WOMBAT 2025
Annual Workshop Organised by the Monash Business Analytics Team.
29th-30th September 2025
wombat2025.numbat.space
- Hi, folks! If you attended #WOMBAT2025 we would really appreciate if you filled in this feedback form so we can make #WOMBAT2026 even better! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #RStats #DataScience #DataViz
- Surprise WOMBAT drop! If you want to relive your #WOMBAT2025 experience or want to see what you missed, we added the slides for each talk on their corresponding page. Check them out: wombat2025.numbat.space/program/work... #RStats #DataScience #OpenSource
- More wombat = more #RStats !
- I'm actually feeling so energised and motivated to keep smashing out #rstats code after this conference It was just the break I needed
- Reposted by WOMBAT 2025That’s me asking a question that appears to be causing everyone else in the audience to have an existential crisis 🥲 Thanks #WOMBAT2025! I had a great time listening to cool speakers and meeting many nice, passionate and impressive people. See ya next time 👋 #rstats
- Thank you so much too all the speakers and participants. #WOMBAT2025 was lovely and we hope to have you for #WOMBAT2026! We'll share the recordings on youtube, so follow us for news! #RStats #DataScience
- Reposted by WOMBAT 2025Come to the hackathon!
- A couple of upcoming events from the #WOMBAT2025 community: Nov 21: R Dev Day pretix.eu/r-contributo... Nov 23: OceaniaR Hackaton statsocaus.github.io/oceaniar-hac... #RStats
- Thank you so much too all the speakers and participants. #WOMBAT2025 was lovely and we hope to have you for #WOMBAT2026! We'll share the recordings on youtube, so follow us for news! #RStats #DataScience
- A couple of upcoming events from the #WOMBAT2025 community: Nov 21: R Dev Day pretix.eu/r-contributo... Nov 23: OceaniaR Hackaton statsocaus.github.io/oceaniar-hac... #RStats
- Our final talk is by Ben Harrap on the challenges or introducing "best practices" on a project lead by a team that is not experienced with #RStats #WOMBAT2025 #DataScience
- We are building a data team with Tyler Reysenbach. #WOMBAT2025
- Back to work after the exhilarating pin-pong tournament. #WOMBAT2025
- The exciting matchpoint that decided the winners! #WOMBAT2025
- The exciting matchpoint that decided the winners! #WOMBAT2025
- Time for the yearly? ping-pong tournament. The winners get an amazing, one-of-a-kind #WOMBAT2025 circuit board.
- Let's chat about software development now! #RStats #WOMBAT2025
- I 95% sure that Harriet Mason is next, but we'll see. #WOMBAT2025
- Democracy works! A bug in the code elected Cold Brew as the best type of coffee according to #WOMBAT2025 elections.
- First talk after lunch is Tidy analysis of preferential votes with prefio. #WOMBAT2025 wombat2025.numbat.space/program/work...
- The wombat ping-pong table is still a classic. #WOMBAT2025
- Cannot post. Too busy doing ggplot battles. #RStats #WOMBAT2025 www.ggplotbattles.dev/challenges/v...
- Next, Michael Lydeamore talks about a bunch of tools inspired by the spirit of spending more time automating tasks than the automation saves you. Also known as XKCD 1205 wombat2025.numbat.space/program/work... #WOMBAT2025
- Jenny Richmond now talks about the role of AI in education or the role of #education with #AI. #WOMBAT2025
- If you're a student passionate about data visualisation, join the 2025 Data Scrollytelling Contest! www.causeweb.org/cause/contes... #WOMBAT2025 #DataViz
- Packed room to start the session. #WOMBAT2025
- Starting the session after the tea break, James Goldie introducing scrollytelling with the closeread quarto extension. #RStats #WOMBAT2025 #DataDon
- If you are inspired by NIcola's talk, you can grab today's #TidyTuesday data and create your effective, informative and accessible visualisation! #RStats #WOMBAT2025 www.datawrapper.de/blog/the-dan... github.com/rfordatascie...
- Reposted by WOMBAT 2025Great pointer from @nrennie.bsky.social on making data visualisations We as makers spend hours with the data and creating the visualisation, but we need to consider those who are looking for 5 seconds #WOMBAT2025 #dataviz
- The thing about visualisation is that every rule has an exception. #DataVis #WOMBAT2025
- Reposted by WOMBAT 2025Excited to be in Melbourne for #WOMBAT2025!
- First up, Nicola Rennie talking about data visualisation and reviews for travel adapters. #WOMBAT2025 #RStats
- Starting in a few minutes!
- Our team of volunteers tirelessly worked until the last minute. #WOMBAT2025
- Food, coffee and networking. #WOMBAT2025
- Coffee break / sticker grabbing time. #WOMBAT2025
- Folks are enjoying the morning tutorials and things are ready for the coffee break. #WOMBAT2025
- Reposted by WOMBAT 2025🐨 Join me on Monday for an in-person and online workshop on 🐋 Getting Started with C++ for Faster Statistical Modelling in R 🦘 taking place during the WOMBAT workshop #NoWombatEmoji @wombat.numbat.space 🕸️ Program and registrations at: wombat2025.numbat.space/program/tuto... 🕷️ #rstats #rcpp
- Happy Friday before #WOMBAT2025 to all our Victorian followers!
