Dina Research School

Workshop: The R system for computational data analysis
Tune Landboskole,
1-2 December 2005
Preliminary programme
Thursday 1 December
- 11:00
- Arrival and accommodation
- 12:00
- Lunch
- 13:00
- Introduction and presentation of participants
Anders Ringgaard Kristensen, The Dina Research School
- 13:15
- Theory session I: Fundamental concepts
Peter Sestoft
Variables, vectors, matrices, arithmetic operations, simple functions, logical
expressions, subsetting with logical expressions
- 13.50
- Computer exercises.
- 14:40
- Theory session II: Data in R
Rasmus Waagepetersen
Lists, data frames, import/export, simple computations (e.g. descriptive
statistics), factors
- 15.10
- Coffee break followed by computer exercises
- 16.10
- Theory session III: Graphics in R
Rasmus Waagepetersen
plot, image/contour/persp, 3D plots, graphical parameters, inserting plots in
documents
- 16.40
- Computer exercises
- 17.30
- Theory session IV: Numerical mathematics in R
Peter Sestoft
Optimization and integration
- 18:00
- Dinner
- 19:00
- Talk by Peter Dalgaard
Peter Dalgaard, Department of Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen
Member of the R core group
- 20.00
- Computer exercises
- 21:45
- Coffee and sandwich
Friday 2 December
- 7:45
- Breakfast
- 8:30
- Discussion of computer exercises
- 8.40
- Theory session V: Programming in R
Peter Sestoft
Programming with functions, scope, object orientation
- 9:20
- Computer exercises followed by coffee break
- 10:20
- Theory VI: Loops versus vectorized computation, database access
Rasmus Waagepetersen and Peter Sestoft
Loops, vectorized computation, apply/sweep/sapply etc, interface to MySQL
- 11.00
- Computer exercises
- 11:45
- Discussion and closing
Anders Ringgaard Kristensen, The Dina Research School
- 12:00
- Lunch and departure

Author: phd@dina.kvl.dk. Updated:
28 november 2005