Python in Excel via Reticulate

November 10, 2024 | Adam Gladstone

This post describes a particular use-case for Python in Excel and how it was solved using the R package Reticulate 1.39.0 (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/reticulate/index.html) along with the ExcelRAddIn (https://github.com/Adam-Gladstone/Office365AddIns). A while back I read an interesting post on LinkedIn that ...
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Some R Conferences for 2025

November 9, 2024 | Isabella Velásquez

Exciting times ahead for R Conferences in 2025! Explore the list below to find your next event, and bookmark Jumping Rivers’ running list of events for regular updates. If your favorite conference isn’t included, let us know by dropping a commen... [Read more...]

R Work Opportunities

November 9, 2024 | Isabella Velásquez

I’ve been spotting new opportunities in data science, analytics, and research that highlight R programming skills and wanted to share a few interesting positions. Here are jobs open as of publishing (please check the links for the latest status)... [Read more...]

Calculating at Pencil and Paper Scale

November 6, 2024 | John Mount

Introduction It can be fun to drive a problem all the way into the ground. I don’t always get to do that on paying projects, however sometimes I can do it with hobby projects. In this case I am going to re-solve Dudeney’s Remainder Problem again and again ...
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Embedding R/exams Exercises as Forms in R/Markdown or Quarto Documents

November 6, 2024 | R/exams

Introduction to the new exams2forms package for including quizzes or individual questions from dynamic exercise templates into rmarkdown or quarto documents, e.g., for self-paced learning and self-assessment. Overview The new package exams2forms, co-authored with Reto Stauffer, provides several building blocks for embedding exercises written with the R ...
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DataCamp’s RADAR: Forward Edition

November 6, 2024 | [email protected]

As 2024 draws to a close, which new trends should you be paying attention to? Join DataCamp’s flagship conference RADAR: Forward Edition to explore developments in data and AI that will shape 2025 and beyond. Date: November 13, 2024. Location: Online Cost: Free of charge Experts from top tech organizations will cover topics ... [Read more...]

Birth date temperature

November 5, 2024 | Michael

Valley of the roses – CC-BY-NC-ND by Riccardo Maria Mantero Day 6 of 30DayMapChallenge: « Raster » (previously). What was the temperature at your birth place when you were born? Copernicus provides many climate datasets. ...
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New qeML Plotting Function

November 5, 2024 | matloff

I’ve added a new function to qeML 1.2, qeMittalGraph, based on an idea by my student Aditya Mittal. Below is an example that I think is rather compelling. The basic idea is quite simple (and not necessarily new, just something I had not seen below): Instead of comparing several curves ...
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