Scientific computing and a tangentially related question

[Steve G.]

Hi everyone.

I have two questions for members of the group.

1. Is there any coordinated development of statistical analysis tools that
are OSS and run on Linux? For example, the R programming language and its
application to applied fields such as social statistics or epidemiology? I
am looking for an OSS solution similar to SPSS (user friendly), Stata or
SAS (powerful), or Design Expert (specific to experimental design).

2. Are there any Masters Programs in Israel in the fields of applied
statistics (biostatistics, epidemiology, medical statistics, social
statistics, actuarial sciences or demographics)? I am more interested in
the sciences (that is the first 3 on the list), and if I can find a good
program that would take a scientist (that is, not a mathematician of CS
major) and train him at a reasonable cost, I will be the happiest man alive
for about 5 minutes.

If you know where, how, when, how much, etc., let me know, via my email or
the group.

Thanks,

Z.
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