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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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
Practical Data Science for Stats Collection is now live! bit.ly/2vMhLqB #datascience #statistics #Rstats
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RcppAnnoy 0.0.9 on CRAN: new metric, more test, fixes
(Very Fast) Approximate Nearest Neighbours for R
goo.gl/8mHQkB
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New Data Science papers collection!
And @axiomsofxyz and yours truly have a new Rcpp Introduction in there.
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Practical Data Science for Stats
A @PeerJPreprints Collection, edited w/@hadleywickham. bit.ly/practical-data-sci #rstats
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CRAN is on fire. In the last three days alone:
40 new packages
82 updated packages
Big thank you to everybody making it happen.
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RcppArmadillo 0.7.960.1.2: macOS is special
Powerful and expressive C++ matrix library
goo.gl/rrtR9c
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RcppSMC 0.2.0 on CRAN: With extra GSoC 2017 goodness!
Sequential Monte Carlo / Particle Filters for R
goo.gl/GPDjJw
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Even easier:
- no need for rvest as the tools package gets you the data.
- two data.table operations later we have it all.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
Katrina was called a 100 yr Storm.
Sandy was called a 100 yr Storm.
Now Harvey is a 500 yr Storm.
They were all in the last twelve years.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
Lamenting over timezone programming led me to this 1857 chart, and suddenly timezones seem GREAT. (At noon in DC, it was 12:08 in Philly!)
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BH 1.65.0-1 on CRAN: Updated upstream, two new libraries
Serious C++ goodies for use with R
goo.gl/u9qJgd
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
Interesting application of using Rcpp to speed up cluster allocation computations, by Błażej Moska blog.revolutionanalytics.com… #rstats
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
The secret to a successful creative life is to care deeply while simultaneously not giving a fuck.
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Yes, and as I seem to have misplaced my 'copious free time device' we may need to get more people involved. To be discussed?
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
What's the smallest undefined C program? The one in the picture is about 40 chars. It returns 3 with clang and 4 with gcc.
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
It's finally completed. Go and get it.
leanpub.com/implementingquan…
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RcppArmadillo 0.7.960.1.1 on CRAN: Three quick fixes
Powerful and expressive C++ matrix library
goo.gl/wpCKzK
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r^4 #10: Compacting your Shared Libraries, After the Build
Yuge size reductions in one command
goo.gl/R1gGom
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Dirk Eddelbuettel retweeted
2017 has been confusing, so I created an updated table for measuring units of time.
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Or just stack a few in a superlearner / ensemble.
/cc @ledell
To me, this #dataviz makes a strong case that model selection is vital in #MachineLearning. No one model dominates.
arxiv.org/abs/1708.05070
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