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Maggie LyonsSeptember 24, 2021 0

What happens to grocery stores during hurricane season?

Tropical Storm Ana, which formed in May this year, officially made 2021 the seventh consecutive year that a storm formed before the season's designated start. Since then we have seen a number of storms, representative of an increase of severe weather over the past few years, especially as we remember

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AgTech

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Olivia OjedaSeptember 23, 2021 0

Breaking the cycle of bias in decision making

“Bias is not inhuman. To have bias is absolutely human,” says Banu Raghuraman. If data enthusiasts are going to break the cycle of bias, however, “we have to be more aware of where the data is coming from, what it’s trying to tell us and how we can break the

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Communications

Caslee SimsSeptember 20, 2021 0

How analytics is helping with climate sustainability

A recent report suggests that the current state of climate change is alarming. Climate change puts billions of people at risk of events like extreme hurricane seasons and rising sea levels. However, data and analytics play a critical role in informing us about the situation, planning ahead, and raising awareness

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Analytics | Data for Good

James HuntSeptember 16, 2021 1

Why we need analytics to guard earth’s natural capital

Earth’s natural capital deserves protection – for our sake and for the future. Analytics can help.

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AgTech | Energy & Utilities | Government | Manufacturing

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Kimberly NevalaSeptember 15, 2021 0

Technical readiness for Artificial Intelligence: A Q&A with Iain Brown

In this Q&A with MIT/SMR Connections, Iain Brown, SAS’s head of data science for the United Kingdom and Ireland, discusses technical readiness for AI, customer adoption trends, IT’s changing role, and mission-critical considerations for technology and talent. Q: What does it mean, from both a technology and a cultural standpoint,

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Analytics | Data for Good | Students & Educators

Alex CoopSeptember 14, 2021 0

Join the ethical AI discussion at this social coding event

As organizations increasingly use artificial intelligence to collect and analyze data and identify individuals, the topic of ethical AI often rears its head. Last year, Michigan's Integrated Data Automated System flagged more than 540,000 unemployment claims as possibly fraudulent. Thousands of state residents’ accounts were inaccurately flagged, making it almost

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Education | Government

Analytics

Caslee SimsSeptember 9, 2021 0

Driving a community-centric approach to transforming mental health systems

In an episode of The Health Pulse hosted by Greg Horne, we learn about Dawnté Early, PhD, whose idea and mission is to transform the mental health system so that everyone who needs care receives high-quality and culturally competent care. Early's work focuses on bringing together individual mental health data

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Health Care

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Cloud | Machine Learning

Charlie ChaseSeptember 8, 2021 0

Has your company considered a managed application service for demand planning?

The need for agile, accurate demand planning has never been greater. When considering migrating your demand management application to a cloud-native solution, you might experience platform management challenges ranging from lacking the resources needed to oversee application operations, to manipulating maintenance tasks that may distract from growing the business. Why

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Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics

Caslee SimsSeptember 1, 2021 0

A deep dive into COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and the future of the pandemic

This virus is very scary and it changes constantly. So when you let a virus like that infect millions and millions of people, it's going to make all of those mistakes in copying itself over and over again. - Meghan Schaeffer, Epidemiologist, SAS Meghan Schaeffer, EdD, MPH, MPA, is a

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Health Care

Analytics

Caslee SimsAugust 24, 2021 0

Visualizing COVID-19 vaccine data using SAS® Viya®

Curious about how the COVID-19 vaccine has impacted the world around you? This SAS Viya powered data visualization shows information related to the COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the United States. Here's what you can learn from this dashboard. Percentage of vaccinated Americans In August 2021, the CDC reported that over 50% of

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Health Care

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