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References:

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003568

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-025-02962-9

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09971-3

https://www.jstatsoft.org/issue/view/v115

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.14213

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.14208

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.20.700692v1.full.pdf

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.17.700094v1.full.pdf

https://journal.r-project.org/issues/2025-3/

https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/01/setting-up-a-cluster-of-tiny-pcs-for-parallel-computing-a-note-to-myself/

https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2026/01/07/9-dataviz-distrib-sas-part1.html

https://blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2026/01/14/9-dataviz-distrib-sas-part_2.html

https://www.vastspace.com/science-rfp-eligibility

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