Yihui Xie
Statistician and R developer; author of knitr, bookdown and blogdown.
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- Yihui Xie is a Chinese software developer and statistician who writes R packages for reproducible research and publishing.
- Xie is the principal author of knitr, for dynamic reports in R, and also wrote the animation, bookdown and blogdown packages.
- Xie worked at RStudio, now Posit, from 2013 to 2023, and as of 2026 works as a contractor without a full-time job.
- Xie earned a PhD in statistics at Iowa State University in 2013.
Key facts
- Born in
- Yichang, Hubei, China1
- Education
- Bachelor (2006) and Master (2009) of Economics in statistics, Renmin University of China; PhD in statistics, Iowa State University (2013)1
- Software
- knitr; animation; bookdown; blogdown1
- Work
- RStudio (now Posit), 2013 to 20231
- As of 2026
- Works as a contractor without a full-time job2
- Award
- John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award, American Statistical Association (2009), for the animation package1
- Books
- Dynamic Documents with R and knitr; R Markdown: The Definitive Guide; R Markdown Cookbook; bookdown; blogdown1
Roles
Before
Part of until 2023
Posit (author of knitr, bookdown and blogdown (at RStudio)) source on Posit
Links
Sources
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