What is it about R that inspires such love, devotion, and creativity in us? This talk is an affectionate journey through the many things that make R and her community gloriously weird. We’ll dip our toes into the history of programming to learn more about the unusual structures and aspects of the R language that send computer scientists spinning: dynamic environments, first-class functions, S3 classes, nonstandard evaluation, and so on. At the same time, we’ll explore some of the quirky and unique elements of the R community that keeps it fresh, exciting, and welcoming to new users. Finally, we’ll reflect on what it’s going to take to sustain this special language and community and to keep the R magic alive.
Dr. Kelly Bodwin
Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science, Cal Poly
Kelly Bodwin is an Associate Professor of Statistics and Data Science at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, CA. She primarily teaches courses in statistical computing, data science, and predictive modeling. All her courses involve elements of programming - typically in R, with a focus on the tidyverse, but she is reluctantly learning to embrace a little python in her life.Kelly’s research includes applied statistics projects in many fields such as digital humanities, biology, education; as well as open-source software development. She is an author of multiple R packages including {flair}, {tidyclust}, {shindig}, and {templar}. She leads the Central Coast R Users group, and she is currently part of a major NSF-funded venture to expand the {data.table} package community and ecosystem. Find her on Bluesky or Mastodon (@kellybodwin) or say hello in person!
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