[R] Programming Workshops

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 9/30/2008 1:02 PM, Darin Brooks wrote:
> Good morning
>  
> Does R (or R users) have a formal training workshop/facility?  Or do
> open-source softwares generally put the onus on the user to learn
> programming techniques?  
>  
> Are the workshops generally offered for the masses or is there one-on-one
> training available?  
>  
> Does one "go to" R for programming training ... or do R workshops travel
> around the country?

The R Foundation doesn't offer any workshops, but there are lots of 
workshops and training sessions offered by various groups.  For example, 
useR meetings (which occur about once a year, this year's was in 
Dortmund in August) generally include a number of tutorials.  The 
Bioconductor project (www.bioconductor.org) offers a number of workshops 
each year.  And there are commercial offerings (e.g. by XL Solutions, 
http://www.xlsolutions-corp.com/).

Duncan Murdoch