Publications by David Smith
December 2011 issue of the R Journal: An overview
The December 2011 issue of the R Journal is now available for download. Three times a year, the open-access journal of the R project publishes peer-reviewed articles on research and applications of R and R packages. As of the latest issue, all articles are published under a Creative Commons license, making them accessible for translation, academ...
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Norman Nie on two big problems with Big Data
Revolution Analytics CEO Norman Nie sat down with Cassimir Medford from Business Agility to talk about the problems business today face with respect to Big Data. The two big problems identified: finding adequately trained personnel and locating the right tools. Norman traces the problem of finding skilled practitioners to work with Big Data to ...
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Revolution Analytics named Startup to Watch in 2012
While we were out over the holiday break, Silicon Angle selected five open-source startups that are commercializing and contributing to open source projects as “Startups to Watch in 2012“. Revolution Analytics was #2 on the list: This was a busy year for Revolution. The company released Revolution R 5.0, which included Hadoop integration, a...
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Good at applying R? Be a Sales Engineer!
Revolution Analytics is hiring! We're looking for a Sales Engineer — someone who can show Revolution R to potential customers and really show off what R can do in an applied setting. (Fun fact: this was my first job when I left university, and it's a lot of fun.) The job description is below, please pass it along to anyone who may be interested...
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Mapping the Iowa caucus results: how it’s done with R
If you've been following the presidential primary process here in the US, you've probably seen many maps of the results of the Iowa caucuses by now (such as this infamous one from Fox News). But you might be interested to learn how such maps can be made using the R language. The Offensive Politics blog explains the process in detail, from accessi...
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Optimization for Finance with R
Last year, the Statistics and Mathematics Department of the Vienna University School of Economics and Business presented a research seminar series on optimization, taught by R Core Group member Kurt Hornik (with Ronald Hochreiter and Stefan Theussl). Even if you couldn't make it to Austria to attend the course, the course materials are available ...
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Revolution Analytics 2012 R User Group Sponsorship Program
On of Revolution Analytics' main missions is to support and foster the growth of the R community, and in 2011 we sponsored more than 25 local R user groups and meetings with cash donations for for venue hire, meetup.com dues, refreshments, and other group needs. We also sent hundreds of “I love R” T-shirts and stickers to group members to ...
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Revolution Analytics: 2011 in Review, by Norman Nie
In this open letter to our customers, Revolution Analytics CEO Norman Nie reflects on the accomplishments of the past year. Dear Revolution Analytics Client, I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and healthy 2012 and thank you for your support in 2011. Through the efforts of the R Community, Revolution Analytics and its client...
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‘S Poetry’ and ‘The R Inferno’: Hardcopies on Sale
Patrick Burns' informative and entertaining books for R programmers, 'S Poetry' and 'The R Inferno', which have long been available as free downloads, are now available in an attractive hardcover format from Lulu Press and are on 25% sale through the end of January (use discount code LULUBOOKUK305). 'S Poetry', although written more than a dozen...
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Revolution Newsletter: January 2012
The most recent edition of the Revolution Newsletter is out. The news section is below, and you can read the full January edition (with highlights from this blog and community events) online. You can subscribe to the Revolution Newsletter to get it monthly via email. Reflections on 2011. Last year was a big one for Revolution Analytics, wi...
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