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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/07/in-case-you-missed-it-june-2017-roundup.html"> Revolutions</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
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<p>In case you missed them, here are some articles from June of particular interest to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://mran.microsoft.com/documents/what-is-r/" target="_blank">R</a> users.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/r-341-single-candle-released.html" target="_blank">R 3.4.1 &quot;Single Candle&quot;</a> has been released.</p>
<p>The Scientific Computing Coordinator at the FDA explains <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/r-fda.html" target="_blank">how R is used at the FDA and by sponsors for clinical trial submissions</a>.</p>
<p>Several useful tips related to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/rmarkdown-tricks.html" target="_blank">including images in Rmarkdown documents</a>.</p>
<p>A review of one of R's best features — <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/r-community.html" target="_blank">its community</a>.</p>
<p>It's now possible to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/interactive-r-visuals-in-power-bi.html" target="_blank">include interactive R visualizations in Power BI reports</a> (like graphics created with plotly or htmlwidgets).</p>
<p>The <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/dsvm-update.html" target="_blank">Azure Data Science Virtual Machine for Windows now supports GPU-based computations</a> with Microsoft R, Tensorflow, and other included software.</p>
<p>The <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/burtch-works-survey-2017.html" target="_blank">2017 Burtch Works survey of data science software popularity</a> shows R leading, Python gaining, and SAS declining.</p>
<p>A video presentation by Ali Zaidi on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/sparklyr-r-server.html" target="_blank">using the sparklyr package with Microsoft R Server</a>.</p>
<p>The EARL conference in San Francisco featured <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/applications-earl-sf-2017.html" target="_blank">applications of R at Pandora, Pfizer, Amgen, Hitachi, and many other companies</a>.</p>
<p>A demo of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/real-time-predictions.html" target="_blank">real-time predictions from a model created with Microsoft R</a>, at a rate of one million predictions per second.</p>
<p>The <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/r-epidemics-consortium.html" target="_blank">R Epidemics Consortium</a> is a coalition of researchers developing epidemiology resources for R.</p>
<p>Syberia is an open-source <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/syberia.html" target="_blank">framework for orchestrating R scripts in production</a>.</p>
<p>A from-the-basics <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/interfacing-with-apis.html" target="_blank">guide to accessing open APIs from R</a>, from Locke Data.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/user2017-schedule.html" target="_blank">Highlights of talks from useR!2017</a> (recordings will be available in late July).</p>
<p>The <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/doazureparallel-updated.html" target="_blank">doAzureParallel package</a> provides a backend to &quot;foreach&quot; that spins up a parallel-processing cluster on Azure incorporating low-cost low-priority VMs.</p>
<p>A <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/how-to-create-dot-density-maps-in-r.html" target="_blank">tutorial on creating dot-density maps in R</a>, an alternative to choropleths.</p>
<p>A free 13-page <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/power-bi-free-e-book.html" target="_blank">e-book on using Power BI with R</a>.</p>
<p>Python edges out R for the first time in the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/python-and-r-top-2017-kdnuggets-rankings.html" target="_blank">2017 KDnuggets poll of data science software</a> usage.</p>
<p>The miner package encourages kids to learn to program in R while <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/teach-kids-about-r-with-minecraft.html" target="_blank">manipulating the world of Minecraft with R functions</a>.</p>
<p>And some general interest stories (not necessarily related to R):</p>
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<li>A NOAA <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/because-its-friday-shake-that-globe.html" target="_blank">visualization of 15 years of earthquakes</a> around the globe</li>
<li>The first <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/because-its-friday-mario-in-the-park.html" target="_blank">Mario World level, created in augmented reality</a></li>
<li>The &quot;official&quot; ANSI <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/because-its-friday-dry-martini-specifications.html" target="_blank">specifications for a dry martini</a></li>
<li>A comparison of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/subway-maps-to-scale.html" target="_blank">urban metro systems, as mapped and to scale</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/06/because-its-friday-disappearing-dots.html" target="_blank">A disappearing dots illusion</a></li>
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<p>As always, thanks for the comments and please send any suggestions to me at <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:davidsmi@microsoft.com" target="_blank">davidsmi@microsoft.com</a>. Don't forget you can follow the blog using an RSS reader, via <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blogtrottr.com/" target="_blank">email using blogtrottr</a>, or by following me on Twitter (I'm <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/revodavid" target="_blank">@revodavid</a>). You can find roundups of previous months <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/roundups/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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