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R&D via Open Source Software

Robert Gentleman

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Overview R&D

is expensive typically involves many false startsrequires very flexible software infrastructure and access to

data/problems Open Source Software via Bioconductor is one way to achieve these

aimsaccess to a broad community of usersflexible software with good visualization and statistical routines built inactive developer environmentgood data and code sharing opportunities

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Then what once a methodology is viewed as being of general value efforts should

be made to commercialize it, make it fast, user friendly, etc moving too quickly into this area is expensive and if the methods don’t

pay off, then the investment is wasted

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How most importantly common data structures need to be adopted they need not be fixed in stone, but we want everyone to be using

something similar, regardless of language (R, Java, C, Python) this means that we can easily translate data sets between software

packages and allows for shared development each different person, working on a different project knows that they will

be able to access and share data and hence we move towards interoperability (R calls Java, C calls R, Java calls Python)

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Tomorrow FHCRC, off Fairview Ave, the Arnold Building, 9:30~4:00 we have to escort you in and out, so please be prompt

Nov 7, at FHCRC we will have a one day scientific meeting at the FHCRC, please contact me if you are interested in attending