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Yesterday at Leeds Data Science Meetup, David Hoyle from dunnhumby explored how demand models help retailers understand purchasing behaviour and sales volume. Thank you to David for a great talk, and to everyone who joined us! #DataScience #RetailAnalytics

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 29/09/2026

Not every data problem needs a big project. A broken dashboard, a painful report, a Shiny app that needs a second look? We take on a few pro bono projects each year for charities, nonprofits and community groups. Apply: www.jumpingrivers.com/pro-bono/ #rstats

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 28/09/2026

How do companies predict what people are going to buy next? Tomorrow at Leeds Data Science Meetup, David Hoyle from dunnhumby will look at how those predictions are built and the data science and engineering behind them. 📍 Enablis 🕕 Food 18:00, talk 18:50 See you tomorrow! #DataScience

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 24/09/2026

Earlier this summer, we joined BUILDING BLOCKS Work Experience Week at Newcastle Helix, helping Year 10 students explore careers and build confidence. Thanks to Newcastle Helix, Altitude Foundation, Esther and Ishbel for making it happen. #STEM #Newcastle

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 22/09/2026

Our Autumn 2026 public training schedule is open. Live online courses cover Python, Shiny, Git, data visualisation, statistical modelling and machine learning, from foundation through to advanced. 5 Oct to 23 Nov. www.jumpingrivers.com/training/pub...

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 21/09/2026

For pharma teams using R, package validation can quickly become a substantial workload. Litmus helps you focus on the packages and functions used in your workflows, with support for risk assessment, evidence generation and review. jumpingrivers.com/litmus/ #RStats #Pharma #GxP

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Russ Hyde @russhyde.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@dchoyle.bsky.social is talking at Leeds Data Science this month. Come and join us. #datascience

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 17/09/2026

A few final photos from posit::conf(2026). 📸 Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Jumping Rivers booth or caught up with Myles, Amieroh and Colin, plus a shoutout to Adam Smith and Jayson from Posit. See you next year, or sooner at AI in Production 2027.

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 16/09/2026

It’s Day 3 and the final day of posit::conf(2026) 👋 There was also some table tennis at last night’s 80s event, with Colin and Myles apparently taking their conference responsibilities very seriously. 🏓 At the conference today? Come say hello to the Jumping Rivers team at the booth. #positconf202

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 15/09/2026

Day 2 at posit::conf(2026) 💜 We’ve been enjoying talks on AI, LLMs, notebooks, Shiny, Posit tooling and trusted AI in pharma. Say hi to Myles, Amieroh or Colin, or stop by the Jumping Rivers booth for some goodies. Doug from our partner, Validated Cloud, is there too.

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 15/09/2026

What goes into predicting what people are going to buy? David Hoyle from dunnhumby joins Leeds Data Science Meetup on 29 September to talk demand models and predicting what sells. 📍 Venue: Enablis, Leeds 🕕 Time: 18:00, talk 18:50 www.meetup.com/leeds-data-s...

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 14/09/2026

We’re at posit::conf(2026) in Houston 👋 Myles Mitchell, Amieroh Abrahams and Colin Gillespie are there all three days, so come and say hello if you’re around. You can also find us at the Jumping Rivers virtual booth. #positconf2026

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 10/09/2026

Is your Posit setup working as hard as your analysts are? We help teams run R and Python in production: discovery, deployment, migration (including SAS to R), support, health checks and training. jumpingrivers.com/posit #RStats #Python #Posit

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 09/09/2026

Jumping Rivers is at RSS today 👋 If you're at the Royal Statistical Society conference, come and find our stand. Happy to talk R, Python, data science, AI, statistical computing, or training. And yes, there are snacks. 🍫 #RSS2026 #RStats #Python

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 08/09/2026

Nobody notices a demand model until the shelf is empty. David Hoyle (dunnhumby) on modelling shopper behaviour, at September's Leeds Data Science Meetup. Tue 29 Sept from 18:00, Enablis, Leeds. Free to attend. www.meetup.com/leeds-data-s... #DataScience

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 07/09/2026

A clear R package validation process starts with the right strategy. Jumping Rivers supports teams with Litmus implementation, validation strategy, GxP compliant deployment, and training, tailored to your package collection and risk appetite. jumpingrivers.com/litmus

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 04/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined Kia Mack for A First Look at Positron and Posit Assistant — a tour of Positron, running R and Python in parallel, and live Posit Assistant demos. Watch it back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tBl... #RStats #Python #DataScience

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 03/09/2026

Call for speakers is open for AI in Production 2027. Talks about running AI systems, not just building them. Deadline 29 January, but early submissions are very welcome. 10 and 11 June, The Catalyst, Newcastle. ai-in-production.jumpingrivers.com#abstracts #MLOps #AI

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 02/09/2026

If you deploy Shiny apps to shinyapps.io using GitHub Actions, your workflow may need an update. Keith Newman looks at moving to Posit Connect Cloud, when Git backed deployment is enough, and when GitHub Actions still makes sense. www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/github-...

