Publications by The Jumping Rivers Blog
A timeline of R’s first 30 years
August 2023 marked the thirtieth anniversary of the first public release of the R programming language. To celebrate this, and to show how far the language has evolved across those three decades, the timeline below shows some landmark events, packages and papers (with some Jumping Rivers items thrown in for good measure). Have we missed any of your...
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Vetiver: Model Deployment
This is part one of a two part series on {vetiver}. Part 1: Vetiver: First steps in MLOps Part 2: Vetiver: Model Deployment (This post) Introduction In our previous blog, we provided an overview of MLOps and the {vetiver} package, creating and deploying a simple model locally. In this post, we’ll show you how to deploy a model to production usi...
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Vetiver: First steps in MLOps
This is part one of a two part series on {vetiver}. Future blogs will be linked here as they are released. Part 1: Vetiver: First steps in MLOps (This post) Part 2: Vetiver: Model Deployment (Coming soon) Most R users are familiar with the classic workflow popularised by R for Data Science. Data scientists begin by importing and cleaning the data...
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June 2024 Training Update
Our courses for the second half of 2024 have now been released. We have everything from the very basics of R and Python for data science, to advanced statistical modelling and machine learning. Interested in dashboards and reporting? We have courses on reporting with Quarto, as well as both introductory and advanced Shiny. Already know the basics b...
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Shiny in Production 2024: Call for Abstracts
Call for abstracts now openWe are excited to announce the Call for Abstracts for Shiny in Production 2024, to be held on 9th-10th October 2024 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. This event brings together industry experts, data scientists, and developers to explore the latest advancements and best practices in deploying Shiny applications in production se...
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SatRdays London 2024: Thanks for coming!
We wanted to say a huge thank you to everybody who attended SatRdays London 2024! It was brilliant to see you all there, and we hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did. Thank you to all of our speakers for your contributions, it was great to see such a range of talks and hear about the different ways you can use R in your fields. Of course the d...
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What’s new in R 4.4.0?
R 4.4.0 (“Puppy Cup”) was released on the 24th April 2024 and it is a beauty. In time-honoured tradition, here we summarise some of the changes that caught our eyes. R 4.4.0 introduces some cool features (one of which is experimental) and makes one of our favourite {rlang} operators available in base R. There are a few things you might need to ...
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An introvert’s guide to networking at a conference
Uh oh. Conferences. I’ve been trying not to think about them, but I can’t put it off any longer.That’s okay! It might not be too late to book on to the conferences you want to attend. Some will even still have early bird offers available if you’re quick.Oh that’s not a problem. I’m already booked on, travel is arranged, my talk is writt...
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A Blog Post About the Blog
If you’re a regular visitor to our blog you may have noticed some recent changes we hope will make it easier to find what you’re looking for (or interesting stuff you weren’t).The blog “home” page, “/blog” now shows a card for every post with title, author, excerpt, tags and image. (But don’t worry, we won’t clog your browser up b...
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Events at Jumping Rivers 2024
SatRdays London 2024 Once again, we’re partnering up with CUSP London to bring you a day of R themed talks in the centre of the UK capital. We’ll be returning to the amazing Bush House to hear experts in all things R share their knowledge and experience. The day is a great opportunity to meet like-minded data science enthusiasts – whether you...
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