The international R User Conference useR! 2012 will be held June 12-15
at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with a
pre-conference full-day course offered on June 11.
Participants are encouraged to submit a one-page abstract for oral
or poster presentation at the conference. Half-day tutorials will be
held in the morning and afternoon of June 12th. For tutorials, please
submit a one-page proposal with course outline and narrative description
along with the target audience. Note that the deadline for tutorial
proposals is January 15. All innovative and interesting applications of
R are suitable. A list of topics from past conferences is available at
the conference website:
http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/useR-2012#Call_for_Abstracts_and_Tutorial
Contributed oral presentations will be allowed 17 minutes, followed
by 3 minutes discussion. Following last year's success, all participants
are invited to present a Lightning Talk, for which no abstract is
required. The format for Lightning Talks is a 15-slide version of Pecha
Kucha. Participants wishing to give a Lightning Talk must provide an
informative title on their registration form.
For regular talks and posters, please use the recently updated
LaTeX or Microsoft Word/LibreOffice Writer abstract templates available
at the conference website:
http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/useR-2012#Templates
The deadlines for abstract and tutorial proposals are as follows:
Tutorial Submission: Jan 1 - Jan 15
Tutorial Acceptance Notification: Jan 16 - Jan 23
Abstract Submission: Jan 1 - Mar 12
Abstract Acceptance Notification: Mar 13 - Apr 15
The preferred method of abstract and tutorial proposal submission is via
the web form at the conference website:
http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/useR-2012#Online_Submission
Participants may register online beginning January 23rd. If earlier
registration is preferred, please contact Stephania McNeal-Goddard using
the contact information here:
http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/useR-2012#Contact
See http://journal.r-project.org/archive/2011-2/RJournal_2011-2.pdf for
an article about the conference with more details, including a list of
some of the major Nashville area entertainment events occurring around
the time of the conference.
We look forward to seeing you at useR! 2012 in Nashville!
--
Frank E Harrell Jr Professor and Chairman School of Medicine
Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University
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