Talks

2025

r2u: CRAN as Ubuntu Binaries: Invited talk at 11th Rencontres R, Université Mons, May 19, 2025.
Pdf version of presentation slides.

2024

Faster ML and MLOps with r2u: Talk at Fall Meetup of Chicago ML and MLOps Group, September 25, 2024.
Pdf version of presentation slides.

2023

A Gentle and Applied Introduction to Rcpp: Talk at Workshops for Ukraine, Online, February 9, 2023.
Pdf version of presentation slides.

2022

r2u: CRAN as Ubuntu Binaries: Talk at Cleveland R User Group, Cleveland, OH, December 7, 2022.
Pdf version of presentation slides and video recording.
Introduction to Rcpp: Online seminar, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, November 30, 2022.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
r2u: CRAN as Ubuntu Binaries: Talk at CANSSI Ontario Statistical Software Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada, November 10, 2022.
Pdf version of presentation slides and video recording.
r2u: CRAN as Ubuntu Binaries: Talk at Edmonton R User Group, Edmonton, AB, Canada, October 27, 2022.
Pdf version of presentation slides and video recording.
r2u: CRAN as Ubuntu Binaries: Talk at Chicago R User Group, Chicago, IL, September 15, 2022.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Introduction to Rcpp: Virtual Seminar, National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), March 25, 2022.
Pdf version of presentation slides.

2021

R for Machine Learning: A Brief Overview with Examples: Invited talk, 6th European COST Conference on AI in Industry and Finance, September 9, 2021.
Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), CH.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Infinitely Scalable Data Analysis: Using R with TileDB Tutorial: On-line presentation, BioC2021, August 4, 2021, lead author Aaron Wolen.
Pdf version of presentation slides and video recording.
Binary R Packages for Linux: Past, Present and Future: Regular talk, useR! 2021, July 9, 2021. Lead author Iñaki Ucar
Html version of presentation slides.
Using TileDB with R: An Introductory Tutorial: On-line tutorial, useR! 2021, July 7, 2021, with Aaron Wolen.
Pdf version of presentation slides and video recording.
On Building Open Source Programs: A Few Somewhat Disjoint Comments: Invited talk, Gretl Conference 2021, June 3, 2021.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Testing R Packages: A Short Overview and Introduction to tinytest: Invited presentation, Bioconductor Developer Forum, February 25, 2021.
Pdf version of presentation slides, and video recording.

2020

Introduction to Rcpp: Invited presentation, Apple Inc, December 15, 2020.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Using R via Rocker: A Brief Introduction with Examples: Presentation to the Cologne R User Group, November 19, 2020.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Reliable Reproducible Research via Containers from the Rocker Project: Invited presentation, Data Science, Statistics and Visualization (DSSV) 2020, Duke University / online, 29 July 2020.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Seamless R and C++ Integration: On-line tutorial, useR! 2020, July 14, 2020.
Pdf version of presentation slides and video recording of presentation.
Introduction to Rcpp: From Simple Examples to Machine Learning: Webinar / virtual tutorial, Chicago, IL, and online, June 5, 2020.
Pdf version of presentation slides and video recording of presentation.
The Rocker Project: Bringing Docker to R: Presentation at satRday Chicago 2020 in Chicago, IL, and online, May 30, 2020
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Introduction to Rcpp: From Simple Examples to Machine Learning: Three-hour workshop preceding celebRtion 2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark, February 28, 2020
Pdf version of presentation slides.

2019

Using R via Rocker: A Brief Introduction with Examples: Talk at Chicago R User Group, Chicago, IL, November 26, 2019.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Software Heritage and CRAN: Connect the Great Library of Source Code with the Comprehensive R Archive Network (with Stefano Zacchiroli): Invited flash poster presentations at useR! 2019 in Toulouse, France, July 11, 2019
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Introduction to Rcpp: From Simple Examples to Machine Learning: Three-hour tutorial preceding useR! 2019 in Toulouse, France, July 9, 2019
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Extending R with C++: Motivation, Examples, and Context: Invited keynote at ICORS-LACSC 2019 conference at ESPOL, Guyaquil, Ecuador, May 30, 2019.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Extending R: A Brief Overview: Talk at Northwestern University R User Group at Kellog Global Hub, Evanston, IL, May 22, 2019.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Introduction to Rcpp: From Simple Examples to Machine Learning: Workshop preceding R/Finance 2019, Chicago, IL, May 17, 2019.
Pdf version of presentation slides.

