Introduction to R Shiny

Join us on Wednesday Nov 16th at 6pm EST for an Introduction to R Shiny session. Learn the basics of building interactive R data products! This instructional session will lead participants through a simple R Shiny exercise. We will build and examine the two fundamental components: the user interface and server functions. Our goal is to recognize what goes in each, how their code structures differ, and how they communicate with each other so users can directly engage with your data products.

This event is meant for people new to R Shiny, but comfortable coding ggplot graphics and writing simple functions (either custom functions or for loops).

The session will be lead by Ashton Drew, Owner and Lead Consultant at KDV Decision Analysis LLC and a certified R Shiny instructor.

Ashton runs a consultancy which specializes in data analytics and communication for decision support in the fields of resource management, conservation planning, and organizational development. Final products of her firm typically include data driven apps, interactive visualizations, and web-based decision support tools that allow decision-makers to simulate and compare plausible outcomes of alternative decisions. The act of making research results accessible and relevant often requires thinking beyond the science and data to consider the uncertainty and complexity of the decisions' context (e.g., fiscal realities, social values, legal requirements, etc.). To accomplish these tasks, Ashton offers skills gathering and analyzing data from databases, expert elicitations, personal narratives, and community workshops. She has worked with multiple federal, state, and private agencies to innovate and improve the science and delivery of environmental projects.

Prior to starting her own business, Ashton worked as a research ecologist and instructor at North Carolina State University focused on species habitat modeling and other topics in applied landscape ecology. While there, she developed and taught several courses and co-edited two textbooks: “Predictive Species and Habitat Modeling in Landscape Ecology” and “Expert Knowledge and its Application in Landscape Ecology”. She continues to spend about a quarter of her time teaching, offering R courses through Transmitting Science (Spain) and Yukon Government (Canada).