Publications by R Consortium
R Consortium Funding for R User Groups! Highlighting R-Ladies São Paulo
The R Consortium has begun the disbursement of grants to help R User Groups (RUGS) around the world organize, share information, and support each other. We are currently accepting applications until September 30, 2023! With these grants, the R Consortium looks forward to facilitating and supporting the person-to-person exchange of knowledge in sm...
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Bridging Ecology, Statistics, and Data Science with R for Biodiversity and Climate Change Research
Francisco Rodríguez Sánchez shared with the R Consortium how the R language has changed and improved his work as a computational ecologist, leading him to become a passionate advocate, professional, and promoter of R, especially in the context of environmental causes. Francisco is a scientist specializing in computational ecology who works at th...
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Comparing Analysis Method Implementations in Software (CAMIS)
CAMIS is a PHUSE working group in collaboration with PSI and the R consortium. Initially, the repository contains R and SAS analysis result comparisons, however, the team hopes to extend to other software/languages in the near future. Their white paper will soon be available on the website. Please help the CAMIS team build a high-quality and comp...
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R Consortium-Funded R Package “matter” Helps Solve Larger-Than-Memory Issues
Have you ever run into the problem of trying to write a vector or matrix that R cannot store? Dr. Kylie Bemis, faculty in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, ran into this problem during graduate school and wrote a package called matter that solves it. Development for matter was supported by a grant from the R Consor...
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{fusen}: Simplifying Writing Packages for R Users
The R Consortium recently talked to Sébastien Rochette, organizer of the Meetup R Nantes, about his involvement in the R community. The group hosts a mix of physical and online events targeting the full range of R users, from beginners to experts. Sebastien works for ThinkR and has recently developed a package named {fusen}. {fusen} allows develop...
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Welcome to our newest member Parexel!
The R Consortium, a Linux Foundation project supporting the R Foundation and R community, today announced that Parexel has joined the R Consortium as a Silver Member. Parexel is a clinical research organization providing Phase I to IV clinical development services. Parexel uses R for a wide range of internal decision-making and regulatory intera...
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Better Understanding Your Tools Choices with Online Book HTTP Testing in R
Working with internet sources can be a tricky subject. In order to deal with modern packages and workflows, a resource for testing online packages can be very useful. R Consortium talks to Maëlle Salmon about the online book, HTTP Testing in R, which she co-authored with Scott Chamberlain. Photo of Maëlle: ©Photo Julie Noury Soyer Maëlle Sa...
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The 15th Annual R/Finance Conference 2023
The fifteenth annual R/Finance conference for applied finance using R will be held on May 19 and 20, 2023 in Chicago, IL, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The conference brings together experienced R users in the field to discuss quantitative finance – covering R (or Python or Julia!), portfolio construction, statistics, and more! Som...
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{riskassessment} app from the R Validation Hub voted best Shiny app at shinyConf 2023! 🎉
The {riskassessment} app, presented by Aaron Clark from the R Validation Hub, was voted best Shiny app at shinyConf 2023. Congratulations! The Demo app: https://rinpharma.shinyapps.io/risk_assessment/ GitHub: https://github.com/pharmaR/riskassessment User guide: https://pharmar.github.io/riskassessment/ Get Involved: https://pharmar.org The...
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Teaching and Translating R Resources in Nepal
Binod Jung Bogati, the organizer of the R User Group Nepal, discussed his experience of fostering the budding R community in Nepal. He shared the details of a recent beginner two-day workshop and some useful techniques for organizing events. Besides using R for his work in validating clinical trial programming, Binod is actively involved in transla...
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