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I’m pleased to announce that Vol 18 Issue 3 of The R Journal is out now! 🥳 Free & open access, R journal is made possible by our volunteer editors, reviewers + contributing authors. Thank you all! journal.r-project.org/issues/2026-3/ 🧵 20 articles 👇 #rstats journal.r-project.org/issues/2026-3/

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The R Journal: Volume 18/3

Articles published in the September 2026 issue

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R Consortium @rconsortium.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What does it take to sustain R? Join R Consortium, R Core & R Foundation Oct 6 to discuss the people, infrastructure & community behind R. 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET / 8 PM London Register: r-consortium.org/webinars/sus... #RStats

Graphic for upcoming R Core and R Foundation panel discussion - Oct 6, 2026

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Dariia Mykhailyshyna @dariia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This workshop is in two days so don’t forget to register ! Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 21/08/2026

Making good use of my annual leave 🤗 🍚

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 12/08/2026

All hail our new President 🎉🎉🎉

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 09/08/2026

More continuing positions at the Australian National University! 🇦🇺🦘🐨 ⭐ Biostatistician - apply by 4 Sep 2026 23:55 AEST: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc... ⭐ Senior Data Scientist - apply by 23 Aug 2026 23:55 AEST: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/senior-... #Statistics #StatsJobs

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Research Fellow (Biostatistician) - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia

Classification: Academic Level BSalary package: $124,638 - $141,317 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms: Full time, Continuing Opportunity to undertake high-quality independent research in Biosta...

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Martyn Plummer @martynplummer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Come and work with us! If you have a PhD in Statistics (or related subject) and are looking to develop a teaching focused career in academia then please get in touch. We have a very strong teaching team here.

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 06/08/2026

📢🇦🇺 Australian National University is recruiting a continuing Senior Data Scientist 👩‍💻🧑‍💻 Bring your statistical expertise and help turn data into meaningful university-wide insights 📊 📅 Apply by 23 Aug 2026 23:55 AEST #Statistics #StatsJobs jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/senior-...

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Senior Data Scientist - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia

Classification: ANU Senior Manager 1 (Administration)Salary package: $141,637 - $148,403 per annum plus 17% superannuationTerms: Full-time, Continuing The Position Operating under broad strategic guid...

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Ben Harrap @bharrap.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

You thought abstract submissions for the Australian Data Science Network Conference were closing today? Nope! Like all good conferences, we're extending the deadline by one week. The final deadline is July 31st (for real this time!) adsnconf2026.netlify.app @ardc.edu.au #statssky #datascience

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Australian Data Science Network Conference 2026 – ADSN2026

26th & 27th November 2026, Australian Bureau of Statistics House, Canberra

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 22/07/2026

There's eduroam at Brisbane airport!! And it works! What?! How good is that!

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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 21/07/2026

ANU has been to hell and back. It’s time we come together. It’s time for a BIG community block party! ANU turns 80 this year and to celebrate the campus is opening up to all. Please come along. Bring your friends, the family! There’s free face painting!! www.anu.edu.au/about/our-hi...

ANU Community Day on 15
August
The Australian National University (ANU) turns 80 this year, and we're inviting Canberra to join the celebration. Experience our beautiful campus and discover the rich stories of the ANU community.

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 16/07/2026

Got to hang with the cool ladies 🪭

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Karen Lamb @kelamb.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Fantastic talk from @emitanaka.org on working with LLMs in #datascience at #ICOTS12. Highlights thinking of interacting with AI as a junior analyst with the statistician/data scientist in a manager/supervisor role to review/quality control output. Always enjoy hearing Emi talk! #statistics #teaching

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 11/07/2026

@nicolewhite.bsky.social and @kelamb.bsky.social and co did a great job running this event. Superbly organised and really impressed how the two hub event run so smoothly. Thank you for organising the event! 👏👏👏

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 11/07/2026

Get in touch with @myramcguinness.bsky.social if you're looking for an enthusiastic and experienced biostatistician 👇

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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Here's the official ad: we're hiring for a continuing position up to A/Prof. It's a large stats dept with a broad view of statistics. Research areas include probability, computing, ecology, astronomy, stats education, biostats. We care about teaching quality: students are our main funding source

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Pouako|Lecturer to Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor - Te Kura Tatauranga|Department of Statistics

Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandTe Whare Pūtaiao | Faculty of Science is the leading science faculty in Aotearoa New Zealand and one of the largest in Au...

