Year: 2009

Great BI, or Getting By? [Webinar] - Today at 2pm ET

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Great BI, or Getting By? [Webinar] – Today at 2pm ET

Sorry about the late notice but I am speaking in a very…

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Vivek Kundra: Still the Alpha CTO and now the First Fed CIO

Vivek Kundra: Still the Alpha CTO and now the First Fed CIO

Today's news on Vivek Kundra's role in the federal space made me…

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Open Source Databases

Open Source Databases

All indications are the next significant growth segment for open source software will be…

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Using R in Astronomy

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Using R in Astronomy

Alastair Sanderson of the University of Birmingham has a fantastic set of…

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When is a zero not a zero?

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When is a zero not a zero?

Answer: when it's in floating point.No, this isn't my entry for the…

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Rich voters, poor voters, and the 2008 election

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Rich voters, poor voters, and the 2008 election

Andrew Gelman, guest-blogging at fivethirtyeight.com, uses survey data from before the 2008…

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R 2.9.0 scheduled for April 17

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R 2.9.0 scheduled for April 17

It was announced today that the next update to R, version 2.9.0,…

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Package Update Roundup: Feb 2009

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Package Update Roundup: Feb 2009

In this new monthly feature, we present a roundup of R packages…

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Improve R with Google's Summer of Code

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Improve R with Google’s Summer of Code

The Google Summer of Code is a global program, funded by Google,…

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Reminder: DSC 2009 abstract submissions due March 15

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Reminder: DSC 2009 abstract submissions due March 15

Peter Dalgaard reminds us that abstracts for DSC 2009 are due by…

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