Higher Education Events

SAS Data Mining Training Program for Educators

This invitation-only program occurs each summer and offers university-level professors a unique opportunity to learn more about incorporating SAS Enterprise Miner into their curriculum. SAS Higher Education Consulting offers multiple events each summer; at least one of which is at SAS World Headquarters in Cary, NC. West coast and International locations are also often offered.

2008 Offerings

California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California — June 23-27

June 23 SAS Programming Essentials for Educators I or II

Track 1
June 24-27 Applied Analytics Using SAS Enterprise Miner 5

Track 2
June 24-25 Advanced Predictive Modeling using SAS Enterprise Miner
June 26-27 Mining Textual Data Using SAS Text Miner for SAS 9

SAS Campus, Cary, NC — July 21-25

July 21 SAS Programming Essentials for Educators I or II

Track 1
July 22-25 Applied Analytics Using SAS Enterprise Miner 5

Track 2
July 22-23 Advanced Predictive Modeling using SAS Enterprise Miner
July 24-25 Mining Textual Data Using SAS Text Miner for SAS 9

Business Symposiums

Periodically SAS Higher Education Consulting teams up with partner universities to bring together top analytical practitioners to discuss the latest trends, advances, and best practices in a given industry. Offered several times a year, these programs unite successful business practitioners with leading academicians to share their experiences and knowledge and help solve challenging business problems facing a particular industry.

SAS/AIR Webinars

To help institutional researchers learn more about how SAS can help them better understand, analyze, and report on their institution's data, SAS and the Association for Institutional Research teamed up to present a five-session lecture series entitled: An Analysis of Institutional Research Data Using SAS. View the topics and recorded sessions.

Student Participation in Educational Conferences

F2008, SAS' 3rd annual forecasting conference

Poster Competition - Students can win a free trip to Cary for the conference.

M2008, SAS' 11th annual data mining conference

Poster Competition - Students can win a free trip to Las Vegas (Casears Palace) for the conference.
Data Mining Shootout - Students can compete to solve real world data mining problem for a chance to win cash prizes and a trip to Las Vegas.