Here’s an overview of the papers scheduled for presentation at SESUG ’03! For more detail, please refer to our Registration book.

APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT

Building Drill-down SAS® Applications
Kirk Lafler, Software Intelligence Corporation, and Charles Edwin Shipp, Shipp Consulting
SAS System on Network Appliance
Dr. Darrell Suggs, Network Appliance Inc.
The Revised NTP TDMS System
Gabriel Cano & Kevin McGowan & Jean Orelien, Analytical Sciences Inc.
Developing and Deploying Java Applications Around SAS: What they didn't tell you in class
Greg Barnes Nelson & Jeff Wright, ThotWave Technologies, LLC
The Dataset Attribute Family of Classes
Mark Tabladillo, MarkTab Consulting
A Hiker's Guide to Web Development
Steve James, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bulletproofing and Knowledge Encapsulation in Statistical Macros
John K. Troxell, Merck & Co., Inc.
A Journeyman’s reference: The Writing for Reading SAS Style Sheet: Tricks, Traps, Tips, and Templates, from SAS-L Macro Maven
Ron Fehd, Center of Disease Control
A Hybrid Modeling Platform to meet Basel II Analytics in Banking
Jeffery Morrision, SunTrust Bank, Inc
Information System for State Trauma Advisory Committee - An application of SAS/IntrNet
Ms. Xiao Zhuang & Dr. Sharon Schiro, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A Pinch of SAS, a Fraction of HTML, and a Touch of JavaScript Serve Up a Grand Recipe
Jonah P. Turner, US Bureau of the Census
SAS Macros are the Cure for Quality Control Pains
Gary McQuown, Data and Analytic Solutions, Inc.
A Beginners Guide to Incorporating SAS Output into MS Office
Vincent Del Gobbo, SAS
ODS for Microsoft Excel
David Shamlin, SAS
Programming for Failure: When Programs Faw Down and Go Boom
Gary E. Schlegelmilch, U.S. Bureau of the Census

CODERS’ CORNER

Musical Macros: A Soothing Solution for a Recurrent Data Step Headache
Phil D'Almada, Rho, Inc.
Libname Start Your Engines
Janet E. Stuelpner, Independent Consultant
Spreading the News: Using System Options
Deb Cassidy, Cardinal Health
The Evolution of a Macro: Converting your SAS files to a Different Version
John C. Gober & Jana L. Smith & Debi Mullen, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Using Super Efficient Bit Flags to Store Binary States in a Single Variable
Brett C. Peppe, T-Mobile
%WL - a Custom Log Entry Macro
Brett C. Peppe, T-Mobile
Create a Simple, Informative Summary from Proc T-Test Output
Jennifer Warner, Marsh Affinity Group Services
How to Get What You Need, Part 1
Chris Toppe, Independent Sector
How to Get What You Need, Part 2
Chris Toppe, Independent Sector
Processing Large Lists of Variables and Parameters Using SAS Arrays and Macro Language
Eugene Tsykalov, Ph.D., GlaxoSmithKline
Using the SAS system in Very Limited Time/Resource Environment
Milorad Stojanovich, RTI International
Machine Reading of Warranty Claims for Classification
Robert McCurdy, Mack Trucks
SAS Dating Tips - A Beginner's Guide to SAS Dates
Erik S. Larsen, Independent Consultant
Advantages of PROC SCORE
Mark Tabladillo, markTab Consulting
Using SAS Macro Language to Develop User-Written Functions
Deb Pine, ThotWave Technologies, LLC
A "Real" Drill-Down Graph
Jenine Eason, Autotrader.com

DATA MANAGEMENT

New Technologies for Delivering Data to Internal and External Clients
Sigurd W. Hermansen, Westat
Data-driven Validation Rules: Custom Data Validation without Custom Programming
Don Hopkins, Ursa Logic Co.
A Technique for Storing and Manipulating Incomplete Dates in a Single SAS Date Value
John Ingersoll, Independent Consultant
Checking Datasets before Submitting Code
Mark Tabladillo, markTab Consulting
Automated Testing and Real-time Event Management: An Enterprise Notification System
Greg Barnes Nelson & Danny Grasse, ThotWave Technologies LLC
Demand for Analysis-Ready Data Sets: An Introduction to Banking and Credit Card Analytics
Bikila bi Gwet, VisualStat® Computing, Inc.
PROC SQL: Why Use It When Simple IF THEN Statements Work?
Susan Myers & Inga Allred, Research Triangle Instititute
Using DDE and SAS/Macro for Automated Excel Report Consolidation and Generation
Sandra Archer, Mengxi Li & Russell Denslow, Sodexho USA
Building Efficient State Transition Diagrams from Transactional Data
Brett C. Peppe, T-Mobile