2018

Introduction to Rcpp: From Simple Examples to Machine Learning: Three-hour tutorial preceding useR! 2018 in Brisbane, Australia, July 11, 2018
Pdf version of presentation slides. Videos of part I and part II.
Reverse Depends: Some Preliminary Comments: Presentation at R Foundation Summit / Directions in Statistical Computing (DSC) 2018 Conference in Brisbane, Australia, July 9, 2018.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Introduction to Rcpp: From Simple Examples to Machine Learning: Workshop preceding R/Finance 2018, Chicago, IL, June 1, 2018.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Extending R with C++: Motivation, Examples, and Context: Guest lecture in Statistics Programming Methods (STAT 385), Department of Statistics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, on April 20, 2018.
Pdf version of lecture slides.
Extending R: Motivation, Examples, and Context: Guest lecture in Data Science Foundations (STAT 480), Department of Statistics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, on April 19, 2018.
Pdf version of lecture slides.
Extending R: Motivation, Examples, and Context: Talk at Chicago R User Group, Chicago, IL, March 29, 2018.
Pdf version of presentation slides.

2017

Pandoc and Markdown in 5 Minutes: Lightning talk at Open Source Open Mic #9 in Chicago, IL, October 26, 2017.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Extending R with C++: Motivation, Examples, and Context: Talk at Civis Analytics, Chicago, IL, October 11, 2017.
Pdf version of presentation slides
Computational Statistics in Practice: Some Observations: Talk at Political Data Science Lab, Washington University in St Louis, MO, September 8, 2017.
Pdf version of presentation slides
Computational Statistics in Practice: Some Observations: Talk at St Louis R User Group in St Louis, MO, September 8, 2017.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
R for System Administration: Lightning talk at Open Source Open Mic #8 in Chicago, IL, August 3, 2017.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Introducing Uwe Ligges: Brief notes before final keynote at useR! 2017 in Brussels, Belgium, July 7, 2017.
Pdf version of presentation slides. Video of recorded session.
Hosting Data Packages via drat: A Case Study with Hurricane Exposure Data (with Brooke Anderson): Presentation at useR! 2017 in Brussels, Belgium, July 7, 2017.
Pdf version of presentation slides. Video of recorded session.
Introduction to Rcpp: From Simple Examples to Machine Learning: Three-hour tutorial preceding useR! 2017 in Brussels, Belgium, July 4, 2017.
Pdf version of presentation slides. Videos of part I and part II.
Rcpp at 1000 Reverse Depends: Some Observations: Presentation at Directions in Statistical Computing (DSC) 2017 Conference in Brussels, Belgium, July 3, 2017.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Higher-Performance R Programming via C++ Extensions: Two-day course at Zuerich R Courses at University Zuerich / ETH Zuerich, Zuerich, CH, June 28 and 29, 2017.
Pdf version of slides: Part 1: Introduction, Part 2: Rcpp Basics, Part 3: ApplicationRcpp Basics, Part 4: Rcpp Gallery Examples, Part 5: Packaging and Debugging, Part 6: RInside.
Extending R with C++: Motivation and Examples: Invited keynote at R à Québec 2017, Université Laval, Québec Canada, May 26, 2017.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Introduction to Rcpp: From Simple Examples to Machine Learning: Workshop preceding R/Finance 2017, Chicago, IL, May 19, 2017.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Extending R with C++: A Brief Introduction to Rcpp: Presentation at rstudio::conf 2017, Kissimmee, FL, January 14, 2017.
Pdf version of the presentation slides. Video of recorded session

