LA R meetup @ useR! 2014 conference: R’s Place in the Production Environment

This is a joint event of the LA R meetup and the useR! 2014 conference.

We'd like to bring together the LA and worldwide R community to network and share knowledge about using R in a production environment. This event will be free to everyone, but if you are not attending the conference, you'll need to register here (http://www.eventbrite.com/e/la-r-meetup-user-2014-conference-rs-place-in-the-production-environment-registration-11907998143?aff=LARm) (i.e. on Eventbrite, RSVPs on meetup.com are closed).

If you are living in LA, but not attending the conference, this is a unique opportunity to mingle with the best of the best in the R community.

Timeline:

6:30-7:30pm: food and networking

7:30-9:00pm: introduction, opening talk, panel

UseR! in the Industry: R’s Place in the Production Environment

Thanks to the growing business importance of data analysis, R is finding a niche in the software production environment. But this role is not without its challenges. We are a panel of industry experts using R in production. We will give an overview of how R fits in at our companies, highlight key tools, and identify the gaps in the platform. The format will be a 20 minute overview talk followed by a moderated panel Q&A.

LA R meetup & useR! 2014 host: Szilard Pafka, Chief Scientist, Epoch

Opening remarks: Yasmin Lucero, Senior Statistician, Gravity-AOL

Panel moderator: Tareef Kawaf, President, RStudio.com

Panelists:

Pete Meyer, Senior Ads Quality Statistician, Google

Alex Toth, Operations Engineer, Gravity-AOL

Ajay Gopal, Director of Data Science and Analytics, CARD.com

Vladimir Ryzhov, Game Analyst, Activision

Hilary Parker, Data Analyst, Etsy

Audience moderator: Irina Kukuyeva, Senior Biostatistician, Virtual PICU Systems

Venue: UCLA Campus, Palisades Room of the Carnasale Commons. The nearest parking structure is Parking Structure SV (Sunset Valley). There are pay kiosks on level P1 - parking will cost $12 for a day pass. To get to Parking Structure SV, you will enter the north end of campus from Sunset Blvd. Detailed directions can be found here (http://www.mbi.ucla.edu/sites/default/files/Driving_walking_directions.pdf).

We'd like to thank our catering sponsors CARD.com (https://www.card.com/) and Gravity-AOL (https://www.gravity.com/).