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SAS Academic Program University Newsletter - Second Issue 2005

Dear Reader,

The scope of education is changing dramatically. Faculty need to adapt their curricula to the ever changing global, corporate landscape, and students seek to familiarize themselves with information technologies. Companies can no longer rely on "growing insight" alone. They need to have the proper skills to make sense of all the data created, and be able to tell relevant from non-relevant data, and interpret events and data timely and efficiently in the right way.
Thus, companies are increasingly seeking graduates with business intelligence and analytics skills. As the market leader in business intelligence and analytics, SAS seeks to address the demand for graduates with SAS business intelligence and analytics skills through its Academic Program. Over 2 000 universities worldwide are now teaching SAS to students because they know SAS is being used at more than 40 000 sites - including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE 500, and SAS skills will give their students a hot competitive advantage.
In this issue, we take a closer look at the SAS Academic Program - highlighting program benefits for students, professors and researchers, and examining the various ways in which SAS is working closely with faculty, students, researchers and other education leaders on innovative collaborations and delivering comprehensive curricula.
We hope you enjoy the read, and welcome any questions or feedback.

Best Wishes,
Your Academic Program Team

SAS ACADEMIC PROGRAM - SOFTWARE AND MUCH MORE

For nearly 3 decades, SAS has remained true to its academic heritage by working closely with universities and business schools around the world; holding seminars and courses, providing curricula and research support, developing e-learning and certification, sponsoring events, arranging internships for students and more.
Between 1999-2005, large companies have on average increased their business intelligence staff three-fold. Yet, the demand continues to outweigh the supply by 2-to-1. As the world leader in business intelligence and analytics SAS seeks to address this demand through our Academic Program; a program that works with over 2 000 partner universities worldwide to bridge the gap between academia and business .

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SAS® IN CURRICULA

Students at Warsaw School of Economics gain a competitive advantage with SAS®
Warsaw School of Economics (WSE) won the 2004 Enterprise Intelligence Award (Academic Category) in recognition of the School's innovative use of SAS®9 software in teaching and research, and Przemyslaw Piotrowski of WSE also represented the school as a Student Ambassador in 2004.
The partnership with SAS and the SAS Academic Program has support and commitment from the highest levels at WSE. "Students who get hands-on experience with SAS enter the world of business with a huge competitive advantage," says Professor Marek Rocki, Rector of WSE. Read More

Anahuac University, Mexico Professional Education Program: Workshops in Data Mining using SAS®
SAS and Anahuac University in Mexico City, Mexico launched the Professional Education Program in Data Mining June 3, 2005.
The program consists of 160 hours dedicated to SAS Enterprise Miner and its use in organizations. The 4-month program open to the public focuses on various data mining techniques. The program was developed to provide an in-depth look into financial services and banking through case studies. Participants who successfully complete the five workshops in data mining will received the SAS Higher Education data mining certificate. Read More

Students and SAS Users excel with Professional Certification from SAS®
For long-time SAS user Linda Adams it meant an end to more than a year of unemployment; for Prakash Gurumurthy it meant a job right out of school. As these users found out, in today's competitive job market, becoming professionally certified can help you stand out from the crowd.
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Welcome to Hypercompetition-Competitive Advantage at its Fastest
Knowledge@Emory
The brave, new business world of hypercompetition has dawned, where the competitive advantages a company enjoys today may vanish with breathtaking speed and frequency.
In a paper titled The Rise of Hypercompetition in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, 1950-2002, researchers L.G.Thomas and Richard D'Aveni say the phenomenon of hypercompetition is rapidly spreading across the U.S. and the globe. Thomas presented their nuanced findings at the recent Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference at Emory University's Goizueta Business School. This academic research conference featured panel discussions and presentations of 42 research studies conducted by professors from 34 different business schools and universities, including Stanford, Columbia, INSEAD, Dartmouth, and New York University. These studies focus on how resources (physical, social, or intellectual), investment in capabilities, inter-firm collaboration, organization structure, flexibility, geography, market visibility, and reputation can help a company in establishing competitive advantage.
This interview is available to read through BetterManagement, the business management media channel connecting academics and decision makers with thought leading perspectives and solution providers. If you are not already registered with BetterManagement, register here for free.

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NEWS

SAS Mexico launches Internship Program
SAS Mexico recently launched an internship program in the Professional Services department in an effort to reach out to local universities and pave the way for fresh talent internally. In November of 2004, the program was piloted with two interns. The program consisted of public courses, e-learning, self-study and on-site project observation experience. The internship program requires certification within three months of employment. Luis Solano and Edgar Vidal successfully passed the Base Programming certification exam in March, and continue to develop their programming and technical skills in various roles in the organization.

