Using LLMs from R: Gemini Api, RAG Workflows & RStudio

Hands-on session where you'll learn to plug LLMs into your R workflows, covering both local models and APIs with scripts you can actually reuse.

R researchers and data analysts will work through live coding exercises showing how to integrate both local and API-based LLMs directly into their analysis pipelines. You'll start with practical scripts for common tasks like text summarisation and sentiment analysis, then progress to more complex workflows such as RAG systems and scientific applications. The workshop covers the trade-offs between running models locally for privacy versus querying the Gemini API for cutting-edge capabilities, with hands-on time to build confidence in each approach. Come with a Google account and Gemini API key ready, and you'll leave with reusable scripts you can adapt to your own research problems.