The purpose of the book is to introduce R and cloud computing to the
professional practitioner and turn them into data scientists in the process. Chapter 1
gives an Introduction. Chapter 2 describes an approach for people to think like
data scientists. Chapter 3 presents choices (some of them confusing) that confront
a person navigating R on the cloud. Chapter 4 deals with setting up R on the cloud
infrastructure and offers different perspectives and interfaces. Chapter 5 deals with
working in R and is aimed at people new to R. Chapter 6 deals with R and Big Data
and introduces the reader to the various paradigms in it. Chapter 7 moves beyond
Chap. 4’s infrastructure as a service and deals with how the R system can interface
with Cloud Applications and Services. Chapter 7 is actually a use case chapter for
using R on the cloud. Chapter 8 reviews ways to secure cloud as this is a constant
insecurity in transitioning to the cloud. Chapter 9 deals with training literature to
further help the reader.