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January 2020 Meetup

Our January meetup celebrated our second birthday! We took the time to look back on what we accomplished last year and what we want to accomplish this year via our member survey.
Mar 15, 2020 2 min read

December 2019 Recap: Machine Learning Workshop

On December 2, 2019, almost 50 data enthusiasts joined R-Ladies Philly for a workshop on machine learning in R. The workshop was led by Trang Le. Trang is a researcher at the University of Pennsylvania who has authored several R packages and applies machine learning to biomedical data.
Dec 8, 2019 3 min read

November 2019 Recap: Lightning Talks

On November 04, 2019, RLadies-Philly presented a series of very informative lightning talks ranging from programming tips for reproducible research to full-blown applications of big data in delivering individualized care in medicine.
Nov 14, 2019 8 min read

October Recap: Network Analysis

Networks, also referred to as graphs in mathematics, model multiple types of relations and processes in physical, social, biological, and information systems. R-Ladies Philly’s October 2019 meetup was a workshop focusing on how to implement network analyses using the R igraph object.
Oct 12, 2019 4 min read

September Recap: Reporting Research with R Markdown

R-Ladies Philadelphia’s September 2019 meetup was on the topic of reporting research using R Markdown. Our speaker was Ramaa Nathan, PhD, a statistican and data scientist with a background in the healthcare and finance industries.
Sep 19, 2019 4 min read

July Recap: Lightning Talks

Our July Meetup sought to highlight work and lessons from our community members through a series of short and engaging lightning talks. Important skills for women in data (Rajvi Mehta)
Jul 16, 2019 4 min read

June Recap: Data Visualiztion

Data visualization is paramount to both understanding and presenting your data, whatever your data may be. For our June Meetup, R-Ladies Philly member Jake Riley led an interactive workshop to elucidate aspects of the popular ggplot2 package and share helpful tips and best practices relevant to any R user.
Jun 27, 2019 2 min read

May Recap - Diversity in Data

How to communicate as (minority) data scientists? Being a minority in data science can be tough. It can be tough to get into the field, and sometimes even tougher to make yourself heard in the field.
Jun 10, 2019 5 min read

April Recap - Open Science

Our April meetup with Data Philly focused on the increasingly popular topic of Open Science. See below for the article that R Ladies Philly members Alice, Karla, and Amy co-wrote!
May 15, 2019 5 min read

February and March Recap - PAWS Community Data Project

In February and March, R-Ladies Philly continued a longstanding community data project with the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) - Philly’s largest no-kill shelter. Last year, we helped PAWS analyze data from volunteer engagement to identify patterns associated with continued volunteering.
Apr 6, 2019 3 min read