Meeting of academic and non-academic useR!s
Selective review process for all formats
The contribution of the abstract
Contribution: something new, related to R, originating from the presenters, using sound scientific practices, that the participants can take away from the conference and apply to their own work.
The contribution should be new since last useR!
Preference may be given to topics not yet presented at other R conferences
Novelty will be judged relative to other contributions
Be explicit about packages used, or other connections to R.
General data science topics are out of scope.
Presenters should present their own work.
Presentations about other people’s packages should contain a new contribution.
Evidence of reliable methodology
Evidence of good programming practice
Package/methods should be available for use, or at least beta-testing.
Packages
Methods
Regular talks
Lightning talk
Posters
When preparing your abstract
Feel free to ask me further questions about review process/useR! program