Winnipeg SAS Users Group

The bi-annual Winnipeg Users Group meetings offer presentations, discussions and networking opportunities which can help Winnipeg-area SAS users get the most out of their SAS software.

Previous Meeting: Approximately 40 SAS users attended the October 15th Winnipeg SAS User Group at the University of Manitoba.  As always, these meetings are free to attend. We hope to see you at our Spring get-together in April! 

Thanks again to all our presenters, and to all who attended.

Our Next Meeting: April 29th, 2010. The meeting will be held at the University of Manitoba, Room 217-217A University Centre Building (GSA Lounge).  An agenda will be provided shortly.


Meet the Executive

Randy Roller, University of Manitoba
Grace Musto, Cancer Care Manitoba
Marina Yogendran, University of Manitoba
Victor Cho, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Alvin Igonia, IBM

Get involved…

Randy and the Executive Team are looking to build an enthusiastic and dedicated team representing the Winnipeg SAS users.

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Matt Malczewski.

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Presentation Archive:

• Update from SAS & Reference Program Overview – Martha Casanova, SAS Canada **NEW
• Parsing Useful Data Out of Unusual Formats Using SAS – Andy Kuligowski, FCCI Insurance **NEW
• The Building Blocks of SAS Datasets – S-M-U (Set, Merge & Update) – Andy Kuligowski, FCCI Insurance **NEW
• SAS Proc Helper: Introduction to Proc Tabulate – Randy Roller, University of Manitoba **NEW
• What’s new at SAS - Belinda Bank, SAS Canada
• Take Control of Your Excel Output With the SAS ExcelXP Tagset - Kevin Morgan, Canadian Grain Commission
• Using PROC GMAP to Display Data from a Population Genetics Simulation Model - Marjorie Smith and Sheila Woods Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
• SAS Global Forum 2009 Report - Grace Musto, Cancer Care Manitoba
• Hands on with new Features in SAS 9.2 - Sylvain Tremblay, SAS Canada
• More on the SQL Procedure – Craig Kasper, Manitoba Health (Fall 2008)
• SAS/Graph Charts and ODS – Mike Atkinson, Acko Systems Consulting (Fall 2008)
• Better Business with Basic Statistics: Step by Step from Asking the Right Question to Interpreting the Answer – Tim Trussell, SAS Canada (Fall 2008)
  
• The SQL Procedure, Craig Kasper (Spring 2008)
• Efficiencies With Large Datasets, Peter Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting (Spring 2008)
• Things Dr. Johnson Never Told Me: An Introduction To SAS Dictionary Tables, Peter Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting (Spring 2008)
• Our Experiences Running SAS Workshops, Charles Burchill, University of Manitoba (Spring 2008)
• SAS Global Forum 2008, Marina Yogendran, University of Manitoba (Spring 2008)
• Don’t be a slave to your SAS Programs, Marje Fecht, Prowerk Consulting (Fall 2007)
• Selective Output, Zenon Kurjewicz, University of Manitoba (Fall 2007)
• The Basics of ODS, Randy Roller, University of Manitoba (Fall 2007)
• Enterprise Guide for Coders - Tim Trussell, SAS Canada (Spring 2007)
• Case Study of Enterprise Miner - Sue Walsh, SAS USA (Spring 2007)
• SAS Forecasting - Tim Trussell, SAS Canada (Fall 2006)
• Beyond Opportunity: Enterprise Miner - Ronalda Koster, Precision BioLogic Inc. (Fall 2007)
• SAS and the General Linear Mixed Model - Tim Trussell, SAS Canada (Fall 2007)
• SAS Coding Efficiencies - Rupinder Dhillon, SAS Canada (Fall 2005)
• Batch SAS: Still A Viable Option - Sheila Woods, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Fall 2005)
• What’s New in Data Mining – John Amrhein, SAS Canada (Spring 2005)
• The Other Side of SAS:  Beyond Research, What’s it Good For? – Dawn Campbell, University of Manitoba (Spring 2005)