Talks

Everything you wanted to know about R and Quarto (but were too afraid to ask!)

Data and Analytics Centre of Excellence
meetup
R
Quarto
Why would I use R? What can it do?
Oct 17, 2024

What is a Data Scientist?

The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
career
panel
Panel discussion on a career as a data scientist
Jun 19, 2024

A personal STOR-i

STOR-i annual conference
conference
career
Personal career and leadership talk aimed at postgraduate statisticians.
Jan 11, 2024

On-demand overviews

Data Innovation Showcase, National Innovation Centre for Data
conference
R
quarto
Automatic reporting for managers.
Sep 28, 2023

Taking the stress out of your code mess

RSS International Conference 2023
conference
programming
Actionable tips to help you refactor your code
Sep 6, 2023

Making Maps! Visualising spatial data in R

RSS International Conference 2023
conference
workshop
R
spatial
Interactive workshop introducing {sf} and {tmap}
Sep 5, 2023

Share your data story

RSS International Conference 2023
conference
workshop
career
Tips for getting started with a data science portfolio.
Sep 4, 2023

Data Science without the Data

Rencontres R 2023
conference
keynote
data science
Maintaining flexibility and adaptability in the face of changing data requirements.
Jun 22, 2023

Changing the world with data

Speakers for Schools
outreach
data science
A taste of what it’s like to be a problem solver for a living
Feb 23, 2023

Reproducible data reports with Quarto

RSS International Conference 2022
conference
workshop
quarto
Quarto allows you to weave together narrative text and code to produce elegantly formatted output and tell a story.
Sep 15, 2022

Don’t Panic! The Ambassadors guide to communicating statistics

RSS International Conference 2022
conference
workshop
communication
Advice and guidance on communicating complex statistical ideas and concepts in plain language
Sep 14, 2022

Share your Models with R {plumber} APIs

RSS International Conference 2022
conference
R
programming
What is an API? And why would I make one?
Sep 13, 2022

A Tale of Two Languages

PyLadies Munich, PyLadies Tunis & R-Ladies Cologne
meetup
career
R-Ladies
PyLadies
The challenges and opportunities of working within a bilingual team.
Jul 27, 2022

Practical Advice for R in Production

Workshop for Posit
R
workshop
Hands on workshop where you will learn best practices for securely putting R in production.
Aug 12, 2021

Automating Bespoke Online Teaching

UseR! 2021
conference
R
Using R to create a bespoke learning environment automatically.
Jul 8, 2021

The varied life of a data scientist

Various University departments
career
Career talk aimed at undergraduates considering data science careers.
Dec 1, 2020

Introduction to {ggplot2}

NHS R Conference 2020
conference
workshop
R
ggplot2
A two hour workshop presented at the NHS R Conference.
Nov 3, 2020

Statistical consultancy: advice for going it alone

RSS International Conference 2020
conference
career
panel
Panel discussion on working as a statistical consultant
Sep 9, 2020

Data Viz for Better

RSS Merseyside
meetup
visualisation
ggplot2
R
Investigating Florence Nightingale’s Polar Area Diagram and discussing how she used them to argue a case for better hospital management.
Jul 1, 2020

Stories from San Francisco

R-Ladies Lancaster
meetup
R
R-Ladies
What I learnt at RStudio Conference 2020
Feb 5, 2020

Cleaner code with CI

RStudio Conference 2020
conference
lightning-talk
git
ci/cd
What is CI and how can it help me write awesome code?
Jan 29, 2020

Can you trust your R package?

SatRday Cardiff 2019
meetup
programming
git
ci/cd
I’ll explain what continuous integration is and tell stories of how we use it at Jumping Rivers.
Nov 16, 2019

Dates and times with {lubridate}

R-Ladies Lancaster
meetup
R
R-Ladies
workshop
Beginner friendly workshop on {lubridate}
Nov 6, 2019

Super fun times with strings

R-Ladies Lancaster
meetup
R
R-Ladies
workshop
Beginner friendly workshop on {stringr}
Oct 2, 2019

Getting the most out of Git

useR! 2019 Workshop
conference
workshop
Workshop on Git & Continous Integration
Jul 9, 2019

Data Transformation with Tidyverse

R-Ladies Lancaster
meetup
R
R-Ladies
workshop
Beginner friendly workshop on {dplyr}
Jun 5, 2019

Pretty Graphics with ggplot2

R-Ladies Lancaster
meetup
R
R-Ladies
workshop
ggplot2
Beginner friendly workshop on {ggplot2}
Jun 1, 2019

A day in the life with R

R-Ladies Lancaster
meetup
R
R-Ladies
A whirlwind tour of a day in my life as an analyst and all the weird and wonderful ways R helps.
May 1, 2019

Data Detective

Florence Nightingale Day 2019
outreach
data science
Stories showcasing the pitfalls that we as humans often struggle with when it comes to randomness.
Jan 10, 2019

Security camera footage of a train platform with coloured boxes highlighting people.

Faster, Safer, Better

IMechE North West Railway Division
meetup
rail
A case study demonstrating the development within Digital Rail to improve the passenger experience at the Platform Train Interface (PTI).
Oct 23, 2018

An Introduction to Dynamic Programming

outreach
A short introduction to dynamic programming. Aimed at 16 - 18 year olds.
Jan 1, 2015

RI Mathematics Masterclass on Group Theory

Royal Institution Mathematics Masterclass
outreach
A Royal Institution Masterclass on Group Theory.
Mar 1, 2014

Maths on T.V.

Lancaster University Outreach
outreach
Learn about the mathematics hidden in every day T.V shows.
Feb 1, 2014

Magic, Syphilis and C.S.I

STOR-i Forum
meetup
compressive sensing
A friendly introduction to Compressive Sensing.
Nov 1, 2013

The effect of recovery algorithms on compressive sensing background subtraction

2013 Workshop on Sensor Data Fusion: Trends, Solutions, Applications (SDF)
conference
compressive sensing
Background subtraction is a key method required to aid processing surveillance videos.
Oct 11, 2013

Love and Mathematics

Lancaster University Outreach
outreach
Learn about the mathematics behind love and dating with the stable matching algorithm.
Feb 14, 2013
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