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The R Journal

Date of this Version

6-2013

Document Type

Article

Citation

The R Journal (June 2013) 5(1); Editor: Hadley Wickham

Comments

Copyright 2013, The R Foundation. Open access material. License: CC BY 3.0 Unported

Abstract

The fifth annual R/Finance conference for applied finance using R was held in Chicago, IL, USAonFriday May17andSaturday May 18, 2013.

The conference provided a venue to discuss how R can be used for portfolio management, time series analysis, advanced risk analysis, high-performance computing, market microstructure, and econometrics. As in prior years, the conference had 300 attendees from several countries (including several European countries, South Africa, Australia, and Russia). The program included seminars, keynotes, full-length talks, and lightning talks. The conference also provided exceptional networking opportunities.

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