R Weekly 2024-W34 Git Merge, Community, Quarto Templates
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Winning Fantasy Football with Projections, Value Over Replacement, and Value-Based Drafting
Draft day in fantasy football is all about making informed decisions and a successful season depends on accurate player projections and a strategic approach. Building a great fantasy roster often[…]...continue reading.
mixture models [book review]
Strangely enough, I became aware of this new book on mixtures through one of these annoying emails “Your work has been cited n times this week“… Mixture Models (Parametric, Semiparametric,...continue reading.
R tidymodels: A tidyverse Like Ecosystem for Efficient Machine Learning in R
Have you ever thought R’s approach to machine learning is outdated? Like, data analysis and visualization tools are superb. Everything feels intuitive and every following step of your workflow integrates...continue reading.
Unveiling Bottlenecks: A Guide to Profiling R and R Shiny Code
Shiny applications are fantastic for turning data into interactive dashboards and web apps, making data exploration and visualization more engaging. But even the most visually appealing Shiny app can hit...continue reading.
R Weekly 2024-W33 Snakes & Ladders, Tables, Deutschland Tour
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Integrating gene expression and imaging data across Visium capture areas with visiumStitched
Is your tissue larger than a @10xGenomics Visium capture area? If you need to stitch together the images but also the gene expression data, check our new preprint describing #visiumStitchedWe...continue reading.
Object Oriented Programming in R (Part 4): Reference Classes & R6 Classes
In our last article, we explored the S4 OOP system in R. Up until this point, we had only discussed functional OOP systems in R. Today, we are going to...continue reading.
How to Write Tests with shiny::testServer Similar to shinytest2
When developing R Shiny apps, making sure they work well and are reliable is important. Rigorous testing isn’t just about finding bugs; it’s about preventing them, saving time, and ensuring...continue reading.
R Weekly 2024-W32 Tidymodels, Positron
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All You Need to Know About Rhino 1.8 and 1.9 Updates: A Fireside Chat
Rhino, the R package development framework created by Appsilon, has recently released two updates – versions 1.8 and 1.9. In this fireside chat, Kamil Żyła (one of the core developers...continue reading.
AI-Powered Virtual Assistants: Beyond Siri and Alexa
“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” ― Alan Turing AI virtual assistants have become indispensable tools for both...continue reading.
BlueSky Statistics Enhancements
BlueSky Statistics is a free and open-source graphical user interface for the powerful R language. There is also a commercial “Pro” version that offers tech support, priority feature requests, and...continue reading.
Applications of Machine Learning in Pharma: From Drug Design to Clinical Trials
Machine Learning is transforming how we design drugs, model diseases, develop treatments, and conduct clinical trials. We recently collaborated with IIMCB to carry out augmented RNA-Ligand binding prediction with machine...continue reading.
R Weekly 2024-W31 Oz Weather, Shiny Contest
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Augmenting RNA-Ligand Binding Prediction With Machine Learning: A Leap Towards Enhanced Drug Discovery
In pharmaceutical research, the exploration of RNA-ligand interactions is a significant challenge, marking a stark contrast to the more developed understanding of protein-ligand interactions. Our AI model reduces the number...continue reading.
{Shiny.Telemetry} 0.3.0: Track User Behavior In Your Shiny Applications
Understanding how users interact with your application in data analytics is crucial for continuous improvement and user satisfaction. {shiny.telemetry} is a groundbreaking tool that lets you do just that. shiny.telemetry...continue reading.
R Weekly 2024-W30 Tile sprites, GitHub Copilot, extract functions
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R Microbenchmark: How To Measure And Compare The Execution Of R Expressions
Are you still conducting runtime benchmarks in R through manual calls to `Sys.time()`? We don’t judge, but there’s a way more powerful and automated way to do the same –...continue reading.
The Power Of Transitioning To A ‘-Verse’ Approach In R Package Development
The word “universe” can mean many different things. In modern-day entertainment, we are conditioned to think of it as related movies or media tied together by the tried-and-true formula of...continue reading.