DATA PRESENTATION

Special Education Practice and Policy: What Principals Know and Need to Know.
Dr. Wendy Dickinson, Dr. Tanice Knopp, Dr. Janice Fauske, University of South Florida
Pivoting Data. An Alternative to ACROSS Variables of the REPORT Procedure.
Mr. Bikila (Kila) bi Gwet, VisualStat® Computing, Inc.
Credit Card Portfolio Performance Assessment. A Case of Business Intelligence
Mr. Bikila (Kila) bi Gwet, VisualStat® Computing, Inc.
SAS/Intrnet and Census Mapping: How Low Would You Like to Get?
Lakshmi Pandey, William Joseph Smith, David Sjoquist, Georgia State University
Using SAS and Other Tools to Move an Institutional Research (IR) Office from Hardcopy Reporting to a Web-Based Environment
Ms. Sabrina L. Andrews, Ms. Evangeline Collado, Ms. Patricia Ramsey, University of Central Florida
Bookmarks, Links, and It Looks Great Printed Too, Come In and See What ODS PDF Can Do For You!
Kevin Delaney, Northrop-Grumman Mission Systems
Tedious Template Made Easy
Cindy Stroupe, Inveresk Research
Enterprise Reporting through the SAS V9.1 Business Intelligence Architecture
Jeff Shaughnessy, SAS
Building a Web-based EIS for Data Analysis
Ed Confer, KGC Programming Solutions

INTRO TO SAS

SAS, Scalability, and Parallelism
John Bentley, Wachovia Bank
Do You Want to Know a Secret (or Two)?
Chris Toppe, Independent Sector
Choosing and Using Base SAS® PROCs
Debbie Buck, D. B. & P. Associates
Fun With Functions
Marje Fecht, Prowerk Consulting
How SAS Thinks
Neil Howard, Ingenix Pharmaceutical Services
The Elements of SAS Programming Style
Frank DiIorio, CodeCrafters, Inc
Working with SAS Date and Time Functions
Andrew Karp, Sierra Information Services, Inc.
A Gentle Introduction To SAS/GRAPH
Ben Cochran, Bedford Group
Passing Along SAS Data - SET, MERGE, and UPDATE
Andrew T. Kuligowski, Nielsen Media Research
Testing, Debugging, and the SAS LOG
SAS Institute

POSTERS

SAS to EXCEL: An Integrated Reporting System
Fran Cohen, Westat
UltraEdit--THE EDITOR for SAS Programming
Eugene Tsykalov, GlaxoSmithKline
An Overview of SAS Certification and the Test Development Process
Linda Althouse and Marc Vaglio-Laurin, SAS
Developing a Marketing Geographic Segmentation System Using SAS Software
Allison N. Freeman and Kellie M. Poulin, Marsh Affinity Group Services
Tips for Running Simulations in SAS
Dr. Dave Dickey, Sandy Donaghy, Joy Smith, North Carolina State University
Dynamically Assigning TREPLAY Statements for Producing Multiple Plots Per Page
Alice Lail and Karen Wade, Rho, Inc.
What is Missing in SAS?
Imelda Go, South Carolina Department of Educucation
Creating an Intranet Toolbox of Selective Oracle Metadata
John C. Gober, Jana L. Smith, Debi Mullen, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Data Acquisition Portal (DAP): Web Based Data Collection Application
Christina Carty, Linda Linzy, Norman Oals, Elizabeth Spence, VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating, and Reuben Richards, SAS, Inc.

SERENDIPITY

Data Step Hieroglyphics - ?*)&:@|_%(}
Harry Droogendyk, Stratia Consulting Inc.
SAS in the Office - IT Works
Peter Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting Group Inc.
A Table-Driven ODS Macro
Diane E. Brown, eXponential Systems
Dynamic SAS Programming Techniques, or How NOT to Create Job Security
Suzanne McCoy, Lucid Analytics, and Steven Beakley, Independent Consultant
The Sublime Secrets of the SAS SQLheads
Sigurd W. Hermansen, Westat
"LAG with a WHERE" and other DATA Step Stories
Neil Howard, Ingenix Pharmaceutical Services
A Sampler of Code Techniques
Ian Whitlock, Westat
Using an Array as an IF Switch
Ed Heaton and Nazik Elgaddal, Westat
Pruning the SASLOG - Digging into the Roots of NOTEs, WARNINGs, and ERRORs
Andrew T. Kuligowski, Nielsen Media Research
Keeping Up With the FUN: New Functions in SAS 9
Deb Cassidy, Cardinal Health
Version 9 Data Migration: How to do it and know you've done it right
Diane Olson, SAS
That’s my Style
Himesh Patel & Jeff Cartier, SAS
Documentation Standards using SAS at the United States General Accounting Office
Mitchell B. Karpman, USGAO
Charting a Course through Your Data and Procedures: Bar, Flow, Gant, Histogram, Process, Pie and so many others.
Gary McQuown, Data and Analytic Solutions
Easy and Simple Job Tracking
Phil Busby, Independent Consultant
Behind the Scenes at SAS-L
Joe Kelley, University of Georgia

STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS

An Introduction to Genomics and SAS Scientific Discovery Solutions
Susan Flood, SAS
An Algorithm for Screening of Genes and Clusters from Microarray Experiments
James Blum, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Management of CABG Patient Mortality Using SAS Logistic Regression by Cohorts: Age, Sex and Cleveland Clinic Defined Risk Factors, Five Years Of Data And Analysis Compressed Onto a 3 X 5 Pocket Guide
Lucinda Jenkins, Bing Dao Li, Mike Mueller, and Steve Adzima, BJC North Region @Christian Hospital NE
EFFECT_CI: A SAS Macro for Constructing Confidence Intervals Around Standardized Mean Differences
Melinda Hess and Jeffrey Kromrey, University of South Florida
Using the SAS® System to Construct n-Values Plots
Peter Wludyka and Amy Cox, University of North Florida
Comparison of PROC MIXED and PROC GLM for Analysis of Repeated Measures Data
Hossein Yarandi, University of Florida
Too Many Choices! The IMPORTANCE of Rank-Ordering Independent Variables Prior to Exploratory Data Analysis
Gregg Weldon, Sigma Analytics & Consulting, Inc.
Methods of Dealing with Values Below the Limit of Detection Using SAS
Carry Croghan & Dr. Peter Egeghy, US-EPA
A SAS Macro to Design Phase II Clinical Trials
Alan Cantor, Moffitt Cancer Center
Identifying Person Duplicates of Short Geographic Distance by Computer Matching
Vincent T. Mule, U.S. Bureau of the Census
An Interactive Approach to Multiple Comparison Procedures
Peter Davis, U.S. Bureau of the Census
METAPERM: A SAS Macro for Permutation Tests of Linear Models in Meta-analysis
Jeffrey D. Kromery and Kristine Y. Hogarty, University of South Florida
An Analysis Tool for Reviewing Farm Economic Data Using SAS /AF®
Van Johnson, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Statistical Analysis of Genotype X Environment Interaction in Agricultural Research
K. Bondari, University of Georgia, Tifton
Missing Data Values: Analyzing their Effects on Rainfall Forecasts Using PROC EXPAND and the SAS® Time-Series Forecasting System
Richard March, South Florida Water Management District
Preparing Data using SAS for Paired Sample Comparison in Epidemiology Research
Wei Zhao and Hua Li, University of Miami
Developing a Marketing Geographic Segmentation System Using SAS® Software
Kellie M Poulin and Allison N. Freeman, Marsh Affinity Group Services

TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SAS's Resources for Learning
Michele Ensor, SAS
Efficient Way to Learn SAS with Virtually No Cost
Mirjana Stojanovic, Statistical Programmer
SAS Consultants: Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing
Gary McQuown, Data and Analytic Solutions
SAS Tip, An Affordable Alternative to Traditional SAS Training
Erin Christen, STATPROBE
Ten Things I Wish I Knew Before I Became a SAS Software Consultant
Andrew Karp, Sierra Information Services, Inc.
So You Want to Write a paper? That paper about Writing a Paper
Dianne Rhodes, Westat
SESUG ‘03 Registration Guide Papers and Presentations

TUTORIALS

Dare to Compare - Tailoring PROC COMPARE Output
Maria Reiss, Wyeth
SAS Formats: Uses and Abuses
Carry Croghan, US Environmental Protection Agency
Am I Evil?: Proc Template Exposed!!!
Kevin Delaney, Northrop-Grumman Mission Systems
Greetings from the Edge - Using javaobj in DATA Step
Richard A. DeVenezia, Independent Consultant
Dictionary Tables: Essential Tools for Serious Applications
Frank DiIorio, CodeCrafters, Inc., and Jeff Abolafia, Rho, Inc.
Table Lookup By Direct Addressing: From V8 To V9
Paul Dorfman, Independent Consultant
A Peek at PROC DOCUMENT
Andrew H. Karp, Sierra Information Services, Inc.
An Animated Guide: Proc Report: The File Behind the Scenes
Russell Lavery, Independent Consultant
Contrasting Programming Techniques For Summarizing Voluminous SAS Output Using the SAS Output Delivery System(ODS)
Stuart Long and Lawrence P. Park, Westat
Getting What You Want Out Of A Many-to-Many Merge
Sonal R. Pathak and Shabnam Mehra, University of South Florida
Using SAS and Other XML Tools Effectively
Scott E. Chapal, Ichauway, Inc.
How Regular Expressions Really Work
Jack Shoemaker, ThotWave Technologies, LLC
How to Implement the One-Time Methodology
Mark Tabladillo, markTab Consulting
SAS® MACROS: Tips, Techniques, and Examples
Andrew M. Traldi, Advanced Quantitative Solutions, Inc.
Excel Exposed: Using Dynamic Data Exchange to Extract Metadata from MS Excel Workbooks
Koen Vyverman, SAS Institute - the Netherlands
Creating a Compact Columnar Output with PROC REPORT
Walter R. Young, Wyeth
The Utter Simplicity and Power of the TABULATE Procedure
Dan Bruns, Tennessee Valley Authority

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