2016

Computational Statistics in Practice: Some Observations: Invited seminar, Department of Statistics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, November 10, 2016.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
If You Can't Beat 'Em...: Invited Paper, JSS-sponsored Open Source Statistical Software for Data Science session, JSM 2016, Chicago, IL, July 31, 2016.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
A Hands-On Introduction to Rcpp: ASA Professional Development Continuing Education Course, JSM 2016, Chicago, IL, July 31, 2016.
Pdf version of the presentation slides, and 2x2 compact presentation slides.
Extending CRAN Packages with Binaries: The Example of x13binary (with Christoph Sax): Presentation at useR! 2016, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, June 29, 2016.
Pdf version of the presentation slides. Video of recorded session.
A Gentle Introduction to Rcpp: Presentation to the Cape Town R User Group, Cape Town, South Africa, June 9, 2016.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
Rblpapi Revisited: One Year Later (with Whit Armstrong and John Laing): Lightning talk at R/Finance 2016, Chicago, IL, May 21, 2016.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
Hands-On Rcpp and RcppArmadillo: Workshop preceding R/Finance 2016, Chicago, IL, May 20, 2016.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Open Source Finance: Game changer for banks, trading firms and hedge funds?: Invited presentation Trading Show Chicago 2016, Chicago, IL, May 18, 2016.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.

2015

Rcpp: An Example-Driven Hands-on Introduction: Three-hour workshop preceding EARL 2015, Boston, MA, November 2, 2015.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
R and 'Faster Data': The Case for Rcpp: Invited presentation at ISM HPCCON 2015 / ISM HPC on R Workshop, Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM), Tokyo, Japan, October 12, 2015.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
R and High-Performance Computing: A (Somewhat Brief and Personal) Overview: Invited presentation at ISM HPCCON 2015 / ISM HPC on R Workshop, Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM), Tokyo, Japan, October 10, 2015.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
Rcpp: Making R Applications Go Faster and Further: Invitred keynote talk at EARL 2015, London, UK, September 16, 2015.
Pdf version of the presentation slides. Video of recorded session.
Rcpp: An Example-Driven Hands-on Introduction: Three-hour workshop preceding EARL 2015, London, UK, September 14, 2015.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
drat: A Hands-On Introduction: Lightning talk at useR! 2015, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DK, July 1, 2015.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
Rocker: Using R on Docker: Tutorial preceding useR! 2015, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DK, June 30, 2015.
Pdf version of presentation slides
Higher-Performance R Programming via C++ Extensions: Invited Lectures at Zuerich R Courses at University Zuerich / ETH Zuerich, Zuerich, CH, June 24 and 25, 2015.
Pdf version of slides: Part 1: Introduction, Part 2: Rcpp Basics, Part 3: ApplicationRcpp Basics, Part 4: Rcpp Gallery Examples, Part 5: Packaging and Debugging, Part 6: RInside.
Rblpapi: An interface to the shall-not-be-named service (with Whit Armstrong and John Laing): Lightning talk at R/Finance 2015, Chicago, IL, May 30, 2015.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
Rcpp by Examples: Workshop preceding R/Finance 2015, Chicago, IL, May 29, 2015
Pdf version of presentation slides.
An Introduction to Rcpp: Invited presentation at Genentech, San Francisco, CA, January 28, 2015.
Pdf version of presentations slides
An Introduction to Rcpp: Presentation at Bay Area useR! Group, San Jose, CA, January 28, 2015.
Pdf version of presentation slides
Some Notes on Rcpp and RcppParallel (with JJ Allaire): Presentation at Workshop on Distributed Computing in R, HP Labs, Palo Alto, CA, January 27 and 28, 2015.
Pdf version of presentation slides