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 01/09/2026

Join our free webinar for a practical look at Positron and Posit Assistant through live demos. 📅 3 Sept 2026 🕑 2pm CEST 💻 Online Register: jumpingrivers.typeform.com/to/UmdyNbAs Originally scheduled for last month and now rescheduled. We hope you can join us.

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 27/08/2026

Jumping Rivers offers a small number of pro bono projects each year for charities, nonprofits and community organisations. Support can include discovery, Posit or {shiny} health checks, training, visualisation and dashboards. Apply here: www.jumpingrivers.com/pro-bono/ #DataScience #DataForGood

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 26/08/2026

🍂 Planning some autumn learning? Our live online courses run from 14 Sep to 23 Nov, covering R, Python, Shiny, Quarto, Git, visualisation, statistical modelling and machine learning. 🍁 Browse the full programme: www.jumpingrivers.com/training/pub... #RStats #Python #DataScience

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 25/08/2026

Why validate hundreds of R functions your project never uses? Litmus helps regulated teams focus validation on the functions their code actually depends on, with risk scoring, audit reporting and ongoing monitoring. www.jumpingrivers.com/litmus/ #RStats #Pharma #GxP

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 24/08/2026

Is Posit Assistant worth switching to? 🤖 We look at session context, plot interpretation, built-in skills and how it compares with Claude Code. 📖 www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/posit-a... 📅 Webinar: 3 Sept 🎟️ jumpingrivers.typeform.com/to/UmdyNbAs #RStats #Python #Positron #AI

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 21/08/2026

We’re sponsoring posit::conf(2026) 🎉 The Jumping Rivers team will be in Houston, 14 to 16 September, for talks, workshops and plenty of R, Python, data science and AI. See you there! conf.posit.co/2026/ #positconf2026 #RStats #Python

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 20/08/2026

Summer 2026 has given us plenty of data to work with ☀️ Amieroh Abrahams uses R and ggplot2 to explore illustrative heatwave data from London, Manchester and Newcastle. www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/a-summe... #RStats #ggplot2

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 19/08/2026

Leeds Data Science Meetup is back, with David Hoyle (dunnhumby) on the data science behind predicting what sells, and where demand modelling goes next. 📅 Tue 29 Sept ⏰ 18:00 refreshments, 18:50 talk 📍 Enablis, 1 York Place, Leeds (venue change) 🎟️ Free www.meetup.com/leeds-data-s...

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 18/08/2026

Moving from SAS to R? Translating the code is only part of the job. You also need somewhere for it to run, the right access controls, and a plan for the scheduled jobs your SAS server quietly handles. That is where we come in. jumpingrivers.com/contact #RStats #DataEngineering

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 17/08/2026

AI in Production is for people who have deployed AI and can answer the harder questions: Did it work? Was it worth the cost? What broke? What needed monitoring or guardrails? Newcastle, 10–11 June 2027. CFP closes 29 Jan. www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/ai-in-p... #AIinProduction #MachineLearning

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 12/08/2026

SAS stays in clinical research, banking and insurance because it is trusted and built into critical processes. Moving away means understanding workflows, dependencies and validation first. Read more in this blog post by Gigi Kenneth: www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/is-sas-...

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 11/08/2026

tombola is the UK's largest bingo site. We worked with their data science and safer gambling teams on spotting unusual player behaviour. Learn more in Myles Mitchell and Grant Beasley's talk from AI in Production 2026. youtu.be/TVL5V6lDJlY?...

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Deep Learning for Player Safety on Betting Platforms — Mitchell & Beasley | AI in Production 2026

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 10/08/2026

R and Python as equal citizens in one IDE, with an AI assistant that can query your data, environment and code. Kia Mack demos Positron and Posit Assistant live this Thursday, 13 August, 1:15pm UK. Online and free. Join us by registering here: jumpingrivers.typeform.com/to/UmdyNbAs

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 05/08/2026

Twenty years ago Russ ran his Perl scripts by double-clicking them, and edited the source every time the input file changed. Learning the command line fixed that. His post on why the CLI is still worth your time as a data scientist: www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/command... #DataScience #RStats #Pyth

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 04/08/2026

Curious about Positron and Posit Assistant? Join Kia Mack on 13 August for live demos comparing Positron with RStudio and testing the assistant on everyday data science tasks. 🕐 1:15pm UK time 💻 Free and online Register: jumpingrivers.typeform.com/to/UmdyNbAs #RStats #Python #Posit

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 03/08/2026

We’re hiring for four roles. Newcastle based, with remote working available: • Data Scientist • Senior Data Scientist • DevOps Engineer • Engineer Data: jumping-rivers.welcomekit.co/departments/... Engineering: jumping-rivers.welcomekit.co/departments/... #DataScience #DevOps #Hiring

