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rOpenSci Announces a New $896k Award From The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to Improve the Scientific Package Ecosystem for R.
We’re excited to announce a new member of our team! Introducing Mark Padgham, rOpenSci’s new Software Research Scientist
NumFOCUS recognizes Melina Vidoni and Will Landau for their contributions to rOpenSci.
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5 community-contributed packages passed software peer review.
baRcodeR - Label Creation for Tracking and Collecting Data from Biological Samples. Author: Yihan Wu; Reviewers: Rayna Harris, Lluís Revilla; Read the Review
eia - API Wrapper for ‘US Energy Information Administration’ Open Data. Author: Matthew Leonawicz; Reviewers: David Ranzolin, Philipp Ottolinger; Read the Review
mapscanner - R package to print maps, draw on them, and scan them back in. Author: Mark Padgham; Reviewers: Kelly Hondula, Nicholas Potter; Read the Review
photosearcher - Searches Flickr for photographs and metadata. Author: Nathan Fox; Reviewers: Monica Gerber, Zhian Kamvar; Read the Review
workloopR - Analysis of Work Loops and Other Data from Muscle Physiology Experiments. Author: Vikram B. Baliga; Reviewers: Julia Romanowska, Eric Brown; Read the Review
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