A Research workshop on “R Software for Modeling and Computing” organized by the General Research Committee of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) and Research Services Centre (RSC) of the Faculty of Science was successfully held on the 14th of July 2017 at the Information & Communication Technology Centre (ICT Centre) of the University of Kelaniya. The objective of this workshop was to inform the undergraduate and postgraduate research students who engage in Researches regarding “R software”. The keynote speech was delivered by Dr. Ajith De Mel, the Head of the Department of Mathematics of the University of Ruhuna. Dr. (Mrs) Rangika Bandara of the Department of the Zoology and Environmental Management, the Coordinator, Dr. (Mrs) D. S. M. De Silva, Director of the RSC, other academic staff members, many undergraduate and postgraduate research students participated in this Research workshop.