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The official account of the Communications & Cyber Technologies Data Science team at #UniversityOfArizona. We support researchers in ALVSCE (CALES + Extension).
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For those of you who run lab groups, consider creating a lab handbook if you don’t already have one. Ideally something all members can contribute to with philosophies, policies, procedures, tips, etc! This could be as simple as a shared google doc or something a little fancier. Need a template […]
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July 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
cct-datascience.bsky.social
Announcing {volcalc} version 2.2.0! The {volcalc} #rstats package, a collaboration with @laurameredith.bsky.social, allows estimation of the volatility of compounds using functional group methods.

v2.2.0 now allows temperature specification. Full changelog:
meredith-lab.github.io/volcalc/news...
Changelog
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April 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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ericrscott.com
Our group, @cct-datascience.bsky.social, was given 30 days notice to be 100% soft-funded. I'll need to drop to 50% time in May or find more projects in order to keep my job. But more importantly, our group is not sustainable under this model.

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April 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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lajeunesselab.bsky.social
Research synthesis is just plain hard 😡

But did you know there's a community that aims to make things easier and more accessible in R 😍

Join us at the free Evidence Synthesis & Meta-analysis in R Conference #ESMARConf2025

Abstracts due real soon: Monday April 21st!

#MetaAnalysis #Rstats
April 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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kjzz.org
University of Arizona Ph.D. student Deandra Jones researches black bears in the Navajo Nation, combining traditional knowledge and science to guide respectful coexistence.
Blending science and spirit: Navajo Ph.D. student studies black bears with cultural reverence
University of Arizona PhD student Deandra Jones researches black bears in the Navajo Nation, combining traditional knowledge and science to guide respectful coexistence.
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April 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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njtierney.bsky.social
Haven't blogged in a little while, here's a new one: "R Version 4.5.0 is Out!"

www.njtierney.com/post/2025/04...

- `install.packages()` is faster
- new datasets! `penguins`, `gait`
- BLAS/LAPACK updates
- My thoughts on reading NEWS files and updating R packages

#rstats #rse #rpkgs #cran
R Version 4.5.0 is Out! | Credibly Curious
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April 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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ellakaye.co.uk
There was a lot of debate about this, and plenty of good arguments on both sides. The shorter variable names are for more compact code and data display. For those wanting to covert existing scripts to use the #RStats 4.5.0 versions, there’s the new {basepenguins} 📦 ellakaye.github.io/basepenguins
Convert Files that Use palmerpenguins to Work with datasets
From R 4.5.0, the datasets package includes the penguins and penguins_raw data sets popularised in the palmerpenguins package. basepenguins takes files that use the palmerpenguins package and converts...
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April 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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posit.co
We are thrilled to announce Air, an extremely fast R formatter!

This super speedy tool written in #Rust ensures consistent, readable #RStats code.

Read more on the tidyverse blog: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/02...
Whimsical illustration featuring a hot air balloon carrying cartoon animals (lion, giraffes, elephant) flying through a starry sky with planets and clouds. The word 'Air' is integrated into the balloon's design. The 'posit' logo is present, and the overall design is contained within a yellow-outlined hexagon on a textured light blue background.
April 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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smachlis.bsky.social
Fun R Shiny app that lets you analyze your Goodreads reading data. By Gigi Kenneth.
App: gkenneth.shinyapps.i...
Code: github.com/gigikenne...
#RStats #RShiny #ShinyConf2025 #ShinyConf
App titled "My Reading Journey" showing a bar graph with count of authors read. Tabs include Summary, Ratings, Progress, Books, Authors, Book Lengths, and Title Cloud. Sidebar gives options to upload your Goodreads CSV and Select year. Color scheme theme in pink.
April 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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libbyheeren.bsky.social
If you (like me) are brushing up on your #python plotting using #matplotlib or #seaborn, check out the python graph gallery by Yan Holtz: python-graph-gallery.com Being more versed in R, I've found it hard to find others using python (but the #PydyTuesday hash helps). 🙋🏻‍♀️ Say hi if that's you! #databs
Python Graph Gallery
The Python Graph Gallery displays hundreds of charts made with Python, always with explanation and reproduciible code
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April 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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kmcdono.bsky.social
Are you an #RSE who wants to work on humanities/arts research? Are you an academic in the humanities/arts thinking about computational methods?

