Conference Report: Why R? 2018

Authors

• Michał Burdukiewicz, Warsaw University of Technology
• Marta Karas, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Leon Eyrich Jessen, Technical University of Denmark
• Marcin Kosiński, Gradient Metrics
• Bernd Bischl, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
• Stefan Rödiger, Universitätsplatz 1

Date of this Version

12-2018

Document Type

Article

Citation

The R Journal (December 2018) 10(2); Editor: John Verzani

Comments

Copyright 2018, The R Foundation. Open access material. License: CC BY 4.0 International

Abstract

The primary purpose of the Why R? 2018 conference was to provide R programming language enthusiasts with an opportunity to meet and discuss experiences in R software development and analysis applications, for both academia and industry professionals. The event was held 2-5 August, 2018 in a city of Wroclaw, a strong academic and business center of Poland. The total of approximately 250 people from 6 countries attended the main conference event. Additionally, approximately 540 R users attended the pre-meetings in eleven cities across Europe (Figure 2).