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November 2008subscribe | website | contact us |
Dear Readers,
After an intensive period related to the start of the academic year, it is time to get you updated on the SAS Academic Program! In this issue you can find more information on the extended partnership with UCL, feedback on the SAS Forum held on October 8 in Louvain-la-Neuve, request to drive SAS R&D to what really matters to you, what you should know about 9.2 release and a description of the new books that might be valuable for you.
Enjoy reading,
Lieve.
Partnership UCL – SAS extended
In 2002, SAS and Université catholique de Louvain – Institut de Statistique started the partnership in "data management and data mining" in order to answer a basic market need: a growing demand for young graduates trained in data management and analytics". With the new contract, signed during the SAS Forum, these courses will open for all Master students of the Académie de Louvain. In addition to this, UCL and SAS will organize together a series of "short courses" in which the academic and analytical expertise of Institut de Statistique will be leveraged towards business users.
The new contract is based on a long and successful collaboration. It is an important next step in the partnership, though not the end point. SAS and UCL will continue to work together to bridge the gap between the academic world and the business needs. Read more here
Are you interested in developing a training partnership with SAS, contact the Academic Program Manager.
SAS - going intelligently green- at the SAS Forum in Louvain-la-Neuve
65 Academics have attended the yearly SAS conference in Louvain-la-Neuve. Have you missed the event ? No problem, you can grasp the atmosphere in the pictures gallery and download the presentations of interest to you.
We tried to minimize this Forum´s CO˛ emission. Ecolife calculates our Forum´s CO˛ emission and the the amount of CO˛ emitted will be compensated by giving financial assistance to development aid projects or projects that help combat the often dramatic consequences of climate change. For more information, you can visit: www.ecolife.be or www.compenCO2.be. The result of the calculation will be published soon on our Web site.
Influence the features and directions of SAS Software
The SASware Ballot enables SAS customers to influence the features and direction of SAS software. We have been collecting your suggestions all year. Now we put them to the user community for a vote. The ballot voting opens October 13 and runs through January 9, 2009. You can vote as an individual or as a group. (Instructions are available on the ballot.) The results of the survey will be presented at SAS Global Forum 2009. Make your suggestions count. Complete the SASware Ballot before January 9, 2009.
SAS 9.2 Enhancements in a nutshell
The SAS 9.2 release, first phase, is currently available
- SAS Base offers a series of new functionalities, easy to discover via the sampler of what is new in SAS Base. More information here
- SAS/STAT includes new techniques and graphics :
- One of the main themes of this release is production ODS Statistical Graphics. More than sixty procedures in SAS/STAT, SAS/ETS and SAS/QC now provide graphics through this system.
- SAS 9.2 brings a number of new procedures to SAS/STAT software - including. GLIMMIX, GLMSELECT, and QUANTREG. The functionality of GENMOD, LIFEREG, and PHREG are extended. The Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation procedure and the HPMIXED procedure is now available. This release also brings tools for group sequential analysis to SAS/STAT software – see SEQDESIGN, SEQTEST procedure . Structural equation modeling is possible using TCALIS procedure
- One of the main themes of this release is production ODS Statistical Graphics. More than sixty procedures in SAS/STAT, SAS/ETS and SAS/QC now provide graphics through this system.
SAS Global Certification Program offers mobile testing events at your university. If you have a group of 10 or more and are interested in certification, we would be happy to set up an on-site test event for your group at your location. The demand for SAS Certified professionals is growing,
Be part of it and register now for one of the Certication exams
SAS publishing news
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Performance Management.
Dries Van Nieuwenhuyse, Lecturer at EHSAL Management School has writtten an excellent book on how analytical intelligence can help you to gain proactive insights in the realisation of your corporate strategy. For more information and/or orders, click here |
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The Little SAS Book: A Primer, Fourth Edition
This popular classroom text has helped many students learn SAS programming fundamentals. Topics include the DATA and PROC steps, inputting data, modifying and combining data sets, summarizing data, producing reports, and debugging SAS programs. Evaluation copies available |
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