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Analytics

Grant BrooksApril 1, 2020 0

Governors: here's how your data dashboard can help you lead through the pandemic

Being a state governor has never been more difficult than right at this moment, because the extreme steps governors are being forced to take in order to protect their citizens’ health are having an equally extreme impact on other critical aspects of our society. In the face of social distancing

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Analytics | Data Management

Todd WrightMarch 17, 2020 0

Past, present and future ... it's always been about data management

Data management has never been the shiny object that caught the imagination of the mainstream. And let’s be honest, it's not nearly as interesting as analytics, machine learning or artificial intelligence. In fact, entire movies get created about analytics, and people actually pay to see them! Data management? Not so

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Mark LambrechtMarch 10, 2020 21

Using data visualization to track the coronavirus outbreak

In the early days and weeks of any widespread global health concern, particularly in a fast-moving outbreak like the coronavirus, there are many unknowns. Data visualization can be a good starting point to understand trends and piece data points together into a meaningful story. The ability to visualize the spread

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Health Care | Life Sciences

Analytics

Mary OsborneMarch 6, 2020 3

Why are fewer women getting computer science degrees?

While I am a woman in computer science, let me start by saying that I’m a reluctant coder. I have an eye for data but find the abstract nature of many computer languages to be very challenging and not something I typically love. My first experience with coding was in

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Analytics

Ashley BinderMarch 5, 2020 2

50 years of strong, intelligent women

Fifty years ago, as the women’s liberation movement was gaining momentum in the U.S., my maternal great-grandmother, Pearl, worked in a factory sewing American flags while volunteering with the Girl Scouts and caring for her grandchildren. My paternal grandmother, Greta, also worked in local factories while caring for her family.

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Analytics

Natalia SummervilleMarch 4, 2020 3

Breast milk, babies, NCSU students and SAS/OR

I'm a planner, and my plan was to have a completely natural birth and to breast feed only. This plan was written in stone (or so I thought). Long story short – my birthing plan flew out the window. One of my complications was very high blood pressure, which refused

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Analytics

Greg HorneMarch 2, 2020 1

Why analytic interoperability matters in health care

Let’s face it. Data sharing between platforms in health care just isn’t easy. Patient data privacy concerns, incompatible file formats, asynchronous identifiers … I’ve heard it all. From the electronic health record (EHR), picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) to discrete processes like pharmacy or departmental information systems, achieving some

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Health Care

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Charlie ChaseFebruary 26, 2020 0

Are you suffering from demand planner spreadsheet overload?

Is it getting harder and harder to find empty Excel spreadsheets cells, as you run out of columns and rows? Do your spreadsheet cell labels have more letters than the license plate on your car? Do you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night in cold

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Government | Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics

Oliver SchabenbergerFebruary 17, 2020 4

4 principles of analytics you cannot ignore

Maybe you are new to AI and analytics. Or maybe you have been working with data and analytics for decades, even before we called this work data science or decision science. As the industry has broadened from statistics and analytics to big data and artificial intelligence, some things have remained

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Analytics | SAS Events

Jenn ChaseFebruary 13, 2020 0

3 people I can’t wait to meet at SAS Global Forum

What do a Pulitzer prize-winning author, an Emmy award-winning TV personality and one of the top 5 influencers in the world have in common? They’ll all be at SAS Global Forum this year. It’s where analytics enthusiasts and executive thought leaders meet to share strategies, get training in abundance, and

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