This 3.5 hour course is the first in a series of hands-on workshops focused on learning R which is fast becoming an essential tool for data mining, machine learning, predictive analytics, and traditional statistics.  Facebook, Google, and the New York Times all use R for complex data analysis as well as elaborate graphics; and numerous employers are actively seeking strong R skills.

The workshop is designed to get folks up and running, and will cover the basics of R including data management and moving real-world data in and out, performing analytics and generating data visualizations using various graphic packages.  After completing this hands-on workshop, you'll have a foundation for moving onto more extensive analysis in R.

The workshop is being taught by David Weisman and Jeffrey Breen. David Weisman has consulted in computer science and software engineering for 25 years and has also earned his Ph.D. in molecular biology, focused heavily in bioinformatics and big data mining. He uses R extensively throughout his work. Currently, he is consulting in the analytic field including helping with the design of a grad-level data mining course; as well as researching and teaching bioinformatics.

Jeffrey Breen is the President and Co-Founder at Atmosphere Research Group.  He has presented at the R User group multiple times as well for the Predictive Analytics group including talks on Twitter Sentiment Analysis with R; and also at the March Big Data Workshop where he covered several topics pertaining to R and Hadoop.

Many thanks to Microsoft NERD for hosting this event. Hope to see you there!