Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence | Risk Management

Alice CorreaSeptember 1, 2021 0

Os dados como alicerce do futuro

Para o Next, a captação diária de dados desde a adesão do cliente é extremamente relevante, e faz um banco digital se manter à frente em tempos atuais, e usando a analogia do universo baseado em dados, a familiarização com o mundo analítico é comum, porque a conexão dos dados

Read More

Brazilian Portuguese

Banking

Analytics

Alice CorreaSeptember 1, 2021 0

Dados não são apenas dados quando aplicados na vida real

Uma história de empreendedorismo que se inicia em um café parece comum, não é mesmo? Mas, neste caso, faz parte da história do Pic Pay. O empreendedor Diogo Roberte passou alguns meses do ano de 2012 observando o comportamento em tempo real dentro de um café para entender onde as

Read More

Brazilian Portuguese

Banking

Analytics | SAS Events

Leticia MedeirosSeptember 1, 2021 0

A ascensão das plataformas de mensagem instantânea na jornada do usuário

Durante sua apresentação no SAS Banking Summit 2021, Daiane Quesada, líder da indústria de serviços financeiros no Facebook, ressalta a importância da personalização do atendimento ao cliente para promover engajamento e estimular a interação entre marca e usuário nos dias de hoje. Daiane reforça que “a personalização é uma escolha

Read More

Brazilian Portuguese

Banking

Analytics | SAS Events

Leticia MedeirosSeptember 1, 2021 0

As mudanças trazidas pelo Open Finance no sistema financeiro nacional

O Open Finance é como vem sendo chamada a expansão do Open Banking, modelo de compartilhamento de dados entre instituições financeiras que vem dando os primeiros passos no Brasil e marca o começo de uma grande mudança no sistema financeiro nacional. No Open Finance, mais instituições farão parte do sistema

Read More

Brazilian Portuguese

Banking

Analytics

Vinicius StreySeptember 1, 2021 0

Beyond Distributed Control Systems and Historians: The True Power of Analytics for the Process Manufacturer

Plant control is key for manufacturers to run their operations. Since the advent of computers, process industries have witnessed the impact of new technologies in terms of safety, stability and resiliency. Here is a five-decade overview of those technologies: 1950s: Electromechanical systems set the basis of modern process control by

Read More

English

Manufacturing

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

Read More

English

Health Care

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinSeptember 1, 2021 0

On the number of bootstrap samples

The number of possible bootstrap samples for a sample of size N is big. Really big. Recall that the bootstrap method is a powerful way to analyze the variation in a statistic. To implement the standard bootstrap method, you generate B random bootstrap samples. A bootstrap sample is a sample

Read More

English

Advanced Analytics | Analytics

Ivan Fernando HerreraAugust 31, 2021 0

Más analítica y más humana: así será la nueva industria financiera

IDC, Forrester, Deloitte y MCKinsey… si algo tienen en común los informes de todos los analistas es que estamos ad portas de una nueva industria financiera. Se trata de una industria que, con todo lo que ha pasado en estos tiempos de pandemia, ha experimentado una acelerada digitalización y transformación

Read More

Spanish

Banking

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Management

Ivan Fernando HerreraAugust 30, 2021 0

Economía de datos: una apuesta de los países para impulsar el crecimiento con innovación

¿Qué tienen en común una empresa norteamericana que desarrolla la próxima generación de automóviles sin conductor; una fintech que otorga préstamos en Colombia sin historial crediticio y una farmacéutica global que desarrolla un tratamiento para virus como el Covid-19? Los datos. Considerados como el “nuevo petróleo” o el motor del

Read More

Spanish

Analytics | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinAugust 30, 2021 0

Bootstrap correlation coefficients in SAS

You can use the bootstrap method to estimate confidence intervals. Unlike formulas, which assume that the data are drawn from a specified distribution (usually the normal distribution), the bootstrap method does not assume a distribution for the data. There are many articles about how to use SAS to bootstrap statistics

Read More

English

Analytics

Jihye YooAugust 27, 2021 0

[SGF시리즈 #1] 포스트 팬데믹 시대, 분석이 비즈니스를 성공적으로 이끄는 방법

세계 최대의 분석 컨퍼런스 ‘SAS Global Forum 2021’이 지난 5월, 온라인으로 개최됐습니다. 하이라이트 국문 영상으로도 보실 수 있도록 준비되어 다시 한 번 블로그를 통해 내용들을 정리해 소개해 드립니다. 이번 SAS 글로벌 포럼에서는 마이크로소프트와의 전략적 제휴에 이어, 아마존웹서비스(AWS)와 구글 클라우드에서도 데이터 분석을 지원한다고 밝혔고, 올해 말에는 레드햇 오픈시프트 지원도 계획하고 있다고

Read More

Korean

Analytics

Joost HuiskensAugust 25, 2021 0

When will AI and patient outcomes become good friends?

