advocating-for-automation.md

talk_id	talk_slug	talk_type	talk_tags	session_slug	sched_url	talk_title	talk_title_short	talk_materials_url	speakers
22158	advocating-for-automation	regular	career-development champion interop	makeovers	https://rstudioconf2022.sched.com/event/11iZ2	Advocating for Automation: Adapting Current Tools in Environmental Science through R	Advocating for Automation	https://github.com/hannahpodzorski/advocating-for-automation	name affiliation url username photo bio Hannah Podzorski GSI Environmental webpage twitter github linkedin affiliation https://www.twitter.com/hpodz https://github.com/hannahpodzorski https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-podzorski https://www.gsienv.com/ hannah_podzorski /assets/img/2022Conf/_talks/22158_hannah-podzorski.jpg Hannah Podzorski is a hydrologist currently working as an environmental consultant. She specializes in quantitative analysis and visualization of complex environmental data for a variety of projects and clients. She develops both static and interactive visuals, including {Shiny} apps, to promote innovation, help with decision making and improve communication between team members, clients, and the public.

Increasing quantity and types of available data and the need for more advance analyses are outpacing current tools in environmental science. R allows us to efficiently manipulate and analyze complex data; however, taking the first leap from a current workflow to automation can be challenging. This talk will focus on how to advocate for automation in a team with diverse skillsets. We’ll start with examples of small changes that can be made using {officer} and {openxlsx} to meet your team members where they are by presenting results in a manner familiar to them; and finish by presenting a case study of how we used R to automate software from a regulatory agency.