The language used by data scientists can be confusing to anyone encountering it for the first time. Ever changing best practices and constantly evolving technologies and methodologies have given rise to a range of nuanced terms used throughout casual data conversation. Unfamiliarity with these terms often leads to disconnected expectations ...

For today’s interview, Ruth Thomson, Practice Lead for Strategic Advice spoke to Catherine Gamble, Data Scientist at Marks and Spencer. Catherine is presenting “Using R to Drive Revenue for your Online Business” at EARL London and we got the chance to get a preview of the use case she’...

James Blair, RStudio Scalability is a hot word these days, and for good reason. As data continues to grow in volume and importance, the ability to reliably access and reason about that data increases in importance. Enterprises expect data analysis and reporting solutions that are robust and allow several hundred, ...

James Blair, RStudio Scalability is a hot word these days, and for good reason. As data continues to grow in volume and importance, the ability to reliably access and r...

Ava Yang, Data Scientist Given that the UEFA Champion League final a few weeks ago between Real Madrid and Liverpool is the only match I've watched properly in over ten years, how dare I presume I can guess that Brazil is going to lift the trophy in the 2018 FIFA World ...

Mark Sellors, Head of Data Engineering If you use RStudio Connect to publish your Shiny app (and even if you don't) take care with how your arrange your projects. If you...

Aimée Gott, Education Practice Lead For the last week we've been talking on the blog and Twitter about some of the functionality in Shiny and how you can learn it. But, if you haven't already made the leap and started using Shiny, why should you? What is the challenge ...

Ava Yang, Data Scientist There are times when it costs more than it should to leverage javascript, database, html, models and algorithms in one language. Now maybe is time for connecting some dots, without stretching too much. If you have been developing shiny apps, consider letting it sit on one ...

Aimée Gott, Education Practice Lead Back in the summer of 2012 I was meant to be focusing on one thing: finishing my thesis. But, unfortunately for me, a friend and former colleague came back from a conference (JSM) and told me all about a new package that she had seen ...

Mango Solutions are delighted to announce our Keynote Speaker for the EARL Boston Conference: Bob Rudis, [Master] Chief Data Scientist at Rapid7. Bob has more than 20 ye...

The EARL London 2018 agenda is now available. Explore the schedule of keynotes, presentations, and lightning talks that cover a huge range of topics, including the best uses of Shiny, R in healthcare, using R for good, and R in finance. The brilliant lineup of speakers-who represent a wide range of ...

Aimée Gott, Education Practice Lead I always find it difficult to pick highlights from a conference and the eRum 2018 team did a fantastic job of making it difficult for me once again, so here goes... Day One The first day offered a huge choice in workshops, but teaching one ...

Nicolas Attalides, Data Scientist library(purrr) library(magrittr) I first started using R long before the RStudio and tidyverse days... I remember writing chunks of cod...

Laura Swales, Marketing and Events Assistant Another month, another sweepstake to raise money for the Bath Cats & Dogs home! This time, we picked the Eurovision so...