- This is not a drill! I repeat: this is not a drill. Hex stickers area ready for WOMBAT2025! Are you going to miss them? Register here: wombat2025.numbat.space #RStats #DataViz #OpenSource
- Reposted by WOMBAT 2025There's still time for a last-minute registration for WOMBAT, happening next week! I'm very excited for lots of #DataViz and #RStats talks, alongside lots of other great sessions 📊 (and meeting more internet friends IRL or course!)
- WOMBAT 2025 is just 1 (one!) week away. If you haven't register already, time is running out! 🕰️ wombat2025.numbat.space #RStats #DataScience #BusinessAnalytics #DataViz
- Reposted by WOMBAT 2025Super excited to head to Melbourne next week for WOMBAT. Two days of data science tutorials and talks and new #rstats data friends! Join us!! It’s not too late to register!!
- WOMBAT 2025 is just 1 (one!) week away. If you haven't register already, time is running out! 🕰️ wombat2025.numbat.space #RStats #DataScience #BusinessAnalytics #DataViz
- Reposted by WOMBAT 2025Very excited to be travelling to Melbourne to speak at WOMBAT2025 about community building & code review. Really looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and new. 🙌
- WOMBAT 2025 is just 1 (one!) week away. If you haven't register already, time is running out! 🕰️ wombat2025.numbat.space #RStats #DataScience #BusinessAnalytics #DataViz
- Reposted by WOMBAT 2025Hej, Melbourne #rstats folks! Please join me for my in-person workshop on C++ Programming for Faster Statistical Modelling in R on Monday, Sep 29! Lot's of goodies for econometricians and statisticians here! Register at: wombat2025.numbat.space #rstats #rcpp
- We're offering two hands-on tutorials on September 29th for those wanting to level up their software dev skills. Learn how to create your own #RStats packages in the morning, followed by an afternoon treat of C++. See the full program & register: wombat2025.numbat.space #WOMBAT2025 #DataScience
- Lot's of language crosspolination tutorials in #WOMBAT2025. Take "Introduction to Regression Analysis in #Rstats" if you're interested in learning R. OTOH, if you are python-curious you can then come to "Efficiency Analysis in #Python" in the arvo. Register: wombat2025.numbat.space #DataScience
- WOMBAT 2025 is just 1 (one!) week away. If you haven't register already, time is running out! 🕰️ wombat2025.numbat.space #RStats #DataScience #BusinessAnalytics #DataViz
- We're offering two hands-on tutorials on September 29th for those wanting to level up their software dev skills. Learn how to create your own #RStats packages in the morning, followed by an afternoon treat of C++. See the full program & register: wombat2025.numbat.space #WOMBAT2025 #DataScience
- If you like #DataViz or a curious about it, come on September 29 for a one-two punch of hands-on tutorials and and stick around for Nicola Rennie's talk on building effective data visualisations the next day. See the full program & register: wombat2025.numbat.space #OpenSource #RStats
- Just 3 weeks to go before the start of #WOMBAT2025. Come join us to learn about #DataViz, #Statistics, forecasting and all things #DataScience. wombat2025.numbat.space
- Want to attend #WOMBAT2025 but #Melbourne is a bit too far for you? We've got you covered with hybrid tutorials! * Fundamentals of Forecasting. * Reproducible Reporting with #QuartoDev. * Visualising Uncertainty * Regression Analysis in #RStats 📅 Program and registration wombat2025.numbat.space
- Bring your stickers to the workshop! wombat2025.numbat.space #RStats
- Early bird is over, but that doesn't mean you need to miss out on the incredible tutorials that we've got lined up for you. wombat2025.numbat.space/program/tuto... #RStats #BusinessAnalytics
- Did you notice that writing #RStats package code feels... special? In this conversation, Cynthia Huang will talk to Rob Hyndman and Nick Tierney to discuss the ins and outs of statistical software. More and registration: wombat2025.numbat.space/program/work... #DataScience #DataDrivenDecisions
- If you're not 100% confident you can make it to her tutorial on visualising uncertainty, no doubt you won't want to miss Harriet Mason's talk on the ggdibbler package. More info and registration link here: wombat2025.numbat.space/program/work... #DataViz #RStats #Python #DataScience
- You know what they say: the early bird gets the WOMBAT. 🦚 Early Bird registration ends in just a few days! wombat2025.numbat.space
- Did you know that #Australia has preferential voting? That's great for democracy but much harder for #DataScience. Unless you use Floyd Everest's prefio 📦️ for tidy data manipulation of preferential votes. Cast your vote and register here: wombat2025.numbat.space/program/work... #RStats
- Students use #ChatGPT to do their homework, so how can teachers design effective courses so they actually learn anything at all? Register before August 31st to get early bird tickets! wombat2025.numbat.space/program/work... #RStats #AI #LLM #DataScience
- Are you having trouble designing a figure for your research or report? Bring it to this tutorial to learn and apply principles from graphic design and get feedback! Early bird pricing is ending soon! Register today! wombat2025.numbat.space/program/tuto... #RStats #DataViz #BusinessAnalytics
- We've got great tutorials, incredible talks and the opportunity to hang out with a bunch of awesome people from the #DataScience community. But you know that in your heart, y'all come for the hex stickers! Send us photos of your hex stickers! #RStats #Python #DataViz
