Presenting ‘Googly’, a cool Shiny app that I developed over the last couple of days. This interactive Shiny app was on my mind for quite some time, and I finally got down to implementing it. The Googly Shiny app is based on my R package ‘yorkr’ which is now available ...

Recently I was surfing the web, when I came across a real cool post New R package to access World Bank data, by Markus Gesmann on using googleVis and motion charts with World Bank Data. The post also introduced me to Hans Rosling, Professor of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute. Hans ...

Introduction This is a post I have been wanting to write for several months, but had to put it off for one reason or another. In this post I use my R package cricketr to analyze the performance of All-rounder greats namely Kapil Dev, Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Richard ...

Fresh, and slightly dizzy, from my foray into Quantum Computing with IBM’s Quantum Experience, I now turn my attention to IBM’s Data Science Experience (DSE). I am on the verge of completing a really great 3 module ‘Data Science and Engineering with Spark XSeries’ from the University of California, ...

Introduction My 5-qubit Quantum Computing Simulator,QCSimulator, is finally ready, and here it is! I have been able to successfully complete this simulator by working through a fair amount of material. To a large extent, the simulator is easy, if one understands how to solve the quantum circuit. However the ...

This post is a continuation of my earlier post ‘Exploring Quantum gate operations with QCSimulator’. Here I take a closer look at more quantum gates and their operations, besides implementing these new gates in my Quantum Computing simulator, the  QCSimulator in R. Disclaimer: This article represents the author’s viewpoint ...

Introduction: Ever since I was initiated into Quantum Computing, through IBM’s Quantum Experience I have been hooked. My initial encounter with domain made me very excited and all wound up. The reason behind this, I think, is because there is an air of mystery around ‘Quantum’ anything.  After my ...

In this post I re-introduce R package cricketr. I have added 8 new functions to my R package cricketr, available from version cricketr_0.0.13 namely batsmanCumulativeAverageRuns batsmanCumulativeStrikeRate bowlerCumulativeAvgEconRate bowlerCumulativeAvgWicketRate relativeBatsmanCumulativeAvgRuns relativeBatsmanCumulativeStrikeRate relativeBowlerCumulativeAvgWickets relativeBowlerCumulativeAvgEconRate This post updates my earlier post Introducing cricketr:An R package for analyzing performances of cricketrs Yet all experience ...

My book “Beaten by sheer pace! Cricket analytics with yorkr” is now available in paperback and Kindle versions. The paperback is available from Amazon (US, UK and Europe) for $ 54.95. The Kindle version can be downloaded from the Kindle store for $4.99 (Rs 332/-). Do pick up your copy. It should be ...

My ebook “Beaten by sheer pace – Cricket analytics with yorkr’  has been published in Leanpub.  You can now download the book (hot off the press!)  for all formats to your favorite device (mobile, iPad, tablet, Kindle)  from the Leanpub  “Beaten by sheer pace!”. The book has been published in the ...

Introduction I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan Success is ...

Introduction In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they’re not. Yogi Berra There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works. Alan Perlis Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. Alan Perlis Talk is cheap. Show me the code. Linux Torvalds ...

There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. C.A.R. Hoare, The 1980 ACM Turing Award Lecture One of ...

Introduction “The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.” “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the ...

Alice:“How long is forever”? White Rabbit:“Sometimes, just one second.” Alice :“Where should I go?” The Cheshire Cat: “That depends on where you want to end up.” “I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.” Alice through the looking glass - Lewis ...

Introduction “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.” “Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him.” “Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.” The Art of War - Sun ...