Agenda

Communication

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June 21, 2025


8:00-9:00 Registration and Breakfast

9:00-9:10 Introductions

9:10-9:40 Keynote

  • David Keyes: 25 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do with R

9:40-10:40 Building Smarter R Workflows

  • Yan Liu: Leveraging Large Language Models in R: Practical Applications with {ellmer}
  • David Gerbing: Simplified Data Analysis
  • Mauro Lepore: Creating a better universe with dverse

10:40-10:55 Break

10:55-11:20 Lightning Talks! Automation Edition

  • Megan Holtorf: Taking Action While You Sleep: Using GitHub Actions to Schedule Email Updates
  • Zak Kindl: Automating Sports Science Reporting with R
  • Lindsay Dickey: Simplify repetitive report creation
  • Frank Aragona: Language Translation at Scale: Automating Bulk Document Translation with R and Quarto

11:20 - 12:20 Development in R: Evolution, Automation, and Adoption

  • Jonathan McPherson: 10 Years of RStudio and What Happens Next
  • Ben Matheson: Supercharge your work with Github Actions for R
  • Dror Berel: From Roadblocks to Breakthroughs: Navigating the Challenges of Adopting New Open Source Tools

12:20-1:30 Lunch Break

1:30-2:30 R in Action: Metadata, Integration, and (more) Workflows

  • Peter Geissert: Metadata Driven Data Science
  • Hanna Winter: Introduce R to your other friends (or using R as a component in workflows)
  • Evan Landman: Developing reproducible transit analysis with R

2:30-3:00 Lightning Talks!

  • Samer Hijjazi: Navigating the BLS API with R: A Step-by-Step Guide
  • Cassio Felix: The Power of APIs: From Integration to Shiny Apps
  • Faycal Ounacer: Assessing the Impact of Coastal Upwelling on Fisheries: Insights from the California Current System
  • Mohsen Soltanifar: CMHSU: An R Statistical Software Package to Detect Mental Health Status Substance Use Status and Their Concurrent Status in the North American Healthcare Administrative Databases
  • L. K. Borland: Decoding R needs: Bridging the gap with university library workshops

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-4:15 R in Public Health: From Dashboards to Healthcare Access

4:15-4:30 Closing Remarks

4:30-6:00 Reception