R is an open source software and programming language for data analysis, statistical modeling, visualization and data mining among other things. Recently, as the term “data science” has emerged to describe collectively these tasks, R has also become the primary tool of choice for data scientists. The LA R meetup began before this data science boom, back in 2009, by bringing together local users of R and featuring talks with world-class speakers while creating fruitful networking opportunities for its members. In retrospect, this group served as the very first data science meetup in Los Angeles and has significantly contributed to the development of our local data science community.
Meetup Groups: LA R Meetup
Welcome to Data Science LA!
Welcome! We are launching DataScience.LA to provide a home for all the content (slides, code,…
Data science goes to college with DataFest
Below is the first of several exciting data science developments for the younger generation, happening…
Statistics grad school– what is it really like?
As a PhD graduate student in statistics here at UCLA, I’d like to talk a…
useR! 2014 Conference Videos and Release Plan
Many of us here in the DataScience.LA Team were also involved in organizing the useR! 2014…
Making Maps with a Punchline
I’ve had a lifelong fascination with maps, and working with R definitely enables my map…
A Conversation with Hadley Wickham – the useR! 2014 interview
Hadley Wickham is famous. He’s not Kardashian famous, but walking around useR! and seeing the…
I think it’s interesting that R is an extremely fixable language.
Hadley Wickham
Part 2 of Statistics Grad school – What is it really like?
(Note: This is my second installment on grad school, you can read the first part…
Introduction to Data Science for High School Students
Another exciting development in data science coming from our department at UCLA is a high…
Meetup Groups: DataVis LA
Data visualization helps us understand data. The DataVis LA meetup discusses the many aspects of…