SDSS Symposium on Data Science and Statistics 2026
The Symposium on Data Science and Statistics provides a unique opportunity for data scientists, computer scientists, and statisticians to come together and exchange ideas
The Symposium on Data Science and Statistics provides a unique opportunity for data scientists, computer scientists, and statisticians to come together and exchange ideas.
If you’re looking to level up your development environment, join Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel for an immersive look at our newest IDE in her short course, Getting Started with Positron: A Next-Generation IDE for Data Science.
Description:
Positron is a next-generation data science IDE built by Posit PBC that combines the best features of RStudio and Visual Studio Code. This tutorial will introduce Python and R users to Positron’s core capabilities, with an emphasis on helping RStudio and VS Code users while highlighting its seamless integration with the respective language ecosystems.
For R programmers coming from RStudio, Positron delivers a familiar yet enhanced environment for data analysis and package development, while offering a path to Python when needed. For Python programmers coming from VS Code, Positron offers data science–specific enhanced capabilities for exploring and analyzing data, authoring, and publishing. Unlike traditional software development–oriented IDEs, Positron provides first-class support for data science–specific workflows through its native support for R and Python, along with a designated, integrated UI for exploring for variables (environment), connections, plots, help, and more.
