Open the world with open source: WOMBAT 2024 - Day 2 (Workshop)

This day will start with the keynote talk, and follow with three 1.5 hour sessions on the topics of Environment, Education, and Fun Stuff.

Keynote speaker

Michael Lawrence, Director of Data Science and Statistical Computing,  Genentech

Michael Lawrence is a member of R Core and R Foundation, contributor to BioConductor and a member of the forwards taskforce. He is a leader, scientist, engineer and open-source contributor dedicated to finding new ways to derive insights from data. At Genentech, he is helping define a vision and strategy to revolutionise drug discovery through advanced computation and leveraging data at scale. He will be talking about: A New Object-oriented System for R.

Sessions

- Environment: Adam Sparks, Elio Campitelli and Michael Lydeamore
- Education: Mitch O'Hara-Wild and Cynthia Huang, Anna Fergusson and Rob Hyndman
- Fun Stuff: Belinda Maher, Fonti Kar

Further details on program and tutorials: https://wombat2024.numbat.space/