Christian Düben
@cdueben.bsky.social
Economist, Data Scientist, Software Developer. Postdoc at Monash University. Melbourne, Australia.
Since publishing the Monash SoDa Replicator, users have told me about Windows laptops provided by their university not allowing for local TeX Live installation. Hence, I have created a dev container that circumvents this problem: github.com/cdueben/tex_.... #tex #texlive #devcontainer #vscode 1/2
GitHub - cdueben/tex_live_dev_container: Dev Container for TeX Live.
Dev Container for TeX Live. Contribute to cdueben/tex_live_dev_container development by creating an account on GitHub.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Since publishing the Monash SoDa Replicator, users have told me about Windows laptops provided by their university not allowing for local TeX Live installation. Hence, I have created a dev container that circumvents this problem: github.com/cdueben/tex_.... #tex #texlive #devcontainer #vscode 1/2
We have published a video #tutorial on the Monash SoDa Replicator, a template for #reproducible #academic #research : youtube.com/playlist?lis.... #git #github #tex #ai #replication #productivity #collaboration
SoDa Replicator - YouTube
Tutorial on the Monash SoDa Replicator (https://github.com/sodalabsio/soda_replicator), a template for reproducible academic research. Published by Monash Un...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We have published a video #tutorial on the Monash SoDa Replicator, a template for #reproducible #academic #research : youtube.com/playlist?lis.... #git #github #tex #ai #replication #productivity #collaboration
David Kreitmeir and I published the synthetic matching method from Kreitmeir et al. (2025) as an #rstats package on CRAN (cran.r-project.org/package=synt...). Whereas my other recent R packages are primarily wrappers of my C++ code, synthReturn is a full R package (Fortran only in dependencies).
synthReturn: Synthetic Matching Method for Returns
Implements the revised Synthetic Matching Algorithm of Kreitmeir, Lane, and Raschky (2025) <<a href="https://doi.org/10.2139%2Fssrn.3751162" target="_top">doi:10.2139/ssrn.3751162</a>>, building...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
David Kreitmeir and I published the synthetic matching method from Kreitmeir et al. (2025) as an #rstats package on CRAN (cran.r-project.org/package=synt...). Whereas my other recent R packages are primarily wrappers of my C++ code, synthReturn is a full R package (Fortran only in dependencies).
My cppcontainers #rstats package (cran.r-project.org/package=cppc...) is back on CRAN. The functionality remains unchanged. It had just been archived on CRAN a few months ago because of NA placeholder values that threw compiler warnings in exotic builds on macOS. #cpp #datascience
cppcontainers: 'C++' Standard Template Library Containers
Use 'C++' Standard Template Library containers interactively in R. Includes sets, unordered sets, multisets, unordered multisets, maps, unordered maps, multimaps, unordered multimaps, stacks, queues, ...
cran.r-project.org
September 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
My cppcontainers #rstats package (cran.r-project.org/package=cppc...) is back on CRAN. The functionality remains unchanged. It had just been archived on CRAN a few months ago because of NA placeholder values that threw compiler warnings in exotic builds on macOS. #cpp #datascience
Enjoying my first time at @defcon.bsky.social. Amazing talks, demos, etc. so far. And I met famous journalist @jackrhysider.bsky.social whose inspiring work got me interested in #infosec in the first place. I am gathering a lot of insights for my own research.
August 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Enjoying my first time at @defcon.bsky.social. Amazing talks, demos, etc. so far. And I met famous journalist @jackrhysider.bsky.social whose inspiring work got me interested in #infosec in the first place. I am gathering a lot of insights for my own research.
There is a lot of childish discussion on the future of #rstats recently on this platform. #rstats is my main language and I will stick to it for a while. However, posts calling it perfect and denouncing any critique as invalid are ridiculous. #rstats has flaws that can threaten its future. 1/n
June 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I need to put together a deep learning model and I do not know whether I should go with #pytorch or #tensorflow + #keras. I have a little experience in the latter and none in the former. What would you recommend for someone who does not care about how pythonic a tool is?
