Publications by R Consortium
From Novice to Industry Professionals, the East Bay R Enthusiasts Welcomes Everyone
R Consortium recently talked to Allan Miller with the East Bay R Language Enthusiasts Group about the group’s history and success in environmental and health industries. The group aims to reach new R users and remains committed to creating a welcoming learning environment. Allan has been a member since the group was first formed in 2008. He ...
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How a Local Community Produced the First Nation-wide R useR Group
The R Consortium recently interviewed Szilard Pafka with the Real Data Science USA R Group (formerly known as the Los Angeles R User Group). The former Los Angeles R useR Group had been based in Los Angeles for more than 10 years, but after organizer Szilard moved to Texas, he kept the group going and even expanded! Szilard caught up with the R...
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Financial Industry Supports Robust Vienna R Community
R Consortium recently talked to Mario Amau, co-organizer of the Vienna about the lively R community in Vienna. The group is committed to providing its members with valuable talks and networking opportunities. The group is looking forward to restarting their live events, now hybrid, in September! Mario Amau is the Founder and CEO of Quantargo, w...
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Taking on Virtual Events with Regular Structured and Casual Meetups ☕️
The R Consortium recently interviewed John Blischak and Tim Hoolihan with the Cleveland R UseR Group. The organizers share more about how the group managed to continue to grow with consistent structured and casual virtual events like their Virtual R Café. John Blischak is a Freelance Scientific Software Developer in the Cleveland area. John has...
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The R Consortium Needs Your Help with satRdays
The September Call for Proposals is now open, and the Infrastructure Steering Committee would like to encourage proposals from the R Community to upgrade the software infrastructure supporting the satRdays program. What we need is for someone to take the existing underlying software (the Hugo templates) and upgrade it so that it is easier for s...
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Acing Virtual Events with Networking Sessions and Collaboration
The R Consortium recently caught up with Alyssa Columbus of R-Ladies Irvine (also on MeetUp and Twitter) to discuss the group’s progress during the pandemic. Alyssa discussed the group’s efforts to remain active and provide networking opportunities for its members. The group has also formed strong collaborative ties with other R user groups i...
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ISC Call for Proposals – Now Accepting Applications
The first 2022 call for proposals for R Consortium Infrastructure Steering (ISC) grants is now open and will be accepting proposals through May 1, 2022. This year, the R Consortium has restructured its grant programs to allow the ISC to focus on technical projects. If you are contemplating a technical project that you think will have a significa...
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Announcing the New R User Groups, Conferences, and Training Program
The R Consortium is pleased to announce the new 2022 R User Groups (RUGs), Conferences and Training program. This is an updated version of the RUGS program of previous years that aims to put more structure around the process of applying for support for R-themed conferences and training sessions. The RUGS Program The RUGS program supports R user g...
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R Users Group Seville, Spain Looks Forward to Interactive Hybrid Events in the Future
R Consortium recently talked to Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez of Seville R User Group (also on Twitter) about the growth of the group over the years and the challenges of online events. Francisco discussed the diverse nature of the R community in Seville and the importance of physical events for the community. He also shared their struggle with fin...
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Free webinar: Statistical Model Diagnostics and Validation Techniques using R
Sat, April 30, 11am West Africa Time (WAT) Organized by the OSUN R USERS GROUP, Nigeria, and coordinated by Timothy A. OGUNLEYE. Speaker Kevin O’Brien is an active contributor of the R Consortium’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Working Group. The R-Community IDEA is a top level project of the R-Consortium with the goa...
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