You will also find it convenient to utilize R. We will mainly use Python during our lectures and in various projects and exercises. Those of you already familiar with R should feel free to continue using R, keeping however an eye on the parallel Python set ups. Similarly, if you are a Python afecionado, feel free to explore R as well. Jupyter(Julia, Python and R) /Ipython notebook allows you to run R codes and Julia codes interactively in your browser. The software library R is really tailored for statistical data analysis and allows for an easy usage of the tools and algorithms we will discuss in these lectures.
To install R with Jupyter notebook follow the link here