On my way to the University of Hong Kong (HKU , 香港大學)

2026-04-08
Today is a long travel day, going from Beijing to Hong Kong (a bit more than 2000km), by train. At least it is a direct train (a night train was mentioned online, but none was proposed). As a comparison, Beijing to Hong Kong by train, that’s like Montréal to New Orleans, or Oslo to Barcelona… Friday morning, I will give a talk at …

Updike in Tehran

2026-04-08
I recently picked up the two volumes of John Updike’s collected stories. I’ve read many of them in their separate books over the years, but there’s an extra benefit to seeing them all in one place, in the order that … Continue reading → …

Collaborating between Bioconductor and R-universe on Development of Common Infrastructure

2026-04-08

This article is cross-posted on rOpenSci and R-Consortium blogs.
For more than two decades, the Bioconductor project has been a cornerstone of the R ecosystem, providing high-quality, peer-reviewed tools for bioinformatics and computational biol…

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Collaborating between Bioconductor and R-universe on Development of Common Infrastructure

2026-04-08
For more than two decades, the Bioconductor project has been a cornerstone of the R ecosystem, providing high-quality, peer-reviewed tools for bioinformatics and computational biology. Its curated repository model, rigorous review standards, and tight…
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