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and to Philip Austin for his leadership and guidance throughout the translation process.
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We also gratefully acknowledge the UBC Open Educational Resources Fund
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and the UBC Department of Statistics for supporting the translation of
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the original R textbook and exercises to the python programming language.
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and the UBC Department of Statistics for supporting the translation of
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the original R textbook and exercises to the Python programming language.
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textbook was adapted to Python by Trevor Campbell, Joel Ostblom, and Lindsey
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**[Tiffany Timbers](https://www.tiffanytimbers.com/)** is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of
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Statistics and Co-Director for the Master of Data Science program (Vancouver
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Option) at the University of British Columbia. In these roles she teaches and
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develops curriculum around the responsible application of Data Science to solve
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real-world problems. One of her favorite courses she teaches is a graduate
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course on collaborative software development, which focuses on teaching how to
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create R and Python packages using modern tools and workflows.
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**[Trevor Campbell](https://trevorcampbell.me/)** is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at
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the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on automated, scalable
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Bayesian inference algorithms, Bayesian nonparametrics, streaming data, and
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**[Tiffany Timbers](https://www.tiffanytimbers.com/)** is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of
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Statistics and Co-Director for the Master of Data Science program (Vancouver
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Option) at the University of British Columbia. In these roles she teaches and
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develops curriculum around the responsible application of Data Science to solve
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real-world problems. One of her favorite courses she teaches is a graduate
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course on collaborative software development, which focuses on teaching how to
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create R and Python packages using modern tools and workflows.
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**[Melissa Lee](https://www.stat.ubc.ca/users/melissa-lee)** is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of
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Statistics at the University of British Columbia. She teaches and develops
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**[Lindsey Heagy](https://lindseyjh.ca/)** is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric
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Sciences and director of the Geophysical Inversion Facility at the University of British Columbia.
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Her research combines computational methods in numerical simulations, inversions, and machine
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learning to answer questions about the subsurface of the Earth. Primary applications include
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mineral exploration, carbon sequestration, groundwater and environmental studies. She
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completed her BSc at the University of Alberta, her PhD at the University of British Columbia,
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and held a Postdoctoral research position at the University of California Berkeley prior to
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starting her current position at UBC.
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**[Joel Ostblom](https://joelostblom.com/)** is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of
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Statistics at the University of British Columbia.
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Statistics at the University of British Columbia.
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through the development of quantitative image analysis pipelines for studying
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stem cell and developmental biology. He has since co-created or lead the
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**[Lindsey Heagy](https://lindseyjh.ca/)** is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric
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Sciences and director of the Geophysical Inversion Facility at the University of British Columbia.
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Her research combines computational methods in numerical simulations, inversions, and machine
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learning to answer questions about the subsurface of the Earth. Primary applications include
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mineral exploration, carbon sequestration, groundwater and environmental studies. She
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completed her BSc at the University of Alberta, her PhD at the University of British Columbia,
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and held a Postdoctoral research position at the University of California Berkeley prior to
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starting her current position at UBC.
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