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magrittr 2.0 is coming soon
It is with unclouded composure that we announce the upcoming release of magrittr 2.0. magrittr is the package home to the %>% pipe operator written by Stefan Milton Bache and...continue reading.
MLOPS with R and GitHub Actions
With thanks to the kind folks at Lander Analytics, video from my New York R Conference talk earlier this month is now available to view. The slides are also available...continue reading.
Computing Odds Ratios from Mixed Graphical Models
Interpreting statistical network models typically involves interpreting individual edge parameters. If the network model is a Gaussian Graphical Model (GGM), the interpretation is relatively simple: the pairwise interaction parameters are...continue reading.
Le Monde puzzle [#1154]
The weekly puzzle from Le Monde is another Sudoku challenge: An n by n grid contains all numbers from 1 till n². Is it possible for fill the grid so...continue reading.
Upcoming Why R? Webinars in September
Why R? Webinars are back for Season 2! After over more than 20 000 views in past season we are eager to start a new set of R webinars! All...continue reading.
Ask the Expert: Accurate vs fair data science A-level playing field?
Algorithms have never been more publicly debated than in the last couple of weeks. As data science experts, it didn’t… The post Ask the Expert: Accurate vs fair data science...continue reading.
Supervised Image Classification with ImageJ and R in Bio7
24.08.2020 It’s a while ago that I wrote about supervised image classification combining ImageJ and R in Bio7 (see video here). Later I decided to create a classification Graphical User...continue reading.
Risk-Neutral Probability Distributions: CLK2020
Colton Smith & Kevin Schneider Risk-neutral probability distributions (RND) are used to compute the fair value of an asset as a discounted conditional expectation of its future payoff. In 1978,...continue reading.
R Package Integration with Modern Reusable C++ Code Using Rcpp – Part 5
Daniel Hanson is a full-time lecturer in the Computational Finance & Risk Management program within the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington. In the previous post, we...continue reading.
Training ImageNet with R
This post explores how to train large datasets with TensorFlow and R. Specifically, we present how to download and repartition ImageNet, followed by training ImageNet across multiple GPUs in distributed...continue reading.
R Weekly 2020-34 Best OS for R, lines of best fit, truncated distributions
Hello and welcome to this new issue! Release Date: 2020-08-24 This week’s release was curated by Miles McBain, with help from the RWeekly team members and contributors. How to have...continue reading.
Have a question – book me!
Because I have been getting too many emails with questions and requests for help than I can answer, you can now book 15-minute time-slots with me. I will offer one...continue reading.
Going Pro in Analytics
Becoming a professional athlete isn’t just about pure talent and hoping that will be enough to excel. Going pro means… The post Going Pro in Analytics appeared first on Mango...continue reading.
VirtuEARL – EARL Conference online 2020
Sadly, we cannot meet in-person for the EARL Conference this year, so we’ve decided to go virtual with an online… The post VirtuEARL – EARL Conference online 2020 appeared first...continue reading.
Taking Control of Plot Scaling
Some time ago, while working on the new edition of the ggplot2 book, I asked out to the R twitterverse what part of using ggplot2 was the most incomprehensible for...continue reading.
Summer school: Statistical Methods for Linguistics and Psychology, 2020
The summer school website has been updated with the materials (lecture notes, exercises, and videos) for the Introductory frequentist and Bayesian streams. Details here:https://vasishth.github.io/smlp2020/ continue reading.
Why Package & Environment Management is Critical for Serious Data Science
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash This is a guest post from RStudio’s partner, ProCogia The rapid advancement of R presents a challenge to reproducibility Thanks to our vibrant and...continue reading.
Why Package & Environment Management is Critical for Serious Data Science
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash This is a guest post from RStudio’s partner, ProCogia The rapid advancement of R presents a challenge to reproducibility Thanks to our vibrant and...continue reading.
Deepfake detection challenge from R
A couple of months ago, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and other contributors initiated a challenge consisting of telling apart real and AI-generated (“fake”) videos. We show how to approach this challenge...continue reading.