April 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I need to put together a deep learning model and I do not know whether I should go with #pytorch or #tensorflow + #keras. I have a little experience in the latter and none in the former. What would you recommend for someone who does not care about how pythonic a tool is?
I just had to install the most intrusive #software of my life. It automatically starts at boot, but does not show up in the OS's auto startup list. It does not have an exit button or settings. I have to shut down the background process in the process viewer/ task manager each time. 🫣
April 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I just had to install the most intrusive #software of my life. It automatically starts at boot, but does not show up in the OS's auto startup list. It does not have an exit button or settings. I have to shut down the background process in the process viewer/ task manager each time. 🫣
The new version of my spaths #rstats package (cran.r-project.org/package=spaths) removes the edge limit (previously 2^31 - 1). Do you need to handle 10 billion edges with custom transition functions? No problem, spaths can do that. #graph #theory
spaths: Shortest Paths Between Points in Grids
Shortest paths between points in grids. Optional barriers and custom transition functions. Applications regarding planet Earth, as well as generally spheres and planes. Optimized for computational per...
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April 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The new version of my spaths #rstats package (cran.r-project.org/package=spaths) removes the edge limit (previously 2^31 - 1). Do you need to handle 10 billion edges with custom transition functions? No problem, spaths can do that. #graph #theory
Over the course of the past years, I have received a number of emails asking why conleyreg (my first #rstats package) and fixest produce different results. Contributors to an issue in fixest's GitHub repo have now shown that both are economically correct. The assumptions just differ.
March 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Over the course of the past years, I have received a number of emails asking why conleyreg (my first #rstats package) and fixest produce different results. Contributors to an issue in fixest's GitHub repo have now shown that both are economically correct. The assumptions just differ.
I am curious to see, if data editors are ready to download a TB of data per spatial project.
Short note on provision of "raw" data in replication packages. "Raw" are data files exactly as downloaded from original source. Not renamed, not converted, not made prettier. All that is important, and is the next step, for which you provide code (or instructions). But "raw" is as "raw as it gets".
March 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I am curious to see, if data editors are ready to download a TB of data per spatial project.
My wife is looking for a #job in #Melbourne, Australia.
- #Chemical #engineer specialized in #water #treatment
- Master's degree
- Multiple years of experience in water treatment and science education
- Fluent in 4 - 6 languages
- Can start immediately
Feel free to reach out for further questions.
- #Chemical #engineer specialized in #water #treatment
- Master's degree
- Multiple years of experience in water treatment and science education
- Fluent in 4 - 6 languages
- Can start immediately
Feel free to reach out for further questions.
March 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
My wife is looking for a #job in #Melbourne, Australia.
- #Chemical #engineer specialized in #water #treatment
- Master's degree
- Multiple years of experience in water treatment and science education
- Fluent in 4 - 6 languages
- Can start immediately
Feel free to reach out for further questions.
- #Chemical #engineer specialized in #water #treatment
- Master's degree
- Multiple years of experience in water treatment and science education
- Fluent in 4 - 6 languages
- Can start immediately
Feel free to reach out for further questions.
I just published a #blog post on #housing #affordability: medium.com/@cdueben/the.... It aims to create a better intuition of how the housing market works. The post uses simple, non-technical language to communicate the topic to a broad audience.
The Housing Market is a Market
An Intuitive Guide to the Economics of Housing Affordability
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March 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I just published a #blog post on #housing #affordability: medium.com/@cdueben/the.... It aims to create a better intuition of how the housing market works. The post uses simple, non-technical language to communicate the topic to a broad audience.
I received my absentee ballot documents for the #German #federal #election today. The election is in three days and I live in Australia. Thanks for sending this on time 😄. #Bundestagswahl #Briefwahl
February 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I received my absentee ballot documents for the #German #federal #election today. The election is in three days and I live in Australia. Thanks for sending this on time 😄. #Bundestagswahl #Briefwahl
My new way of managing my #research projects' to-do lists: #GitHub issues (with authors assigned to them). (i) More persistent than scribbled down notes from meetings and conferences. (ii) Easy to reference in code commits. (iii) Separate topic-specific written discussion with coauthors. 1/2
February 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Does anyone have advice on how to reduce #political #propaganda in the feed? I welcome political news, but most of my feed is more manipulation attempt than news. Here on #Bluesky it is primarily left wing ideology, while X has also lots of right wing propaganda. How do I get a more neutral focus?
