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It’s back to school season, so we thought it’d be a great time to refresh on the basics, like the ABCs. ;) Because at SAS, we believe in providing an exceptional employee experience, all the way from A to Z! Check out the ABCs of the #saslife. A is for…Art
Across all industries and sectors, the volume and scope of data continues to increase exponentially. It shows no sign of slowing down or reducing. UK Defence, and the wider public sector, collect vast amounts of data. They have a desire to innovate and exploit that data through analytics, artificial intelligence,
Maybe you’re a SAS®9 programmer in the insurance industry who stores her analytics projects in a local desktop folder, or in a Git library. Or maybe you’re a data scientist who specializes in aviation forecasting and loves the no-code environment of SAS® Viya®. Or maybe you’re a Python devotee at
A comienzos de los años 90’s William J. Bratton, entonces jefe de la Policía de Nueva York (NYPD), introdujo el primer sistema de analítica de datos estadísticos de actividad criminal denominado COMPSTAT (acrónimo para COMPuter STATistics). Un sistema revolucionario ya que, por primera vez, se registraban y comparaban datos temporales
If you haven't explored data with Automatic Actions enabled yet, then read on to learn about some fast and easy ways to gain insights using One-way filters, Two-way filters or Linked Selection! Part 1 – Easy exploration for multiple data sources In this post, we focus on One-way filters. Here
One thing I hear from the majority of my patients is the need for quick and easy dinner ideas. Weeknights are busy, I hear you! To get healthy, real, whole food based meals on the table quick, some planning ahead is key. There is no way you can get a
Customer acquisition and retention primarily fall on sales and marketing teams. But every department within an insurance company has a role to play in these activities. Claims handling is a great example. Any insurer's performance at this emotionally charged time is their litmus test. It can determine whether customers renew
It’s hard to get through a day in analytics now without hearing the words interpretability and explainability. These terms have become important in a world where machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) models are becoming more ubiquitous. However, what do the two terms mean—and more importantly, why do they matter?
Los últimos años se han caracterizado por interrupciones en los mercados, retrasos en despachos de materias primas, bloqueos y paros en varios de nuestros países, y de cambios en los hábitos de consumo. Todo esto ha sido una llamada de atención para todos, pero a nivel de las fábricas, de
Para los defraudadores y blanqueadores de fondos, el lavado de dinero es una mina de oro altamente redituable. Se calcula que entre el 2% y el 5% del producto interno bruto (PIB) global es lavado, lo que representa casi $3,000 millones de dólares (mdd) de fondos ilícitos que se fluyen
See how analytics helps the police battle increasingly sophisticated fraud schemes and scams.
As head of the SAS Data Ethics Practice, I spend a lot of time contemplating the social implications of AI. Considering its benefits like augmenting medical decisions and pitfalls, making decisions based on biased data results in dire consequences for patients. Such implications have the potential to impact society in a variety
Artificial intelligence (AI) is causing a digital transformation that is changing businesses’ operations. It is likely to bring a sea change compared to the Industrial Revolution. Many challenges with AI are technical, but most failures occur because of poor strategy and execution. Fortunately, there are some steps you can take
On Twitter, I saw a tweet from @DataSciFact that read, "The sum of (x_i - x)^2 over a set of data points x_i is minimized when x is the sample mean." I (@RickWicklin) immediately tweeted out a reply: "And the sum of |x_i - x| is minimized by the sample
Are you looking to broaden your data analytics skills to land your dream job or propel your career? After looking at job posting statistics and the country's labor market, the data shows that now is the time to jump on board. As the demand for data skills is growing, the