Some people look at data and see numbers.
Others look at numbers and see faces.
SAS is proud to be part of the Data for Good movement, which encourages using data in meaningful ways to solve humanitarian issues around poverty, health, human rights, education and the environment.
Black Dog Institute takes a data-driven approach to suicide prevention.
SAS helped Black Dog Institute implement a framework for evaluating the success of an innovative new suicide prevention initiative. Applying analytics to suicide prevention is having wide-ranging outcomes, including unprecedented data quality and the ability to measure the program’s impact across trial sites.
Data is shaping our world for the better.
Using data for good is in the DNA of SAS, which is so exciting because you don’t see that in every corporation ... it’s really only when we’re all involved that we’re going to go beyond just using data to make better decisions about what kind of movies we want to see, to using data to make better decisions about the world we want to see. Jake Porway Founder and Executive Director DataKind
Data for Good Projects
Protecting endangered species with AI
Responding faster with disaster relief
Using analytics to predict teen suicide
Evolving treatments for cancer patients
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You can be a part of the movement by getting others involved. Share a post using #data4good, or send us your own story at data4good@sas.com.