New York Open Statistical Programming Meetup

The R Rosetta Stone

January 7, 2010 · 7:00 PM
Columbia - Statistics Playroom

The votes are in, and by a slim margin the group has decided that we will focus on how R translates among multiple languages for the January meetup. As such, during this meetup we will discuss how basic programming functions, operations and paradigms translate between R and four other popular programming languages. Given the tight margin in the voting, however, we will also spend slightly more time discussing Python and R.

Here is the tentative schedule:

Python - Drew Conway
Matlab - Harlan Harris
SAS - Georgette Asherman
SQL - Josh Reich
Incanter - Shane Conway

As you can see, we are looking for two (or more) volunteers to discuss how Python and Matlab commands translate into R. If you have expertise and are interested in giving a talk please let us know!

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Elliot Noma

Excellent set of presentations covering a wide set of languages.

0 · January 11, 2010
Jay Emerson

I was expecting more technical content and less of a comparison of language syntax.

0 · January 8, 2010
Jim Llewellyn

Good topic. Uneven presentation. Maybe better if all speakers used the same format and examples (if they did, it wasn't clear). Thanks.

0 · January 8, 2010
Yipster

I thought the topics were all very relevant and on the spot with what's planned. There was a lot of recommended resources for people to go play and investigate on their own which was great. All the speaker did a very good job, in both the contents and their deliveries. I was very pleased with the wealth of knowledge I picked up today.

0 · January 7, 2010
Shane Conway

Awesome, as always.

0 · January 7, 2010
chris wiggins

well done!

0 · January 7, 2010