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The R Foundation

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Not for profit organization founded by the R Core Team to provide support for the R project. A reference point for interaction with the R development community.

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Job opportunity Assistant Professor, tenure track, qualification agreement at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien Jobportal others in Wien

Opening for a tenure track position in statistical computing:

wirtschaftsuniversitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Assistant-Pr...

As dept chair, R Core member Kurt Hornik invites applications from people who could make substantial contributions to #RStats, including base R.

Deadline Mar 18!

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#rstats 4.5.3 "Reassured Reassurer" scheduled for March 11. Full schedule on developer.r-project.org (or the svn if you're impatient.) This should be the wrap-up release for the 4.5 series.

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📣 The useR! 2026 committee invites global R users and developers to submit abstracts for talks, panels, posters, and tutorials!

Submissions are peer-reviewed based on content and balance.

You're welcome to apply!
Find more at:
user2026.r-project.org/call/

#useR2026 #DataScience #Poland #Warsaw

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Thanks to everyone that replied to this, we submitted our response last week: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet....

You can view all responses, including several from other foundations supporting OSS projects (full comments are often in a download).

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rainbowR Conference 2026 Feb. 25 – 26, 2026

📣 registration for the rainbowR conference is now live 🎉

The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend.

pretix.eu/rainbowr/con...

#RStats #LGBTQ

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1 month ago
Debugging Sensitivity to C math library on Linux - The R Blog

New #RStats blog post from Tomas Kalibera: Debugging Sensitivity to C math library on Linux.

Following on from the previous blog entry, this post introduces the mfuzz tool which can be used on Linux to empirically calibrate the tolerance of numerical tests.

blog.r-project.org/2026/01/30/d...

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Here or by email to R-foundation at r-project.org. Many thanks.

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European Commission - Have your say European Commission - Have your say

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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📢 R Dev Day @ RencontresR 2026

🏢 Nantes University / Remote

📅 Fri 19 June, 9am - 5pm UTC+2

Registration deadline: Friday 29 May
pretix.eu/r-contributo...

Attend this free event to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.

#RDevDay #RSEng

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Debugging Sensitivity to C math library and mingw-w64 v12 - The R Blog

New #RStats blog entry from Tomas Kalibera: Debugging Sensitivity to C math library and mingw-w64 v12.

C math library functions, such as exp or sin, are not guaranteed to be “precise”. The results might be slightly different on different platforms...

blog.r-project.org/2026/01/06/d...

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RSMF: Enabling the Next Generation of Contributors to R - The R Blog

An #RStats blog entry by Heather Turner explains the new Research Software Maintenance Fund grant.

blog.r-project.org/2025/12/17/r...

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SSI awards funding to 13 projects through the RSMF Round 1 | Software Sustainability Institute We are pleased to announce that the Research Software Maintenance Fund (RSMF) has funded 13 projects to advance the sustainability and impact of research software. Through this initiative, the SSI, wi...

The R Foundation is happy to be a partner on the project

"Enabling the next generation of R contributors"

awarded £500k under the Research Software Maintenance Fund (Software Sustainability Institute, UK).

Announcement: www.software.ac.uk/ssi-awards-f...

Congratulations to the project team!

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3 months ago
John Fox: Books and Software

#rstats
It is with profound sadness I heard that my long-time friend and colleague, John Fox passed away this week.
He was the author of {car}, {effects}, {Rcmdr}, ... and numerous influential books. I will miss him greatly.
www.john-fox.ca

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4 months ago

R version 4.5.2 "[Not] Part in a Rumble" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

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Screenshot of the CRAN Task View "Anomaly Detection" at https://CRAN.R-project.org/view=AnomalyDetection

🚨 New CRAN Task View: Anomaly Detection
#rstats #anomalydetection

By Priyanga Dilini Talagala, Rob J. Hyndman @robjhyndman.com, Gaetano Romano

URL: cran.r-project.org/view=Anomaly...

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Reducing the Backlog of Open Bug Reports - The R Blog

New on The R Blog from Tomas Kalibera: Reducing the Backlog of Open Bug Reports

blog.r-project.org/2025/10/13/r...

