[OGRUG] Centres of ExpeRtise within GOC?

[clark richards]

Hi Alex,

Not sure if this is useful for you or not, but I'm a physical oceanographer
that uses R for data analysis. Maybe not the kind of analytics you're
referring to?

While I'm not currently a GOC employee, I will be in a few weeks after I
start a position as a research scientist at the Bedford Institute of
Oceanography (BIO) in Halifax (in the middle of packing boxes right now!).
I don't know of any specific "analytic teams" at BIO, but I do know that
they are migrating much of their in-house data processing and archiving
facilities from Matlab to R (and possibly some python). Physical
oceanography has been (and continues to be) mostly dominated by Matlab, but
I think that tide is turning, especially for government where the licenses
are getting harder to justify.

I am also the co-author of the R package `oce` which is aimed at
oceanographers who work with data. I don't know what the usage of oce is
like across the government, but I do think it's increasing across academia
generally, as more students come up through the system with some exposure
to R from their undergraduate degrees.

Cheers,
Clark

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Alex Demarsh <alexdemarsh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey folks -
>
> Not sure if this is on-topic for this list, but I've become curious about
> the prevalence of R use in the Government of Canada (GOC) - particularly
> how many analytic teams are using R as their primary language.
>
> So, if you're a member of (or just know of) such an "R Shop", could you let
> me know? Any information on specific tasks or level of expertise would be a
> helpful addition.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> Alex Demarsh
> Epidemiologist/Biostatistician, Public Health Agency of Canada
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