[OGRUG] Centres of ExpeRtise within GOC?

[Tyler Smith]

Hi Alex,

At AAFC we use R extensively, at least in the biodiversity group. Tasks
we use it for include:

- univariate and bivariate statistical analysis
- multivariate analysis of ecological and morphometric data
- population genetics
- phylogenetics
- (meta)genomics
- flow cytometry histogram analysis (ploidy and genome size assessment
in plants)

We have varying levels of expertise, from beginners up to workshop
instructors and at least one package developer. My sense is that R use
is increasing, and gradually replacing other general-purpose stats
packages.

Best,

Tyler

-- 
plantarum.ca

----- Original message -----
From: clark richards <clark.richards at gmail.com>
To: Alex Demarsh <alexdemarsh at gmail.com>
Cc: r-ug-ottawa at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [OGRUG] Centres of ExpeRtise within GOC?
Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 22:09:22 -0400

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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