The Future of R / Large Scale Networks

Agenda:

6:30pm - Opening (Nick H)

6:45pm - The Future of R (Joe O)

7:20pm - Large Scale Networks (Tim W)

7:55pm - Wrap-up

Joe's Talk

Ross Ihaka, one of the creators of R, has argued that a core upgrade of R is needed, for both speed and innovation reasons. We will examine his claim and discuss it:

http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~ihaka/downloads/Compstat-2008.pdf

http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~ihaka/downloads/JSM-2010.pdf

Tim's Talk

What's possible now that many of our relationships and interests are
expressed and available online? Tim Wilson from smarttypes.org (http://smarttypes.org/) will
explore the geeky details of large scale network: mapping, community
detection, and influence. Tim will also talk a little bit about how HR
& marketing departments, hedge funds, and governments are using these
ideas for good, evil, and lots of stuff in-between.