The tenth annual R/Finance conference will be held in Chicago, June 1-2 2018. This is a fantastic conference for anyone working with R in the finance industry, or doing research around R in finance in the academic sector. This community-led, single-track conference always features a program of interesting talks in a convival atmosphere.
If you'd like to contribute a 20-minute presentation or a 5-minute lightning talk, the call for papers is open though February 2, 2018. If you'd like to attend, registrations will open in March 2018.
Microsoft is proud to be a continuing sponsor of R/Finance 2018. You can a summary of lat year's conference here, and watch recordings of the talks on Channel 9. For more on the 2018 conference, follow the link below.
R/Finance 2018: Overview
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