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At the Columbia workshop last week, Andre Wibisono presented work related with a recent arXival on the exponentially fast convergence of both unadjusted Langevin and  proximal sampler algorithms under strong [definitely strong] log-concavity assumptions. The idea behind the proximal sampler is to target the demarginalised density by introducing an auxiliary ...

Zhenguo Zhang's Blog /2025/04/26/r-how-to-create-an-error-barplot-with-overlaid-points-using-ggplot/ - library(ggplot2) library(dplyr) Sometimes you may want to create a plot with the following features: a point to indicate the mean of a group error...

This week the World Bank and International Monetary Fund “Spring Meetings” have been in progress, and a highlight is always the publication of the latest World Economic Outlook. This never fails to get a bit of press attention around the world. This ye...

Example of use of bayesianrvfl package for Bayesian optimization of hyperparameters in a machine learning model

Introduction Open source provides an accessible platform for individuals to develop and refine their skills while collaborating on real-world projects. For tech enthusiasts with little to no experience, contributing to open-source projects is a...

1. A Passion for the Past Since I was a teenager, History has been one of my passions. I was very lucky in high school to have a great History teacher whom I could listen to for hours. My interest was, of course, driven by curiosity about all those ...

Example of use of tisthemachinelearner; a lightweight interface to scikit-learn in R: Bayesian and Conformal prediction

When you are working on a project involving data analysis or statistical modeling, it's crucial to understand the dataset you're using. In this guide, we'll explore a synthetic dataset created for customers in the banking and insurance sectors. Whether you're a researcher, a student, or a business analyst, understanding how ...

What will you learn from this article? Jorge Guinle—the famous Brazilian playboy—died on Friday the fifth of March 2004 in Rio de Janeiro. Jorge was born to one of the wealthiest families in Brazil, and he spent a large part of his life ...

I messed around with DBI and RSQLite and learned it’s actually pretty simple to use in R - just connect, write tables, and use SQL queries without all the complicated server stuff. Thanks to Alec Wong for suggesting this! Motivation After our last blog, my friend Alec Wong suggested ...

Reposted from the original at https://blog.stephenturner.us/p/r-450-bioconductor-321.Faster package installation, import only the functions you want with use(), built-in Palmer penguins data, grep values shortcut, and lots of new bioinformatics pa...

At Jumping Rivers we love data dashboards and are delighted to announce the release of a gallery to showcase our application-development skills. Tools like Shiny, Dash, Streamlit and Observable have simplified the process of making interactive, v...