Section Name

Code

Description

Weekend Workshops

WW

Section Chairs –
Joy Smith joy_smith@ncsu.edu
Sandy Donaghy sandy_donaghy@ncsu.edu

SESUG is planning six half-day (4 hour) workshops for Sunday to be conducted by recognized, experienced, talented instructors. Our goal is to have a wide variety of topics and levels so that there will be a workshop that will appeal to everyone who is interested in this exceptional in-depth training opportunity.

Applications

AP

Section Chairs -
Bob Bolen bebolen@southernco.com
Tom Fuchs tom.fuchs@lgeenergy.com

The Applications section focuses on ways that SAS-based solutions are used to improve business processes. Presentations highlight experiences or practices in the design, development, and implementation of SAS applications. The concepts typically include a combination of topics such as: Web-enabled, object-oriented, modular, multi-platform, multi-processor, multi-user, interface, integration, and performance.
Presentation Length: 20 minutes or 50 minutes

Coders Corner

CC

Section Chairs -
Dianne Rhodes diannerhodes@comcast.net
Ed Heaton edheaton@westat.com

Presentations in this section are 10 minutes and range from simple code that “everyone should be using” to “slick workarounds” for specific coding problems. Always a great sources for tips, tricks, and techniques!
Presentation Length: 10 minutes

Data Presentation

DP

Section Chairs -
David Steves david.steves@suntrust.com
Denise Figliozzi denise.figliozzi@suntrust.com

Brilliant!
I like that!
How did you do it?
Everyone wants to hear great compliments on their data presentation, but how do you get there? Start by attending the Data Presentation section at SESUG 2006 where you will hear and enjoy many quality papers that will inspire you to jazz up your output. Topics include the use of SAS/GRAPH, SAS/IntrNet, SAS with Microsoft Powerpoint, ODS and advanced features of DDE. Dazzle your clients with your next project! Come join us!
Presentation Length: 20 minutes or 50 minutes

ETL: Extract, Transform and Load

ET

Section Chairs -
John Bentley bentleyj@mindspring.com
Glenn McMillan david.mcmillan@assurant.com

ETL really means Get it, Change it, Save it!  ETL conjures up visions of specialized, complicated, automated data warehousing job processes to extract massive amounts of data from mainframe systems, transform and clean it, and then load it into a relational database. But, at a basic level, what is ETL all about? It's about getting data, changing it, and then saving it. The reality is that SAS users were doing ETL years before the data warehousing industry decided to call it ETL.
Each time they run a DATA step, submit an SQL query, or save the output of a PROC, they're getting data, changing it in some way, and then saving it. ETL is meat and potatoes for perhaps most SAS users. This section includes presentations that look at all aspects of using SAS for ETL, from DATA steps, PROCs, and macros to SAS/Access for relational databases to the new
SAS ETL Studio.
Presentation Length: 20 minutes or 50 minutes

Hands On Workshops

HW

Section Chairs -
Michael Mace michael.a.mace@sbcglobal.net
Claudine Lougee claudine@dualenic.com

Hands-On Workshops offer a unique learning experience at SESUG. Each seventy-five minute workshop is led by an experienced member of the SAS user community or by
SAS staff, who guide the attendees through step-by-step, interactive exercises enabling you to learn by doing! Details of the Workshops are available on the web at www.sesug.org. Selected topics include Macro Basics, SQL, Producing Graphs with Enterprise Guide, Integrating SAS and Microsoft Excel, and many other topics.
Presentation Length: 75 minutes

Posters

PO

Section Chairs -
Gary Schlegelmilch sesug03@juno.com
Larry Altmayer lawrence.w.altmayer@census.gov

Larry and Gary would like to cordially invite you to join us for the first SESUG Posters Café!
At SESUG 2006, the Poster Café will give you the opportunity to sit, read, and learn from the Poster contributors. Network with your fellow attendees while taking your time to study a diverse lineup of presentations, spanning the range from tricks and tips to studies and analyses.
There is something for everyone, regardless of your experience. Come sit, have a cup of coffee, and join other attendees at the SESUG Posters Café!

Simple but Clever

SC

Section Chairs -
Peter Eberhardt peter@fernwood.ca
Mark Tabladillo mtabladillo@cdc.gov

In this section, our presenters share their best kept secrets! Surprisingly, the simplest of problems often requires a tricky solution. And seemingly difficult problems can be solved quickly with a simple trick. Clever solutions can be accomplished with DATA step or macro code, as well as innovative uses of PROCs, graphics, or customized SAS or Enterprise Guide environments.
Presentation Length: 20 minutes

Statistics, Data Mining and Data Analysis

ST

Section Chairs -
Patricia Cerrito pcerrito@louisville.edu
Mark Litaker mlitaker@uab.edu

Presentations in the Statistics and Data Analysis section deal with the process of progressing from raw data to useful information. For SESUG 2006, this section will consist of three half-day sessions, each focused on an element of this process. Each session will include topics for a wide range of SAS users, including programmers, statistical programmers, statistical analysts, and statisticians. The three sessions will be (1) Statistical Methods in Data Mining, (2)Statistical Methods for Dependent and Correlated Data, and (3) Innovative Statistical Methods.

In data mining, large databases are examined for relationships and patterns. Hypotheses can be generated using data mining techniques; they do not have to be preplanned. Most data mining activities require cleansing and preprocessing of the data. SAS Enterprise Miner is specifically designed for data mining, but SAS/STAT, SAS/QC, and SAS/ETS may also be used.

Correlated data occur in many fields of research, and may result from studies that include repeated measures, cluster randomization, family-based observations, or longitudinal designs. Non-normal data presents particular analysis challenges. SAS procedures appropriate for such data include MIXED, GENMOD, and GLIMMIX.

Innovative statistical techniques may arise from new theoretical approaches or novel approaches using traditional analytic techniques to face a new problem. Statisticians are often faced with applying statistical methods to new and complex situations. For this session, presentations will illustrate the uses of standard statistical methods in creative ways or demonstrating an innovation to statistical models available in SAS/STAT, SAS/ETS, and SAS/QC.

Presentation Length: 20 minutes or 50 minutes

Tutorials

TU

Section Chairs -
Erik Larsen larsen770@aol.com
Venita DePuy venita.depuy@duke.edu

Tutorials is the place to be for presentations applicable to all programming levels and users from all industries. Tutorial presentations are delivered by experts and instructors with a knack for providing that 'ah-ha experience' with a step-by-step, how-to approach. Attend for an interactive experience with stimulating discussions.

Tutorials will be split into two tracks this year.

The Monday morning session will be geared toward the new SAS user – offering coding techniques, programming efficiencies, and new approaches for the novice user.

The Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning sessions will expand on the foundations of SAS into more advanced, detailed presentations. Whether you've been using SAS for years or you are a new or intermediate user, the Tutorials section has something to help you become a better, more efficient programmer and perhaps even be able to learn a new trick or two!

Presentation Length: 50 minutes