Data Science. TileDB. Open Source. Quant Research. R. C++. Debian. Linux. Adjunct Clinical Professor, University of Illinois. Lots of coffee. And some running.

Chicago, IL, USA
Joined March 2007
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RcppArmadillo bug fix release 0.4.000.2 now out goo.gl/ZJ4YM1 #rstats #rcpp
Replying to @hadleywickham
.@hadleywickham Look e.g. at ohloh.net/p/R-project_ which claims 45%, 17%, 19%.
Continued progress with R and C++11: now testing at R's configure time goo.gl/iGCRz7 #rstats
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Major new RProtoBuf release with lots of internal changes -- and Windoze binaries goo.gl/PVicSF #rstats #Rcpp
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Replying to @kjhealy
.@kjhealy They need the truck to transport all the punch cards storing data and programs.
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Replying to @CRANberriesFeed
New #Rcpp based TAQ data tool RT "@CRANberriesFeed New CRAN package TAQMNGR with initial version 2014.01-1 goo.gl/pgljT #rstats"
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.joshua_ulrich But every time you quote a function with a non-public `:::` handle, someone (and you know who) kills a kitten.
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Replying to @FrancisDiebold
The ISL book is already following suit MT @FrancisDiebold A Stunningly Good Job of LaTeX to pdf to Web fxdiebold.blogspot.com/2014/…
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Neat: Parallel Random Forests via #Rcpp. MT "@CRANberriesFeed: New CRAN package wsrf goo.gl/pgljT #rstats"
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New stable RcppArmadillo release with some neat new features goo.gl/uL1wA3 #Rcpp #rstats
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Quite enjoying the Emacs Spacegray theme as a Tango replacement: goo.gl/5XKdJS h/t: @dickoah #emacs
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New BH ("Boost Headers for R") release goo.gl/BxzEls #rstats #rcpp
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Replying to @fredbenenson
drop=FALSE is looking at you MT @fredbenenson 2014 #Rstats New Years Resolution: Never get bitten by stringsAsFactors ever again.
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So hip that it hurts: NY Times "36 hours in Chicago": goo.gl/i2UVRp
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New pqR ("pretty quick R") release by Radford Neal, plus a new website at goo.gl/mdw4VZ #rstats
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Also works for any value of FUN -- it is what the four ???? do MT @poethacker "try ????FUN in your #rstats console and be amazed"
Replying to @JohnNetto
As they say: A remuneration scheme, not an asset class. MT @JohnNetto "Hedge funds under-performing by 97% since 2008" /ht @carlcarrie
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RcppZiggurat for faster N(0,1) draws in R goo.gl/7d0Jmg #rstats #rcpp
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Replying to @hadleywickham
.@dickoah and I looked at #Rcpp variant: 4900-fold gain. But chosen function is just silly. /cc @hadleywickham @johnmyleswhite
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RcppEigen release 0.3.2.0.1, and a new maintainer goo.gl/WM2OIX #rstats #rcpp
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