Achim Zeileis

👋 bsky! ▶️ I just joined - fed up with the bird place for too long. I'll also remain @zeileis@fosstodon.org 📈 I'll post about: statistics, science, software. Often combining all three in my work for Journal of Statistical Software #jstatsoft 🤓 Hope to learn new interesting stuff & meet new people!

PSA for those - like myself - getting started with #rstats on #codeberg James Balamuta @coatless.bsky.social put together incredibly useful videos about the CI tools #Forgejo Actions and Woodpecker CI www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XqN...

PSA We can have fast(er) #Rstats continuous integration via #r2u at #codeberg. Thanks to @zeileis.org for the recent question, Doug Kelkhoff for the initial nudge, and @coatless.bsky.social for sorting details out. You can use both forgejo actions and woodpecker. See codeberg.org/eddelbuettel...

Ursache und Wirkung: Darüber denken wir öfter nach, als uns bewusst ist. Ausführlich mit @asator.bsky.social im Erklär mir die Welt Podcast darüber zu diskutieren, wie wir in der Wissenschaft darüber nachdenken, hat großen Spaß gemacht.

I gave a talk about AI & research software today at @esciencecenter.bsky.social with some of my experiences and a lot of other people's, with lots of questions & few answers, but perhaps some useful ways of thinking about how to get to answers doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #AI #ResearchSoftware #RSEng

📝 My paper on generalized additive models (GAMs) in animal science is out! Learn nonlinear relationships from data, estimate growth rates and compare treatments, with cows, pigs and quail + reproducible #RStats code. Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.an... #mgcv #AnimalScience #Statistics 🧪

The International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC part of @isi-official.bsky.social) is looking for a social media officer. 👀 Comes with a small stipend... 💶 👇

New post by Šimon Urbánek and the late Tomáš Kalibera on new features for binary R packages #rstats 📦️ blog.r-project.org/2026/09/29/s...

New blog post by @ellakaye.co.uk and @heathrturnr.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy: Zulip Chat for the R Project #RStats blog.r-project.org/2026/09/22/z...

Wer möchte gerne was über Wetter-Apps erfahren? Ich halte wieder einen Vortrag - dieses Mal in Innsbruck. 📍VHS Innsbruck 📆 Do. 22.10.2026 ⏰ 18:30 - 20:00 Uhr www.vhs-tirol.at/kurssuche/ku... #wissenfueralle #wetter #apps

New blog post by Vincent Goulet & Kurt Hornik: Nifty new features for tangling and weaving Sweave documents in base #rstats blog.r-project.org/2026/09/18/n...

Thanks so much @zeileis.org for the {exams} #Rstats package. So powerful and well documented! www.r-exams.org Super helpful to create dynamic (individual) exercises for +200 students with automatic feedback and grading in platforms like Blackboard, Moodle...

The 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 0.18.0 📦 for #RStats is out! The new version is faster, has lots of bug fixes, and some beat new features. Check it out if you need a dead simple, ultra-flexible, and dep-free package to draw tables: (interactive) html, typ, tex, pdf, and png. vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable

We invite #RStats users to contribute to a fund dedicated to helping the family of Tomáš Kalibera following his untimely death in April. Find out more and donate here: www.r-project.org/foundation/k...

Zeit und Geld sparen und ganz nebenbei #Umwelt und #Klima schonen: Leitungswasser ist ohne Verpackung und Transport direkt in der Küche verfügbar. Es ist außerdem sauber, umweltfreundlich und gesund. Unsere Tipps zum Thema: www.umweltbundesamt.de/umwelttipps-...

What's new in JAGS 5.0.0 part 1: Initial Values martynplummer.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/w...

R-universe now provides binaries and check results for Windows-ARM64 of all CRAN and BIOC packages: contributor.r-project.org/windows-arm64/

CRAN submissions are back online! #rstats The certificates had been revoked on Friday at rather short notice. Submit your 📦️ before CRAN goes on vacation August 5-19. xmpalantir.wu.ac.at/cransubmit/i...

Norm Matloff (1948-2026) @matloff.bsky.social I was made aware of the post below made by his daughter. We lost another friend and valued long-time contributor the #Rstats community, gone far too soon, and sure to be missed. His memory will be a blessing.

Here's a useful page with a **ton** of common tasks in #RStats, done with parallel syntax for tidyverse vs. data.table vs. base. arelbundock.com/posts/dt_tb_... #rdatatable #tidyverse

We were deeply saddened to hear of the sudden death of Professor Adrian Bowman, a distinguished statistician, longstanding RSS fellow, and valued contributor to the Society for almost five decades. Adrian's contributions to statistics, teaching, and the RSS will have a lasting impact.

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's match at #FIFA2026 In Semifinal: #ENGARG #ENG #ARG Probability to advance: 58.2% vs. 41.8% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.4-1.1 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 43.9% Draw 26.7% 🇦🇷 29.4% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Semifinal: #FRAESP #FRA #ESP Probability to advance: 51.9% vs. 48.1% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.2-1.2 🇫🇷 37.8% Draw 27.8% 🇪🇸 34.4% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Quarterfinal: #ESPBEL #ESP #BEL Probability to advance: 71.9% vs. 28.1% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.6-0.8 🇪🇸 56.8% Draw 25.3% 🇧🇪 17.9% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

⚽ Probabilistic forecasts for today's matches at #FIFA2026 In Quarterfinal: #FRAMAR #FRA #MAR Probability to advance: 72.1% vs. 27.9% 🥅 In normal time: Mean goals: 1.6-0.8 🇫🇷 57.3% Draw 24.6% 🇲🇦 18.1% Heatmap with probabilistic forecasts for the possible outcomes of the match in normal time:

5. There are a bunch of other improvements... from "smart" axis limits to caption support to numerous bug fixes... See our full v0.7.0. changelog for details: grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/NEW... Thanks to everyone who contributed, made suggestions, or filed bug requests. Happy tinyplotting!

4. We've added `tinyplot.*` methods for core R objects (data.frame, matrix, ts), making it trivial to visualize your data quickly, e.g. grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/man... Bonus: this all means you can use tinyplot with pipes, e.g. `mydata |> plt(y ~ x | group)`. grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/man...

2. We've added more plot types and improved the functionality of existing types. grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/vig...

1. We've significantly refactored (and added to) our theming capabilities. Choose from 20+ built-in themes... or roll your own. grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/vig...

𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 v0.7.0 now available on CRAN 🎉 This is big release, with loads of new features. Same tiny footprint, though ;-) Short highlight thread below, borrowing examples from our gallery: grantmcdermott.com/tinyplot/vig...