July Meet-up

We're delighted to welcome you to our July Meet-up, featuring the wonderful Nic Crane with their globetrotting workshop, Introduction to Arrow in R!

Schedule

1800--1825h: Refreshments

1825--1830h: News & Announcements

1830--1910h: Intro to Arrow in R - Part 1

1910--1920h: Intermission

1920--2000h: Intro to Arrow in R - Part 2

Abstract

This workshop will focus on using the arrow R package—a mature R interface to Apache Arrow—to process larger-than-memory files and multi-file datasets with arrow using familiar dplyr syntax. You'll learn to create and use the interoperable data file format Parquet for efficient data storage and access. This workshop will provide a foundation for using Arrow, giving you access to a powerful suite of tools for performant analysis of larger-than-memory data in R.

To get the most out of the workshop, please try to arrive ready with the required software & packages installed and the data downloaded on to your laptop. Full instructions can be found here.

Nic is a data scientist, software engineer and R enthusiast. They are part of the team who maintain the arrow R package. Check out their webpage here!

News and Announcements

Have a news item or announcement you'd like to make about upcoming data events or job opportunities in the North East? Comment below or email us at **neds@jumpingrivers.com** and we'll do our best to circulate this information during the session.

NB This event is for our July meetup. If you would also like to attend our July pre-event workshop, please remember to RSVP to the workshop event! Thanks.