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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL-BE link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We would like to invite you for the workshop “Development of R software for data analysis”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The workshop is co organized by OpenAnalytics and CenStat and will take place in Hasselt University on <b><span style='color:red'>13/03/2013</span></b> from <b><span style='color:red'>09:00 to 17:30</span></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The workshop will be focused on the use of R software and R Applications in a dynamic and changing working environment (see the program below).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>The workshop is free of charge but<u> </u></span><u><span style='color:red'><a href="http://www.uhasselt.be/Registration-Form---Workshop-R" target="_blank"><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>registration</span></a></span></u><span style='color:red'> <span lang=EN-US>is mandatory and can be done online using the following link: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://www.uhasselt.be/Workshop-R">http://www.uhasselt.be/Workshop-R</a> </span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We are looking forward to see you in the workshop, Martin Otava, Pushpike Thilakarathne and Tobias Verbeke.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span lang=EN-US>Program of the workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>08:30-09:00: Coffee + Welcome<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>09:00-10:30: Tobias Verbeke (Open Analytics):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> <span style='color:#1F497D'> </span> Proper working environment and best practices when developing R code + R packaging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>10:30-11:00: Coffee break.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>11:00-12:30: Tobias Verbeke:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Proper working environment and best practices when developing R code + R packaging<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>12:30-13:30: Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>13:30-14:00: Ziv Shkedy (Hasselt University):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Lost in translation or maybe not ? translation of data analysis framework into a set of a R packages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>14:00-15:00: Setia Pramana(Karolinska Institutet):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Development of GUIs and packaging.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>15:00-15:30: Pushpike Thilakarathne (Hasselt University):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Development of an R package for Biomarkers validation with survival outcome<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>15:30-16:00: Coffee break.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>16:00-16:45: Tobias Verbeke:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> The R Service Bus (RSB): Integrating R in Work flows and Processes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>16:45-17:30: Tobias Verbeke:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> The R Service Bus (RSB) + summary of the workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB>17:30:</span><span lang=EN-BZ> Reception</span><span lang=EN-GB>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Martin Otava<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>PhD student<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Interuniversity Institute for Biostatistics and statistical Bioinformatics (I-Biostat)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Center for Statistics, Universiteit Hasselt <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Agoralaan 1 - 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tel.: <span lang=EN-US style='color:#222222'>32 - 11 - 268201 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:#222222'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:kim.vankerckhove@uhasselt.be" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>otava.martin@uhasselt.be</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>