R is an open source programming language for statistical computing, data analysis and graphical visualization (it generates beautiful charts very easily!). It is the de facto standard for statistical computing in academia and is becoming increasingly popular with commercial users in areas such as business intelligence, predictive analytics, data mining, machine learning, computational biology and quantitative finance. While R has an estimated 1 million users globally, the local Vancouver user b …

This group is dedicated to build a web analytics community in Vancouver area among E-business owners, online marketers, technology experts, managers, entrepreneurs, students and Web analytics professionals. WACH aims to make an innovative social network to share practical information, hands on experience, best practices, tools, and skills for making a successful and data driven online e-business. The group is committed to hold affordable or free high quality events including trainings, social ev …

This group is for anyone interested in unique representations of data, you may be a programmer, artist or data nerd (or all of the above!)