A speaker at a recent major tech event quipped that “they will only call it AI until it is useful”. The point was that AI for the sake of AI is pointless, and can even be counter-productive. As soon as someone conceives and develops an actual use case, they name
As the 2020 Census approaches, I'm getting my code ready to plot the data! And a question I often hear is "Can you use SAS software to plot data on a Census block map?" Rather than tell you 'yes', let me show you 'yes' :) Preparing the map First I
With all the excitement around SAS’ new software architecture, SAS Viya, we often get asked the question: What is it and how can it help my company conquer our analytics challenges? Fortunately, learning more about SAS Viya has never been easier. SAS Viya extends the SAS® Platform and provides reliable,
Here’s something you should know about Marvio Portela: He’s the kind of leader who’s not afraid to admit making a mistake. “I have had more than one life at SAS,” said Marvio, who explained that his first career at SAS began in 2010. “SAS is a place where you can
More and more business applications, including advanced analytics, are moving into the cloud. The advantages are obvious: agility, innovation and cost-efficient high performance. However, many cloud migrations fail to unlock its full potential. To maximize the performance and value of analytics in the cloud, companies need to balance options and
Heat maps have many uses. You can use a heat map to visualize correlation matrices, to visualize longitudinal data ("lasagna plots"), and to visualize counts in any two-dimensional table. As of SAS 9.4m3, you can create heat maps in SAS by using the HEATMAP and HEATMAPPARM statements in PROC SGPLOT.
At SAS, we’re proud to have a multidimensional and multi-generational workforce. Our CEO, Dr. Jim Goodnight, says it best: “We believe a diverse workforce brings unique talents and inspires teams to create software that changes the world. Great minds don’t always think alike, so we make it a priority to
Are you a seasoned data scientist looking for a fast, all-inclusive machine learning solution? Curious about machine learning but have little to no programming experience? Interested in using AI to take over the world? Follow my lead and use SAS VDDML to fast track your world domination. This blog is
Some people still associate artificial intelligence (AI) with robots taking over the world. There's a lot of hype around self-driving cars and personal robots. However, there are far more realistic and beneficial examples of AI in everyday life. AI is the science of training systems to emulate human tasks through
Editor-in-Chief Len Tashman's Preview of the Summer 2019 Issue of Foresight This 54th edition of Foresight features an important new take on the role of judgment in the forecasting process. Normally, we see judgment applied to adjust a statistical forecast or supply a forecast directly. But here Fotios Petropoulos proposes
Earthquakes have been in the news lately - in particular, two very strong earthquakes that recently hit California. Exactly where did they hit? ... Let's plot it on a map! But before we get busy analyzing the California data, here's a picture to get you in the mood for studying
I was sitting in a model railroad club meeting when one of our more enthusiastic young members said, "Wouldn't it be cool if we could make a computer simulation, with trains going between stations and all. We could have cars and engines assigned to each train and timetables and…" So,
It’s been dubbed “the most important body system that you’ve never heard of.” The endocannabinoid system (ECS) was discovered in the early 1990’s. It’s not a structural system like the nervous or vascular systems. Instead, the ECS is made up of a network of receptor sites in almost every part
Technology is transforming our lives. It's revolutionising the way we buy groceries, send gifts, listen to our favourite music, communicate with loved ones, and much more. Because it's so convenient and ubiquitous, we expect ultra-fast and highly personalised services from all the companies we engage with. As a result, businesses
I recently showed how to create an annotation data set that will overlay cell counts or percentages on a mosaic plot. A mosaic plot is a visual representation of a cross-tabulation of observed frequencies for two categorical variables. The mosaic plot with cell counts is shown to the right. The
I recently heard a parent say that the only day better than the day that the kids get out of school for break is the day they go back. As parents, we long for the relaxed weekends free of projects and the lazy evenings at the pool. But when school
Large organizations are seeing an increase in the number of applications that are migrating to the cloud. SAS is a global organization with travel expense accounting, personnel management and IT support as cloud applications. But when should analytics applications move to the cloud? Here are five reasons why you should
We just had the big July 4th holiday weekend here in the US. And as with many holidays, there was a lot of drinking. Which got me thinking/wondering ... which counties do not allow alcohol to be sold (ie, which counties are 'dry')? And it seemed like a question that
I never took calculus. I can’t code. I have no industry expertise in supply chains or Basel III. My most lengthy study of AI is watching Bernard reanimate Dolores on Westworld. Based on the above, you could make the argument that I have no place in an analytics company. But
While the global pharmaceutical industry has been changing profoundly in the last 15 years, it has also been facing some huge challenges. Growing demand, increased competitiveness, reduced time to market, quality adherence and the spiralling cost of developing new drugs have increased pressure on pharma companies to deliver on tighter
The mosaic plot is a graphical visualization of a frequency table. In previous articles, I showed how to create a mosaic plot in SAS by using PROC FREQ and how to define a template in the Graph Template Language (GTL) by using the MOSAICPARM statement. This article shows how to
I think it's time to replace my 2008 Prius. It has served me well, been basically maintenance-free, and gotten good gas mileage ... so, why not just get a newer Prius? Well, I've got the itch to get back into an SUV for my daily driver (I had a Bronco
Neural networks, particularly convolutional neural networks, have become more and more popular in the field of computer vision. What are convolutional neural networks and what are they used for?
Jim Harris shares some simple tips about how to minimize data usage.
Technological advancements are changing every industry – and the health care industry is no exception. The value of AI has never been greater than when it’s used to improve patients’ conditions and save lives. For example, Cancer Center Amsterdam joined forces with SAS to improve patient care outcomes with AI.
Can you still hear it? The "D" word. For years it has been haunting conference keynotes and through clever and less clever books. The Axel Springer Group has made it. The German automobile manufacturers have not yet but are catching up. My CD player at home didn't survive – even
An informat helps you read data into a SAS data set. SAS supports more than 100 informats. The most common informats are related to dates and times and make it easy to read an input string such as 28JAN2001 and convert it to a SAS date such as 15003. Yet
One of my favorite parts of summer is a relaxing weekend by the pool. Summer is the time I get to finally catch up on my reading list, which has been building over the year. So, if expanding your knowledge is a goal of yours this summer, SAS Press has
At the end of this week, I’m heading to the beach for our annual extended-family beach trip. This has been a tradition for decades—well before I was born. Yes, which beach we go to has changed, the week we go has varied over the years, but we are committed to
Math and statistics are everywhere, and I always rejoice when I spot a rather sophisticated statistical idea "in the wild." For example, I am always pleased when I see a graph that shows the distribution of race times in a typical race (such as a 5K), as shown to the
