In the next series of posts, I’ll describe some analyses I’ve been doing of a dataset that contains information about wines. The data analysis is done using Python instead of...continue reading.
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MODIStsp v1.3.0 has been finally released !It adds the much-needed functionality for downloading and preprocessing MODIS Collection 006 datasets. Off-line preprocessing of already downloaded hdf images was also improved, and...continue reading.
On 27th of October I’m going to attend the 7th MilanoR meeting featuring the following two talks: 1. Interactive big data analysis with R: SparkR and MongoDB: a friendly walkthrough ...continue reading.
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We are delighted to note that IBM’s BigDataUniversity.com has launched the quintessential introductory course on data science aptly named Data Science 101.The target audience for the course is the uninitiated cohort that...continue reading.
Recently, a friend went skydiving and, me being me, the first thing I could think about was making some physical considerations on his adventure 🙂 If you think of a...continue reading.
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Interactive visualization of geospatial data with R Shiny
April 17, 2021
