I am mostly language agnostic, though I dislike shoddy design in software (like SAS Enterprise Guide), shoddy websites (like the outdated designed of http://www.r-project.org/ site) , and dishonest marketing in inventing buzz words (or as they say — excessively dishonest marketing).
At the same time I love nicely designed software (Rattle,Rapid Miner, JMP), great websites for software (like http://rstudio.org/ ) and suitably targeted marketing (like IBM’s) and appreciate intellectual honesty in a field where honest men are rare to find ( http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/business/how-big-data-became-so-big-unboxed.html?_r=1&hpw
I digress- Here are some papers I find interesting to read.
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