#RStats

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A promotional image for the UseR! Conference.

Top text: "UseR! Conference, 7-9 July, 2026, Warsaw".

Image: A scenic photograph of the Warsaw, Poland skyline at sunset, featuring prominent skyscrapers like the Palace of Culture and Science bathed in golden light.

Bottom section: A text box with the useR! logo in the corner. The text reads: "Why Sponsor useR! 2026? useR!2026 brings together R users, developers, and enthusiasts from around the world. Your sponsorship helps us maintain affordable registration rates while delivering a high-quality conference experience."

Support Open-Source Data Science-Sponsor UseR! 2026
Join us in Warsaw 6–9 July 2026 at the premier event for R. As a sponsor, you help power an inclusive, high-impact event while reaching thousands of researchers, developers, and educators.
user2026.r-project.org/about/sponso...

#RStats #useR2026

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Reducing the Backlog of Open Bug Reports - The R Blog

New #RStats blog by Tomas Kalibera showing the impact of the recent investment by @sovereign.tech in the R project: Reducing the Backlog of Open Bug Reports

blog.r-project.org/2025/10/13/r...

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R Dev Day @ New Zealand 2025 Dec. 16th – 17th, 2025

📢 R Dev Day @ New Zealand 2025

🏢 Auckland University
🌐 Remote, Americas / Asia-Pacific
📅 Tue 16 - Wed 17 Dec

Registration deadline: Sunday 7 Dec
pretix.eu/r-contributo...

Attend this free event to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.

#RDevDay #RSEng

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R Dev Day @ Australia 2025 Fri, Nov. 21st, 2025

**Just 2 in-person tickets left, a wait list is available!**

📢 R Dev Day @ Australia
🏢 Monash University, Melbourne
🌐 Remote, Australia
📅 Fri 21 Nov

Registration deadline: Sun 16 Nov

pretix.eu/r-contributo...

Attend this free event to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.

#RDevDay #RSEng

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R version 4.5.1 "Great Square Root" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

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An autumn scene of the Duke Belltower along with the useR! 2025 logo and text about the early bird ticket special.

Early Bird for useR! 2025 is open until April 30th!

Join this gathering of leaders in industry, academia, and the government to network while you increase your expertise in #R.
useR! will be held from August 8th to August 10th at Duke University.

Conference page: user2025.r-project.org
#rstats

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Applications closing soon!

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11 months ago

R version 4.5.0 "How About a Twenty-Six" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

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R Dev Day @ RSE Con25 Details and application form for a satellite event to RSECon25, gathering R developers for a day of working collaboratively on contributions to R, hosted at the University of Warwick, Friday 12 Septem...

📢 R Dev Day @ RSECon25
🏢Warwick University, UK
📅 Fri 12 Sep

Apply to attend this free event, to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.

✨Travel funding available for participants from UK, Europe & Global South✨

Deadline Wed 23 Apr: warwick.ac.uk/statistics/n...

#RSECon25 #RDevDay #RSEng

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Apply to participate in R Dev Day @ useR! 2025, deadline Tuesday 15 April:
user2025.r-project.org/additional/r...
- registration at useR! 2025 is separate and not required.

#RStats #RDevDay

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R version 4.4.3 "Trophy Case" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

This coincides with as-close-as-we-can-get-to 25 years since the release of R 1.0.0.
#rstats

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Call for Submissions – useR! 2025

UseR! 2025 Call for Proposals is now open! We invite R users and developers from around our region and the world to submit abstracts for useR! 2025.
Deadline: Monday 3rd March 2025

useR! will be held from August 8th to 10th at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA.

user2025.r-project.org/call
#RStats

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The R project has its own standard Windows toolchain to maintain binary compatibility between R, CRAN packages, and statically linked libraries. Tomas discusses the advantages and disadvantages of this approach before describing his experience testing R on Windows with alternative toolchains.

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Alternative toolchains on Windows - The R Blog

New #RStats blog post by Tomas Kalibera: Alternative toolchains on Windows.

blog.r-project.org/2025/01/28/a...

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