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AI and Machine Learning Skills Fest

A free virtual learning event designed to grow your analytics, AI and machine learning skills

Wednesday, Nov. 12 - Friday, Nov. 14
Starting daily at 10 a.m. EST

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AI and Machine Learning Skills Fest

A free virtual learning event designed to grow your analytics, AI and machine learning skills

Wednesday, Nov. 12 - Friday, Nov. 14
Starting daily at 10 a.m. EST

Boost your career in data analytics, AI and machine learning with SAS

Understanding analytics and machine learning is no longer optional – it's essential. Whether you're just getting started or you're a seasoned pro, join us for a free virtual event and build the core skills you need to thrive in today's data-driven world.


Who should attend?

With an agenda designed for all experience levels, this is your gateway to becoming confident and capable in the world of analytics, AI and machine learning.

Academic students, faculty and recent graduates who are curious and excited to explore AI

Business professionals aiming to make smarter, data-driven decisions

Developers, statisticians and analysts eager to sharpen technical skills

Anyone motivated and ready to embrace, explore and help shape the future of analytics

What you'll learn

Attend bite-sized, user-friendly tutorials where you'll learn to use SAS to: 

  • Explore and visualize data.  
  • Analyze database tables with SQL and FedSQL.
  • Create production-ready machine learning pipelines. 
  • Translate your knowledge of SAS® Enterprise Miner to SAS® Viya®
  • Deploy, monitor and manage machine learning models. 
  • Train deep learning models. 
  • Perform optimization modeling. 
  • Analyze text data.  
  • Perform automated time series forecasting. 
  • Detect anomalies in time series data. 

AI jobs are on the rise

40%

Demand for AI and machine learning specialists is expected to grow by 40% as AI and machine learning drive transformation.

World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report, 2023​

502k

Job postings in the past year requested machine learning or AI as a skill.

Lightcast

63%

Of organizations don’t have enough employees with AI and machine learning skills.

Coleman Parkes Research Report


Agenda at-a-glance

This virtual event begins each day at 10 a.m. EST and wraps up with office hours, your chance to connect directly with expert SAS instructors and get your questions answered.

Unable to join live due to your time zone?
Sessions will be recorded and available on-demand for all registered participants.

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Speakers and instructors

Event Host and Emcee

Cat Truxillo

Cat Truxillo
Director, Advanced Analytics Education
SAS

Catherine (Cat) Truxillo, PhD, is the Director of Advanced Analytics in the Customer Success Division at SAS, where she has worked for over 20 years. Her areas of expertise include generalized linear mixed models, multivariate statistics, building and leading analytics teams, communication in data science and predictive modeling in business applications. She holds numerous industry expert-level certifications, including the INFORMS Certified Analytics Professional (CAP), AI and Machine Learning Professional Using SAS and SAS Certified Data Scientist.

Peter Christie

Peter Christie
Principal Analytical Training Consultant, SAS

Jacqueline Johnson

Jacqueline Johnson
Principal Analytical Training Consultant, SAS

Judy Orr Lawrence

Judy Orr Lawrence
Senior Technical Training Consultant, SAS

Danny Modlin

Danny Modlin
Senior Analytical Training Consultant, SAS

Allison Saito

Allison Saito
Senior Technical Training Consultant, SAS

Mark Stevens

Mark Stevens
Senior Certification Developer, SAS

Jeff Thompson

Jeff Thompson
Senior Analytical Training Consultant, SAS

Greg Treiman

Greg Treiman
Technical Training Consultant, SAS

Ari Zitin

Ari Zitin
Principal Analytical Training Consultant, SAS

Reserve your spot

Ready to strengthen your skills and future-proof your career?

Join us November 12–14 for three days of free, expert-led tutorials on everything from data visualization and SQL to deep learning, forecasting and machine learning pipelines.

Bring your classmates, your colleagues or your whole team – there’s something for every level. Plus, you’ll have the chance to connect directly with SAS instructors during daily office hours. Reserve your spot today.

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