Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data for Good

SAS ColombiaOctober 7, 2021 0

Colombia habilita un nuevo centro de monitoreo y analítica de conectividad y muestra el camino a otros países

Hace algunas semanas, el Gobierno colombiano y más exactamente el Ministerio TIC presentaron DataTIC. Según explicaron los representantes del gobierno, se trata de un centro de análisis de datos que va a estar ubicado en las instalaciones del Ministerio de las TIC y que usa los conocimientos y herramientas de la

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Government

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

SAS ColombiaOctober 6, 2021 0

Líderes con dominio en nuevas tecnologías, los nuevos CEO

Seguimos atravesando tiempos de cambio pero ahora podemos ser un poco más optimistas. De la incertidumbre que aún nos acompañaba hace algunos meses, hemos pasado a un “momento de reinvención en la que se está definiendo el futuro”. Así por lo menos lo establece el más reciente informe de Technology

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Banking | Communications

Analytics

Mike GillilandOctober 5, 2021 0

M6 Financial Forecasting Competition announced

M6 Financial Forecasting Competition The Makridakis Open Forecasting Center has announced the M6 Financial Forecasting Competition, to begin in February 2022. This will be a "live" competition running through February 2023, with a focus on forecasts of stock price (returns) and risk, and on investment decisions based on the forecasts.

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Analytics | Customer Intelligence | SAS Events

Alena TsishchankaOctober 5, 2021 0

Let's continue to rock: The complete vision quartet for insurance

An ideal quartet formation of a rock band consists of a voice, an electric guitar, a bass, and a drum kit. What else do we need to enjoy our favorite tunes and get inspired? There's another great quartet that could bring you fresh ideas and that is the insurance industry.

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Insurance

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Nicky FurlongOctober 4, 2021 0

UK Government: #BuildBackBetter

Resetting the risk dial – empowering the UK public sector to build back better. Public sector organisations in the UK had to respond rapidly to the pandemic when lockdown was announced in 2020. Policy changes were issued in quick succession and departments had to scramble to implement new solutions safely

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Government

Analytics | Marketing

Caslee SimsOctober 4, 2021 0

Brand marketing tips for everyone – not just marketers

“You have to have a left and right-brained approach to marketing. It’s important to leverage data, but you also have to spark creativity and inspiration so you can appeal to the head and heart of your customers.” - Jenn Chase, SAS EVP and CMO The marketing landscape continues to change. Whether

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English

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Cloud

Santiago FainsteinOctober 4, 2021 0

La nube potenciada con analítica: la manera más inteligente de impulsar la innovación empresarial

La nube potenciada con analítica, la propuesta de tecnología aplicada a los negocios que SAS y Microsoft han venido desarrollando de manera conjunta desde el 2020, tiene el potencial de convertirse en una de las soluciones empresariales más importantes de los últimos años y catalizador de los nuevos niveles de

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Spanish

Banking | Government | Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics | Learn SAS

Rick WicklinOctober 4, 2021 0

Choose samples with specified statistical properties

A reader asked whether it is possible to find a bootstrap sample that has some desirable properties. I am using the term "bootstrap sample" to refer to the result of randomly resampling with replacement from a data set. Specifically, he wanted to find a bootstrap sample that has a specific

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Analytics

Gloria CaberoOctober 1, 2021 0

SAS Viya Tour: Tome las mejores decisiones para maximizar el valor de su empresa

Su negocio necesita tomar decisiones inteligentes a partir de datos confiables que generen resultados confiables. La analítica está ayudando a las empresas a entender su entorno de negocio y tomar las mejores decisiones para maximizar su valor. El mundo de negocios, al que la pandemia y los fenómenos políticos, económicos

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Spanish

Analytics

Marta Prus-WojciukOctober 1, 2021 0

Why good price means better customer experience: finding the balance in insurance

It is widely recognized that the right price is crucial in insurance. Insurance is what is known as a ‘grudge purchase’: customers know it is necessary, but they hope never to use it. This traditionally and theoretically means that they want to pay as little as possible for their insurance

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Insurance

Analytics | Data for Good

Caslee SimsOctober 1, 2021 0

What matters now when it comes to COVID-19

Early in the pandemic, we used this blog to offer resources for responding to COVID-19, recovering from the economic losses, and reimagining life after the pandemic. By now, everyone has read about testing, contact tracing, social distancing, treatment protocols and vaccines. Whether or not you have had COVID yourself, all

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English

Health Care

Analytics | Data for Good | Students & Educators

Lee Ellen HarmerOctober 1, 2021 0

Engaging students with data literacy

When students hear the word data, they may envision measurements that scientists collect, or perhaps it has something to do with the social media platforms they love. Many students struggle to understand where data comes from and how it can help us make decisions and better understand our world! They may not make a connection with computer science either. Just as

