Mark your calendars! Join <a href="https://appsilon.com/shiny/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Appsilon</a> at the Why R? Conference on <strong>Thursday, November 12th</strong> @ 8PM UTC+1 / 2PM EST for two talks by Appsilonians. We will discuss wildlife preservation with <a href="https://appsilon.com/computer-vision/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">computer vision</a> and scaling Shiny apps on a budget. You can find a direct link to the presentations on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1o4LHO5hQ4&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. <a href="https://www.meetup.com/Spotkania-Entuzjastow-R-Warsaw-R-Users-Group-Meetup/events/274234344/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-5914 size-large" src="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/whyr-1024x577.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="577" /></a> <h2>Preserving Wildlife with Computer Vision</h2> Appsilon Senior Data Scientist <a href="https://appsilon.com/author/jedrzej/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jędrzej Świeżewski, PhD</a> will discuss how Appsilon has managed to <a href="https://appsilon.com/ai-for-wildlife-image-classification-appsilon-ai4g-project-receives-google-grant/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">assist wildlife conservationists</a> in their efforts in central Africa using computer vision. He will touch on the modeling, real-life implementation, and will also share a treat for R lovers. If you're interested in the intersection of R and computer vision, see a previous talk by Jędrzej about how to make a computer vision model within an R environment <a href="https://appsilon.com/fast-ai-in-r/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. <h2>Scaling Shiny Dashboards on a Budget</h2> Appsilon Infrastructure Engineer Damian Budelewski will show you how to prepare your Shiny dashboard for a high traffic load. He will also help you understand the costs and requirements of hosting Shiny apps in the cloud. He will illustrate by showing you an example of a Shiny app deployed on Shiny Server Open Source and hosted on AWS. To learn more about alternative approaches to scaling Shiny, go <a href="https://appsilon.com/alternatives-to-scaling-shiny/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>. <blockquote>Vote for the <strong>People's Choice Award</strong> in Appsilon's 2020 shiny.semantic PoContest! Voting is open until Friday, November 10th.</blockquote> <h2>Appsilon is Hiring</h2> Appsilon is currently hiring for multiple open roles, including <a href="https://appsilon.com/careers/#external-r-shiny-developer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Senior External R Shiny Developers</a>, a <a href="https://appsilon.com/careers/#frontend-engineer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Frontend Engineer</a>, a <a href="https://appsilon.com/careers/#senior-infrastructure-engineer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Senior Infrastructure Engineer</a>, a <a href="https://appsilon.com/careers/#project-manager" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Project Manager</a>, and a <a href="https://appsilon.com/careers/#community-manager" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Community Manager</a>. Appsilon is a fully remote company with team members in Europe, the UK, Africa, and South America. We are global leaders in <a href="https://appsilon.com/shiny/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">R Shiny</a> seeking top talent to work with us in a highly collaborative and creative environment. <a href="https://appsilon.com/careers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5830" src="https://webflow-prod-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/6525256482c9e9a06c7a9d3c%2F65b021b284ab67fae7ea6e24_Consultant_wanted_300x125v2.webp" alt="Appsilon Hiring" width="625" height="260" /></a>