There is general agreement that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform health care. However, there is also little doubt that this process has not yet really started. Hospitals and health care providers have been relatively slow to adopt AI solutions on a large scale. Beyond automation There are

Read More

English

Health Care

Analytics | Internet of Things

Afshin AlmassiAugust 24, 2021 0

Six takeaways from working on Madrid’s digital transformation efforts

During lockdowns across Europe and beyond, we all moved our lives online. We worked remotely and had meetings via Teams or Zoom. We also socialised and shopped online. For many people, this was familiar territory. For others, it opened up a whole new world—and highlighted significant problems with the ‘old

Read More

English

Government

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

Read More

English

Health Care

Analytics

Jack LiuAugust 24, 2021 0

My SAS journey: from data citizen to analytics "explorer"

Editor's note: Jack Liu is a member of SAS Analytics Explorers, a SAS community that is dedicated to exploring analytics, sharing knowledge, having fun and helping SAS users in their careers. Members were recently invited to share their analytics journeys, and Jack responded with his impressive story. If you're a

Read More

English

Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Harry SnartAugust 23, 2021 0

Understanding your data: Visual Exploratory Data Analysis

In our previous section of the series we discussed the impact of missingness and techniques to address this. In this final section of the series we look at how we can use drag-and-drop tools to accelerate our EDA. As mentioned at the beginning of this series, SAS Viya offers multiple

Read More

English

Education

Analytics | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinAugust 23, 2021 0

Sliced survival graphs in SAS

This article shows how to create a "sliced survival plot" for proportional-hazards models that are created by using PROC PHREG in SAS. Graphing the result of a statistical regression model is a valuable way to communicate the predictions of the model. Many SAS procedures use ODS graphics to produce graphs

Read More

English

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Caslee SimsAugust 20, 2021 0

Overcoming AI bias to empower an equitable society

Reasoning frameworks of artificial intelligence used in criminal justice and health care systems move us to rethink how AI can be constructed to help foster an equitable society.  We interact daily with algorithms that over time predict and inform our actions. Spam filters in e-mail and real-time mapping technologies on

Read More

English

Analytics | Students & Educators

Jelena StankovicAugust 19, 2021 0

My journey from intern to SAS Ambassador

This post is part of our Young Data Scientists series, featuring the motivation, work and advice of the next generation of data scientists. Be sure to check back for future posts, or read the whole series by clicking on the image to the right. Nikita Borzunov graduated from MIREA -

Read More

English

Analytics

Mike GillilandAugust 18, 2021 0

Behavioral economics in demand planning (webinar September 2)

On September 2 (3pm UTC / 11am EDT), I'll be joining Jonathon Karelse, CEO of NorthFind Management, for an interactive "fireside chat" on the application of Behavioral Economics in demand planning. This is part of the Foresight Webinar Series, and registration is free. Since we first met at an Institute

Read More

English

Analytics | Data for Good | Learn SAS

Alex CoopAugust 17, 2021 0

Canadian nonprofit meets employer demands with SAS training

Fueled by a number of factors, including a global pandemic, data analytics skills are in high-demand. Organizations like the Youth Employment Services (YES) are well aware of the abundance of data and its growing complexity. That's why they partnered with SAS last year to provide free learning pathways to help

Read More

English

Education

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Brian HoldenAugust 17, 2021 0

Breaking out of the banking bonus cycle

The rest of society hates bankers’ bonuses—and banks should too. The bonus cycle weakens the business by prioritising short-term profit over sustainable growth. Bankers’ bonuses are a regular target for media outrage, resentment, and calls for reform. Yet what most members of the public don’t realise is that the first

Read More

English

Banking

Analytics | Data Management | Machine Learning

Cindy TurnerAugust 16, 2021 0

6 machine learning pitfalls to avoid

Data science expert Andy Pulkstenis describes how to skip common machine learning mistakes.

Read More

English

Insurance

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Harry SnartAugust 16, 2021 0

Understanding your data: Missing at random versus missing not at random

In our last blog we explored the potential impact of missingness in data in terms of its impact on models which require complete case analysis. We took a simple view that data was missing with an equal, independent, probability for any given model input. This week we explore cases where

Read More

English

Analytics

Rick WicklinAugust 16, 2021 0

Rankings and the geometry of weighted averages

People love rankings. You've probably seen articles about the best places to live, the best colleges to attend, the best pizza to order, and so on. Each of these is an example of a ranking that is based on multiple characteristics. For example, a list of the best places to

Read More

English

Analytics

Glenn SmithAugust 13, 2021 0

How fraud teams can help banks solve the digital identity crisis

During the pandemic, millions of people have made the leap to digital banking. Identity analytics can help banks provide a delightful customer experience while keeping fraudsters out in the cold. Fraud is often seen as a cost centre for banks, but there’s an opportunity for fraud teams to become a

Read More

English

Banking

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Cloud | Internet of Things | Machine Learning

Charlie ChaseAugust 12, 2021 0

Is your demand management process stuck in the 1990s?

Demand management concepts are now over 30 years old. The first use of the term "demand management" surfaced in the commercial sector in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Before that, the focus was on a more siloed approach to demand forecasting and planning that was manual and used simple

Read More

English

AgTech | Manufacturing | Retail

Analytics

Nick JohnsonAugust 11, 2021 0

One year in: Six reasons you should pay attention to the SAS and Microsoft partnership

Just over a year ago, SAS and Microsoft announced their strategic partnership. Since then we have been working together to provide the best experience and value to our customers as they migrate to the cloud.  Here are six milestones you should know about; each highlights the early success of the two industry giants.   The start of

Read More

English

Analytics

Mike GillilandAugust 10, 2021 0

Hyndman's 5 Conditions for Easy Forecasting

What makes something easy (or difficult) to forecast? This question was answered by Prof. Rob Hyndman on the Forecasting Impact podcast (February 6, 2021), and it's worth a look at his response. Rob was recently named a Fellow of the International Institute of Forecasters, and is someone who is known

Read More

English

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Data Visualization | Learn SAS

Harry SnartAugust 9, 2021 0

Understanding your data: Assessing the impact of missingness and dimensionality

In the previous section of this series we discussed ways of assessing the relationship between variables. This week we change the focus to the shape and sparsity of our dataset. One area of Explanatory Data Analysis  which we’ve missed so far is the impact of missingness in data. Having missing

Read More

English

Education