In connection with the National Conference on Recent Innovations in Computing, Communication & Intelligent Systems (RICCIS 19), a one-day pre-conference workshop on Data Analytics Using R: A Research Perspective was organized by Department of Computer Science, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru campus, on April 10, 2019.

Dr. Mohammad Imran, a Senior Data Scientist in Ejyle Technology, Bengaluru, conducted the workshop on Data Analytics Using R. The aim of the workshop was to encourage technocrats and researchers to learn the importance of statistics in research. The workshop included topics such as basic understanding of statistics, data storage, and cleaning, descriptive, inferential statistics and data visualization. The session was completely interactive and resource person gave ideas on projects that are ongoing in the field of Data Analytics. About 75 participants including research scholars, faculty members, PG and UG students from various colleges in and around Mysuru were benefited from the event.