January 31, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Does anyone have advice on how to reduce #political #propaganda in the feed? I welcome political news, but most of my feed is more manipulation attempt than news. Here on #Bluesky it is primarily left wing ideology, while X has also lots of right wing propaganda. How do I get a more neutral focus?
I am looking for contributors for my conleyreg #Rstats package. I keep getting feature requests, but am not going to do anything beyond basic maintenance myself. This is a great opportunity for aspiring R package #developers. The following issue outlines some details: github.com/cdueben/conl...
Further Development · Issue #5 · cdueben/conleyreg
conleyreg is my first R package. I developed it years ago within the scope of a paper revision. As far as I know, it remains many researchers' default choice for estimating Conley standard errors. ...
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January 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I am looking for contributors for my conleyreg #Rstats package. I keep getting feature requests, but am not going to do anything beyond basic maintenance myself. This is a great opportunity for aspiring R package #developers. The following issue outlines some details: github.com/cdueben/conl...
You are welcome to contribute to my R packages. It is a great opportunity for anyone aspiring to transition from procedural empirical analysis code to package development. I will try to make the size of my commits more collaboration-friendly 😄. #rStats #openSource #scientificSoftware
November 28, 2024 at 10:25 AM
You are welcome to contribute to my R packages. It is a great opportunity for anyone aspiring to transition from procedural empirical analysis code to package development. I will try to make the size of my commits more collaboration-friendly 😄. #rStats #openSource #scientificSoftware
Most #economists do not have formal training in #programming and usually stick to whatever language they learned as undergraduate students. In my experience, broadening the coding horizon can enhance empirical #research producitivity. A thread 🧵.
November 22, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Most #economists do not have formal training in #programming and usually stick to whatever language they learned as undergraduate students. In my experience, broadening the coding horizon can enhance empirical #research producitivity. A thread 🧵.
My new R package cppcontainers is now on CRAN: cran.r-project.org/package=cppc.... C++ STL containers in R. The package's vignette states its motivation: cran.r-project.org/web/packages.... It is my most quickly developed and most widely applicable package so far. #rstats #cpp #datascience
cppcontainers: 'C++' Standard Template Library Containers
Use 'C++' Standard Template Library containers interactively in R. Includes sets, unordered sets, multisets, unordered multisets, maps, unordered maps, multimaps, unordered multimaps, stacks, queues, ...
CRAN.R-project.org
November 14, 2024 at 11:06 AM
My new R package cppcontainers is now on CRAN: cran.r-project.org/package=cppc.... C++ STL containers in R. The package's vignette states its motivation: cran.r-project.org/web/packages.... It is my most quickly developed and most widely applicable package so far. #rstats #cpp #datascience
Finishing up my dissertation, I wrote a tool to clean up bibtex files. Not managing my bibtex files through citation software, I find this tool pretty handy. github.com/ChristianDue... #latex #bibtex #academicpublication #research #phd #cpp #code
https://github.com/ChristianDuebe…
June 1, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Finishing up my dissertation, I wrote a tool to clean up bibtex files. Not managing my bibtex files through citation software, I find this tool pretty handy. github.com/ChristianDue... #latex #bibtex #academicpublication #research #phd #cpp #code
I am happy to announce the publication of my spaths package's latest version: github.com/ChristianDue.... The software computes shortest paths in gridded data. It is heavily computationally optimized and customizable. #RStats #Cpp #GraphTheory #GIS #EconTwitter
GitHub - ChristianDueben/spaths: Shortest Paths Between Points in Grids
Shortest Paths Between Points in Grids. Contribute to ChristianDueben/spaths development by creating an account on GitHub.
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April 4, 2024 at 8:31 PM
I am happy to announce the publication of my spaths package's latest version: github.com/ChristianDue.... The software computes shortest paths in gridded data. It is heavily computationally optimized and customizable. #RStats #Cpp #GraphTheory #GIS #EconTwitter