Roger D. Peng
rdpeng.org
Roger D. Peng
@rdpeng.org
Professor of Statistics and Data Sciences UT Austin | Prev JHUBiostat | R Programming for Data Science | Simply Stats Blog | Not So Standard Deviations | The Effort Report
The final (more or less) episode of the Not So Standard Deviations podcast is out now. Thanks for listening! nssdeviations.com/190-indefini...
Not So Standard Deviations: 190 - Indefinite Leave
190 - Indefinite Leave   After a very brief summary of the changing data science landscape, Hilary and Roger do not actually end the podcast but discuss taking an indefinite leave, leaving the do...
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May 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Reposted by Roger D. Peng
A little birdie told me that now is a good time to dust off any stories you might have about data projects gone wrong 😅

#datamishapsnight
January 4, 2024 at 2:56 AM
The best part of this job is working with great people!
What a delightful week working with @rdpeng.org & @stephaniehicks.bsky.social on Analytic Design Theory — stay tuned, exciting things happening here!
October 20, 2023 at 5:33 PM
Got to see @rafalab.bsky.social this week while visiting Boston and he gave me this amazing present!
September 22, 2023 at 1:20 PM
Reposted by Roger D. Peng
What are the biggest **empirical** successes of “multivariate statistics”?

Should be fields/industries that a built around them. Eg:

pageRank in web search
factor modeling in finance
phylogenetic reconstruction in evolution

These are currently my best examples. What else?
September 19, 2023 at 3:39 PM
The best part of university libraries is walking in looking for one book and walking out with five.
August 31, 2023 at 2:53 PM
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My feed here is too devoid of rockets and spacecraft. Where the space people at?
July 6, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Just wrote two sentences for a grant so I think I deserve a cheeseburger.
June 23, 2023 at 4:30 PM
I never thought I’d actually say this, but it’s kind of a dry heat.
June 23, 2023 at 2:19 AM