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

Dina logoAuthor: phd@dina.kvl.dk. Updated: 28 november 2005