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Marcia Elaine WalkerAugust 12, 2020 1

Manufacturing production during the pandemic: Panicked or pragmatic?

As he watched me unpack yet another Amazon delivery, my husband decided to do an intervention. Scattered around me on the floor were solar panels, water purification tablets, tarps, hunting knives and enough batteries to power New York City for many weeks. It was 2019 and hurricane season was upon

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Manufacturing

Analytics | Risk Management

Woman holding tablet, looking at new data

Katherine TaylorAugust 10, 2020 0

Risk modeling during a crisis requires new data

Katherine Taylor explains how and why new data improves risk models.

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Banking

Analytics

Alyssa FarrellJuly 30, 2020 0

Don't forget analytic fundamentals in times of crisis

How can organizations be more resilient during an uncertain business and public health situation? Lessons learned from organizations at the front lines of crisis response reinforce the importance of good analytic governance. These leading organizations have shown us that the fundamentals of the analytic life cycle – data, discovery and

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Health Care | Life Sciences

Analytics | Risk Management

RIsk analyst considers how to evolve the modeling process after COVID-19

Katherine TaylorJuly 23, 2020 2

5 ways to evolve the modeling process after COVID-19

Move from rapid response to long-term resiliency based on these 5 tips.

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Banking

Analytics

Jenn ChaseJuly 20, 2020 2

Premier League champs offer lessons on and off the field

When Liverpool clinched the Premier League title with a win on June 25, my household was giddy. We are a family of sports fans, and we especially love baseball (Go, Red Sox!) and soccer. I’m a relative newbie to Liverpool, having cheered for them for the last five years. Having

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

David PopeJuly 16, 2020 0

Utilities, forget the Duck Curve, and get ready for the Turducken Curve

Ever heard of a Turducken? It's a chicken stuffed inside a duck that's stuffed inside a turkey along with layers of stuffing (which I just learned is referred to as a three-bird roast outside the US and Canada; there's also an English variant known as a gooducken, where the turkey

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Energy & Utilities

Analytics | Work & Life at SAS

Falesha BrodieJuly 15, 2020 0

Snack wrappers and noisy parents: Being a virtual intern during COVID-19

I was supposed to be behind a desk downing M&M’s and enjoying the SAS campus and all its glory. But instead, I’m working from home as an external communications intern. Working from home has been a blessing filled with challenges I never thought I’d experience this summer. The first one

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Analytics | Data Visualization

Robby PowellJuly 13, 2020 0

Data visualization and location analytics: 'Where' can tell you 'why'

Human brains are hardwired to build maps. We navigate the world around us through the creation of mental maps. Maps that assemble abstract landmarks and build spatial relationships between them. If you think about how you navigate through your house, even in the dark, it is quite amazing. Maps have

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Melanie CareyJuly 9, 2020 3

Are your hospital resources at risk of hitting capacity?

How have healthcare providers and governmental agencies predicted the fast-changing, potentially exponential increase in the need for medical services and equipment through the various stages of the COVID-19 pandemic? Mathematical techniques that attempt to model and understand the likely spread of the disease have been instrumental. The SEIR model is

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Government | Health Care

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