A reminder of our next event, which takes place a week today:
*** Celebrating 20 Years of CRAN and R supporting statistics ***
Full details below and at https://sites.google.com/site/rssglasgow/events
We look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible, in person or via the livestream,
RSS Glasgow Local Group committee
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Title: Celebrating 20 Years of CRAN and R supporting statistics
Date: Tuesday 25th April
Time: 15:00-17:30 (followed by drinks and nibbles)
Location: Attend in person at room LT908, Livingstone Tower, University of Strathclyde, G1 1HX, or join us online via the livestream broadcast
Speakers: Charis Chanialidis, University of Glasgow; Mike Spencer, University of Edinburgh; Colin Gillespie, University of Newcastle & jumpingrivers.com R Training and Consultancy
Summaries: This event marks the 20th anniversary of the Comprehensive R Archive. Join us in person or via livestream as our three expert speakers and R users describe innovative and exciting uses of R in a wide variety of contexts.
* Charis Chanialidis: Data visualisation & statistical modelling in Shiny. Shiny is a package from RStudio that provides a web framework for building web applications. Taking advantage of Shiny, R users can turn statistical analyses into easy to use interactive web applications. Thus, Shiny can be really helpful for engagement with non-statisticians or/and the general public. In this talk, amongst other things, I will show some of the applications I have created throughout the years and talk about some recent developments in Shiny.
* Mike Spencer: Predicting snowmelt with R. Snow is great fun, but it can also bring hazards. In this talk I’ll discuss how snow contributes to flood risk. The second largest recorded flood event on the River Thames was attributable to snow, following the harsh winter of 1947. Snowmelt is frequently part of river flows in colder parts of the UK, invariably these are further north than the Thames and the rivers begin in mountainous terrain. In Scotland the uplands are often used for water storage, e.g. for hydro-power and water supply. Structures, like dams, are used to retain water, but these structures were assessed for exposure to snowmelt risk using a fixed daily melt rate, which I will show can be exceeded. I used R to model the risks of snowmelt to reservoirs in Scotland.
* Colin Gillespie: 20 years of CRAN. The Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) is 20 years old this year. This talk will discuss the past, present and future of this important R resource.
Registration: Please register at https://sites.google.com/site/rssglasgow/events
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Organising groups: RSS Glasgow Local Group; RSS Young Statisticians' Section
Twitter: Join the discussion and post questions using the hashtag #RSSGlaCRAN20
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