in early 2010.
Many of the ideas behind the system are presented in various
<a href="{{site.url}}research.html">research papers</a>.
The AMPLab continues to perform research on both improving Spark and on systems built on top, such as
<a href="{{site.shark_url}}">Shark</a>, <a href="{{site.graphx_url}}">GraphX</a>, and
<a href="{{site.url}}streaming/">Spark Streaming</a>.
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<p>
After being released, Spark grew a developer community on GitHub and entered Apache in 2013
as its permanent home.
A wide range of contributors now develop the project (over 120 developers from 25 companies).
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