Rix: reproducible data science environments with Nix

Date and time: March 13, 2025, 1pm Eastern time

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Reproducibility is critical for modern research, ensuring that results can be consistently replicated and verified. In this one-hour presentation, Bruno Rodrigues introduces Nix, a package manager designed for reproducible builds. Unlike other solutions, Nix ensures that R packages, R itself, and system-level dependencies are all correctly versioned. It can even replace containerization tools like Docker, working seamlessly on any operating system and CI/CD platform. To help beginners get started, Bruno developed an R package called {rix}, which he will demonstrate.

Speaker

Bruno Rodrigues, Head of Stats and Data Strategy Departments, Ministry of Research and Higher Education, Luxemburg

Bruno is an experienced Data Scientist with demonstrated programming, advising and teaching skills. He uses machine learning and econometrics to solve complex problems.

Bruno holds a PhD in applied Economics from the University of Strasbourg.