2018-03-05
Fireside Chat: Tidyverse Discussion
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Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel
Data science educator at Duke University and Posit
Dr. Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, a leading voice in data science education and a passionate advocate for making data and statistics more accessible, engaging, and reproducible. Mine is Professor of the Practice at Duke University in the Department of Statistical Science and Senior Developer Advocate at Posit, PBC, where she’s part of the tidyverse team.
Her work has transformed how data science is taught, emphasizing openness, reproducibility, and hands-on learning. She’s a co-author of influential open textbooks like R for Data Science and OpenIntro Statistics, which have guided countless learners on their journey into statistics and data science.
Mine’s contributions to education and open science have earned her several accolades, including the Waller Education Award by the American Statistical Association, the Robert V. Hogg Award by the Mathematical Association of America, and the Pickard Award by Harvard University's Department of Statistics, honoring her innovative teaching and dedication to expanding access to statistics and data science education.
Through her teaching, open-source work, and advocacy, Mine continues to inspire new generations of data scientists to not only analyze data—but to do so with curiosity, creativity, and purpose.
Her work has transformed how data science is taught, emphasizing openness, reproducibility, and hands-on learning. She’s a co-author of influential open textbooks like R for Data Science and OpenIntro Statistics, which have guided countless learners on their journey into statistics and data science.
Mine’s contributions to education and open science have earned her several accolades, including the Waller Education Award by the American Statistical Association, the Robert V. Hogg Award by the Mathematical Association of America, and the Pickard Award by Harvard University's Department of Statistics, honoring her innovative teaching and dedication to expanding access to statistics and data science education.
Through her teaching, open-source work, and advocacy, Mine continues to inspire new generations of data scientists to not only analyze data—but to do so with curiosity, creativity, and purpose.
Max Kuhn
Software Engineer at Posit, PBC
Max Kuhn is a software engineer at Posit (née RStudio). He is working on improving R's modeling capabilities and maintaining about 30 packages, including caret. He was a Senior Director of Nonclinical Statistics at Pfizer and had been applying models in the pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries for over 18 years. Max has a Ph.D. in Biostatistics. He, and Kjell Johnson, wrote the book Applied Predictive Modeling, which won the Ziegel award from the American Statistical Association. Their second book, Feature Engineering and Selection, was published in 2019, and his book Tidy Models with R, was published in 2022.
Mara Averick
Mara Averick (better known as @dataandme) is our tidyverse developer advocate. She got into R by way of a long-time love of the NBA and (fantasy) basketball. When not catering to the every whim of her dogs, she can be found: perusing weird words; indulging her bibliomania; and/or quantifying, visualizing, and watching Archer.