{"id":3298,"date":"2017-05-23T18:06:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T16:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekosas.com\/?p=3298"},"modified":"2026-05-23T18:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:06:41","slug":"r-user-community-in-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekosas.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/r-user-community-in-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"R user community in Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a very active R user group on Meetup, https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/useRchile\/<\/a><\/a> which also has a Blog at http:\/\/www.userchile.cl<\/a><\/a> or on their Meetup group.
\nAt each meeting, Data Scientists present and talk about their work; all videos are available on the Blog or on the Vlog (Youtube<\/a>). For those who are very busy, we do live streaming of the meetups.
\nGreetings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a very active R user group on Meetup, https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/useRchile\/ which also has a Blog at http:\/\/www.userchile.cl or on their Meetup group. 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