+ Maggie Miller was formerly a communications specialist at SAS. You'll likely find her writing blogs, shooting videos and sharing it all on social media. She has nearly ten years of journalism experience that she brings to her writing to help you learn and grow with SAS. Follow on Twitter @maggiemiller0
This week’s author tip is from Michele Burlew and her new book SAS Macro Programming Made Easy, Third Edition. Burlew chose this tip because she says it’s important to understand how SAS determines where a macro variable reference starts and stops, and often a delimiter is needed to tell SAS
This week’s author tip is from Matthew Gillingham and his new book SAS Programming with Medicare Administrative Data. Gillingham has been programming in SAS for 15 years and has spent 10 of those years specifically dealing with health care use, cost and quality measurement. Here’s Gillingham’s tip for you: To
The SAS author’s tip of the week blogs are back! Sorry for the short break - I’ve been working to transition into my new role as editor of the SAS Bookshelf. We will continue to feature these helpful tips for our readers. Please let me know if there is any
There are many factors that go into creating the next advanced analytics products at SAS, but Radhika Kulkarni, Vice President of Advanced Analytics told me there’s one main driving force. I caught up with her at the Analytics 2014 conference to talk more about advanced analytics and what products you
There’s a lot of excitement right now around the book, Big Data, Data Mining, and Machine Learning: Value Creation for Business Leaders and Practitioners by Jared Dean, SAS Senior Director of Research and Development. At SAS, Dean is responsible for the development of the company’s worldwide data mining solutions. His
One of my favorite bands, Kings of Leon, is touring again this year and making a stop in Raleigh. I didn’t want to take any chances that I might miss them playing in my hometown so I bought tickets as soon as they went on sale. As you might agree,
During the Analytics 2014 conference in Frankfurt, I had the chance to interview Professor Bart Baesens and PhD researcher Véronique Van Vlasselaer of KU Leuven. Their presentation, “GOTCHA! Improving Fraud Detection Techniques Using Social Network Analytics” focused on how to prevent fraud before it happens. I’ve posted many more
As SAS software continues to develop, the demand for information grows. That’s why there’s a big recruitment effort underway at SAS Books to get experts to share their best practices on using SAS. Recruiter Shelley Sessoms attended the Analytics 2014 conference in Frankfurt, Germany last week to find new writers.
Predictive analytics is changing the way the public sector prevents fraud by helping to stop it before it happens. I interviewed Ian Pretty of Capgemini at the Analytics 2014 conference in Frankfurt about how the government is using analytics and why it’s important. For more videos from the conference,
The Frankfurt International Airport is an organization that lives and breathes analytics. With nearly half a million take offs and landings, more than 50 million passengers, and over 2 million tons of freight each year, the Frankfurt International Airport is one of the largest air traffic hubs in the world.
