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Applications Development
Ronald J. Fehd, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA
Denise Kruse, SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, GA
SAS and you: happily ever after. Do you remember the first moment when you realized just how
much SAS could do for your applications? Learn about other SAS-based solutions that might
improve a business process for you. Application development with SAS involves a number of
topics including: Web-enabled, object-oriented, modular, multi-platform, multi-processor, multi-user,
interface, integration, and performance. In this section, you will learn creative ways to
use SAS to solve business problems.
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Coders' Corner
Andy Kuligowski, The Nielsen Company, Oldsmar, FL
Robert Matthews, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Discover nifty ways to solve problems from researchers and practitioners in a wide array of
analytical disciplines. Or learn neat new approaches that improve upon existing
solutions. Coders' Corner features short papers and quick presentations from any area
of SAS. Coding solutions and presentations provide quick glimpses of solutions to problems
you might have encountered.
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Data Mining
Patricia Cerrito, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
The Data Mining section will focus on the exploration of data using the process of data
mining. 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 using SAS/Base and SAS/SQL. While SAS Enterprise Miner is specifically designed
for data mining, SAS/Base, SAS/STAT, SAS/QC, and SAS/ETS can also be demonstrated.
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Data Presentation
Gary Schlegelmilch, US Citizenship & Immigration Services, Washington, DC
Stephanie Thompson, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
It's well known that the key to turning data into information is via presentation.
Data Presentation at SESUG 2007 will help users present
their data well - whether electronically or in print. The papers
provide innovations, ideas, thoughts, and proven techniques to present
data well. Discover details about the SAS Output Delivery System (ODS);
innovative uses of SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Enterprise BI Server;
SAS/GRAPH, PROC TABULATE, REPORT, and MEANS; and techniques for
effective delivery of data to the Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint,
Word, Excel). Learn new ways to display, report, or present your data
and time-tested, reliable techniques.
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Hands-On Workshops
Bob Bolen, Southern Company, Atlanta, GA
Dianne Rhodes, BAE Systems IT, Washington, DC
Hands-On Workshops provide unique opportunities to learn SAS programming in front of a real
computer. Subject matter ranges from basic to advanced. Twenty-five computers
are available in a classroom environment with up to two students per PC. Each seventy-five
minute workshop is led by an experienced member of the SAS user community or by SAS staff,
chosen based upon their knowledge and experience at conducting hands on type workshops/courses.
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Intro to SAS
Frank DiIorio, CodeCrafters, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC
Steve Noga, Rho, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC
This year's Intro to SAS section is based on the belief that it's helpful to see the SAS "forest"
in general and essential to know some of its "trees" in detail. The section will have papers that
present an overview of the different components of the SAS System, discuss programming basics of the
components that are key to new programmers learning the SAS system, and discuss the DATA step or essential
procedures to make a new programmer's entry into the world of SAS programming both enjoyable and
productive. The papers in the Intro to SAS section were written with the true SAS "newbie" in
mind. Of course, those programmers with a modest amount of SAS programming under their belts
but who would like to refresh their fountain of knowledge will also see the benefit of these
papers. See the Tutorials section for intermediate and advanced tutorials.
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Posters
Venita DePuy Bowden, INC Research, Raleigh, NC
Joe Kelley, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Learn various SAS techniques in a quiet, self-paced environment through posters and talk to the
authors in a relaxed one-on-one setting. The "meet the presenters" (a one-hour time slot
when all poster presenters are present to discuss their posters) is a comfortable, typically
one-on-one discussion with interested attendees. The required paper section, in addition to
the visual presentation, makes this a good place to start for a first publication, and a fun place
to display some technical insights or graphical skills that might be difficult to convey elsewhere.
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Serendipity
Barbara Okerson, Health Management Corporation, Richmond, VA
Ian Whitlock, SAS User, Kennett Square, PA
Serendipity is defined as an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by
accident. The serendipity section covers a wide variety of topics with something
for everyone. While there is a bias toward programming and code, the only real guarantee
is good SAS.
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Statistics and Data Analysis
Maribeth Johnson, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
William McCarthy, Maryland Medical Research Institute, Baltimore, MD
The Statistics and Data Analysis section features statisticians, epidemiologists, analysts, and
data crunchers in a forum to showcase their statistical knowledge. Our goal is to help advance,
educate, and shape the application of statistical methods with the use of SAS software. We feature
tutorials on the use of some of the many SAS statistical procedures, case studies on interesting uses of
a well-known procedures, and cutting edge statistical implementations using SAS software. Of
special interest this year are papers that describe the application of recent developments in statistical
methods for data analysis, modeling, and forecasting. Researchers and practitioners from a wide
array of analytical disciplines will illustrate the uses of standard statistical methods in creative ways
and demonstrate an innovation to statistical models available in SAS/STAT, SAS/Genetics, SAS/ETS,
and SAS/QC.
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Tutorials
Ilene Brill, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Peter Eberhardt, Fernwood Consulting Group Inc., Toronto, Canada
Remember "Show and Tell" way back at school - some kids had really neat stuff to
show. Well, that is what the Tutorials section is all about - showing how to make really
neat stuff work. Beyond just showing how things work, a tutorial will explain why things
work. The Tutorials section covers intermediate to advanced topics. See the
Intro to SAS section for beginner topics.
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Weekend Workshops
Sandy Donaghy, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
Claudine Lougee, Dualenic, LLC, Richmond, VA
SESUG will provide six half-day Sunday workshops conducted by recognized, experienced, and
talented instructors. They will cover a wide variety of topics and levels for everyone
interested in this exceptional in-depth training opportunity.
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