Meetup 10-2015

Main focus this time will be to discuss future directions/projects for ViennaR:

1. Our goal is to define R-package(s) organized as Github project(s) that can be realised within a timeframe of approx. one year resulting in CRAN release
   

• Agree on the main areas (project streams) - not more than 2, max. 3
  
• Brainstorm on potential project and/or package ideas
• Decide on project leads, team members respectively form of collaboration (fork & pull vs. shared repo), type of license (GPL?), etc.

2. Evaluate interest in active preparation of short analytical topics (monthly or bi-monthly) to be worked off individually or in groups (alternative: as a hackathon)
   e.g. run a short analysis on some topic based on publicly available data; present these @ meetup, compare approaches to project solution.

Example topics could cover

• Open government data:
  • Text mine parliamentary votes (by time/topic) (source: https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/1a3c44a8-7361-4dc7-ac0d-6ec19ddba191)
    
  • Graphically display distribution of specific points of interest like voting booths, public toilets, etc. in Vienna based upon https://open.wien.gv.at/site/open-data/
• News-related data:
  • Analyze comments for specific topics of derstandard.at
• Price-data
  • e.g. correlate fuel prices in Austria with crude oil prices

We are looking forward to a fruitful/interesting/controversial discussion!