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English

Education

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Cloud | Customer Intelligence | Data Management

Ricardo SalamaSeptember 30, 2021 0

A mentalidade da jornada digital

Vivemos tempos de mudanças rápidas e intensas. As inovações tecnológicas cada vez mais impactam as vidas das pessoas e das organizações, que precisam instantaneamente acompanhar o acelerado passo da digitalização. Observamos isso como nunca antes no ano de 2020. Espelho disso foi a evolução da computação em nuvem, tecnologia que

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Brazilian Portuguese

Analytics

Toby TextSeptember 30, 2021 0

Wir brauchen jetzt den Koal-O-Maten

Der Koal-O-Mat, eine Anwendung zur Beantwortung der Frage: Auf wen oder was müssen wir uns jetzt nach der Wahl einstellen?

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German

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good

Alex CoopSeptember 30, 2021 0

Why I listen to branded podcasts (and 5 great ones to add to your list)

Since 2015, the number of Americans who to listen to at least one podcast per month has increased by approximately 40 million people. The number of podcast listeners has also ballooned globally in tandem with a rise in smart speaker adoption. People are consuming them at home, on the go

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Health Care

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Cloud

Ernesto CantuSeptember 29, 2021 0

Tutorial de analítica para pequeños y medianos manufactureros

Por Loren Sylvan Los manufactureros pequeños y medianos (PYMES) son impulsores críticos de la innovación y la productividad, y la agilidad a menudo les da una ventaja competitiva sobre las organizaciones más grandes. También tienen desafíos únicos en comparación con los fabricantes más grandes que tienen los recursos y el

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Spanish

Analytics

Gloria CaberoSeptember 28, 2021 0

SAS Viya Tour: cuando la agilidad marca la diferencia en su empresa

Las empresas buscan innovar constantemente y lanzar productos novedosos al mercado. Sin embargo, por la urgencia de adelantarse a la competencia, pueden pasar por alto etapas como investigar más a fondo el mercado y conocer las necesidades de los consumidores. Para que un proyecto de innovación alcance el éxito que

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Spanish

Analytics

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

Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Allan Lezcano MølgaardSeptember 22, 2021 0

When 'rip and replace' is confronted with 'integrate and enhance'

Data should alleviate strain instead of causing new pain  Recent research from SAS and Accenture underlines what many of us already knew anecdotally. Marketers are increasingly frustrated by their inability to obtain and leverage insights into customer behavior. Marketing teams have data – heaps of data – but they are unable

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English

Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinSeptember 22, 2021 0

Use simulations to evaluate the accuracy of asymptotic results

The field of probability and statistics is full of asymptotic results. The Law of Large Numbers and the Central Limit Theorem are two famous examples. An asymptotic result can be both a blessing and a curse. For example, consider a result that says that the distribution of some statistic converges

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Cloud | Data for Good | Data Management | Internet of Things

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 0

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 | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinSeptember 15, 2021 0

The partition problem: An optimization approach

I previously wrote about one way to solve the partition problem in SAS. In the partition problem, you divide (or partition) a set of N items into two groups of size k and N-k such that the sum of the items' weights is the same in each group. For example,

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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 | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinSeptember 13, 2021 0

The partition problem

The partition problem has many variations, but recently I encountered it as an interactive puzzle on a computer. (Try a similar game yourself!) The player is presented with an old-fashioned pan-balance scale and a set of objects of different weights. The challenge is to divide (or partition) the objects into

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Analytics

Mike GillilandSeptember 10, 2021 0

SAS/IIF Research Grants (proposals due October 1)

The International Institute of Forecasters and SAS® are funding two $10,000 grants to support research on forecasting. Per the announcement: For the eighteenth year, the IIF, in collaboration with SAS®, is proud to announce financial support for research on improving forecasting methods and business forecasting practice. The award for this year will be

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English

Analytics | Students & Educators

Jihye YooSeptember 10, 2021 0

데이터 사이언티스트를 위한 스킬 업 비법 대공개!

모든 것이 빠르게 변화하는 디지털 트랜스포메이션 시대에 신속하고 유연하게 대응할 수 있는 기업 역량을 갖추는 것은 성공적인 비즈니스의 필수 요소가 되었습니다. 비즈니스 신속성과 유연성을 갖추기 위해서는 데이터 기반의 의사결정이 핵심인데요. 모든 산업 분야에서 변화의 중심에 있는 다양하고 복잡한 데이터를 분석하고 새로운 가치를 만들어내는 것은 더 이상 IT팀만의 업무는 아닙니다. 기존의

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Korean

Education

Analytics

Andrea DeinertSeptember 9, 2021 0

Das KI-Prinzipienpapier der BaFin AI#43

Im Gespräch mit Norbert Pieper, Sprecher für Versicherungsaufsicht bei der BaFin.

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German

Banking | Insurance