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useR! 2026

6–9 Jul 2026
Europe/Warsaw timezone

Session

Keynote

6 Jul 2026, 17:00

Conveners

Keynote: Interactive Graphics for Understanding and Interpreting Nonlinear Model Behaviour in High Dimensions, using R

  • Dianne Cook

Keynote: R Under Sirens: Research, Students, and Community in Wartime Ukraine

  • Dariia Mykhailyshyna

Keynote: A world still to be mapped: reflections on geocomputation in R

  • Jakub Nowosad

Keynote: Release management and governance structure of the R project

  • Peter Dalgaard

Keynote: The Work Behind the Work: Sustaining R Through Community

  • Kari L. Jordan

Keynote: Wrap Up & Farewell

  • Przemyslaw Biecek (Centre for Credible AI)

Keynote: Welcome & Opening

  • Przemyslaw Biecek (Centre for Credible AI)

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  1. 229. Interactive Graphics for Understanding and Interpreting Nonlinear Model Behaviour in High Dimensions, using R
    Dianne Cook
    07/07/2026, 09:00

    Abstract:
    When crossing a busy street, we understand that keeping our eyes open isn't optional—it's how we stay safe. Yet when building complex models, we often choose to work blind. Some of this is understandable — visualising high-dimensional data is genuinely difficult. But cultural attitudes matter too: there's a lingering belief that "looking at the data" compromises objectivity, and a...

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  2. 230. R Under Sirens: Research, Students, and Community in Wartime Ukraine
    Dariia Mykhailyshyna
    07/07/2026, 15:00

    Abstract:
    The talk examines the use of R for empirical research, university teaching, and community-oriented training related to Ukraine during the Russian full-scale invasion. It focuses on how R is applied in applied research projects, in classroom instruction, and in initiatives such as the Workshops for Ukraine series when work is affected by repeated disruption.

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  3. 231. A world still to be mapped: reflections on geocomputation in R
    Jakub Nowosad
    08/07/2026, 09:00

    Abstract:

    Spatial data are central to understanding environmental change, social processes, and their interactions. Maps are not only visual products of analysis, but tools that shape how problems are framed, how phenomena are perceived, and how decisions are made. R has become a widely used environment for spatial data science because it combines interactive analysis, open development,...

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  4. 232. Release management and governance structure of the R project
    Peter Dalgaard
    08/07/2026, 15:00

    Abstract:
    R grew out of the PC, Internet, and Open Source revolution in the 1990s. I will give an account of the early history of R, and then outline the development principles of R Core, with special focus on release management. However, the R Core Team is not alone in the governance of the R project, other major actors being the CRAN team, the R Foundation and the R Consortium. I discuss...

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  5. 233. The Work Behind the Work: Sustaining R Through Community
    Kari L. Jordan
    09/07/2026, 09:00

    Abstract
    Every R script, package, and analysis rests on a foundation of community labor that often goes unseen. While R is widely celebrated for its technical power, its longevity depends just as much on the people who teach, maintain, translate, mentor, and organize around it.
    In this keynote, I will draw on my leadership at The Carpentries to share stories and insights about building and...

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