2014

QuantLib, R and Rcpp: Presentation at QuantLib User Meeting 2014, IKB AG, Duesseldorf, Germany, December 4, 2014.
Pdf version of presentations slides
High-Performance Computing with Rcpp and RcppArmadillo: Invited Presentation at Big Data and Open Science with R Workshop, Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, November 22, 2014.
Pdf version of presentations slides
Introduction to R Package Development: Invited Presentation at Big Data and Open Science with R Workshop, Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, November 21, 2014.
Pdf version of presentations slides
R and Docker: Lightning Talk at Docker Chicago Meetup , Mediafly office, Chicago, IL, September 25, 2014.
Pdf version of presentation slides
R, C++ and Rcpp: Invited Keynote at useR! 2014, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, July 2, 2014.
Pdf version of presentation slides
RcppZiggurat: Faster Random Normal Draws: Presentation at useR! 2014, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, July 1, 2014.
Pdf version of presentation slides
Rcpp Tutorial at useR! 2014: An Example-Driven Hands-On Introduction to Rcpp: Tutorial preceding useR! 2014, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, June 30, 2014.
Pdf version of presentation slides
Hands-on Rcpp by Examples: Presentation to the Munich R Users Group, Munich, Germany, June 24, 2014
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Seamless R and C++ Integration with Rcpp: Introduction and Examples: Presentation in Statistical Colloquium, Department of Statistics, Department of Statistics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, June 23, 2014.
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Hands-on Rcpp: Invited lecture for Practical Computing for Economists, Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, May 30, 2014
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Rcpp by Examples: Invited webinar organized by the Orange County R User Group, on-line, May 20, 2014
Pdf version of presentation slides. Video of recorded session.
Accessing Redis Data Caches via Rcpp: Lightning talk at R/Finance 2014, Chicago, IL, May 17, 2014.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
Rcpp by Examples: Workshop preceding R/Finance 2014, Chicago, IL, May 16, 2014
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Accessing Redis Data Caches via Rcpp: Presentation to the Chicago R Users Group, Chicago, IL, May 14, 2014
Pdf version of presentation slides.

2013

R and Big Data: Invited Panel Presentation, Big Data Summit, Research Park, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Champaign, IL, December 6, 2013
Pdf version of presentation slides
Seamless R and C++ Integration with Rcpp: Introduction and Examples: Invited Colloqium, Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, November 16, 2013
Pdf version of presentation slides part 1: Rcpp Intro, part 2: RcppArmadillo Examples, part 3: RcppZiggurat.
Seamless R and C++ Integration with Rcpp: Introduction and Examples: Statistical Computing Seminar, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, October 4, 2013
Pdf version of presentation slides part 1: Rcpp Intro, part 2: Rcpp Examples.
A Brief Introduction to Rcpp: Presentation to the Chicago R Users Group, Chicago, IL, August 8, 2013
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Rcpp by Examples: Presentation to the Sydney Users of R Forum (suRf), Sydney, NSW, Australia, July 10, 2013
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
RcppArmadillo: Accelerating R with C++ Linear Algebra: Conference presentation at R/Finance 2013, Chicago, IL, May 18, 2013
Pdf version of presentation slides.
Rcpp by Examples: Workshop preceding R/Finance 2013, Chicago, IL, May 17, 2013
Pdf version of presentation slides.
R and C++ Integration with Rcpp: Invited day-long workshop at Medical College of Wisconsin, sponsored by the Milwaukee Chapter of the American Statistical Assocation as well as the CTSI and PCOR centers at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and held on May 11, 2013.
Pdf versions of slides: Part 1 (Introduction), Part 2 (Details), Part 3 (Advanced) and Part 4 (Applications).
R and C++ Integration with Rcpp: Motivation and Examples: Guest lecture in CMSC 12300 Computer Science with Applications-3, Department of Computer Science, University of Chicago, on April 30, 2013.
Pdf version of lecture slides

2012

C++ for R Programmers: Invited Session on Other Languages for R Programmers at useR! 2012, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, June 12, 2012.
Pdf version of presentation slides
Rcpp Workshops at useR! 2012: Introduction and Advanced Use: Workshop preceding useR! 2012, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, June 12, 2012. Pdf version of slides: Introduction to Rcpp (Parts I and II) and Advanced Rcpp (Parts III and IV)
Wittier Webapps with RInside: Lightning talk at R/Finance 2012, Chicago, IL, May 12, 2012.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
Rcpp: Seamless R and C++ Integration (with Romain Francois): Workshop preceding R/Finance 2012, Chicago, IL, May 11, 2012. Pdf version of the presentation slides.
Presentation at the Boston R User Group, Boston, MA, USA, April 17, 2012. Pdf version of the presentation slides.

