Designing Data Science

Australia's first R Programming community for women & supporters! A local chapter of R-Ladies Global, R-Ladies Melbourne exists to promote gender diversity in the R community, both in the Australia and worldwide.

R-Ladies Melbourne

Hi everyone, 
For this monthly event we are pleased to announce a special guest, Hadley Wickham, directly from RStudio!  
 
<H2>Abstract</H2>
For a long time, I've wondered exactly what it is that I do. It's obvious that I don't develop new mathematical theory, and while I do a lot of software development, it feels like software is only part of what I produce. I spend a lot of time thinking about how data analysis should "feel" and how the various pieces should fit together in order to provide a cohesive experience. Recently, thanks to prompting from Hilary Parker, I've realised that perhaps what I do most is design: the study of the human-made world, and development of practical, empathic, and useful tools. In this talk, I'll discuss the importance of design in my work, how it has shaped my career, and some of my greatest successes and failures.
<H2> Bio</H2>
Hadley is Chief Scientist at RStudio, winner of the 2019 COPSS award, a member of the R Foundation, and Adjunct Professor at Stanford University and the University of Auckland. He builds tools (both computational and cognitive) to make data science easier, faster, and more fun. His work includes packages for data science (the tidyverse: including ggplot2, dplyr, tidyr, purrr, and readr) and principled software development (roxygen2, testthat, devtools, pkgdown). He is also a writer, educator, and speaker promoting the use of R for data science. Learn more on his website, http://hadley.nz. 
 
<H2>Program of the evening</H2>
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Nibbles and drinks will be served from 5pm in the community room
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Hadley's seminar will start at 5.30 in the performance space with questions and networking to follow
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Pizzas will be served after the talk in the community room
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PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CUP FOR DRINKS! We will provide drinks but to avoid excessive use of disposable cups, please bring your own with you. 
<H2>How to get there</H2>
You can reach the library by public transport using trams 11 or 48 and it's all within the free tram zone.
 
<H2>Contact</H2>
Contact: Please email rladiesmelbourne@gmail.com for more information. This event has a limited number of spots so we advise that you register quickly as it will certainly be sold out!
Looking forward to seeing you all! R-Ladies Melbourne

Library at The Dock, Performance space

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