Dear all, I'd like to point out that 19-21 October we have a hackathon at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, which is about connecting a major open source bioinformatics / medical informatics research datawarehouse (called tranSMART) to SparkR, by implementing the RDD interface via the core API's of tranSMART.
I think this is a nice example of a crossover between two mostly disjoint open source communities, in this case by medical researchers seeking to leverage available components around Spark such as SparkR. Anyone with Spark experience would be most welcome to drop by! Details at http://lanyrd.com/2015/transmart-foundation-annual-meeting/sdrzrq/ Met vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, Kees van Bochove
