Yihui Xie

Yihui Xie
谢益辉
Born
Yichang, Hubei, China
Alma mater
Known forKnitr
Bookdown
Scientific career
FieldsStatistics
Statistical graphics
Statistical computing
Reproducible research[1]
InstitutionsPosit PBC
ThesisDynamic Graphics and Reporting for Statistics (2013)
Doctoral advisorDianne Cook
Heike Hofmann
Websiteyihui.org

Yihui Xie (谢益辉) is a Chinese software developer who previously worked for Posit PBC.[2][1][3] He is the principal author of the open-source software package Knitr for data analysis in the R programming language, and has also written the book Dynamic Documents with R and knitr.[4]

Early life and education

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Xie is a native of Yichang, Hubei, China.[5]

Xie received a Bachelor of Economics in 2006 and a Master of Economics in 2009, both in statistics and from the Renmin University of China. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in statistics from Iowa State University in 2013.[6] His doctoral advisors at Iowa State University were Di Cook and Heike Hofmann.[7]

Career

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Yihui Xie created the animation package in R which allows animation in graphics through R.[8] He then authored the knitr package which makes reproducible research available from R. Between 2013 and 2023, he has been working with RStudio, the makers of an Integrated development environment (IDE) for the R programming language.

Xie was awarded the John M. Chambers statistical software award by American Statistical Association (ASA) in 2009 for the R package animation.[9]

Publications

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His publications[1][3][10] include:

  • R Markdown Cookbook[11]
  • R Markdown: The Definitive Guide[12]
  • blogdown: Creating Websites with R Markdown[13]
  • bookdown: Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown[14]
  • Dynamic Documents with R and knitr[4]
  • animation: An R Package for Creating Animations and Demonstrating Statistical Methods[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Yihui Xie publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Yihui Xie Interview at UseR". datascience.la. 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  3. ^ a b Yihui Xie publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  4. ^ a b Xie, Yihui (2015). Dynamic Documents with R and knitr (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series. ISBN 978-1498716963.
  5. ^ "关于 - Yihui Xie | 谢益辉". yihui.org (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  6. ^ "简历 - Yihui Xie | 谢益辉". yihui.org (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  7. ^ Xie, Yihui (2013). Dynamic Graphics and Reporting for Statistics. iastate.edu (PhD thesis). Iowa State University. doi:10.31274/etd-180810-3256. OCLC 880379367. ProQuest 1500559149. Archived from the original on 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  8. ^ a b Xie, Yihui (2013). "animation: An R Package for Creating Animations and Demonstrating Statistical Methods". Journal of Statistical Software. 53 (1): 1–27. doi:10.18637/jss.v053.i01.
  9. ^ "John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award". American Statistical Association. Archived from the original on 2017-07-31. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  10. ^ Yihui Xie at DBLP Bibliography Server Edit this at Wikidata
  11. ^ Xie, Yihui; Dervieux, Christophe; Riederer, Emily (2020). R Markdown Cookbook. Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series. ISBN 978-0367563837. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  12. ^ Xie, Yihui; Allaire, J.J.; Grolemund, Garrett (2018). R Markdown: The Definitive Guide. Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series. ISBN 978-1138359338. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  13. ^ Xie, Yihui; Hill, Alison; Thomas, Amber (2017). blogdown: Creating Websites with R Markdown. Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series. ISBN 978-0815363729. Archived from the original on 2017-11-27. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  14. ^ Xie, Yihui (2016). bookdown: Authoring Books and Technical Documents with R Markdown. Boca Raton, Florida: Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series. ISBN 978-1138700109. Archived from the original on 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2017-12-12.