Overview: Introduction to R
R is one of the most widely used programming language in the arena of analytics, data mining and data science. It's open source and cross-platform, giving you freedom of when and where you use it.
- Organiser
- Vicky Twomey-Lee
- Mentor(s)
- Rachael McBride , Kevin O'Brien , Naoimi Gillis
- Level
- Beginners
- Pre-requisites
- 👇 See FAQ for additional info
- Price
- €20
- Location
- S206 (Stokes Building), DCU, Glasnevin, Dublin 9 Dublin, Ireland
- When
- Sat Sep 26, 2015 (11:00) - Sat Sep 26, 2015 (16:00)
More info Introduction to R
🎟 Register at: http://www.meetup.com/DataScientistsIreland/events/224871404/
R is one of the most widely used programming language in the arena of analytics, data mining and data science. It's open source and cross-platform, giving you freedom of when and where you use it.
R is one of the most widely used programming language in the arena of analytics, data mining and data science. It's open source and cross-platform, giving you freedom of when and where you use it. It's has 2000+ freely available libraries for a wide range of task such as:
- connecting to databases,
- cleaning and processing data,
- plotting,
- linear and non-linear modelling,
- clustering, and
- machine learning
to name a few. On top of this, it is supported, developed and used daily by a vast community of people and companies. For those new to programming, it is easy to learn the basics, and for those of you who have programmed for years, it is another programming tool to add to your repertoire.
Want to learn R? Come along to try out R and to discover for yourself why it is so popular. Our workshop will introduce you to the world of R in a fun and interactive way. Whether you are new to programming or an experienced programmer, this workshop will be of benefit to you.
Pre-requisites:
- Bring your own laptop
- Have R installed (https://cran.r-project.org/)
- For those using Macs, make sure you install XQuartz, this is a big download.
- Have the R package 'dplyr' downloaded and installed (http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/dplyr/index.html).
Optional:
- RStudio (https://www.rstudio.com/products/RStudio/) is a popular IDE for R. It is not required for the workshop, but you may find it useful.
Breakdown of the day:-
10:30 Registration
11:00 Introduction
11:10 Workshop starts
13:00 Lunch
13:30 Workshop starts
16:00 Wrap up and workshop ends
More details to follow.
Frequently asked questions
- Additional info for this workshop
Q. What do I need to bring?
Pre-requisites:
- Bring your own laptop
- Have R installed (https://cran.r-project.org/)
- For those using Macs, make sure you install XQuartz, this is a big download.
- Have the R package 'dplyr' downloaded and installed (http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/dplyr/index.html).
Optional:
- RStudio (https://www.rstudio.com/products/RStudio/) is a popular IDE for R. It is not required for the workshop, but you may find it useful.
- Here's some info about our awesome mentor(s).
- 🌈 Rachael McBride
Professional data scientist by day, self-professed nerd by night. Experience using R in business consulting (Deloitte), forecasting (Google) and telecoms (Amdocs). Loves Kaggling, and running.
- 🌈 Kevin O'Brien
PhD Candidate in Statistics, who has been teaching R in the university of Limerick for 4 years. Also an organizer of the Dublin R user group ,with specific responsibility for workshops.
- 🌈 Naoimi Gillis
Freelance IT Consultant, specialises in Web Design/Development, Digital Marketing, Data Analysis, BSc. Theoretical Physics... Also does knitwear @naoimigillis
- Q. A lot of our events are female-friendly events, we have enquiries asking if other genders are welcome as well?
- YES. You are welcome. Events we run or partner in are diversity friendly. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at contact@codinggrace.com.
- More info about our supporters
- Insight Centre for Data Analytics (DCU) -
-  ### About The Insight Centre for Data Analytics The Insight Centre for Data Analytics is a joint initiative between researchers at Dublin City University, NUI Galway, University College Cork, University College Dublin and other partner institutions. Insight brings together more than 200 researchers from these institutions, with over 30 industry partners, to position Ireland at the heart of global data analytics research. ### About DCU ([dcu.ie](http://dcu.ie)) DCU is a young, dynamic and ambitious university with a distinctive mission to transform lives and societies through education, research and innovation. Since admitting its first students in 1980, DCU has grown in both student numbers and size and now occupies a 72 acre site in Glasnevin, just north of Dublin city.
- More about the organiser
- Vicky Twomey-Lee
- Pythonista, but normally found organising various tech events, and now heavily involved in diversity initiatives like Coding Grace, PyLadies Dublin, and Women in Technology and Science (WITS Ireland).You can contact the organiser at: vicky@codinggrace.com
- If you have any other general questions:
- Email: contact@codinggrace.com
🌈 A huge thanks to our supporter(s) and partner(s) 🌈