SAS Education Executive Receives Teaching and Learning Award
Dr. Mark David Milliron, executive director of the SAS Education Practice, has received the 2005 Public Broadcasting Service O'Banion Prize in recognition of his contributions to teaching and learning in higher education. The award was presented to Milliron by PBS Adult Learning Service and the League for Innovation in the Community College at the League's Innovations 2005 conference.
The award recognizes the transformative work Milliron has undertaken throughout his distinguished career in education. Milliron continues this work at SAS, where he leads the SAS Education Practice in delivering software solutions, strategic services and academic programs designed to improve and expand education opportunity across teaching, research and administration. Read More

SAS Press - Academic Course Book List Now Available!
SAS Press, formally know as Books By Users, continues to grow in the breadth and diversity of books it offers, SAS Press will cover more business topics in addition to providing the many practical, how-to guides that SAS Users have come to rely on. SAS Press will continually seek out topics that will best serve you, which is why we now have an academic course book list! Whether you have feedback on a book, a suggestion for a topic, an interest in writing a book yourself, or you just want to learn about recent developments at SAS Press, we want to hear from you!

EVENTS

SAS Forum International 2005: North-West University receives Academic Intelligence Award
With roots in Academia, SAS created the SAS Academic Program to "bridge the gap between academia and business." In addition to recognizing companies and government organizations for their achievements, SAS annually acknowledges a university or business school which has embraced technology by creating new courses and innovative research projects to prepare graduates for their future careers. The 2005 winner of the Academic Intelligence Award, North-West University, has moved beyond traditional curricula to meet the needs of both students and employers with SAS. SAS is being used innovatively in numerous courses and diverse research projects at the university, and students partake in various internships at companies in South Africa where SAS skills highly sought after.
Professor Riaan de Jongh, Director of the Centre for Business Mathematics and Informatics (BMI), North-West University, South Africa was interviewed by BetterManagement at SAS Forum International in Lisbon. In this interview Riaan discusses the award winning work of the Centre for BMI and how they equip students for business life, including their placement work on risk management projects in the banking industry. To view this interview, click here .

SAS Forum International 2005: Student Ambassador's relish opportunity to present their SAS-specific research
For the fourth consecutive year, SAS gave 5 selected students the opportunity to present their research projects using SAS to a business and technology audience at SAS Forum International. The finalists chosen by a specially appointed committee at SAS used SAS to create new solutions to business issues and research objectives. The competition gave the students a unique opportunity to meet and network with business and technology professionals. Read More

SAS Sponsor Of Xth Spring Meeting Of Young Economists
The 2005 SMYE was hosted by the International Economics Department of the Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI), Geneva. It is aimed at PhD students, post-doctoral students and young lecturers across all economics disciplines to facilitate discussion on economics, present their work at the beginning of their careers. Emma Holford, SAS Academic Program, gave a speech to the attendees on SAS and its Academic Program at the gala dinner held in the World Meteorological Headquarters, Geneva.

First Ever SAS Academic User Group Conference in Asia 2005
Jointly organized by Dept of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong & SAS.
The one day SAS Academic User Group Event was the 1st regional event in Asia to provide a means for academia to exchange ideas, explore ways of using SAS software, and participate in activities of mutual interest. The objective is to promote educational networking, and professional development opportunities for SAS users.
Keynotes and contributed paper presentations from academia around the AP region offers the audience excellent access to latest technology used in the areas of data management, analytics to performance management.
Thank you to the presenters who flew in from overseas; Dr Qizhi Chen from Beijing University Guanghua School of Management (China), Dr Trent Xie from Tsinghua University Management School (China). Dr Wachara Chantatub from Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), Dr Kazunori Ito from Tamagawa University (Japan) and Prof. Hu Liangping from Center of Biomedical Statistics (China).
And a sincere appreciation to the members of City University of Hong Kong; School of Business, Dean; Professor Chan, Lai Kow, Department of Management Sciences, Head; Dr H. P. Lo, Prof Y.V Hui, Ms Teresa Hou Ng, Ms Miriam Chan, the Graduate Students of School of Management Sciences.

M2005 Data Mining Conference scheduled for October
The eighth annual Data Mining Conference, M2005, will be held Oct. 24-25 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel in Las Vegas. Don't miss this opportunity to learn the latest techniques and advancements in data mining from the world's foremost industry leaders. In addition, relevant SAS training courses will be held following the conference.
Keynote Speakers, academics, David J Hand, Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London and Jay Coleman from the University of North Florida.
"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." exclaims Thad Perry, Ph.D. Senior Director of Infomatics.

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