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 31/07/2026

We donated to the North East Autism Society this year, a share of the profits from AI in Production, our AI conference in Newcastle. Thank you to everyone who came to AIP. Learn more at: ai-in-production.jumpingrivers.com #Newcastle #Community

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 29/07/2026

Each year we offer a small number of pro bono projects to charities, nonprofits and community organisations. Discovery, Posit or {shiny} health checks, training, dashboards. Starting from scratch or building on what you have, we'd like to hear from you. www.jumpingrivers.com/pro-bono/ #RStats

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 28/07/2026

How do you know whether the R packages your team relies on are safe to use? Litmus runs eight checks, turns the results into a risk score and flags packages that may need further review. See how it works: www.jumpingrivers.com/litmus/ #RStats #OpenSource

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 27/07/2026

We're hiring two data scientists in Newcastle, R or Python, solid stats, dashboards with Shiny or Dash. Senior Data Scientist: jumping-rivers.welcomekit.co/jobs/senior-... Data scientist: jumping-rivers.welcomekit.co/jobs/data-sc... #DataScience #RStats #Hiring

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 23/07/2026

Free webinar: A First Look at Positron and Posit Assistant. Live demos comparing Positron to RStudio, and putting Posit Assistant to work on everyday data science tasks. An honest look at what they can do. 📅 13 Aug, 1:15pm UK Register: jumpingrivers.typeform.com/to/UmdyNbAs

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 22/07/2026

Our public training schedule is open for booking: 🔹 27 July: Introduction to Python 🔹 7 Sept: Reporting with Quarto 🔹 14 Sept: Introduction to R 🔹 21 Sept: Data Wrangling in the Tidyverse 🔹 28 Sept: Programming with R Six-hour online courses. Book: www.jumpingrivers.com/training/pub... #RStats

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 21/07/2026

We're hiring a DevOps Engineer, Newcastle or fully remote. Deploying and maintaining Posit products for clients across AWS, Azure, GCP and on-prem, with Terraform and CI/CD behind it. 2+ years, full-time. Details and how to apply: jumping-rivers.welcomekit.co/jobs/devops-... #DevOps #Hiring

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 20/07/2026

Thank you to our speakers Cheyne Ravenscroft, Maciej Misiura & Rob Geada, and to everyone who came to July's North East Data Scientists meetup last week. We hope to see you at the next one: 15 October. To give a talk, email neds@jumpingrivers.com www.meetup.com/newcastle-up...

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 20/07/2026

AI in Production 2026 Day 2 talks are now on YouTube. A full day of practitioners on running machine learning in production. Watch: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Registration for 2027 is also open (10–11 June, Newcastle): ai-in-production.jumpingrivers.com/

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 17/07/2026

Click a button, nothing happens for a second or two, and the app feels broken, even when the browser is working away in the background. That's one of five pre-flight checks in Tim Brock's new post on shipping dashboards that hold up. Check it out: www.jumpingrivers.com/blog/five-pr...

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Five pre-flight checks for your dashboard

Using a sample flight-departures dashboard, we walk through five things that are easy to miss before launch: responsive layout, touchscreen support, accessibility, and both real and perceived performance.

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 16/07/2026

Tonight: North East Data Scientists meetup 🍕 Red Hat's Maciej Misiura & Rob Geada on open source AI guardrails. Sage's Cheyne Ravenscroft on AI agents handing tasks to each other. Pizza from 6PM 📍 TusPark, Newcastle www.meetup.com/newcastle-up... #NEDS #DataScience

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July Meetup, Thu, Jul 16, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Welcome to our July meetup! Pizza and soft drinks will be provided on a first-come-first-served basis from 6pm as usual. We have two excellent talks to look forward to. Ful

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 15/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined the Leeds Data Science Meetup this week, and to Shubhangi Goyal for a great session on Context Driven AI Agents, covering context engineering, agent memory, and a live Microsoft Foundry demo. #DataScience #AIAgents

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 14/07/2026

What does it take to build AI agents that reason, remember, and act, not just respond to a single prompt? Tonight's Leeds Data Science Meetup explores this with Shubhangi Goyal, Data & AI Lead. Enablis, Leeds. From 6:00 PM. RSVP here: www.meetup.com/leeds-data-s...

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 13/07/2026

We're hiring an Engineer! Newcastle Upon Tyne, or full remote. You'll deploy and look after data science software (Posit) across AWS, Azure and GCP. Ideally 2+ years in DevOps or infrastructure. Apply: jumping-rivers.welcomekit.co/jobs/enginee... #Hiring #DevOps

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Jumping Rivers @jumpingrivers.com · 08/07/2026

We have managed Posit platforms since 2018, so your team doesn't have to. Connect, Workbench and Package Manager, set up properly, kept secure, patched and fully supported. More time on analysis, less on server maintenance. Talk to us: hello@jumpingrivers.com

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