2011

Rcpp: Seamless R and C++ Integration (with Romain Francois): Presentation at the Seattle R User Group, Seattle, WA, USA, December 7, 2011. Pdf version of the presentation slides.
R / C++ Integration with Rcpp and RInside (with Romain Francois): Full-day workshop preceding R/Finance 2011, Chicago, IL, April 28, 2011.
Pdf version of the presentation slides: Part 1 (Introduction), Part 2 (Details), Part 3 (Advanced) and Part 4 (Applications).
Also available are the examples as tar.gz and zip file.

2010

Integrating R with C++: Rcpp, RInside and RProtoBuf (with Romain Francois): Ninety-minute presentation at Google!, Mountain View, CA, USA, October 22, 2010
Pdf version of the presentation slides, and video of recorded session.
Introduction to High-Performance Computing with R: Three-hour tutorial presented at the useR! 2010 conference at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, July 20-23, 2010
Pdf version of the presentation slides and a 2-up handout version of the slides.
Rcpp: Seamless R and C++ Integration (with Romain Francois): Presentation at the useR! 2010 conference at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, July 20-23, 2010
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
RProtoBuf: Protocol Buffers for R (with Romain Francois): Presentation at the useR! 2010 conference at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, July 20-23, 2010
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
RQuantLib: Interfacing QuantLib from R (with Khanh Nguyen): Presentation at the useR! 2010 conference at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, July 20-23, 2010
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
Seamless R and C++ Integration: Rcpp and RInside (with Romain Francois): Seminar presentation at the Institute for Statistics and Mathematics of the WU Vienna / Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien on May 20, 2010.
Pdf version of the handout slides (compact).
Pdf version of the presentation slides (expanded).
Extending and Embedding R with C++: One-hour tutorial preceding the R / Finance 2010 conference at UIC, Chicago, Illinois, April 16-17, 2010.
Pdf version of tutorial handout.
RQuantLib: Interfacing QuantLib from R++ (with Khanh Nguyen): Presentation at R / Finance 2010 conference at UIC, Chicago, Illinois, April 16-17, 2010.
Pdf handout version of presentation slides.
Seamless R Extensions using Rcpp and RInside (with Romain Francois): Speaker Seminar, Department of Statistics, University of California at Los Angeles, and Los Angeles R User Group Meeting, March 30, 2010.
Pdf version of the handout slides (compact).
Pdf version of the presentation slides (expanded).
(External link) video of presentation along with slides.
Programming with Data: Using and Extending R: Invited guest lecture, ACM Chapter, University of Chicago, February 18, 2010.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.

2009

Introduction to High-Performance Computing with R: Five-hour tutorial presented at the Institute for Statistical Mathematics in Tachikawa / Tokyo, Japan, November 27, 2009.
Pdf version of the presentation slides and a 2-up handout version of the slides.
Introduction to High-Performance Computing with R: Three-hour tutorial presented at the useR! 2009 conference at Agrocampus Ouest / Univ Rennes II, Rennes, France, July 7-10, 2009.
Pdf version of the presentation slides and a 2-up handout version of the slides.
cran2deb: A fully automated CRAN to Debian package generation system (with Charles Blundell; Dirk Eddelbuettel is corresponding author): Presentation at the useR! 2009 conference at Agrocampus Ouest / Univ Rennes II, Rennes, France, July 7-10, 2009.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
Rcpp and RInside: Easier R and C++ integration: Presentation at the useR! 2009 conference at Agrocampus Ouest / Univ Rennes II, Rennes, France, July 7-10, 2009.
Pdf version of the presentation slides.
Introduction to High-Performance R: One-hour tutorial presented at the R / Finance 2009 conference at UIC, Chicago, Illinois, April 24-25, 2009.
Pdf version of the slides from the tutorial.
R in Finance: Invited panel presentation at the Midwest Finance Association's 58th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 5, 2009.
Pdf version of the slides

2008

Introduction to High-Performance Computing with R: Invited workshop/presentation at the Bank of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, December 22, 2008.
Pdf version of the slides
Live cdrom provided via Quantian's Alioth site, see the tutorial for details.
Introduction to High-Performance R: Three-hour tutorial presented at the useR! 2008 conference at TU Dortmund, Germany, August 11-14, 2008.
Pdf version of the slides from the tutorial.
Live cdrom provided via Quantian's Alioth site, see the tutorial slides appendix for details.
Scripting with R in high-performance computing: An example using littler: Presentation at the useR! 2008 conference at TU Dortmund, Germany, August 11-14, 2008.
Pdf version of the slides from the presentation.

