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Kristi BoydMay 1, 2023 0

Trustworthy AI: 3 reasons we need it now

Who is responsible for ensuring that new AI technologies are fair and ethical? Does that responsibility land on AI developers? On innovators? On CEOs? Or is the responsibility more widespread? At SAS, we believe that it is everyone’s duty to innovate responsibly with AI. We believe that adhering to trustworthy

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Caslee SimsApril 3, 2023 0

Exploring the interplay of technology and society

If you’ve ever contemplated AI's messy reality and political nature, the interplay of technology with society and the impact of AI on democracy, we have a conversation for you. As AI rapidly expands, it has sparked numerous discussions and debates. One theory is that AI is inherently political. This viewpoint

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Analytics

Vrushali Sawant

Vrushali SawantMarch 30, 2023 0

The ethics of responsible innovation: Why transparency is key

In today's world, data-driven systems make significant decisions across industries. While these systems can bring many benefits, they can also foster distrust by obscuring how decisions are made. Therefore, transparency within data driven systems is critical to responsible innovation. Transparency requires clear, explainable communication. Since transparency helps people understand how

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Advanced Analytics

Brandon ReeseMarch 30, 2023 0

Improving the state-of-the-art algorithm for vehicle routing problems

SAS' Brandon Reese the EURO Meets NeurIPS 2022 Vehicle Routing Competition, which combined efforts of operations research and machine learning experts.

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMarch 29, 2023 0

Using SAS to solve an introductory programming assignment

I recently discussed introductory programming with a colleague who teaches Python at a university. He told me about the following introductory programming assignment: Let N be an integer parameter in the range [1, 9]. For each value of N, find all pairs of one-digit positive integers d1 and d2 that

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Analytics | Innovation

Jessica CurtisMarch 15, 2023 0

5 key questions to guide your connected factory strategy

Consumer goods manufacturers have faced significant challenges over the past few years due to rapidly changing demand and supply disruptions in their end-to-end supply chain. As a result, manufacturers have realized the need to strengthen their resilience and have prioritized assessing their manufacturing capacity to maximize output and automation. To

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Manufacturing | Retail

Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMarch 8, 2023 0

How Newton calculated pi to 16 decimal places

Happy Pi Day! Every year on March 14th (written 3/14 in the US), people in the mathematical sciences celebrate "all things pi-related" because 3.14 is the three-decimal approximation to π ≈ 3.14159265358979.... Modern computer methods and algorithms enable us to calculate 100 trillion digits of π. However, I think it

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Analytics | Data Management

Liz McIntoshMarch 7, 2023 0

Metadata: 5 reasons why you should understand its analytical value

Analytics can get you answers from data. With an ever-increasing volume of data and new regulatory pressures, you need to know more than knowing where and how it is used. It's critical to comprehend the data: Is it relevant? Does it contain sensitive or private information? Can we detect bias?

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Analytics

Cheryl CassFebruary 27, 2023 0

How UNC Wilmington data science students are using SAS to drive business results for Lightcast

Students in the master's program in data science at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) drove real-world results using SAS® Viya® for the labor market analytics company Lightcast. The project gave students practical analytical tools to solve a business challenge – invaluable career preparation. At the same time, Lightcast gained business insights

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Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Carl EastwoodJanuary 23, 2023 0

Top 2023 fraud trends – how can telcos prepare?

By Carl Eastwood, Fraud & Financial Crimes Domain Lead at SAS, and Katarina Garai, CFE - Retail & CSP Fraud Lead at SAS Managing fraud risks in the Communication Service Provider (CSP) industry is no easy task, not least because of the speed at which fraudsters adapt to exploit new

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Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 11, 2023 0

12 blog posts from 2022 that deserve a second look

In a previous article, I presented some of the most popular blog posts from 2022. In general, popular articles deal with elementary topics that have broad appeal. However, I also write articles about advanced topics. The following articles didn't make the Top 10 list, but they deserve a second look.

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Learn SAS | SAS Events

Lexi RegaladoDecember 23, 2022 0

SAS training: 5 free sessions technologists love

SAS Explore was created by technologists for technologists, and has more than 100 free SAS training sessions. Here are a few top picks!

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Analytics

Pauline Ashcraft

Pauline AshcraftDecember 22, 2022 0

How young professionals are teaching younger students how to code

More than 100 volunteers from the SAS Young Professionals Network (YPN) led sessions at Wake Forest Elementary school for the annual week-long Hour of Code initiative during Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) to teach kids to code. Students were challenged to work in groups and navigate a Sphero robot through

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Analytics

Paula Henderson

Paula HendersonDecember 9, 2022 0

3 ways to overcome leadership challenges in health care

What are the hallmarks of leadership? I have often asked myself this throughout my career journey as a technology leader. I place a high value on empathy, collaboration, passion and curiosity. In the health care industry that we all rely on, transformational leadership is a must. Few things about our

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Data Visualization | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinDecember 7, 2022 0

Art in SAS: Christmas wrapping paper

For Christmas 2021, I wrote an article about palettes of Christmas colors, chiefly shades of red, green, silver, and gold. One of my readers joked that she would like to use my custom palette to design her own Christmas wrapping paper! I remembered her jest when I saw some artwork

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinNovember 30, 2022 0

Ladders: A probabilistic card trick

A probabilistic card trick is a trick that succeeds with high probability and does not require any skill from the person performing the trick. I have seen a certain trick mentioned several times on social media. I call it "ladders" or the "ladders game" because it reminds me of the

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Data for Good | Work & Life at SAS

Evan MarkfieldNovember 22, 2022 0

Data for good volunteer helps bring 'Sweeter Dreams'

Jason Colón was hoping to work on a data for good project – any data for good project, really – offered through SAS’ analytic volunteer program. He had no idea the one he would be asked to do would hit so close to home for him. The organization – which

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Programming Tips | Work & Life at SAS

Joseph CastleNovember 4, 2022 0

Building an open source software community

Joseph Castle offers some important considerations that will help you when building and working in an OSS community.

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Advanced Analytics

Xi JiangNovember 1, 2022 0

Risk driver analysis for complex supply chains

SAS' Bahar Biller and Xi Jiang use the example of a semiconductor manufacturing plant to illustrate the role of sensitivity analysis in assessing supply chain risk.

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Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinOctober 24, 2022 0

Implement binary logistic regression from first principles

I recently gave a presentation about the SAS/IML matrix language in which I emphasized that a matrix language enables you to write complex analyses by using only a few lines of code. In the presentation, I used least squares regression as an example. One participant asked how many additional lines

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Work & Life at SAS

Alyssa GrubeOctober 20, 2022 0

Researching a company? Start with these 10 questions.

It’s tried-and-true, sage advice – there’s no substitute for preparation. Before an interview, career fair or other engagement with a company you’re interested in, it’s important to do your digging. After all, interviews are a two-way street: you have to be a good fit for the company you’re interviewing with,

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Analytics | Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinOctober 19, 2022 0

On solving rank-deficient systems of equations in SAS

Recently, I needed to write a program that can provide a solution to a regression-type problem, even when the data are degenerate. Mathematically, the problem is an overdetermined linear system of equations X*b = y, where X is an n x p design matrix and y is an n x 1 vector. For most

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SAS Events

Caslee SimsOctober 18, 2022 0

2022 SAS Championship and HBCU Invitational, in photos

For 22 years, SAS Championship week – full of golf and community events - has provided countless memories for fans and attendees young and old. Golfing legends have walked the fairways of Prestonwood Country Club each year, battling for one of the largest purses on the PGA Tour Champions. PGA tour

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Sports & Entertainment

Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Federica Citterio

Federica CitterioSeptember 30, 2022 0

How advancements in automated computer vision are keeping us safe

Using SAS Viya in combination with open-source capabilities, we were able to develop an automated solution for logo detection that does not require any manual data labeling.

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinSeptember 26, 2022 0

Display correlations in a list format

The correlations between p variables are usually displayed by using a symmetric p x p matrix of correlations. However, sometimes you might prefer to see the correlations listed in "long form" as a three-column table, as shown to the right. In this table, each row shows a pair of variables and the

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Analytics | Learn SAS | SAS Events

Diana MarisSeptember 14, 2022 0

Intelligent Decisioning: Ensuring fairness in analytically-driven decision making

Attend this session during the SAS Explore event on Sept 27-29 or view the recording at your convenience. We will showcase the use of SAS Intelligent Decisioning, SAS Model Manager, and SAS Visual Analytics on the SAS Viya platform for a solution that helps mitigate inequitable credit decisions.

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Rick WicklinSeptember 14, 2022 0

Base 26: A mapping from integers to strings

I recently showed how to represent positive integers in any base and gave examples of base 2 (binary), base 8 (octal), and base 16 (hexadecimal). One fun application is that you can use base 26 to associate a positive integer to every string of English characters. This article shows how

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Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data Visualization | Machine Learning

Falko SchulzSeptember 7, 2022 0

Analyzing demographics and patterns-of-life using SAS Visual Analytics

The IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST) Challenge provides a great opportunity to validate our software against real-world scenarios using complex data sets. Not only do we learn from these projects, but we also send feedback to our development teams to further improve product capabilities for customers.

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Banking | Government

Analytics

Hidden Insights - What are the odds - will your child have the same name as their classmates?

Harry SnartSeptember 6, 2022 0

What are the odds: Will your child have the same name as their classmates?

Many parents when naming their children, want to choose a name that they like, but that isn’t so popular that everywhere they go they hear it being called. But even for the most popular girls’ and boys’ names, how likely is it that there will be children with the same

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