?Yes We CRAN? -- A Conference on R Packages and Applications December 6-7-8, 2019 ~ Washington D.C. https://www.thinksisu.org/event/YesWeCRAN <https://www.thinksisu.org/event/yeswecran/>/ It is a pleasure to invite you to this inaugural conference focused on sharing, introducing and applying R packages. The conference is organized by The Sisu Advantage, an independent not-for-profit education organization founded by former university faculty and administrators. It has organized and hosted more than 20 academic conferences since 2015, and recently relocated from California to near Washington, D.C. This conference venue is in northern Virginia, 10 minutes from Dulles Int?l Airport, Washington D.C., in The Club at One Loudoun, Ashburn VA 20147; see: http://www.1lna.com/events/club.cfm The Yes We CRAN Conference is for anyone in the R community or with an interest in data analytics. This Call for Papers is being extended to R package developers and those with interesting applications of R packages. There are more than 60,000 R packages available online (https://rdrr.io)! Surely there are many hidden gems among them that merit more attention. Let's shine a light on and celebrate them. All proposals are peer-reviewed by faculty who have been tenured and appointed to full rank. You will be notified regarding acceptance within 14 days of your submission. Accepted presenters also qualify to submit a chapter for the forthcoming, edited book: ?A Sampler of R Packages and Their Applications?. You are encouraged to submit a proposed talk if you are: - a developer of a completed package on CRAN, GitHub, or other websites - a developer of works-in-progress that you envision becoming a package - creator of an interesting application that utilizes existing R packages - a subject-matter specialist advocating creation of a needed package. The deadline for presenter and Early-Bird attendee registration is November 1. ForIIf you are interested but cannot attend, we provide the option of a peer-reviewed POSTER SESSION. For more detailed information regarding conference logistics, please go here :https://www.thinksisu.org/event/YesWeCRAN/ To submit an abstract for consideration, please go here: https://www.thinksisu.org/submission-system/ For questions or inquiries, please contact: jp at thinksisu.org Regards, Jerry Platt, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor & Dean Executive Director, The Sisu Advantage [[alternative HTML version deleted]]