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R/Bioconductor Workshop Session I – Surviving in R

R/Bioconductor Workshop Session I – Surviving in R. March/April 2007. Julian Lee National Cancer Center. Bob Sneed Sun Microsystems. History of R. Ross Ihaka, Statistics Department, University of Auckland. Robert Gentleman, Program Head Computational Biology FHCR.

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R/Bioconductor Workshop Session I – Surviving in R

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  1. R/Bioconductor WorkshopSession I – Surviving in R

  2. March/April 2007 Julian Lee National Cancer Center Bob Sneed Sun Microsystems

  3. History of R Ross Ihaka, Statistics Department, University of Auckland Robert Gentleman, Program Head Computational Biology FHCR “Robert Gentleman and I became colleagues at The University of Auckland. We both had an interest in statistical computing and saw a common need for a better software environment in our Macintosh teaching laboratory. We saw no suitable commercial environment and we began to experiment to see what might be involved in developing one ourselves.” – Ross Ihaka

  4. Making it free • Martin Mächler, ETH Zurich convinced the duo to make it free • Source code made available, GNU general license, June 1995 • And the rest is history!

  5. R Screenshots

  6. More ScreenShots

  7. Cool Graphics

  8. Other things you should know • Comprehensive R Archive Network • >1000 statistical packages • Mailing List • FREE!

  9. What are we waiting for?

  10. Before we begin…

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