# Acknowledgements

This book was made possible by an award from rOpenSci, a fiscally sponsored project of NumFOCUS. The PI on the award is Heike Hofmann, my Ph.D. advisor, turned colleague and friend. Thank you, Heike! Big thanks go to Karthik Ram and the rOpenSci awards committee, Di Cook, Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel, Matt Jones, and Ken Benoit, for awarding us this fellowship.

Thank you also to the many contributors of this book’s chapters, who have written something or have given me their time, guidance, and patience:

- Soyoung Park
- Xiao Hui Tai
- Amanda Luby
- Karen Pan
- Ganesh Krishnan
- Eric Hare
- Sarah Riman

Finally, thank you to my wonderful PI, Alicia Carriquiry, who supported this project as a part of my postdoctoral appointment at CSAFE.

Thank you,

Sam C. Tyner, Ph.D.