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SAS Academic Program University Newsletter - Spring 2006 Edition
The SAS Academic Program would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your faithful and growing interest in the Global Academic Program Newsletters. We are grateful for having witnessed some great successes from the research and teaching world within the first three months of this year, and we will share them with you in this issue. We will highlight - within our three newsletters: business school, university and research - successes from Portugal, Denmark, India, Australia, Colombia and the United States. In addition - as in each issue of our newsletters - we will share some SAS Academic Program-specific offerings with you and a great thought leader white paper. Happy reading and continue to share your questions, thoughts and feedback with us - we are looking forward to hearing from you! Your Academic Program Team
Thought Leadership
Technology and Education - Ten Emerging Insights Integrating technology and education has never shown greater promise. This paper, written by Mark David Milliron, Ph.D., vice president of the SAS Education and Medical Practice, discusses 10 important insights for educators as they begin to use enterprise intelligence systems to improve and expand teaching, learning and institutional management. Download your copy of this insight-bringing thought leader white paper. Read More
SAS-skilled professionals in Australia and New ZealandSAS Australia has partnered with the University of New South Wales (UNSW) School of Mathematics on a new course that will provide the students with SAS base programming certification as well as work placement experience. The new course is part of SAS Australia's ongoing commitment to supporting academic programs that further the understanding of enterprise data management. SAS Australia and New Zealand's Academic Program Manager, Melissa Cassar, stated: "We recognise it is our responsibility to assist in providing enterprises with the skilled resources that will help in exploiting the full business potential of SAS solutions. Sponsoring this new course at the University of New South Wales is an important step in further meeting that responsibility."Read More
The software of choice for business at ISTArlindo Oliveira, a professor at IST (Instituto Superior Tecnico of the Technical University of Lisbon), leads the undergraduate programme in information systems and computer engineering. He is also president of INSEC ID (Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigacao e Desenvolvimento - the Institute of Engineering Systems and Computers, Research and Development), and a researcher with the ALGOS Group. Professor Arlindo shares with you on how he has been successfully parterning with SAS' Academic Program and thereby providing his graduates with a competetive advantage when it comes to recruitment. Read More
Predicting the Winners!In the US, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tournament for Men's and Women's Basketball is held annually in March. The popularity of the sport and the timing have led to the term "March Madness," since part of the fun is the seeming unpredictability of the outcomes. However, two American business professors and self-professed sports fanatics are trying to take some of the madness out of the month - and in the process provide insight into how technology solves critical business problems.Jay Coleman, an operations management professor at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, and Allen Lynch, an economics professor at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., will once again apply analytic software from SAS to predict "at-large" teams - those teams that did not get automatic bids to the Tournaments. Over the past 11 years, their NCAA "Dance Card," powered by SAS® software, has boasted an impressive 94% accuracy rate. Coleman and Lynch will be making this year's final predictions on Selection Sunday, but you can see their current analysis, which is updated regularly, at Dancecard.unf.edu. Coleman and Lynch also found that their analysis was helpful in the classroom. "A model like this can be used in business to predict whether any event will take place or not," says Lynch, who uses the Dance Card as a teaching tool. "Right after showing my students this fun application of predictive analytics, I can show them six or seven business applications that use the same type of model." To learn more about their process, see videos of the professors talking about their process, and see links to other articles about their work click on read more. Read More
SAS Academic Trainer's Kits: Great teaching material for professorsThe Academic Trainer's Kits provide university and business school professors with course notes, slides and data sets for more than 80 SAS Education courses. You can use the materials in their entirety or incorporate selected sections into teaching materials as you see fit. For a complete listing of available kits, click here. If you'd like to request a Trainer kit or have any questions, email aigeditor@sas.com, and we'll put you in touch with an Academic Program Manager in your country.
Evaluation Copies of SAS Resources for University Professors
SAS Publishing is pleased to offer evaluation copies of our products to professors who are interested in teaching using SAS. We offer a wide range of products and services that make teaching SAS easier than ever. Whether you are teaching students how to use SAS or using the power of SAS to apply intelligence to any data in any discipline, we have a variety of resources available to you:- SAS Press offers a wide range of books written by SAS experts that can provide your students with the tools that they need to learn SAS. - SAS Self-Paced e-Learning provides fast, simple access to SAS training. You and your students will gain immediate desktop access, using only a standard Web browser. - SAS Learning Edition 2.0 is your personal learning version offered on CD-ROM. Get started by completing a Desk Copy Request Form.
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