The UCL R user group is a friendly group for R users to meet, hear a talk and discuss R questions.
Originally set up in 2019 for staff and postgrad students at the Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and ResourcesÌý(BSEER), in 2020 we expanded to welcome the wider R community at 911±¬ÁÏÍø and beyond.
We currently meet online every 4 weeks on Thursdays at 1-2pm UK time online and in person. The idea is to create a friendly space for R users to come together, listen to a talk (typically 20-45 minutes) and ask questions. We aim to have a variety of talks to benefit beginners and more advanced R users. To join the group emailÌýnaomi.launders.19@ucl.ac.uk.
Talk recordings are available to group members on our Microsoft Teams group. Contact Naomi Launders to join the group and get a link to the MS Teams group. Occasionally our talk materials are onÌý.
2022/23 events: online at 1pm every 4th Thursday of term (approximately)
Date | Title | Speaker(s) |
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13th Oct 2022 | Scientific writing and reproducible research with R Markdown | Alasdair Warwick |
10th Nov 2022 | Using R to study hospital use for physical health in people with severe mental illness | |
8th Dec 2022 | The false positive risk: a shiny app | |
19th Jan 2023 | Dynamic documents using Quarto | |
16th Feb 2023 | Using the UK Government People’s Survey to Understand the Experiences of Civil Servants who identify as Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual – with the help of R! | |
23rd Mar 2023 | R (or Python) for Open and Reproducible Science | |
TBD | Visualizing choice experiment data in ggplot | |
25th May 2023 | Using predictive modelling techniques to study the impact of COVID-19 on domestic energy consumption in GB (and how to make some nice-looking plots) | |
22nd June 2023 | An introduction to testing R code |
UCL R User Group end-of-year Meetup Wednesday 6th July 2022
Join us for an exciting talk from Victoria and Albert Museum’sÌýÌýon his work as a data scientist using R. We’ll also be hosting a peer-programming session for R users to bring their code for help and feedback. Should be a great opportunity to meet other R users, find out how other people code and improve or get help with your code. Plenty of refreshments for all those who can join us in person. For all the details and to sign up check outÌý
2021/22 events: online at 1pm every 4th Thursday of term (approximately)
Date (2021) | Title | Speaker(s) |
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28th Oct | Introducing the group and the organisers | Ìý&²¹³¾±è;ÌýScott Orr |
2nd Nov | In-person SOCIAL* | Organised by Ellen and Scott |
18th Nov | Building a stochastic model of COVID-19 outbreaks in homeless accommodation settings | |
16th Dec | ~Postponed~ | Ìý |
27th Jan | The use of R in developing analytical literacy for policy | |
23rd Feb | Working with data: Introducing and comparing data.table and dplyr | Ìý&²¹³¾±è;ÌýJonathan Bourne |
24th Mar | Parallel R |
* 1-2pm Tuesday 26th October at the UCL Student Centre (inside on theÌý. An informal, bring-your-own-lunch get-together, with cake.
R Project Showcase, Thursday 17th June 2021
In June 2021 the UCL R User Group held our the firstÌýÌý- a free online event showcasing R projects by UCL students and early-career researchers (ECRs), and part of theÌýUCL Festival of Code. Dr Kirsten McMillan from Dogs Trust gave the keynote speech and there were prizes for best student/ECR talk in each category. The book of abstracts is availableÌý.
2020/21 talks (1pm every 4th Thursday)
Date (2020) | Title | Speaker(s) |
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1st Oct | Teaching R remotely | |
29th Oct | Ìý&²¹³¾±è;ÌýJonno Bourne | |
26th Nov |
Date (2021) | Title | Speaker(s) |
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28th Jan | ||
18th Feb | The graph is always greener: Making (better) use of colour in R | Scott Orr |
25th Mar | ||
15th Apr | Multilevel modelling with pretty outputs in R | |
13th May | Innovating with R-Studio for online course delivery: lectures, practicals, thesis templates and more! | Ìý&²¹³¾±è;Ìý |
10th Jun | tba | Ìý |
* Slides say RLadies Coventry but otherwise they’re the same
2019/20 talks
- Introduction to RMarkdownÌý
- Introduction to Spatial Analysis and Mapping with RÌý
- Tips and tricks for designing effective figures in base RÌýScott Orr
- Optimising algorithmsÌýJonno Bourne
- Regression in R and general good practiceÌýPatrick de Mars
- Interactive Visualisations in RÌýDespina Manouseli
- How I use R (with a focus on dplyr)ÌýHarry Kennard
- Cluster Analysis in R with Factoextra and NbClustÌýAndrew Mitchell
Get involved
To find out more, join the group, offer to give a talk, or provide feedback please emailÌýnaomi.launders.19@ucl.ac.uk.
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