{"id":2839,"date":"2023-09-26T11:15:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T10:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2023-09-26T11:15:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T10:15:34","slug":"r-special-interest-group-call-for-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/2023\/09\/26\/r-special-interest-group-call-for-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"R Special Interest Group – call for Volunteers!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kamilla Kopec-Harding (Research Data Scientist) and Kirsty McCready (PhD Candidate & BEAR REDG Intern)\u00a0are looking for volunteers to help set up an R User Group at the University of Birmingham. This Special Interest Group (SIG) will bring together R Users from across the University to share knowledge and skills.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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R is a popular programming language with diverse applications and excellent tools for reproducible research.\u00a0 To support R users from across the University, we would like to set up a University wide R User Group. This group will connect R Users from different domains, promote the use of the R language and help users to share knowledge, skills and best practices in R programming.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a first step, we are looking for volunteers to help organise the R User Group for the academic year 2023-2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Volunteer?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Volunteering with us offers a chance to connect with R Users from across the University, enhance your skills and add to your CV. It’s also a great way to stay up to date with the latest developments in R! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will the Organising Team do? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As part of the Organising Team, you will help to plan and run R User Group activities e.g. by helping to arrange presenters, moderating discussions or promoting R User Group events to colleagues.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time Commitment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Organising Team will meet monthly to plan activities, requiring approximately 1-3 hours per month of your time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting Involved <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We welcome volunteers from postgraduate research students, academics, and staff from all staff groups. All levels of R expertise (novice \u2013 expert) are welcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our first organising team meeting is scheduled for the week beginning Monday 16th October. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact us by 5pm on Wednesday 11th<\/sup> October to learn more.\u00a0We look forward to hearing from you!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For further information please contact:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kamilla Kopec-Harding<\/em><\/strong> 
Senior Research Data Scientist <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interdisciplinary Institute of Data Science and AI<\/a>\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Government<\/a>\u202f(CAIG)  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Software Group<\/a>\u202f\u202f(RSG)\u202f  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

k.r.kopec-harding@bham.ac.uk<\/a>\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kamilla Kopec-Harding (Research Data Scientist) and Kirsty McCready (PhD Candidate & BEAR REDG Intern)\u00a0are looking for volunteers to help set up an R User Group at the University of Birmingham. This Special Interest Group (SIG) will bring together R Users from across the University to share knowledge and skills.\u00a0 R is a popular programming language … Continue reading “R Special Interest Group – call for Volunteers!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bear-user-groups"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2848,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions\/2848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/bear\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}