Talks

Slides and abstracts for talks and workshops.

Faster R code with Rust

This talk will demonstrate rewriting functions in Rust, calling Rust functions from R, and show a comparison of speed when using Rust for vectorising operations in R.

June 27, 2024

Manchester, UK

By Nicola Rennie in Meetup

Engaging and effective data visualisations

Good data visualisation requires appreciation and careful consideration of the technical aspects of data presentation. In this session, you’ll learn different ways to make your visualisations more effective and engaging.

June 4 – 5, 2024

Warwick, UK

By Nicola Rennie in Conference

Introduction to Quarto for Research

This workshop will introduce you to Quarto, an open-source scientific and technical publishing system that allows you to combine narrative text, code, images, and tables. We’ll learn how to use Quarto for authoring journal articles.

May 9, 2024

Lancaster, UK

By Nicola Rennie in Workshop