R Weekly 2018-48 ozunconf18

26 Nov 2018

Highlight

• RStudio 1.2 Preview: The Little Things

• ozunconf18 - R OpenSci ozunconference 2018 Projects

Insights

• R > Python: a Concrete Example

• Checklist Recipe - How we created a template to standardize species data

• Tis the Season to Check your SSL/TLS Cipher List Thrice (RCurl/curl/openssl)

R in the Real World

• The Distribution of Time Between Recessions: Revisited (with MCHT)

• Tweeting wikidata info

• Hacking Bioconductor

R in Organizations

• EARL conference recap: Seattle 2018

Resources

• ozunconf18 - R OpenSci ozunconference 2018 Projects

• AI, Machine Learning and Data Science Roundup: November 2018

New Packages

📦 Go Live for More New Pkgs 📦

CRAN

• rsppfp - Implements different algorithms for transforming graphs in the Shortest Path Problem with Forbidden Paths

• RFishBC - Back-Calculation of Fish Length

• grrr - Package for changing default function arguments

• citr - RStudio Addin to Insert Markdown Citations

GitHub or Bitbucket

• generativeart - Generative Art

• vitae - R Markdown Résumé/CV templates

• crrri - A Chrome Remote Interface written in R

Package Releases

• OpenCPU 2.1 - Scalable R Apps and Services

• RcppMsgPack 0.2.3 - MsgPack Headers for R

Tutorials

• Hyperlinking text in a ggplot2 visualization

• Rayshading With Base R

• Security issues with installing bioconductor

• Interactive Graphics with R Shiny

• RStudio 1.2 Preview: The Little Things

• digitizing and tidying tables from images

• A more systematic look at suppressed data

• Many Factor Models

• Generating data to explore the myriad causal effects that can be estimated in observational data analysis

• The best way to visit Luxembourguish castles is doing data science + combinatorial optimization

• Buying a heat pump the data scientist way

• Counting digits

Upcoming Events in 3 Months

Events in 3 Months:

• A list of R conferences and meetings

• This week’s local R-User and applied stats events

More past events at R conferences & meetups.

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Quotes of the Week

⚡️ “R Animated GIFs” - curated collection of animated GIFs by various authors on #rstats topics.https://t.co/hWpwrJPF52

— Nic Crane (@nic_crane) November 23, 2018