2007

RDieHarder: An R interface to the DieHarder suite of Random Number Generator Tests (with Robert G. Brown; Dirk Eddelbuettel is lead / corresponding author): Presentation at the useR! 2007 conference at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, August 8-10, 2007.
Pdf versions of accepted paper and slides presented at the conference.
apt-get install cran bioc: On automated builds of 1700 R packages for Debian (with David Vernazobres, Albrecht Gebhard and Steffen Moeller; Dirk Eddelbuettel is lead / corresponding author): Presentation at the useR! 2007 conference at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, August 8-10, 2007.
Pdf versions of accepted paper and slides presented at the conference.
Scientific Grid Computing via Community-Controlled Autobuilding of Software Packages Across Architectures (with Steffen Moeller, Daniel Bayer, David Vernazobres and Albrecht Gebhard; Steffen Moeller is lead / corresponding author): Presentation at the NETTAB 2007 conference in Pisa, Italy, June 12-15, 2007.
Pdf versions of accepted paper and slides presented at the conference.

2006

Use R! in fifteen different ways: A survey of R front-ends in Quantian: Presentation at the Second international R user conference (useR! 2006) in Vienna, June 15-17, 2006.
Pdf version of slides (1.5 mb).

2005

Quantian as an environment for distributed statistical computing: Presentation at the Directions in Statistical Computing 2005 (DSC 2005) Conference in Seattle, August 13 - 14, 2005.
Pdf version of slides (224 kb).

2004

Quantian: A single-system image scientific cluster computing environment: Presentation at the 2004 Usenix Annual Technical Conference in Boston, June 27 - July 2, 2004.
Pdf version of slides (390 kb).
Programming with financial data: Connecting R to Lim and Bloomberg: Presentation at the useR! 2004 conference in Vienna, 20 - 22 May 2004.
Pdf version of slides (200 kb). NB: The R software packages described in this presentation are not publically available.
Quantian: A single-system image scientific cluster computing environment: Short presentation at the useR! 2004 conference in Vienna, 20 - 22 May 2004.
Pdf version of slides (104 kb).
R in Debian: Past, Present and Future (with Douglas Bates and Albrecht Gebhardt): Short presentation at the useR! 2004 conference in Vienna, 20 - 22 May 2004.
Pdf version of slides (60 kb).

1997

Enjoying a Free Lunch: Computational Economics with Linux: Presented at the Third Conference `Computing in Economics and Finance' organised by the Society for Computational Economics and hosted by the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, California, 30 June - 2 July 1997.
HTML Link

1996

A Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Passive Management: Presented at the Second Conference `Computing in Economics and Finance' organised by the Society for Computational Economics and hosted by the Department of Econometrics at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, 26 - 28 June 1996.
Postscript version of paper for US letter paper (159 kByte)
The Impact of News on Foreign Exchange Rates: Evidence from Very High Frequency Data (with Thomas H. McCurdy): Presented at the 1996 Meetings of the Canadian Economics Association at Brock Univeristy, St. Catherines, 31 May - 2 June 1996 and the 1996 Meetings of the Canadian Econometric Study Group at the University of Waterloo, 20 - 22 September 1996.
Revised postscript version for US letter paper (208 kByte)
A Genetic Algorithm for Passive Management: Creating Index Funds with Fewer Stocks: Presented at the Third International Conference Forecasting Financial Markets organised by Chemical Bank and Imperial College, London, England, 27 - 29 March 1996.
gzipped Postscript version of paper for A4 paper (70 kByte)
gzipped Postscript version of paper for US letter paper (70 kByte)

1995

Semiparametric Estimation of ARCH Models using Nearest Neighbour Regression: Some Monte Carlo Results (with Russell Davidson): Presented at Canadian Econometric Study Group Meetings, McGill University, Montreal, September 1995.
gzipped Postscript version of paper (110 kByte)
gzipped Postscript version of overheads (61 kByte)

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