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See how data is being used to address humanitarian issues around the world

Steve MellgrenJune 21, 2018 0

The world is on the move: Exploring migration with network analysis

More than 3.5 percent of the world’s population is on the move, considered international migrants. That’s more than 250 million people living in a country different than their country of birth or nationality. To put that another way, if all migrants lived in a single country, their population would be

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Steve KearneyJune 18, 2018 0

Data for Good: How Analytics Can Help the Opioid Crisis

A person in the United States dies every 15 minutes because of substance use disorder. The number has doubled in the past 10 years as the crisis continues to grow in severity, especially in rural areas with high unemployment. Using analytics to map the growth of opioid deaths shows the

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Government

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Mary OsborneJune 15, 2018 0

4 ways to visualize climate changes in the oceans and the Arctic

Many things in nature can be seen as chain reactions. When one action occurs, others follow suit. For example, atmospheric greenhouse gas levels are increasing, which leads to a warming of the oceans. As the oceans warm, weather and climate patterns across the globe are impacted because the amount of

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SAS Voices: Shining a spotlight on human trafficking

Tom SaboJune 12, 2018 0

Shining a spotlight on human trafficking

My local middle school publishes a weekly paper. Very recently, I noted an article in that paper regarding an expose on human trafficking overseas, "World Slavery: The Terrors Our World Tries to Forget." The eloquent article in part highlighted how children have been exploited in the fishing industry in Ghana

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonJune 5, 2018 0

Where is that volcano in Guatemala?

You've probably seen in the news that a volcano erupted in Guatemala recently. But do you really know much about this volcano, or even where it's located? Hopefully this blog post will get you up to speed on your volcanology! Pictures of a recent volcano erupting in Hawaii show slow-moving

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Government | Insurance | Travel

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Tom SaboMay 29, 2018 0

5 remarkable uses for text analytics

Maybe you’ve heard of text analytics (or natural language processing) as a way to analyze consumer sentiment. Businesses often use these techniques to analyze customer complaints or comments on social media, to identify when a response is needed. But text analytics has far more to offer than examining posts on

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Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMay 24, 2018 0

Comparing child poverty in 26 rich countries

Poverty. It's a bit difficult to define who lives in poverty - I guess it's a relative thing, and depends on the standard of living of the people around you. Today we're going to take a look at the child poverty rates in several 'rich' countries (such as the United

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Travel

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Josh MorganMay 17, 2018 0

Combatting behavioral health stigma and discrimination with analytics

Stigma and discrimination in behavioral health, while improving, remain obstacles to people seeking care. And any obstacles need to be addressed, because those struggling with behavioral health and mental illness are simply not getting the help they need. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, “The percentage of young

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Government | Health Care

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Trent SmithMay 11, 2018 0

Students showcase power of open data to help government

Open data is critical to research, particularly at universities. The many university students that attend SAS Global Forum bring an energy and vitality to the conference that is unmistakable. They’re everywhere…in sessions, social activities, out on the town and, of course, the academic events. This year, 150 of them graced

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Education | Government

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Henrik Ernlund PedersenMay 10, 2018 0

Analytics recognizes familiar faces among the vulnerable in society

Lately, the media has again been focusing on the debate about how we can do more for society's vulnerable groups, including children. This is an important debate and an area that we at SAS already have much experience with: when you apply analytics to the right data, something important happens.

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Saurabh GuptaMay 4, 2018 0

Healthy Nevada Project drives life-changing results

Landmark population health study involving 50,000 northern Nevadans turns to SAS to reveal hidden health insights These are exciting times in health care. Earlier this week I read that the NIH will soon open enrollment for its “All of Us” initiative. The research program aims to compile the genetic and health

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Health Care

Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good | Fraud & Security Intelligence

The welfare state loses revenues without fraud prevention

Lasse SkydstofteMay 3, 2018 0

The welfare state loses revenues that are too good to let go

The startup Too Good To Go dreams of a world where food is eaten and not thrown away. Its popular app will benefit businesses, customers and the environment. The businesses will earn extra revenue on what was previously wasted, the consumers will get a good meal at a much lower price

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Government

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Robert AllisonApril 23, 2018 0

Can you guess which 10 rivers produce 95% of the ocean's plastic pollution?

Plastic pollution in the oceans is becoming a huge problem. And, as with any problem, finding the solution starts with identifying the source of the problem. A recent study estimated that 95% of the plastic pollution in our oceans comes from 10 rivers - let's put some visual analytics to

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Anjelica CummingsApril 9, 2018 0

What can be achieved when passion, curiosity and analytics come together?

SAS has never been able to sit idle and watch from the sidelines as crises ensue. Why? Because we know that good can be made possible if data is put to work. SAS Global Forum opening session spotlighted four real-life examples of how SAS is showing up and improving the

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I-sah HsiehApril 6, 2018 0

Data can tell stories that transform the world

Data and analytics touch our lives every day. Consider: A call from your bank warning of a suspicious transaction. A well-timed discounted offer for something you need. Most people realize that data and analytics are behind these things, but they remain on the periphery of mainstream conversations. We need to

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Government

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Gloria CaberoMarch 27, 2018 0

SAS Global Forum, inspiración para hacer lo extraordinario

+Las empresas de todo el mundo están cambiando radicalmente su manera de operar y de relacionarse con clientes y socios. Se encuentran en plena transformación digital y capitalizan tendencias clave para evolucionar, como la nube, el Internet de las Cosas, la inteligencia artificial y la analítica, entre otras. De igual

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Josh MorganMarch 15, 2018 0

Whole person analytics empowers person-centered care

What message do former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, CMS Administrator Seema Verma, and White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner have in common? They all asserted the importance of person-centered care in their respective remarks at HIMSS two weeks ago in Las Vegas. Person-centered care treats the patient/healthcare consumer as an

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Government | Health Care

Data for Good | Data Management | Data Visualization

Robert AllisonMarch 12, 2018 0

Where are opioids prescribed most, in North Carolina?

My buddy Rick Wicklin recently pointed me towards an animation of some opioid prescription rate data for Illinois. And, of course, I decided we needed a similar animation for North Carolina (with a few improvements...) Here's the original, and here are the problems that jump out at me: Counties with

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Health Care

Analytics | Data for Good | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonJanuary 30, 2018 0

Building a better flu map!

The flu seems to be especially potent this year. "How potent is it," you might ask? ... Well, let's plot some data on a map to help find out! Here in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) compiles data about diseases, and provides reports and graphs

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Health Care

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Robert AllisonJanuary 29, 2018 0

A better way to view flu data

Have you, or someone you know, gotten the flu this year? Word on the street is that this year's flu might be particularly bad, and the data seem to be corroborating that so far. You don't want to take my word for it? -- well then, let's have a look

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Health Care

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Leo SadovyDecember 20, 2017 0

Using data to discover what’s driving hospital readmissions

US health care costs are the highest in the developed world, despite per-capita healthcare spending roughly double that of the others, but with outcomes worse-or-equal-to comparable countries. A 2014 Commonwealth Fund study ranked the United States 11th out of 11 major industrial nations in overall healthcare. An aging population is

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Health Care

Analytics | Data for Good | Internet of Things

Ariadna Zárate DelgadoDecember 18, 2017 0

IoT y demencia: escalando a la cura

La demencia es un trastorno que provoca fallas cerebrales, a través de los años científicos tratan de encontrar una cura, así como brindar una mejor calidad de vida a los pacientes que la sufren. Reino Unido cuenta con más casos de Alzheimer que es el tipo de demencia más común,

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Steve BennettDecember 8, 2017 0

How federal civilian agencies can improve outcomes with analytics

From national parks and healthcare to taxes and nutrition, federal civilian agencies feature an incredibly large and diverse set of missions. These agencies oversee almost every aspect of American life with an endless sea of projects, programs and general oversight. But, as Deloitte Consulting’s Mark Urbanczyk said during a recent

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Government

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Robert AllisonDecember 5, 2017 0

What fuel is 1000 times dirtier than diesel?

I recently read an interesting article about petroleum coke (petcoke). A lot of it is produced in the US, and lately a lot of it is consumed (burned) in India ... contributing to air pollution there. The article mentioned some numbers in the text, but the data was really begging to

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Energy & Utilities | Manufacturing

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Roderick CrawfordNovember 27, 2017 0

Where’s the good in data? How analytics is transforming government decision-making

Undoubtedly, the unifying ambition of everyone who serves in government is to do good for the local communities, regions and countries they serve. What I’m interested in is how departments and agencies arrive at those decisions, verify them and even predict their outcomes so that they know with some degree

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Government | Health Care

Data for Good | Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonNovember 9, 2017 0

Graphing mistakes to avoid ... like the plague!

I recently saw an alarming article on social media about an outbreak of airborne plague spreading from Madagascar to Africa (and potentially to the rest of the world). The plague?!? - I thought that only happened hundreds of years ago?!? I don't really trust news on Facebook, so I went

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Health Care

Advanced Analytics | Data for Good | Internet of Things

Larry OrimoloyeNovember 3, 2017 0

Scaling Internet of Things for dementia using particle filters

Dementia describes different brain disorders that trigger a loss of brain function. These conditions are all usually progressive and eventually severe. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia, affecting 62 percent of those diagnosed. Other types of dementia include; vascular dementia affecting 17 percent of those diagnosed, mixed

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Mary OsborneNovember 3, 2017 0

Analytics helps Puerto Rico restore communications after disaster

When disasters strike, we’re all left wondering what we can do and how we can help. Many donate money and items. Others donate their time volunteering on the ground. Me? I dive into data. I have a passion for using data for good, and have been fortunate to be involved

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Ariadna Zárate DelgadoOctober 25, 2017 0

SAS en la lucha contra el cáncer de mama

Todos conocemos el caso de alguien que amamos o que es parte de nuestra vida y que tiene una enfermedad o un tipo de cáncer. En el mundo cada día se registran nuevos casos de esta enfermedad, entre los principales se encuentran: pulmón, estómago, hígado, colon y mamá. De los cuales, el

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Health Care | Hospitality

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Ariadna Zárate DelgadoOctober 17, 2017 0

La analítica contra el cáncer

Este 19 de octubre se celebra el día internacional contra el cáncer de mamá y hoy la analítica está contribuyendo a salvar la vida de muchas mujeres que padecen esta terrible enfermedad, un ejemplo de superación. Susan Weidner, vicepresidente sénior de IntrinsiQ Specialty Solutions. Susan fue diagnosticada con cáncer de

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