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Michael Mumford @michaelmumford.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Abstract submission date for #AASC2026 officially extended to July 9 (11pm GMT)! Please note that there will be no additional extensions to the abstract submission date aasc2026.netlify.app/abstracts

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Call for abstracts – #AASC2026

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 24/06/2026

Thank you for having me!

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 17/06/2026

Congratulations to the R Core Team! 🎉🎉🎉

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 16/06/2026

6am AEST 🥲 Only if I was a morning person…

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Gina Reynolds, Human-Data Interaction 📊🛠 @ginareynolds.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Next Tuesday is a special day! The ggplot2 extenders will hear about powerhouse of R graphics, {grid}, with author/maintainer Paul Murrell. 🎉🎉🎉 #rstats #ggplot2

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Karen Lamb @kelamb.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

📢 Only one month until our statistical leadership symposium in Australia! With international keynotes, invited local speakers, and contributed presentations, it's shaping up to be a great event! agbarnett.github.io/stats_leader... Register here by 30th June:

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Essential skills for statistics leadership in consultancy and research

A two-day Statistical Leadership Symposium for early and mid-career researchers across Australia

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Ben Harrap @bharrap.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Only 6 months until the Australian Data Science Network Conference 2026! This year's theme is "From Data to Decisions", so come hear about impact 🗓️ Nov 26 & 27 🌏 Canberra, Australia 🔗 adsnconf2026.netlify.app Abstract submissions opening soon, watch this space! #datascience #stats #rstats #python

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Australian Data Science Network Conference 2026 – ADSN2026

26th & 27th November 2026, Australian Bureau of Statistics House, Canberra

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 22/04/2026

Come and join our team! We are looking for: - Postdoctoral Fellow in Statistics - Research Software Engineer (#rstats preferred) This is part of the Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry project (see anu-aagi.github.io). jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc... jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc...

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Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia

Classification: Academic Level A/BSalary package: $89,313 - $137,870 per annum plus 17% superannuationTerm: Full-time, Fixed Term (Up to December 2027) The Position Up to two academic positions are av...

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Dr Di Cook @visnut.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

#rstats SSA SCV section is excited to bring a panel discussion on “where do R packages live?” May 20, 5pm AEST Sign up to join at statsoc.org.au/event-6653060 @fontikar.bsky.social

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 10/04/2026

If your uni uses Canvas LMS and you need to regrade numerical answers because the original solution was wrong… yep, that usually means fixing every submission manually 😅 But you don’t have to! The canvasquiz #rstats package can now do the regrading for you 🙌 emitanaka.org/canvasquiz/a...

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Regrading quiz submissions

Before you can use the functions in this vignette, you need to set up your environment variables for the Canvas API. See the setup vignette for instructions on how to do this.

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AusHSI @aushsi.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

📈 𝐊𝐞𝐲𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫! 📈 Join us at #StatLeadership2026 to hear from Dr Emi Tanaka, an academic statistician at The Australian National University with a passion for data science and open-source software, who will share strategies for managing teams in statistical research. ➡️ Register: bit.ly/esslcr

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 07/04/2026

Collaborative writing in Quarto! I can maybe finally say goodbye to Overleaf!

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 04/04/2026

Since ANU has transitioned from Moodle to Canvas LMS, I’ve developed a set of #rstats functions to help me write quizzes directly into Canvas, and I’ve started packaging them up. It’s still a work in progress, but I’d welcome any feedback! github.com/emitanaka/ca...

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GitHub - emitanaka/canvasquiz: Quiz For Canvas Learning Management System

Quiz For Canvas Learning Management System. Contribute to emitanaka/canvasquiz development by creating an account on GitHub.

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International Biometric Society Australasian Region @biometricsociety.org.au · 18/03/2026

🔈 Conference alert 🔈 SAVE THE DATA Australasian Applied Statistics Conference 2026 (#AASC2026) will be held from the 30th November to the 4th December 2026 at the Mantra Mooloolaba Beach on the Sunshine Coast. See more at aasc2026.netlify.app @michaelmumford.bsky.social

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Australasian Applied Statistics Conference 2026 – #AASC2026

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Nicole White @nicolewhite.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Event registration and abstracts submissions are now open 🎉 We're keen to hear from statisticians and related fields about their experiences in research and consultancy, no matter their background and career stage Please share with your networks. More details and links 👇

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Ben Bolker @bbolker.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🎉🎉🎉 Long-awaited: lme4 2.0-1 now handles some simple structured covariance matrices: diagonal ['true' - not just semantic splitting of `(x+y|f)` into `(x|f)` + `(y|f)`], compound symmetric, AR1 (no GPs/factor-analytic/reduced-rank/etc. yet ...)

