SAS Powered Educators

September 2024
Educator’s Guide to SAS Viya for Learners 4.0

We hosted an interactive training session tailored for educators, where we delved into how SAS Viya could elevate your curriculum. This powerful, cloud-based software suite supported the entire analytics life cycle, offering coding options in SAS, Python, or R. The latest release, SAS Viya for Learners, came with exciting new features and enhancements.

Trainers:
Grégoire de Lassence, Sr Analytical Training Consultant
Jos van der Velden, Sr. Global Academic Program Manager

Topics Presented

Introduction & SAS Visual Analytics
The demo for accessing the SAS Skill Builder for Students begins at the 37-minute mark.
The demo for accessing SAS Viya for Learners starts at the 45-minute mark.
Presentation slides (PDF): Download

Introduction to Machine Learning with Visual Statistics
Machine Learning with Pipelines.

Machine Learning in SAS Model Studio
Coding and Flow in SAS Studio.

Tutorial (PDF): Download
Includes the screenshots shown during the session. You are welcome to use it for your teaching purposes.

Tutorial (YouTube): Getting Started with SAS Viya for Learners

November 2023
The Arab Academy for Management, Banking and Financial Sciences in , Cairo, Egypt

Webcast on Demand

Register to watch the webcast with Dr. Mostafa Hodieb, the Arab Academy's President. He shares firsthand insights on "Artificial Intelligence Disruption in Business Schools" in a chat with Glyn Townsend, SAS EMEA Education's Senior Director. Led by Murray de Villiers, SAS EMEA Education's Director, the interview reveals how the Academy transformed, embracing innovation, agility, and emerging technologies.

Featured Topic:
Artificial Intelligence Disruption in Business Schools

Guest: Dr. Mostafa Hodieb, President, The Arab Academy for Management, Banking and Financial Sciences.

September, 2023
North-West University, South Africa

A discussion with the representatives of three different worlds (University – Bank – SAS) was truly enriching. Employee productivity is highly valued in industry and shortening the time to productivity learning curve for fresh graduates stepping into industry is vital. North-West University has a formula that reduces this learning curve: Talent Connection through Industry Projects. Absa has played a major role over the past 20 years in this endeavor.

Featured Topic:
Talent connection through industry projects 

Speakers:
Prof Helgard Raubenheimer, Director Centre for Business, Mathematics and Informatics / Marelize Swart, Head Model Development CIB, Absa Group

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June, 2023
Business Academy Aarhaus, Denmark

We gained valuable insights from Professor Klaus Vilstrup Pedersen regarding the courses he embarked on and his overall experience. It is undoubtedly worth hearing his story to find inspiration for commencing your own teaching journey, with the SAS Skill Builder for Students serving as a solid groundwork.

Featured topic:

• Using SAS Skill Builder for Students in teaching

Speakers:

• Prof. Klaus Vilstrup Pedersen, Department of IT and Software Development

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March, 2023
Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania

We talked with Professor Monica Dragoicea about her experience using SAS, and how the democratization of analytics can help academics and business users to generate more reliable results.

Featured Topics:

• The industry engagements at the Politehnica University of Bucharest;
• The best way to make students interested in analytics and then employable – Talent Connection;
• How data science can add value to a Smart City project; and
• Why it is important to consider having a SAS Lab at a university.

Speaker:

• Prof. Dr. Ing. Monica Drăgoicea, Faculty of Automation and Computers, Politehnica University of Bucharest.

Follow-up interview: Democratization of Analytics in Academia Supports More Reliable Results

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