Dipl.-Math.oec. Alexander Pilhöfer Department of Computer-Oriented Statistics and Data Analysis Institute of Mathematics University of Augsburg Universitätsstraße 14 D-86135 Augsburg, Germany Email: alexander.pilhoefer@math.uni-augsburg.de Phone: +49 821 598 2236 Fax:     +49 821 598 2200     Office:  Room L1-3031

I am currently a Ph.D Student  in the Department of Computer-Oriented Statistics and Data Analysis of the Institute of Mathematics at the University of Augsburg, Germany.

My research focuses on categorical data, large datasets, interactive graphics and conditional graphics.

Past

  R-package: extracat

  > DAGStat Dortmund 2010: New approaches in visualization of categorical data: R-package extracat
  > DStatG Nachwuchsworkshop Nürnberg 2010: Graphical Analysis of cetegorical data
  > Data Technologies Seminar Augsburg 2010/2011: R: extensions and Interfaces
  > JSS Article (accepted): New approaches in visualization of categorical data: R-package extracat
  > Statistical Computing Reisensburg 2011: optile: Optimizing k-dimensional graphical classication
                                                                    analysis via category reordering

News and upcoming events
      > UseR! Warwick (UK) 2011: RMB: Visualising categorical data with Relative Multiple Barchart
       > Participant at the Google Summer of Code 2011 (GSoC11) with the project "optile".

R Intro Slides I
R Intro Slides II