R – Adding a new dimension to Analytics
Christiane Raffeiner, Teradata
Summary
R being widely appreciated by statisticians, is getting increasingly prominent in the corporate world. It opens up a whole new world of available functions giving high flexibility to analysts. Certainly this freedom also bears risks. This session focuses on how R and associated GUIs can be used in a corporate DWH environment for predictive analytics. Special attention will be given to business cases where R significantly improved business results.
Outline
- R use in DWH environment
- Preparation of data in DWH
- Modeling in R
- Applying of Models in DWH
- Teradata R
- Advanced Analytics Use Cases with R
- Frequently used R Packages
- Rguis and IDEs
Speaker introduction
Christiane Raffeiner
Analytical Consultant, Teradata
Christiane Raffeiner is Advanced Analytics Consultant at Teradata. As part of the EMEA Advanced Analytics Center of Expertise she is engaged in Analytical projects for Telco, Finance and Retail customers across the whole EMEA region. She graduated from the Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration and the University of Edinburgh, where she first got experience with R. In her professional role she delivers consultancy using R as well as commercial products like TWM, KXEN, SAS and SPSS. Christiane enjoys holding Customer Trainings and Analytical Coachings.