Blog posts

2020

Notes on Apache Columnar format

2 minute read

Published: November 10, 2020

There are several column-oriented data formats. To store and query large table files, we explor those modern technologies. Here, I have some snippets.

高校生への科学アウトリーチ活動

less than 1 minute read

Published: August 04, 2020

Occasionally, Yosuke performs science outreach talks. This post explains an example of such activities targeted for Japanese high schoolers.

Egronomics

less than 1 minute read

Published: July 13, 2020

Kinesis Advantageous 2 keyboard.

Using tmux on mac

less than 1 minute read

Published: July 03, 2020

Terminal multiplexer software, such as tmux and screen, is a useful tool. When using tmux on mac, I encountered the following error.

Some tips when working with PLINK2

1 minute read

Published: July 02, 2020

PLINK is a well-established software for genetic analysis. In many project, we used plink2 for genome-wide association study (GWAS) and other computations related to the raw genotype matrix. Here, I list several tips on the use of this software.

Working with very small values in R

less than 1 minute read

Published: July 02, 2020

When you’re working on extremely small floating numbers in R (such as when you have strong p-values), there are a few options.

船井情報科学振興財団による Funai Overseas Scholarship

less than 1 minute read

Published: June 25, 2020

This post is written in Japanese. Yosuke explains his fellowship support from the Funai Foundation for Information Technology, which supports Japanese citizens and permanent residents. You may have some luck with DeepL translator.

Using Bundler via Docker on mac

less than 1 minute read

Published: June 20, 2020

Ruby bundler is a convenient tool to manage the Ruby environments. This website, for example, is built with Jekyll.

figshare API

less than 1 minute read

Published: May 22, 2020

Figshare is a data hosting service to make the scientific results available. While they have a nice web interface to upload your files, you sometimes want to upload a large file (> 5GB, for example). For that purpose, they provide an API access. Here is my example on how to use their API.