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Posit @posit.co · 20/02/2026

Apply to be an Opportunity Scholar at posit::conf(2026) in Houston! We’re offering 40 full-support scholarships for underrepresented groups in data science. Includes: 🎟️ Conference+Workshop pass 🏨 Hotel stay ✈️ Travel reimbursement Apply by March 13: posit.co/blog/apply-t... #positconf2026 #rstats

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Michael Mumford @michaelmumford.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The Australasian Applied Statistics Conference 2026 website is now live! aasc2026.netlify.app #AASC2026 #rstats #statsky

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Australasian Applied Statistics Conference 2026 – #AASC2026

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The R Foundation @r-foundation.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We are responding to this call for evidence: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... Do you have concrete examples of the added value of #Rstats in the public or private sectors? Include the most important factors (risk, lock-in, security, innovation...) to assess the added value. Thanks!

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European Commission - Have your say

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 21/01/2026

If you're teaching first year statisitcs (particularly for biology/ag), the data package `smbdata`, featuring all data from the Welham et al (2015) book, is now published on CRAN. Thank you to the authors for their permission to put it on CRAN! cran.r-project.org/web/packages... #rstats

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Fonti Kar @fontikar.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

For the past couple of months I have been working the `heritable` R package with @emitanaka.org 🧬📦 A one-stop shop for calculating heritability from mixed models! Read more: anu-aagi.github.io/news/posts/2...

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 12/01/2026

A lot happened in 2025, including welcoming 3 postdocs to the team and running the regional Biometrics conference. Well done to postdocs for their talks and students for their posters 🎉 Some highlights at anu-aagi.github.io/news/posts/2... Here's to 2026 🥂 And wishing everyone a happy new year!

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Chris Bilder @chrisbilder.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Just finished watching "The Metrics" seminar again to prep for a presentation that I will give at another university about the faulty data, analyses, and conclusions used by UNL to eliminate 4 departments. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk2... #Nebraska #Huskers #LNK /1

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Statistics seminar "The Metrics" on November 6, 2025

YouTube video by Chris Bilder

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 19/12/2025

Have you got a PhD in Statistics (or related field) and experience in Statistical Consulting? A continuing position at the Australian National University is now open 🇦🇺🦘🐨. Would love to get an #rstats person if possible ☺️ Apply by 18 Jan 👉 jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/course-... #statssky #statsky

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Course Coordinator - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia

Classification: Academic Level BSalary package: $121,598 – 137,870 per annum plus 17% superannuation Terms: Full-time, Continuing (flexible arrangements, job share, or part time hours will be consider...

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jobs.anu.edu.au

Course Coordinator - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 10/12/2025

Prettier R manual coming soon 😁✨

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Zhanglong Cao @spacecao.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Had a fantastic time at #BIBC2025 in Canberra 🌿 Shared my work on Bayesian Ordinal Regression for Crop Development 📊 Big thanks to @emitanaka.org for organising such a great event 🙌 Grateful for support from GRDC, AAGI, CCDM & Facey Group 🌾 The morning coffee tasts sooo good!☕ #IBS #Statistics

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 03/12/2025

Michael is sure to become a future leader in the Aussie ag stats space. Great to see the next generation rising up! #BIBC2025

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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

R Dev Days Dec 16/17 at Auckland *and remote* for people interested in contributing to the code and documentation of base R, or to infrastructure that supports such contribution. Because timezones, there are morning and afternoon streams, join either or both pretix.eu/r-contributo...

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 02/12/2025

Wow workflow getting some recognition in research! Well done to @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social editors for making this happen! Now only if exists in other domains as well… (c’mon ag stats)

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Coralie Williams @coralie-williams.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

End of a great week at @biometricsociety.org.au - still in awe of the tote bag (with a zip!) and compostable tag 💙

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Emi Tanaka @emitanaka.org · 23/11/2025

My paper "Examining the Interface Design of Tidyverse" is now published in ANZJS. This paper calls attention to the importance of UI/UX principles & approaches to statisiticians and #rstats developers. Many thanks to reviewers who made this paper better! 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

the UI design principles and the two UI approaches

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