Re: [R] UseR! 2010 - my impressions

2010-07-28 Thread Uwe Ligges
Ravi, you are so right, we had the opportunity to attend an excellent and extremely well organized conference. Congratulation to Kate and the whole team at the NIST!!! Uwe ps. Thanks for starting the thread - it is too easy to forget about these well deserved thanks when we are back in nor

Re: [R] UseR! 2010 - my impressions

2010-07-27 Thread Max Kuhn
Not to beat a dead horse... I've found that I like the useR conferences more than most statistics conferences. This isn't due to the difference in content, but the difference in the audience and the environment. For example, everyone is at useR because of their appreciation of R. At most other co

Re: [R] UseR! 2010 - my impressions

2010-07-26 Thread Tal Galili
Dear Ravi - I echo everything you wrote, useR2010 was an amazing experience (for me, and for many others with whom I have spoken about it). Many thanks should go to the wonderful people who put their efforts into making this conference a reality (and Kate is certainly one of them). Thank you for ex

Re: [R] UseR! 2010 - my impressions

2010-07-25 Thread friedrich . leisch
> On 07/23/2010 06:50 PM, Ravi Varadhan wrote: >> Dear UseRs!, >> >> Everything about UseR! 2010 was terrific! I really mean "everything" - >> the tutorials, invited talks, kaleidoscope sessions, focus sessions, >> breakfast, snacks, lunch, conference dinner, shuttle services, and the >> participa

Re: [R] UseR! 2010 - my impressions

2010-07-24 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 08:55:01AM -0500, Frank E Harrell Jr wrote: > On 07/23/2010 06:50 PM, Ravi Varadhan wrote: > I want to echo what Ravi said. The talks were terrific (thanks to > the program committee and the speakers) and Kate Mullen and her team > did an extraordinary job in putting the co

Re: [R] UseR! 2010 - my impressions

2010-07-24 Thread Frank E Harrell Jr
On 07/23/2010 06:50 PM, Ravi Varadhan wrote: Dear UseRs!, Everything about UseR! 2010 was terrific! I really mean "everything" - the tutorials, invited talks, kaleidoscope sessions, focus sessions, breakfast, snacks, lunch, conference dinner, shuttle services, and the participants. The organi

[R] UseR! 2010 - my impressions

2010-07-23 Thread Ravi Varadhan
Dear UseRs!, Everything about UseR! 2010 was terrific! I really mean "everything" - the tutorials, invited talks, kaleidoscope sessions, focus sessions, breakfast, snacks, lunch, conference dinner, shuttle services, and the participants. The organization was fabulous. NIST were gracious hosts

[R] useR! 2010, Submission/early registration deadline: March 1

2010-02-22 Thread Katharine Mullen
Dear R-help members, This message is to remind you that the submission deadline for abstracts for the R User Conference, useR! 2010, is one week away: Submission deadline: Monday, March 1, 2010 The deadline for early registration is also Monday, March 1, 2010. I encourage you all to su

[R] useR! 2010: submission & registration started!

2009-10-19 Thread Katharine Mullen
We are happy to inform you that abstract submission and registration for `useR! 2010' is now available online from http://www.R-project.org/useR-2010/ This meeting of the R user community will take place at the Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA campus of the National Institute of Standards and Te

[R] useR! 2010

2009-07-28 Thread Mullen, Katharine Megan
We are happy to announce that the R user conference useR! 2010 is scheduled for July 21-23, 2010, and will take place at the campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. As for the predecessor conferences, the program will consist of two