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).