Publications by Tal Galili
Introducing Distributed Data-structures in R
[social4i size=”large” align=”float-right”] Indrajit Roy, Principal Researcher, Hewlett Packard Labs Due to R’s popularity as a data mining tool, many Big Data systems expose an R based interface to users. However, these interfaces are custom, non-standard, and difficult to learn. Earlier in the year, we hosted a workshop on distribut...
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17 (new) R jobs from around the world (for 2015-11-16)
[social4i size=”large” align=”float-right”] This is the bi-monthly R-bloggers post (for 2015-11-16) for new R Jobs. To post your R job on the next post Just visit this link and post a new R job to the R community (it’s free and quick). New R jobs Job seekers: please follow the links below to learn more and apply...
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R online classes with leading experts at statistics.com (33% discount)
[social4i size=”large” align=”float-right”] Statistics.com is an online learning website with 100+ courses in statistics, analytics, data mining, text mining, forecasting, social network analysis, spatial analysis, etc. They have kindly agreed to offer R-Bloggers readers a reduced rate of $399 for any of their 23 courses...
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Last day – online R courses at Udemy – for $15 only
[social4i size=”large” align=”float-right”] tl;dr: Black Friday $15 Udemy Deal – (until Friday 27th) For the next 24 hours, Udemy is offering readers of R-bloggers access to its global online learning marketplace with a (special) $15 (up to 98% off) deal on over 17,000 of their courses (including R-Programming, data ...
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Last day – get access to all the R courses at DataCamp for $9 (for the first month)
[social4i size=”small” align=”float-right”] DataCamp is offering R-bloggers readers a holiday promotion. For just $9 (instead of $25) You can gain access to their full curriculum of online R courses, videos and interactive coding challenges. With hands-on learning and instruction from leading experts such as Garrett Grolemu...
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14 (new) R jobs from around the world (for 2015-11-30)
[social4i size=”large” align=”float-right”] This is the bi-monthly R-bloggers post (for 2015-11-30) for new R Jobs. To post your R job on the next post Just visit this link and post a new R job to the R community (it’s free and quick). New R jobs FreelanceDevelop a small Shiny App Global Sourcing Group – Post...
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How to donate money to the R foundation
[social4i size=”large” align=”float-right”] Individual Europeans may donate money to the R Foundation by filling out the donation form and returning it by fax or mail. All donors will be listed on the R project homepage and in one issue of the R Journal per year (unless the respective donor prefers otherwise). Individual Am...
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Tutorials for learning R
There are tons of resources to help you learn the different aspects of R, and as a beginner this can be overwhelming. It’s also a dynamic language and rapidly changing, so it’s important to keep up with the latest tools and technologies. That’s why R-bloggers and DataCamp have worked together to bring you a learning path for R. Each sectio...
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Modeling and Solving Linear Programming with R – Free book
[social4i size=”large” align=”float-right”] Modeling and Solving Linear Programming with R (pdf – free download link) is a book about solving linear programming problems/exercises with R. This book provides a brief introduction to linear programming, an introduction of solving linear programming problems with R and a set of exercises. ...
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“Why do people contribute to the R?” – concolusions from a new PNAS article
tl;dr: People contribute to R for various reasons, which evolves with time. The main reasons appear to be: “fun coding”, personal commitment to the community, interaction with like-minded and/or important people – leading to higher self-esteem, future job opportunities, a chance to express oneself and enjoyable social inclusion. From the...
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