In addition to the 2-day conference, M2005 also offers the latest technical training in the industry. Data mining training immediately follows the conference from October 26-28, 2005. Seven conference training courses will be offered at M2005. Training runs from 8:30 am until 5 pm each scheduled day.
You can choose from the following course options:
Advanced Predictive Modeling Using SAS Enterprise Miner 5
(This is a 2-day course offered Wednesday-Thursday, October 26-27.)
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Jim Georges
Data Mining Techniques
(This is a 3-day course offered Wednesday-Friday, October 26-28.)
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Michael Berry/Gordon Linoff
Decision Tree Modeling
(This is a 2-day course offered Wednesday-Thursday, October 26-27.)
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Lorne Rothman
Extending SAS Enterprise Miner 5
(This is a 1-day course offered either Wednesday, October 26 or Friday, October 28.)
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Terry Woodfield (10/26); Jim Georges (10/28)
Mining Textual Data Using SAS Text Miner for SAS 9
(This is a 2-day course offered Thursday-Friday, October 27-28.)
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Terry Woodfield
Predictive Modeling Using SAS Enterprise Miner 5
(This is a 3-day course offered Wednesday-Friday, October 26-28.)
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Dan Kelly
Predicting Customer Value Using Hazard and Intensity Models
(This is a 2-day course offered Wednesday-Thursday, October 26-27.)
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Will Potts
Optional Seminar
Introduction to Applying Data Mining Techniques Using SAS Enterprise Miner(This is a ½-day seminar offered Sunday, October 23, from 1-5pm.)
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Mike Hardin
Training Agenda (courses Wednesday-Friday):
| Registration | 7:30am |
| 7:30-8:30am, Pavilion 7 | |
| Morning Break | 10:15-10:45am, Pavilion 7 |
| Lunch | Instructor will inform each class of lunch time daily |
| Afternoon Break | 2:15-2:45pm, Pavilion 7 |
| Class Ends | 5pm Wednesday-Friday |
| Lab times | 8am-6pm Wednesday-Thursday; 8am-5pm Friday, Pavilion 3,4 |
No food or drink is allowed in the lab. Badges must be worn at all times during class and labs.
What participants say about the M-series:
"The educational content, exchange of ideas, and intellectual environment I found at the conference exceeded my expectations and confirmed SAS' place as the premier data mining conference in the world."
Thad Perry, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Infomatics
"SAS is doing a tremendous service for the data mining community. The conference provides an excellent forum for exchanging ideas and best practices in business and a stage for sharing the latest and best academic research in the field."
Jaideep Srivastava
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
University of Minnesota
"This was a superb environment - one of the smartest conference venues I have experienced (and I have experienced a lot). The talks went into greater depth than the talks at many such meetings. Many of the talks were particularly valuable in shedding light on different application areas of data mining."
David Hand
Professor and Head of Statistics
Imperial College, London
"This conference is definitely a must. Not only for the information, but for the opportunity it provides to exchange ideas and learn from your colleagues."
Daryl Berry
T-Mobile US
"The information I got from the presentations was great, and it was nice to talk to and exchange experiences with professionals who are pretty much doing the same thing."
Victor Alonso
Zurich Insurance Co
"What really impressed me was the sense of community that normally isn't present at conferences of this size."
Brij Masand
Data Miners
"The conference has opened a whole new world for me."
Rachel Alt-Simmons
Hartford Life Insurance
