by Katie Masiello, Ryan Johnson, and Sam Edwardes
🗓️ September 16, 2025
⏰ 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT
🏨 Chicago C
✍️ pos.it/conf
In this R-focused workshop, we will discuss ways to improve your data science workflows! During the course, we will review packages for data validation, alerting, modeling, and more. We'll use Posit's open source and professional tools to string all the pieces together for an efficient workflow. We'll discuss environments, managing deployed content, working with databases, and interoperability across data products.
This course is for you if you:
- Build finished data products starting from raw data and are looking to improve your workflow
- Are looking to expand your knowledge of Posit open source and professional tools
- Want to improve interoperability between data products in your work or on your team
- Have experience developing in R. An analogous course with a Python focus is also offered
Most important prework
- Bring your laptop.
- You will log into our workshop environment with either a Posit Cloud account or a GitHub account. Sign up if you do not already have one.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Workshop Introduction |
| Secure data access, data validation, and alerting | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Creating, Delivering, and Monitoring a Tidymodel |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | Lunch Break |
| 1:30-3:00 | Reporting |
| 3:00-3:30 | Coffee break |
| 3:30-5:00 | AI Showcase |
- Data: posit-cola.csv
- Slides: 2025.DS.Workflows.using.Posit.Tools.-.R.pdf
Ryan Johnson, Data Science Advisor, Posit
Ryan Johnson is a Data Science Advisor at Posit with a background in Microbiology and Bioinformatics. He obtained his PhD from the Uniformed Services University in Maryland and did his postdoctoral training at the National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH. The only thing that rivals his love for infectious diseases is generating 'super cool' visualizations from large data sets using R and RStudio. In his free time, you can find Ryan running marathons/ultramarathons in the DC area or hiking miles along the Appalachian Trail. Ryan resides in Gaithersburg with his wife and two feline co-workers.
Sam Edwardes, Senior Solutions Engineer, Posit
Sam is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Posit PBC based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As a Solutions Engineer he helps customers effectively use Posit's professional products with open source Python and R tools. He is passionate about Python, R, and all things open source!