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R Consortium
Support the open source development, maintenance, distribution and use of R software and the R ecosystem
About R Consortium
The central mission of the R Consortium is to work with and provide support to the R Foundation and to the key organizations developing, maintaining, distributing and using R software through the identification, development and implementation of infrastructure projects. The R language is an open source environment for statistical computing and graphics, and runs on a wide variety of computing platforms. The R language has enjoyed significant growth, and now supports over 2 million users. A broad range of industries have adopted the R language, including biotech, finance, research and high technology industries. The R language is often integrated into third party analysis, visualization and reporting applications.
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Presence & Recognition
R Consortium is hosting R+AI on November 10–11, 2026, featuring talks, lightning talks, workshops, and panels on practical workflows, technical insights, research, and lessons learned using R with AI, machine learning, LLMs, agents, coding assistants, data products, or responsible AI.
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Presence & Recognition
R Consortium notes that the San Carlos R User Group (SCRUG) started in a mountain town in Costa Rica in 2016, with Frans van Dunné building it from small local meetups into Spanish-language online events.
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Presence & Recognition
R Consortium notes that Frans van Dunné and Diego May have kept the DataLatam podcast running for a decade, now at 124 episodes.
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Partnerships
R Consortium is accepting submissions for the second 2026 technical grant cycle to fund projects strengthening R’s technical and social infrastructure.
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People
R Consortium welcomed Francesca Lazzeri, Ph.D. of Microsoft as a Premier Member and Mutaz M. Jaber of Gilead Sciences as a Core Member, alongside Mike K Smith of Pfizer as Board Chair.
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Presence & Recognition
R Consortium corporate and R Foundation board members continue to support the R language and its technical and social infrastructure.
Reported by Terry Christiani