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Interactive visualization allows deeper exploration of data than static plots. Javascript libraries such as d3 have made possible wonderful new ways to show data. Luckily the R community has been active in developing R interfaces to some popular javascript libraries to enable R users to create interactive visualizations without... [Read More]

Now that I’ve managed to kick the blog off with two events posts, I’d like also to introduce the ideas and hopes I have for the blog. As indicated by the name, the main themes will be open knowledge and data science (defining these is a topic for another post).... [Read More]

I got really excited last week when I noticed that IF, a Finnish insurance company, will open some of their car accident claims data in a hackathon. The topic was also interesting regarding some of our clients at Avaus, so I participated the event and among other things... [Read More]

Last week I participated the Aalto Digi Breakfast on Data Science. The Digi Breakfast meetings cover timely topics in digitalization in Aalto University, and the aim is to better connect the world-class research and companies in the Helsinki area. The program was quite tight, with a lot of short... [Read More]