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
Rcpp now used by 500 CRAN packages goo.gl/pYlPds #rcpp #rstats
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rfoaas 0.1.8 now on CRAN with a number of new RESTful profanity helpers. goo.gl/72oVRN
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
new in the development version of testthat: easy unit testing of C++ code! kevinushey.github.io/blog/20… #rstats
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CRAN Repo Policy now requires "Suggests" + "Enhances" packages to be tested for -- at last! goo.gl/VpT7YL
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Rblpapi 0.3.1 now with Bloomberg EQS support goo.gl/LByGjB #rstats #rcpp
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Slides from my talks at the ISM HPCCON / HPC on R Workshop this weekend goo.gl/A2i6dd #rcpp #rstats #hpc
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Glorious morning for a ten mile run. Almost got slightly lost on the way back though :) strava.com/activities/411954…
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Round two of the Seinfeld Streak at GitHub. goo.gl/blYBqT
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
Great talk about Rcpp by @eddelbuettel . I hope that we will collaborate on Github again ;)
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That moment ... when you sit in an R workshop and the person next to you introduces himself as a gallery.rcpp.org contributor. #rcpp
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We need an 'anti-fav' button: if many friends say 'hell no', post gets removed. This one is a good sample.
These Are The Skills You Need To (Eventually) Become A $240,000+ Unicorn Data Scientist by @Gilpress via @forbes onforb.es/1FN6uuk
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
Another provocative statement in Google's Dataflow paper (vldb.org/pvldb/vol8/p1792-Ak…); def a widespread design pattern
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Quick guide to learning Java: Step 1: Reconsider.
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Outstanding 137 page (!!) slidedeck introduing Rcpp at CppCon. Nice work, @matt_dz ! #rcpp #rstats
Slides from my talk @CppCon 2015: "Rcpp: Seamless R and C++ Integration" | speakerdeck.com/mattpd/rcpp-… | #cpp #cppcon #cplusplus #rcpp #rstats
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Rcpp et al, building on top of R, do allow for reliable code and installation. #justSayNoToJava
Replying to @timelyportfolio
@eddelbuettel i set aside 3 hours to get it working and it took about 2 minutes; in disbelief
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
RcppLevelDB: a minimalistic Rcpp binding for Google's leveldb based on RcppRedis by @eddelbuettel github.com/gokceneraslan/rcp… #rstats
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