Lindsey Dietz, PhD

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Financial Economist

Dr. Dietz works as a quant for the Federal Reserve to assess the resilience of the financial industry through stress testing. She is a co-leader of R Ladies - Twin Cities is an AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador where she is a STEM role model for girls.

Friday, October 30, 2020

9:00 AM - 9:40 AM CDT

Software Design, Development, and Distribution in R

Hopin

4 - Mostly Technical

Lindsey Dietz, PhD

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Financial Economist

Christina Knudson, PhD

University of St. Thomas, Assistant Professor

Do you have code you are using repeatedly? Do you need to scale projects beyond personal use? We can help! We’ll cover the general workflow of turning raw code into R software, with overviews of the following:

Implementing sound design principles
Creating a robust R package
Using GitHub for version control and distribution

We will discuss tips and tricks (including our epic fails) for getting started on your software development journey.

Session GitHub: https://github.com/knudson1/WiADS2020