[Dclug] DCLUG meeting: Wed Feb 15, 7pm: the R statistical computing environment

[Przemek Klosowski]

The February 2012 meeting of Washington DC Linux user group will take 
place on Wednesday, February 15 at 7pm.

Statistical calculations are hard: if the concepts weren't hard enough 
to understand, the amount of data is mind-crushing. Manipulating and 
displaying such data is a tough job, addressed by computer programs 
ranging from simplistic tools like Excel, to specialized systems such as 
SPSS, S and R.

Abhijit Dasgupta will present R, a Free Software reimplementation of the 
S statistical computing system written by Chambers et al. at Bell Labs. 
S and R are generally considered to be state of the art tools to read, 
process and present statistical information.

The meeting location is our usual 2025 M street, NW in downtown DC.
There will be signs in front of the building. The location is within 3
nearby Metro stops, both on the red (Dupont, Farragut North) and
blue/orange (Farragut West, Foggy Bottom [a bit of a hike]) lines.

Parking in the area is available for approximately $5; there's even
parking in the building itself. Street parking requires feeding the
meters until late in the evening. There's a parking lot at 23rd St.
between M and L that is not enforced after 7pm (people have
successfully parked there for years---no one we know was ticketed or
towed yet, but it could happen).

For other details, see our home page

	http://dclug.tux.org