It is with great sadness that we announce the passing on 1 April of Tomáš Kalibera, a valuable member of the R Core Team for close to 10 years, after a short but aggressive illness.
Tomáš is survived by his wife and 1 year old son. A full obituary will be posted in due time.
📢 R Dev Day @ CascadiaR 2026
🏢 Portland State University / Remote
📅 Fri 26 June, 9am - 5pm UTC-7
Registration deadline: Friday 12 June
pretix.eu/r-contributors/r-dev-day...
Attend this free event to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.
#RDevDay #CascadiaRConf
Co-initiator of @r-contributors.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
and co-founder of @rladies.org in 2016, Heather has been an R Foundation board member, member of the RF Conference comittee, and involved in many useR! conferences.
We are pleased to announce that Heather Turner @heathrturnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy has joined the R Core Team. She has been an active contributor notably via the R Dev Days, and has greatly improved cooperation between R Core and the R community in more ways #RStats.
R version 4.5.3 "Reassured Reassurer" (source version) has been released. It should be on CRAN by now. #rstats
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!
#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.
📣 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
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).
📣 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
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...
Here or by email to R-foundation at r-project.org. Many thanks.
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!
📢 R Dev Day @ RencontresR 2026
🏢 Nantes University / Remote
📅 Fri 19 June, 9am - 5pm UTC+2
Registration deadline: Friday 29 May
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Attend this free event to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.
#RDevDay #RSEng
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...
An #RStats blog entry by Heather Turner explains the new Research Software Maintenance Fund grant.
blog.r-project.org/2025/12/17/r...
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!
#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
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.)
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...
New on The R Blog from Tomas Kalibera: Reducing the Backlog of Open Bug Reports
blog.r-project.org/2025/10/13/r...
#RStats
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
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...
📢 R Dev Day @ New Zealand 2025
🏢 Auckland University
🌐 Remote, Americas / Asia-Pacific
📅 Tue 16 - Wed 17 Dec
Registration deadline: Sunday 7 Dec
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Attend this free event to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.
#RDevDay #RSEng
**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
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Attend this free event to collaborate on contributions to #RStats.
#RDevDay #RSEng
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.)
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
Applications closing soon!
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.)
📢 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