While working towards her PhD in applied mathematics Clarissa discovered her love of science communications. Her goal is to make data science accessible to everyone, and to encourage people to engage with the goings on at Jumping Rivers.
Published: April 12, 2024
Registration for SatRdays London 2024 is closing soon! Don't miss out on this excellent opportunity to expand your R knowledge and network with other R enthusiasts. Read on for a reminder of what to expect.
Published: March 19, 2024
SatRdays London is fast approaching and we wouldn't be able to put it on without the support of our sponsors!
Published: February 27, 2024
SatRdays London is fast approaching and we are happy to announce our full lineup of speakers for the event! Read on for more info. If you want to join the fun, head over to the conference website to sign up!
Published: January 25, 2024
We're a couple of weeks into 2024, and now that we've all settled back in, we thought it was a good time to let you know what events we have coming up for you this year!
Published: November 28, 2023
All of our public training courses for the first half of 2024 are now available to book! Head over to the public courses page on our website to book in and start building your programming skills in the new year! In this blog post, we provide a list of all of our upcoming courses with a description, upcoming dates, course level and a link to the page to find out more!
Published: November 14, 2023
SatRdays is returning to London in April 2024! We're excited to welcome you to Bush House again next year. Want to get even more involved? Read on to find out how you can submit an abstract for a talk!
Published: September 28, 2023
There's only two weeks left to go until Shiny in Production 2023! The events team are hard at work getting things ready for the day, and we wanted to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to our event sponsors!
Published: September 14, 2023
Our bags are packed, flights are booked, and we're ready to head stateside for posit::conf(2023). We're excited to be sponsoring the event this year, as well as presenting a few talks ourselves.
Published: September 7, 2023
We are pleased to announce the full line-up for this year's Shiny in Production conference! In this blog post, we've pulled together all of the talk abstracts and speaker bios, to give you a full view of what to expect!
Published: August 29, 2023
The Royal Statistical Society International conference is next week and Jumping Rivers are exhibiting at the conference, as well as delivering workshops and talks. The draft program can now be viewed online, so we wanted to let you know where you can find us at the event and some of the other sessions we are looking forward to.
Published: July 27, 2023
The recordings from this year's SatRdays London conference are here! Over the next couple of weeks, we will be releasing the recordings of some of the excellent talks from the conference!
Published: July 18, 2023
With the early bird deadline approaching, we thought now would be a great time to tell you a bit more about what to expect at this year's Shiny in Production!
Published: July 6, 2023
Earlier this year, two data scientists from Jumping Rivers ran an outreach activity for 14-19 year olds across the UK, in collaboration with the youth charity Speakers for Schools.
Published: June 6, 2023
This summer, we have public courses to take you all the way from the very basics of R, through to using R for statistical modelling, with some data wrangling and intermediate programming in between. Wherever you are on your R journey, take a look at our upcoming courses to see if we can help you on your way.
Published: May 25, 2023
With the planning for this year's Shiny in Production conference well under way, we thought now was a good time for a little recap of what happened last year.
Published: May 23, 2023
Just like the world of data science, our ethos is transparency and giving back to the community. We are offering automatic sponsorship for R conferences. All the organisers have to do is complete a quick questionnaire and the money is sent on it’s way.
Published: May 11, 2023
SatRdays returned to London last month, with a day packed full of talks from expert speakers across a variety of sectors! We'd like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to everybody involved in making the day a success!
Published: April 11, 2023
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been named a Finalist in the British Data Awards 2023. Read on to find out more about the awards, and the categories in which we are finalists!
Published: April 6, 2023
SatRdays London is fast approaching, and we have a couple of exciting announcements to share with you! Read on to find out more.
Published: March 28, 2023
On 22nd April 2023 we will be hosting SatRdays London, an inclusive, low cost event, which gives R users an opportunity to network and learn from other experts across sectors. In a recent blog post, we introduced all of the speakers for the event! This week, it's the sponsors turn.
Published: March 7, 2023
SatRdays London is fast approaching, and we are happy to announce our full lineup of speakers for the event! Read on for more info. If you want to join the fun, head over to the conference website to sign up!
Published: February 21, 2023
Shiny in Production is returning to the Catalyst this October! Our workshop lineup has now been finalised, and our first two speakers are confirmed. Read on to find out more.
Published: February 7, 2023
We have a great list of online public training courses coming up over the next two months! Read on for a taste of what's in store, or head over to our training page for full details and to book!
Published: January 24, 2023
At Jumping Rivers we're all about getting involved in the R community! As such, we host multiple events throughout the year. Read on for information about what we have planned so far for 2023!
Published: January 11, 2023
SatRdays is returning to London this April! SatRdays are low-cost R conferences, hosted on Saturdays to enable those who usually cannot attend to take part.
Published: December 20, 2022
If you're thinking of picking up a new skill in the new year, take a look at our upcoming public training courses! We have plenty of introductory courses coming up, both online and in-person, so you can hit the ground running after the holidays!
Published: December 6, 2022
Over the last two weeks, we have been releasing the recordings of the talks from our Shiny in Production conference! Read on to take a look for yourself!
Published: October 18, 2022
Here at Jumping Rivers we like to keep our courses up to date so we can bring you training on the latest tools and technologies. To this end, we have recently added two new courses to our listing!
Published: October 4, 2022
Shiny in Production is just around the corner and we can't wait to see you all there! Read on for more on what we have in store!
Published: September 20, 2022
It will come as no great surprise that here at Jumping Rivers, we are huge advocates for learning data skills. There are many benefits to learning at least some basic data skills, even if you don't work explicitly with data.
Published: August 9, 2022
What a few months it's been for Diffify, our new app for comparing package releases! We’ve been delighted with the enthusiastic response and quick adoption by the R community. Read on to learn about just some of many updates we’ve made to the app since launch day, and how we are actively addressing your feedback as we look to the future.
Published: July 12, 2022
At Jumping Rivers, we love data science! Surprised? Didn't think so ... But, did you know that as well as providing training and consultancy, we also like to get involved with the data science community!
Published: June 28, 2022
If you're based in the North East of England and you're looking for a place to discuss all things data science with like-minded people, then you might want to check out the North East Data Scientist (NEDS) Meetups!
Published: June 14, 2022
The organisation for Shiny in Production is well under way - our list of speakers is now up on the conference website, and registration is open, with Early Bird tickets available until July 31st! Read on for more details.
Published: June 7, 2022
The trainers here at Jumping Rivers have been busy developing a host of new courses for your programming pleasure! We have recently developed several new courses, which are now available to view on our course list.
Published: May 13, 2022
This October, Jumping Rivers will be holding our Shiny in Production conference! Hosted in the centre of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, this conference will delve into the world of {shiny} and other web based R packages.
Published: April 29, 2022
Welcome to Diffify, the tool that provides you with a comparison between different versions of any R package stored on the CRAN repositories.
Published: April 8, 2022
The daffodils are out, the sun is shining(ish), spring is in the air! And that means that it’s time to start planning for the conference season.
Published: March 21, 2022
When starting out for a PhD, we all think (or at least wish) that we are going to make a paradigm shifting discovery. Unfortunately, this is usually not the case, but it has been known to happen.
