A quick introduction to performance optimization in R: the parallel and Rcpp packages. — The ‘parallel’ package Many computations in R can be made faster by the use of parallel computation. Generally, parallel computation is the simultaneous execution of different pieces of a larger computation across multiple computing processors or cores. The parallel package can be used to send tasks (encoded as function calls) to each of…

Collect data across governmental sources, retrieve policy measures, interface to World Bank Open Data, Google and Apple Mobility Reports. — Note from the editors: Towards Data Science is a Medium publication primarily based on the study of data science and machine learning. We are not health professionals or epidemiologists, and the opinions of this article should not be interpreted as professional advice. To learn more about the coronavirus pandemic, you…

Build shiny apps with COVID-19 Data Hub. A fully functioning example in 20 lines of code. — Note from the editors: Towards Data Science is a Medium publication primarily based on the study of data science and machine learning. We are not health professionals or epidemiologists, and the opinions of this article should not be interpreted as professional advice. …