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R Project Laureate Luke Tierney | Sioux City News
Luke Tierney, just retired from the University of Iowa, is a Rousseeuw Prize laureate — and no, he’s not slowing down. With a $1 million award for his decades of work maintaining and advancing the R Project, the open-source statistical computing language used by millions, Tierney plans to reinvest his share back into R’s future. His journey began in 1996, helping evolve R from its S-language roots, ensuring legacy code still runs. This isn’t just his triumph — it’s a celebration of open-source collaboration, where user-created packages drive innovation. While core developers like Tierney work…
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