2nd AthensR meetup (joined with BarcelonaR)

AthensR User Group is happy to announce a joined meetup with
Barcelona R User Group which will be hosted online with an exciting collaboration with the folks at RStudio!

See the agenda below :

19:15 - 19:30 - Set up (systems check) and virtual hellos
19:30 - 20:30 - Workshop*: Introduction to Machine Learning - by Nicolas Attalides
20:30 - 21:00 - "Big pharmacy data: Using R to help turn data over to the public" - by Andrew Ba Tran - (rstudio::global pre-recorded presentation followed by live Q & A session with Andrew)
21:00 - 21:15 - rstudio::global(2021) preview and Q & A - by Curtis Kephart
21:15 - 21:30: Online socialising

*The workshop is designed to be hands-on so if you would like to participate then please join us with your laptop and be ready to code!

Big pharmacy data: Using R to help turn data over to the public

This talk will go over how The Washington Post used R to analyze hundreds of gigs of data from the DEA as part of its investigation into the opioid epidemic.

• Dealing with big data in R with doparallel
• Exploratory visualizations and mapping with various packages like RLeaflet and geofacet
• Making an API with janitor for easier data distribution
• Making an R package on top of the API for documentation and vignettes
• Inspiring the creation of a Python library on top of the API to access ARCOS data
• Updating the package so that all parts of the data can be used that will hopefully inspire others to go further than the Post
  > Andrew Ba Tran <- is a Data Reporter at The Washington Post

rstudio::global(2021) is a free, virtual event on all things R & RStudio.

It's hosted over 24-hours – giving people at different timezones a number of options to conveniently engage – with a number of talks and community-engagement events we hope you'll enjoy. It starts on 21st January 2021 @ 4:00 PM GMT.
Learn more about rstudio::global(2021) and register at global.rstudio.com
> Curtis Kephart <- is an Economist and Community Organizer at RStudio