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Annual Workshop Organised by the Monash Business Analytics Team.
29th-30th September 2025

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Hi, folks! If you attended #WOMBAT2025 we would really appreciate if you filled in this feedback form so we can make #WOMBAT2026 even better!

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#RStats #DataScience #DataViz
WOMBAT 2025: Post-Event Survey
Thank you for attending WOMBAT 2025, we hope you enjoyed your experience! We appreciate your feedback to help us make future WOMBAT events even better.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Surprise WOMBAT drop! If you want to relive your #WOMBAT2025 experience or want to see what you missed, we added the slides for each talk on their corresponding page.

Check them out: wombat2025.numbat.space/program/work...

#RStats #DataScience #OpenSource
October 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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More wombat = more #RStats !
bharrap.bsky.social Ben Harrap @bharrap.bsky.social · Sep 30
I'm actually feeling so energised and motivated to keep smashing out #rstats code after this conference

It was just the break I needed
wombat.numbat.space WOMBAT 2025 @wombat.numbat.space · Sep 30
Thank you so much too all the speakers and participants. #WOMBAT2025 was lovely and we hope to have you for #WOMBAT2026!
We'll share the recordings on youtube, so follow us for news!

#RStats #DataScience
September 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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That’s me asking a question that appears to be causing everyone else in the audience to have an existential crisis 🥲

Thanks #WOMBAT2025! I had a great time listening to cool speakers and meeting many nice, passionate and impressive people. See ya next time 👋
#rstats
wombat.numbat.space WOMBAT 2025 @wombat.numbat.space · Sep 30
Thank you so much too all the speakers and participants. #WOMBAT2025 was lovely and we hope to have you for #WOMBAT2026!
We'll share the recordings on youtube, so follow us for news!

#RStats #DataScience
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September 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Come to the hackathon!
September 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Thank you so much too all the speakers and participants. #WOMBAT2025 was lovely and we hope to have you for #WOMBAT2026!
We'll share the recordings on youtube, so follow us for news!

#RStats #DataScience
Photo of many people sitting in a room. Closeup photo of someone asking a question. Photo of people standing, eating and chatting. Photo of four people playing table tennis.
September 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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A couple of upcoming events from the #WOMBAT2025 community:

Nov 21: R Dev Day pretix.eu/r-contributo...
Nov 23: OceaniaR Hackaton statsocaus.github.io/oceaniar-hac...

#RStats
OceaniaR Hackathon 2025
23 November 2025, Canberra
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September 30, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Our final talk is by Ben Harrap on the challenges or introducing "best practices" on a project lead by a team that is not experienced with #RStats

#WOMBAT2025 #DataScience
WOMBAT 2025 - Invited Talk Ben Harrap - Designing data infrastructure where people come first 29-30 September 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space
September 30, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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We are building a data team with Tyler Reysenbach.

#WOMBAT2025
September 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Back to work after the exhilarating pin-pong tournament.

#WOMBAT2025
September 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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The exciting matchpoint that decided the winners!

#WOMBAT2025
September 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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The exciting matchpoint that decided the winners!

#WOMBAT2025
September 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Time for the yearly? ping-pong tournament. The winners get an amazing, one-of-a-kind #WOMBAT2025 circuit board.
Photo of 4 people playing pingpong photo of a hexagonal circuit board with a cute wombat logo printed on it.
September 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Let's chat about software development now!

#RStats #WOMBAT2025
September 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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I 95% sure that Harriet Mason is next, but we'll see.

#WOMBAT2025
WOMBAT 2025 - Invited Talk Harriet Mason - Visualising Uncertainty with ggdibbler 29-30 September 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space
September 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Democracy works! A bug in the code elected Cold Brew as the best type of coffee according to #WOMBAT2025 elections.
Photo of a screen showing R code with "cold brew" listed as the winner.
September 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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First talk after lunch is Tidy analysis of preferential votes with prefio.

#WOMBAT2025

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WOMBAT 2025
The Annual Workshop Organised by the Monash Business Analytics Team will be held on the 29th and 30th September 2025 at Monash University (downtown), Melbourne, Australia.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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The wombat ping-pong table is still a classic.

#WOMBAT2025
photo of four people playing ping-pong
September 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Cannot post. Too busy doing ggplot battles.

#RStats #WOMBAT2025
www.ggplotbattles.dev/challenges/v...
Screenshot of a website showing a ggplot2 plot that you need to replicate with code written on a text box (code blurred! no cheating!)
September 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Next, Michael Lydeamore talks about a bunch of tools inspired by the spirit of spending more time automating tasks than the automation saves you. Also known as XKCD 1205

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#WOMBAT2025
Table with "how much time you save off" in rows and "how often you do the task" in columns. Each cell is how long can you work on automating the task before spending more tiem than you save.
September 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Jenny Richmond now talks about the role of AI in education or the role of #education with #AI.

#WOMBAT2025
WOMBAT 2025 - Invited talk Jenny Richmond - Rethinking data science education in the age of genAI 29-30 September 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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If you're a student passionate about data visualisation, join the 2025 Data Scrollytelling Contest!

www.causeweb.org/cause/contes...

#WOMBAT2025 #DataViz
Data Scrollytelling Contest
We’re excited to announce the Student Data Scrollytelling Contest, a new competition this fall showcasing innovative storytelling with data. Scrollytelling lets readers uncover a narrative as they…
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September 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Packed room to start the session.

#WOMBAT2025
Photo of a room full of people sitting in hexagonal tables.
September 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Starting the session after the tea break, James Goldie introducing scrollytelling with the closeread quarto extension.

#RStats #WOMBAT2025 #DataDon
WOMBAT 2025 - Invited talk James Goldie - Closing the scrollytelling gap with Closeread 29-30 September 2025, Naarm/Melbourne womabt2025.numbat.space
September 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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If you are inspired by NIcola's talk, you can grab today's #TidyTuesday data and create your effective, informative and accessible visualisation!

#RStats #WOMBAT2025

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Map of Europe with the migration route of cranes.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM