5月23日に開催されたSAS Forum Japan 2017の「SAS Viyaディープダイブ」セッションでは、SASのAIに搭載されている画像処理機能が入門レベルとして紹介されました。 従来からSASを活用されている方々にとっては、「SAS」と「画像処理」って、なかなか結びつかないのではないでしょうか？ 「画像処理技術」に関して、SASではどのようなアプローチをとってきているのか...を、過去、現在、そして未来に分けて紹介しています。 詳細（スライド内容）に関しては、以下をご覧ください。（SlideShareに公開済み） Pythonで操るSAS Viyaの画像処理技術入門編 from SAS Institute Japan 詳細（講演ビデオ）に関しては、以下をご覧ください。（YouTubeに公開済み）
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Ensemble methods are commonly used to boost predictive accuracy by combining the predictions of multiple machine learning models. The traditional wisdom has been to combine so-called “weak” learners. However, a more modern approach is to create an ensemble of a well-chosen collection of strong yet diverse models. Building powerful ensemble models
Are you caught up in the machine learning forecasting frenzy? Is it reality or more hype? There's been a lot of hype about using machine learning for forecasting. And rightfully so, given the advancements in data collection, storage, and processing along with technology improvements, such as super computers and more powerful
2017/5/23にSAS Forum Japan 2017が開催されます。まだ参加後登録がお済でない方は下記からご登録ください。 SAS Forum Japanご登録サイトへ 今回は、その中でもセッション以外のところも今年はすごいので、ご紹介します。 すごいところ①：スーパーデモ20連発 今回のブログのタイトルにもありますが、今年はグローバルのイベントである、SAS Global Forumを模して、「スーパーデモ」なるものを実施します。これは約15分のデモセッションを次から次へと繰り返し行うものです。通常のセッションの数が限られているため、そこでご紹介しきれないSASソリューションや、セッションの補足的な説明など計20ものデモセッションが行われます。是非、時間の都合をうまくやりくりして頂いて、通常セッション、スーパーデモを渡り歩いて頂けると幸いです。 *括弧は、（何回目/全回数）の意味です。 *プログラムは変更される可能性がありますので、最新のプログラムと詳細はこちらからご確認ください。 12:15 - 12:30:さよならBI 〜 一歩先ゆくデータ分析の決定版 SAS Visual Analytics まるごとデモ！(1/4) 12:30 - 12:45:為替リスクヘッジの新しい取り組み(1/2) 12:45 - 13:00:コーディングなしでSASを使ってみよう！(1/3) 13:00 - 13:15：さよならBI 〜 一歩先ゆくデータ分析の決定版 SAS Visual Analytics まるごとデモ！(2/4) 13:15 - 13:30:：SAS言語派集まれ！SAS StudioからSAS Viyaを使ってみよう！ 13:30 - 13:45：需要管理（需要予測〜在庫最適化）のNext Generation 13:45 - 14:00:コーディングなしでSASを使ってみよう！(2/3) 14:00 -
Microservices are a key component of the SAS Viya architecture. In this post, I’ll introduce and explain the benefits of microservices. In a future post we’ll dig deeper into the microservices architecture. What are microservices? When we look at SAS Viya architecture diagrams, we can find, among the new core components,
As SAS Viya has been gaining awareness over the past year among SAS users, there has been a lot of discussion about how SAS’ Cloud Analytic Server (CAS) handles memory vs SAS’ previous technologies such as LASR and HPA. Recently, while I was involved in delivering several SAS Viya enablement
Los gurús del mundo corporativo no dejan de repetir un veredicto: en los mercados digitales de nuestros días, quien analice los datos de su consumidor y de su entorno de negocios estará en posición de alcanzar el éxito. Creer en el planteamiento es fácil. Como lo han señalado algunos estudios,
今年のSAS Global Forum は、USのフロリダ州オーランドで開催されました。 例年同様日曜日スタート 従来と異なるのは、パートナー様向けの、SAS Partner Forum 2017 がSGFと同時開催されたことです。日本から参加されたSASジャパンのパートナー企業様は、前日夜のレセプションから始まり、イベント週間の先頭をきって、日曜日朝8:30からのSAS Executiveも登壇するセッションに参加いただき、みっちり午後までのスケジュールを、忙しくこなして頂きました。その様子は、こちらのSAS Partner Blogよりビデオでご覧いただけます。お忙しい中を時間を割いて日本からご参加いただくパートナー企業様が年々、増加しており、今年もセッション他、有意義なコミュニケーションの時間を過ごさせていただきました。誠にありがとうございます。多種多様なスキル・経験をお持ちのパートナー企業皆様に囲まれ、今後のSASビジネスに非常に心強さを感じました。 明日のリーダーを育成する さて、SAS Global Forum、通称SGFは、初日の夜のOpening Sessionからスタートなのですが、その前に、前述のパートナー様向けのイベントだけでなく、毎年最も重要なイベントの一つであるAcademic Summitが行われます。これは、SASが重要視することの一つである、人材育成・教育への投資、そしてその結果、社会へ優秀なデータサイエンティストを生み出すための活動であるAcademic Programの年次の総会のようなものです。教育関係者だけではなく企業関係者も参加することで、実務で役立つ教育の促進と人材の確保というエコシステムを形成しています。これを特徴付ける数字としては、このイベントのスポンサーを見てもわかります。 通常のパートナー企業様のスポンサーが29社 アカデミックのスポンサーは、16教育機関。 この数から見ても、本イベントを大学などの教育機関が重要視していて、教育と企業との連携が盛んであることが伺えると思います。 SAS Global Forumそのものが、教育機関と民間企業の接点の場であり、学生の発表や表彰、そして参加大学の企業へのアピールの場にもなっています。さて、Academic Summitのアジェンダを見てみましょう。 ネットワーキング SAS担当エグゼクティブの挨拶 スカラシップ受賞者の紹介 Student Ambassador Program受賞者の紹介 Student Symposiumファイナリストの発表 ゲスト講演 Student Symposium（SGF2017で実施されるコンペティション）の優勝チームである、Kennesaw State University の "The Three Amigos"は、「銀行の定期預金契約者の決定要因をロジスティック回帰と決定木で分析」したものでした。その他Student Symposiumの発表は以下のようなものがありました。 Dataninjas: Modeling Life Insurance Risk (Kennesaw State University)
‘이미지 인식(Image recognition)’, 머신러닝과 인공지능(AI)을 포함한 기술 산업 전반을 뜨겁게 달구고 있는 주요 이슈입니다. 특히 컴퓨터 비전, 즉 영상 처리 기술은 무인 자동차, 얼굴 인식, 의료 결과 예측 등 수많은 혁신 기술들을 현실화하는 핵심 요소인데요. 그 가운데 크고 작은 많은 기업들은 이미지 인식과 관련된 다양한 기반 기술과 프로세스의 가능성을 실현하기 위해
In addition to his day job as Chief Technology Officer at SAS, Oliver Schabenberger is a committed lifelong learner. During his opening remarks for the SAS Technology Connection at SAS Global Forum 2017, Schabenberger confessed to having a persistent nervous curiosity, and insisted that he’s “learning every day.” And, he
Los datos no conocen fronteras. Este concepto enmarcó la edición número 42 del SAS Global Forum, el evento de analítica más grande del mundo que atrajo a más de 30.000 asistentes presenciales y virtuales. Durante cuatro días, profesionales de negocio y amantes de la tecnología, tuvimos la oportunidad de intercambiar
Two minutes in, I knew the 2017 SAS Global Forum Technology Connection would not be typical or average. For one thing, it was SAS Chief Technology Officer Oliver Schabenberger's show, and nothing he does is ever typical or average. The first surprise of the morning was his entrance. He zoomed onto the stage on a Segway, using slight
The 2017 edition of SAS Global Forum, the largest annual SAS user group meeting, will be held at the Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida on April 2-5. Among the many analytic talks at SAS Global Forum 2017, several focus on operations research topics like optimization and simulation. If
데이터 사이언스와 데이터 사이언티스트에 대한 설전과 토론이 맹렬한 가운데 여러 기업들이 다수의 데이터 사이언티스트 채용 및 고용에 적극적으로 나서면서 데이터 사이언티스트에 대한 수요가 실제 취업 예정자 공급을 추월하기 시작했습니다. 이로 인해 데이터 사이언티스트의 효과적인 유치 및 유지라는 화두 역시 IT 및 비즈니스 커뮤니티에서 뜨거운 감자로 떠올랐습니다. 이러한 상승세에서 기업은 모두가 탐내는
‘포레스터 웨이브: 2016년 4분기 엔터프라이즈 인사이트 플랫폼 스위트’ 보고서에서 단독 리더로 선정 전략∙최신 오퍼링∙시장 입지 평가 항목에서 높은 점수 획득 ··· 기업의 의사 결정 시점에 인사이트 적용을 지원하는 차별화된 리더로서 확고한 입지 개방형∙클라우드 기반 분석 아키텍처 ‘SAS 바이야(SAS Viya)’, 보다 현대적이고 단순화된 아키텍처로 높이 평가 2017년 1월 23일, 서울 세계적인
The rise of self-service analytics, and the idea of the ‘citizen data scientist’, has also brought a number of issues to the fore in organizations. In particular, two common areas of discussion are the twin pillars of data quality and data preparation. There is no doubt that good quality, well-prepared
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of articles to help current SAS programmers add SAS Viya to their analytics skillset. In this post, Advisory Solutions Architect Steven Sober explores how to accomplish distributed data management using SAS Viya. Read additional posts in the series. In my last article I
As a SAS instructor, I’m often on the road, but, in April, my work travel path is going to take me to a place I haven’t visited since I was 12 years old. The occasion? SAS Global Forum 2017. The location? Walt Disney World® in Orlando. While the main conference
Image recognition is a hot and hyped topic in machine learning, artificial intelligence and other technology circles. Computer vision technology is essential for realizing advancements like driverless cars, face recognition, medical outcomes predictions, and a host of other breakthrough innovations. Amidst the hype, organizations large and small are trying to understand the
For many years, we’ve been saying that to do advanced analytics well, you must have good quality, clean and standardised data. And now we’re fast approaching the deadline for businesses to be compliant with the GDPR regulations (with fines for noncompliance up to four per cent of revenue). SAS’ capabilities
Digitalisation is blasting the cobwebs out from enterprises and organisations of all kinds – freeing them to innovate and take advantage of the always-on economy. But it’s also helping new disruptive players to gain an unexpectedly strong foothold in many markets. One of the key advantages these new players have
Editor's note (4/11/17): Full proceedings from SAS Global Forum 2017 (including for the presentations mentioned in this blog) can be found at http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings17/. SAS Global Forum 2017 is just a month away and, if you’re a SAS administrator, it’s a great place to meet your peers, share your experiences and attend
Having addressed the adaptability and power of an analytics environment in my last two posts, I thought I'd close out this mini-series of blogs by providing the business and technology implications of three attributes that need to define any truly open and unified analytics environment: Cohesion Business: The platform enables
Recently, SAS shipped the fourth maintenance of SAS 9.4. Building on this foundation, SAS Studio reached a new milestone, its 3.6 release. All editions have been upgraded, including Personal, Basic and Enterprise. In this blog post, I want to highlight the new features that have been introduced. In subsequent posts
I’ve had several meetings lately on data management, and especially integration, where the ability to explore alternatives has been critical. And the findings from our internet of things (IoT) early adopters survey confirms that the ecosystem nature of data sources in IoT deployments means we need to expand the traditional
SAS® Viya™ 3.1 represents the third generation of high performance computing from SAS. Our journey started a long time ago and, along the way, we have introduced a number of high performance technologies into the SAS software platform: In-Database processing where SAS data quality and analytical processing occur within the
The holiday season is over – and you survived. You’ve made a lot of personal resolutions for 2017 - go to the gym, eat less sugar, save more money, visit Grandma more often. These are all great personal resolutions for 2017, but what about your analytics resolutions? If you are
Whether your resolution is to get SAS certified or to become a more advanced SAS programmer, we’ve got you covered with these new titles and upcoming SAS Press books, many of which will be making their bookshelf debut at SAS® Global Forum 2017 in Orlando, FL! Want to be notified when a new book
Much of my recent work has been along the theme of modernization. Analytics is not new for many of our customers, but standing still in this market is akin to falling behind. In order to continue to innovative and remain competitive, organizations need to be prepared to embrace new technologies
