R/Business

R/Business is an ISC working group (www.r-consortium.org/projects/isc-working-groups) under the R Consortium.

We are a group R Users from different areas of business and financial services collaborating on events and advocacy of R.

Mission Statement and Goals

The goal of R/Business is the promotion and support of the R programming environment and the R ecosystem in business practices and business research. This is done through:

1. Development of a community-based collaboration platform
2. Organization and sponsorship of events
3. Research on relevant topics in the intersection of business/accounting and technology
4. Development of openly available courses/tutorials
5. Development and maintenance of R packages

Events

Hosting and participating in events that further the adoption of R for finanical professionals is one of our top priorities. If you are interested in information on an event check out the Events folder for slides and additional info.

Upcoming

• Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide Initiative - March 8, 2021
• 25th International Conference Information Visualisation - July 5-16, 2021

Past

• Practical Applications of Network Science - Febuary 22-23, 2021
• WiDS Datathon Melbourne - Febuary 5, 2021
• WIDS Datathon Training - Febuary 3, 2021
• Academic R Workshop - January 28, 2021
• CPA Speaker Series - November 3, 2020
• Bay Area R User Group Meeting - October 13, 2020
• CPA Speaker Series - October 6, 2020

Interested in contributing?

Check out the current events and ongoing projects.