This conference took place in April 2023. But don't worry, you can watch recordings of the talks or sign up for the 2024 event.
About
Schedule
Time | Speaker |
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09:00 | Registration |
09:30 | Welcome |
09:45 | Julia Silge |
10:30 | Michael Stevens & Botan Ağın |
10:55 | Break |
11:25 | Russ Hyde |
11:50 | Ella Kaye & Heather Turner |
12:15 | Lunch |
13:20 | Welcome from CUSP London |
13:30 | Andrew Collier (presenting) & Bianca Peterson |
13:55 | Jack Davison |
14:20 | Break |
14:50 | Vyara Apostolova & Laura Cole |
15:15 | Oli Hawkins |
15:50 | Closing remarks |
16:00 | Finish |
Speakers
Keynote Speakers
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Julia Silge is a data scientist and software engineer at Posit PBC (formerly RStudio) where she works on open source modeling and MLOps tools. She is an author, an international keynote speaker, and a real-world practitioner focusing on data analysis and machine learning. Julia loves text analysis, making beautiful charts, and communicating about technical topics with diverse audiences.
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Oliver Hawkins works as an editorial data scientist for the visual and data journalism team at the Financial Times. He has previously worked as a statistical researcher and a data scientist for the House of Commons Library, and as a data journalist for the BBC. He is interested in statistics, machine learning and data visualisation.
Contributed Talks
* Joint talk with Botan Ağın and Michael Stevens
** Joint talk with Vyara Apostolova and Laura Cole
*** Joint talk with Ella Kaye and Heather Turner
Committee




Venue
King’s Bush House buildings provide a home for many of their academic departments, as well as state-of-the-art learning and social spaces and enhanced student facilities. These buildings include lecture theatres, teaching rooms, a 395-seat auditorium, and The Exchange, an open, collaborative space designed for events and exhibitions.

Bush House is a Grade II listed building at the southern end of Kingsway between Aldwych and the Strand. Located around a 10 minute walk from Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square and many other London landmarks, there are plenty of transport options for you to choose from!
Contact
- email: events@jumpingrivers.com
- twitter: @jumping_uk
- website: jumpingrivers.com
Code of Conduct
SatRdays will follow the code of conduct as laid out by the R Consortium.