Training – Aug 20 – diHub Brussels – Introduction to R

Content:

The training consists of theory & exercises for introducing you to the essentials of R such as atomic types and data frames, but also touches more advanced topics such as environments and lazy evaluation. You will learn about the different uses of R and pick up tips for packages & follow-up courses.

What is R?
Strengths and weaknesses of R
The uses of R
IDE for R: RStudio
Data types
Functions
Data manipulation
Reading and writing data
Control statements
Packages & CRAN
Documentation
Advanced R: Environments, lazy evaluation, promises, speeding up R

Prerequisites:

Prior knowledge of at least one programming language is advised but not required.
Bring your own laptop (Windows, Linux or Mac) and install:
- R: http://cran.r-project.org/
- RStudio: http://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/

Trainer:

Alexander Van den Bulck is a data scientist with a strong background in programming, machine learning and data mining. He’s currently working as a consultant for Ordina (www.ordina.be), using R to help companies with data science problems like churn prediction, customer segmentation, stock optimization, etc.