R Consortium

The CRAN Cookbook is creating a user-friendly, technical cookbook-style guide to help new R programmers and package maintainers navigate the CRAN submission process - Try it out now! https://lnkd.in/gdVsquwX #rstats #opensource https://lnkd.in/gcVdsfH4

David Mwale, R Users Malawi group (R Users Malawi) organizer, talks about his efforts to establish and grow the R community in Malawi and the excitement surrounding R among researchers and students - and plans to engage academic institutions https://lnkd.in/g46NKrmD #rstats #opensource

Betsabe Cohen (https://lnkd.in/giUfnmMX), organizer of R-Ladies Buenos Aires, on the growth and diversity of the R community in Argentina, hosting workshops on tools like Quarto and plans to launch a Shiny-focused reading club! https://lnkd.in/gfY5nnF3 #rstats #opensource

Save the date! useR! 2025 is coming in Aug 8-10, 2025! Use the QR code to be notified when registration opens! 

Books, Beginners, and Big Ideas: Beatriz Milz on Fostering R-Ladies São Paulo’s Vibrant Community Beatriz Milz (https://lnkd.in/gCt7-D-G), co-organizer of R-Ladies São Paulo, recently spoke with the R Consortium about the vibrant growth of the R community in São Paulo and its commitment to inclusivity and accessible learning. R-Ladies São Paulo includes members from many different backgrounds, including journalists who need to learn R to analyze public data for their journalistic work in newspapers. And the group is now coordinating a book club focused on the newly translated R for Data Science in Portuguese!  https://lnkd.in/gcNRRHFZ #rstats #opensource #saopaulo

Moving forward to meet new challenges in 2025 The R Consortium has dispersed technical grants totaling almost $1.5 million since our founding, including 13 new technical projects in 2024. There are 91 R User Groups with 76,048 members in 39 countries. And much more! Find out from Executive Director Terry Christiani where we are headed in 2025 and how you can get involved building the R ecosystem! https://lnkd.in/dGMHAwnV #rstats #open source

TOMORROW! Register now! Using R and R Shiny for effective data visualization and risk assessment - Real world demo and presentation showing Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG 's advanced risk management practices Free R in Finance webinar - Thurs, Dec 12, 2024 - "Quantification of Participation Risk using R and R Shiny" Full recording provided to all registrants after webinar is completed Goran Lovrić, FRM, PRM - a seasoned expert with over 18 years of experience in national and international financial risk management, holding certifications such as Financial Risk Manager (GARP) and Professional Risk Manager (PRMIA). Simon Aigner MSc - an Economic and Business Analytics professional at RLB OÖ, specializes in automating internal risk management processes using R, enhancing operational efficiency and minimizing risk exposure. https://lnkd.in/g5ZpsMBN #rstats #opensource #finance

THIS WEEK! Free R in Finance webinar Using R and R Shiny for effective data visualization and risk assessment - Real world demo and presentation showing Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich’s advanced risk management practices https://lnkd.in/g5ZpsMBN #rshiny #rstats #rfinance Simon Aigner Goran Lovrić, FRM, PRM Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG

R in Finance! Full recording of "Value Companies using Discounted Cash Flow Analysis" webinar is available now! Featuring Christoph Scheuch, independent data science and business intelligence expert. Christoph co-created and maintains the Tidy Finance project, a transparent, open source approach to research in financial economics. This recording provides an overview of company valuation methods with a focus on discounted cash flow (DFC) analysis. Participants will gain an understanding of DCF analysis and its components: forecasted cash flows, terminal value, and discount rate. The webinar includes steps to perform a DCF analysis and a guide to implementing DCF in R, from loading financial statement data to executing the analysis. The webinar concludes with interpreting the valuation results, offering practical insights into company valuation techniques. Key Sections: Introduction to company valuation Understanding DCF Implementing DCF in R https://lnkd.in/gkayZQQk #rstats #finance

Take some time this weekend to dig into R! The R Consortium YouTube channel has deep dives in R use in Medicine, Finance, Pharma, and much more. Check us out! https://lnkd.in/eRd3c2eS #rstats #opensource