These reports are for you! Brought to you by @dataculture.bsky.social @davidbeavan.bsky.social @andrepiza.bsky.social & many more!
davidbeavan.bsky.social David Beavan @davidbeavan.bsky.social · Apr 4
🚀 Shaping the future of RSEs in Arts & Humanities! Two key reports outline a national vision - essential reading for all disciplines. Developed by the community, for the community. Dive in & be part of the conversation! 🔗 doi.org/10.5281/zeno... doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Graphic report cover: Towards a National Research Software Engineering Capability in Arts and Humanities Research: a Roadmap
April 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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bsky.chrisbrownlie.com
this week in #rstats 🔥
- evaluating LLMs in R 🧪 @simonpcouch.com
- Observable JS for R users 📊 @nrennie.bsky.social
- a new Docker pkg for R 🐳 @coatless.bsky.social
- using duckdb & duckplyr 🦆 @rorylawless.com
- R pkg risk & QA 🚧 @jumpingrivers.com

and more! 🥳

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This week in R (2025-04-04)
How good is Gemini at R?; a new way to integrate Docker to your R work; Observable JS for R devs; getting the most out of DuckDB; R package QA, and more!
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April 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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leafyericscott.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
I recently did a live demo of a "reproducibility audit" for @us_rse. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2ZsLbBkWrk

#reprohack #reproducibleresearch #codereview #rseng
US Research Software Engineers (@us_rse@fosstodon.org)
397 Posts, 128 Following, 442 Followers · US Research Software Engineers Community, http://us-rse.org
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April 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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drmowinckels.io
📝 New post: 'Positron: current joys and pains'

🧍 Positron's pros & cons. From improved workflow transparency, to growing debugging pains.

👀 https://is.gd/Pq7oRV

#rstats #Positron #IDE #Debugging
The Positron logo reimagined as a spiral galaxy with a bright core and a swirling ring of stars and gas. The galaxy is set against a dark background with a few scattered stars.
April 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
cct-datascience.bsky.social
In addition to incubator projects (which you *might* not be eligible for) our data scientists / research software engineers are available for paid work on longer term projects. Check out some past examples of our collaborations here: datascience.cct.arizona.edu/projects
Projects
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March 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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sarahbratt.bsky.social
Postdoc opp! University of Arizona school of sociology is seeking Quantitative/string communication skills and tech transfer /IP research interests. A great chance to work with the inimitable Erin Leahey! Apply here:

arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
March 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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andrew.heiss.phd
Helpful trick for academic writing with #QuartoPub: sometimes when trimming down papers, you've got to remove references (ugh—bibliographies shouldn't count in word counts!) so I use this #rstats snippet to extract all citations & and find things that I've only used once to see if they're droppable
library(tidyverse) citekeys <- read_file("manuscript.qmd") |> str_extract_all("@([A-Za-z0-9_:]+)") |> unlist() |> str_remove_all("^@") |> as_tibble() |> count(value) |> arrange(desc(n)) Screenshot of a table with columns for citation key and counts
March 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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hpcnotes.bsky.social
Question for people involved with computational science, #supercomputing, or similar at academic institutions or national labs:

Which do you professionally self-identify as most strongly?

#HPC person?

#RSE person?

Computational scientist?

Other? If so, what?
March 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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njtierney.bsky.social
Hey #rstats! 👋 As part of my first consulting venture, I'm excited to share 2 in-person workshops in Brisbane on April 14 & 15: "Quarto for Scientists" and "R Package Essentials". Bonus: When you sign up, you'll get a free one-hour video consult with me for code review, writing, or data analysis! 🚀💡
March 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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scott-delaney.bsky.social
UPDATE: Here's where we're at w/ NIH grant terminations:

❌ 429 NIH grants terminated*
❌ 137 related to HIV/AIDS prevention
❌ 27 on cancer
❌ 16 on Alzheimer's

The full Airtable, thanks to wizardry of @noamross.net👇

*This is just what we know. There are certainly more we don't know about yet.
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March 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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scott-delaney.bsky.social
PLEASE KEEP SUBMITTING YOUR TERMINATED GRANTS!

So far, there have been fewer grants terminated this week than last, but the week ain't over. It's *CRITICAL* to advocacy for the public to know what's going on.

We can't do that without you.

Submit your terminated grant info here ⤵️
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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March 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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See the latest news from the BIO5!

In this newsletter, learn about the BIO5 Flinn Scholar Research Experience, celebrate work anniversary milestones, and meet a nurse-scientist empowering nurse practitioners.

Subscribe and get these updates in your inbox ✍️

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March 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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tladeras.bsky.social
Thanks everyone who came to the API Workshop for Ukraine! Materials are here: laderast.github.io/intro_apis_u...

And GitHub repo is here:

github.com/laderast/int...

Thank you to @dariia.bsky.social for organizing this! #rstats #databs
A gRadual Introduction to Web APIs and JSON
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March 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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vickiye.bsky.social
⚠️WANTED⚠️ Dirty datasets that can be used in training courses! Have you got any great examples of datasets (preferably CC0 or CC-BY) that you think demonstrate some of the key issues with dirty data? I'm interested in teaching how to improve data collection, & about cleaning data once you have it. 📊
March 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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us-rse.bsky.social
The Code Review Working Group is starting a Code Review Demo Series. Our first demo is on conducting reproducibility audits, presented by Eric Scott, Thursday, March 27 3PM ET. Registration and more details at arizona.zoom.us/meeting/regi.... Ideas for future events? Comment
#rseng #rse #codereview
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Code Review Demo: Reproducibility Audits. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
This is the first in a series of code review demos hosted by the US-RSE code review working group. In this demo, we will discuss reproducibility audits, a broad (and shallow) type of code review focu...
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March 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM