Analytics | Data for Good | SAS Events

Josh MorganMay 3, 2021 0

Mental health services improve criminal justice outcomes

An estimated 44% of people in jail and 37% of those in prison have a mental health condition. When I worked at the San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health, the Sheriff and Probation Departments were close partners with us. My Research & Evaluation team worked with their data teams to evaluate

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Government | Health Care

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 30, 2021 0

Feeling the effects of the 2020 Census

Every 10 years the United States conducts a Census where we count all the people. This week the 2020 Census population totals for each state were released. And how might these numbers affect you? ... One thing the Census numbers are used for is to determine how many of the

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Advanced Analytics

Gül EgeApril 27, 2021 0

SAS and Microsoft collaborate to democratize the use of Deep Learning Models

Note from Gül Ege Sr. Director, Analytics R&D, IoT: The pattern of training in the Cloud, with your choices of framework and inferencing at the Edge with a target environment, are especially common in Internet of Things (IoT). In IoT, there is a proliferation of hardware environments on the Edge.

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Analytics | Risk Management

Cindy TurnerApril 21, 2021 0

The business risks of climate change: Where technology and nature meet

Analyzing climate change business risk helps companies choose the most effective actions.

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Banking

Analytics

Alyssa FarrellApril 15, 2021 0

Analytics hackathon sparks innovation for health care

Predictive models and medical image analysis have the potential to transform health care delivery. To accelerate innovative approaches in health analytics, teams around the world are participating in a global hackathon. In scientific communities, it's well-known that the fastest way to drive progress and discover new ideas is collaboration with

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Health Care

Analytics | Cloud

Marcia Elaine WalkerMarch 12, 2021 0

3 ways new SAS, Microsoft solutions can change the way manufacturers think

As an American child growing up on a military base in Germany, I learned many important life lessons. One of the most important was about language and communication. I realized at age 12 that, even though I could speak German, I thought in English -- and it led me to

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Manufacturing

Advanced Analytics

Adriaan Van HorenbeekMarch 10, 2021 0

How to get advanced analytics out of the lab and into your operations

Chemical companies are sitting on data gold mines waiting to be exploited. Yet most of them struggle to capitalize on the full potential and insights of their data. How can you make advanced analytics work for you and gain competitive advantage? For the past couple of years, chemical companies have

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Manufacturing

Programming Tips

Rick WicklinMarch 10, 2021 0

Pi and products

This is my Pi Day post for 2021. Every year on March 14th (written 3/14 in the US), geeky mathematicians and their friends celebrate "all things pi-related" because 3.14 is the three-decimal approximation to pi. Most years I write about lower-case pi (π), which is the ratio of a circle's

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Analytics

Danielle PavlivMarch 1, 2021 0

Celebrate International Women's Day with SAS

We have so much to celebrate for International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month! Scroll right to preview the many events and stories to inspire and empower.

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Leonid BatkhanFebruary 15, 2021 0

Inserting a substring into a SAS string

SAS' Leonid Batkhan demonstrates a common character data manipulation task of inserting a substring into a character string.

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Analytics | Risk Management

Anthony MancusoFebruary 8, 2021 0

Modernize the risk modeling life cycle by moving to cloud

Go from gridlocked model development to accelerated innovation by moving to the cloud.

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Banking

Analytics | Risk Management

John VoigtJanuary 13, 2021 0

The future of bank stress testing with SAS Analytics on Azure

SAS Cloud solutions on Azure help banks by delivering reliable stress test results fast.

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Banking

Programming Tips

Rick WicklinJanuary 11, 2021 0

Blog posts from 2020 that deserve a second look

On The DO Loop blog, I write about a diverse set of topics, including statistical data analysis, machine learning, statistical programming, data visualization, simulation, numerical analysis, and matrix computations. In a previous article, I presented some of my most popular blog posts from 2020. The most popular articles often deal

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Learn SAS | Programming Tips

Anna BrownDecember 17, 2020 0

2020 roundup: SAS Users YouTube channel how to tutorials

Find out the most popular SAS Users YouTube channel how to tutorials, and learn a thing or two!

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Work & Life at SAS

Alyssa GrubeDecember 7, 2020 0

People Behind the Models: Falko Schulz

When news about a new Coronavirus outbreak in China first hit the news, Falko and his colleague Anand Chitale wanted to know more. “We knew we could use SAS to analyze the data and discover new insights,” he said. By now, you’ve heard about our work helping customers combat the coronavirus pandemic.

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Alison BolenDecember 2, 2020 0

8 trends to watch for analytics in 2021

We've turned some of our most notable predictions for next year into a slide show. Click the orange "next" button to see these 2021 predictions from SAS.   Who’s brave enough to make predictions for next year after the unpredictable year we just had? We are. After all, the disruptive

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Data for Good | Students & Educators

Jen SabourinDecember 2, 2020 0

Can computer science be a catalyst for social justice?

Some people hear the words computer science and only think of coding but ask any computer scientist and they would tell you that coding is just a tool to solve important and interesting problems. At its core, computer science is about using technology to solve complex problems in the world,

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Education

Analytics | Data for Good

Josh MorganNovember 23, 2020 0

3 ways data can help homeless youth 

What comes to mind when you think of a “homeless person”? Chances are, you’ll picture an adult, probably male, dirty, likely with some health conditions, including a mental illness. Few of us would immediately recall homeless individuals as family members, neighbors, co-workers and other loved ones. Fewer still are likely aware of how many youths (both minors and young adults) experience homelessness annually.  Homeless youth is a population who can

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Government

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Mike PflugNovember 19, 2020 0

What do identity thieves covet the most?

Recently nine pharmacists from across the country were charged for their part in a $12.1M health care fraud scheme. The pharmacists allegedly took money for prescription medications that were neither purchased nor dispensed. The indictments further allege that the defendants billed Medicare and Medicaid for medications that were often medically unnecessary and for some medications that were purportedly dispensed to

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Government | Health Care

Analytics | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Jen DunhamNovember 17, 2020 0

Fighting bribery and corruption with supplier integrity

Bribery and corruption continue to plague governments and organizations around the world. Brazil’s Operation Car Wash, the 1MDB scandal in Malaysia, the FIFA bribery case and many others continue to make headlines. The prevalence of widespread, coordinated corruption and bribery is alarming and seems to continue to grow, despite ongoing sanctions and fines meant to deter these

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Government | Manufacturing | Retail

Work & Life at SAS

Alyssa GrubeNovember 16, 2020 0

People behind the models: Carlos Pinheiro

As the COVID-19 virus jetted to pandemic status, folks around the company, including Carlos, were tapped to come up with data-driven solutions – fast.   “Until we have a vaccine, one of the most effective ways to curb the spread of COVID-19 is by implementing Nonpharmaceutical Interventions, called ‘NPIs’,” Carlos explained.

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Advanced Analytics

Susan KahlerOctober 26, 2020 0

Why data scientists should be looking at analyst evaluations

An analyst report offers an unbiased, side-by-side, third-party evaluation of the technology in the market. These analysts know how to put the vendors through the paces and require proof of any claims that are made.

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Advanced Analytics | Data Visualization

Michelle WellsOctober 23, 2020 0

Uncovering the truth about sharks with analytics

[Editor's note: This post was co-authored with Fritz Lehman, COO of Zencos] In 1976, the blockbuster movie Jaws was the number one grossing film. Why? Because it had a great villain – the great white shark. The movie told a vivid (and all too familiar) story about plans gone awry

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Analytics | Data for Good

Maggie LyonsOctober 16, 2020 0

5 ways companies and everyday heroes are helping feed the hungry

Two billion people worldwide experience food insecurity and 14% of food produced for humans to consume is wasted before it arrives at the wholesaler, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The FAO celebrates World Food Day on October 16, 2020. This year’s event focuses

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AgTech | Government

Analytics | Data Visualization | Students & Educators

Lee Ellen HarmerOctober 14, 2020 0

Sanitize before you share: thinking critically about COVID-19 data

Being overwhelmed by the volume of news isn’t a new phenomenon. But today, our sense of being overwhelmed has increased and triggered feelings of fear, frustration and anxiety, given the ongoing developments and research tied to COVID-19. How do we sift through the volume of information facing us and truly understand whether the news we consume is factual or based on

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Education

Analytics | Customer Intelligence

Michele EggersOctober 13, 2020 0

3 ways SAS is modernizing its marketing technology – and the customer experience

SAS is on a marketing transformation mission. One that has targeting and personalization at the forefront. One that looks at customer journeys from a true omnichannel perspective – not through each of the channels in which we're executing. We’re bringing in brand, demand and engagement with the customer at the center

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Artificial Intelligence

Saku NiemiOctober 1, 2020 0

What happens in a second?

Seconds are passing us by at this very moment, and there's not much you can do in one second. Well, there is something. Let's say smile, take a deep breath, close your cellphone and say thank you. Within a second you can also make decisions: click the buy button in

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Advanced Analytics

Clay ThompsonOctober 1, 2020 0

Can real-world evidence help identify treatments for COVID-19?

A note from Udo Sglavo: The need for randomization in experimental design was introduced by the statistician R. A. Fisher in 1925, in his book Statistical Methods for Research Workers. You would assume that developing a successful treatment for COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, will eventually conclude in

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Work & Life at SAS

Josh MorganSeptember 28, 2020 0

Mental health recovery during COVID can be complicated by the workplace

September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and Recovery Month, which have the important goals of preventing suicide and promoting the idea that recovery from behavioral health conditions is achievable. Amid an unprecedented year of stressors, 2020’s awareness months around behavioral health conditions have become more relevant to far more people.  In recognition of the challenges and changes in people’s work lives,

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Government | Health Care

Data for Good

Arthur de CrookSeptember 25, 2020 0

Students make exoskeleton smarter with data analytics

In the future this kind of data analysis can help to make an even better exoskeleton!

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