Title: VGAMviz Supervisor: Thomas Yee Prerequisites: STATS 330, and STATS 380 or 782 This project in statistical computing entails writing an R package called VGAMviz for improved VGAM plots. The VGAM objects are fitted in package VGAM, and the idea is to mimic what mgcViz does to mgcv. Some exposure to regression modelling involving smoothing would be good background. This project will use S4 object-oriented programming and graphical software such as the ggplot2 package to design plots of regression objects such as those involving smoothing splines. There are other ideas worth exploring, such as dynamic/interactive graphics and big data sets.