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Category Archives: useR 2007
Open Source/Science – drilling down to unknown depths in unexpected places
Yet another point John Chambers addressed in his key note speech (see previous post Programing as a higher craft) was the virtue of Open Source software. According to John there are two principles for programing (with R) Enable effective and … Continue reading
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Programing as a higher craft
In his keynote speech at the useR! meeting John Chambers of Statistics research at Bell Labs (one of the founders of the S System, which subsequently gave rise to the R project) asked the question what is programing? As it … Continue reading
rgl: R and OpenGL
There were many presentations at the useR! meeting showing off amazing graphics that I had no idea R was capable of. It is clear to me that graphically speaking I have been living in the dark ages until now. One … Continue reading
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Things overheard at the useR! meeting
Here are a few things I overheard at the useR! meeting. These comments and quotes do not necessarily represent my opinions (although many do) and since many of them were overheard in informal discussions and rants I will not name … Continue reading
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Tablets as a teaching tool
Daniel Kaplan, a Mathematics & Computer Science prof from Macalester College gave a great talk about Using R for Introductory Calculus and Statistics. Aside from being a entertaining and funny speaker he used his tablet pc in a innovative and … Continue reading
Report from the useR! meeting in Ames
I was not sure what to expect at this meeting. The only thing I was certain about was that I was not about to experience wiener schnitzels, waltz and Austrian high culture (in contrast to last years useR! meeting). Despite … Continue reading
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ESA 2007 – San Jose here I come!
Finally took the leap and decided to go the ESA (Ecological Society of America) meeting despite it clashing with the useR! meeting. After checking out their smörgåsbord of a program there were simply too many yummy temptations, e.g. Alan Hastings … Continue reading
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useR! 2007 – Ames here I come!
Yesterday I decided that I will go the the useR! 2007 meeting after all. Initially I was a bit apprehensive, I was not sure if I had the time to spare and I like to present something when I go … Continue reading
