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Belgian research study looks at benefits of business intelligence »
 Are companies reaping all the possible benefits from their BI systems? A three-year research program tackles this question.

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SAS® Global Forum and the SAS Student Ambassador Competition »
Calling academics: Present to a global audience. Respond to the SAS Global Forum call for papers. Deadline: Oct. 13, 2008.
Students: SAS pays travel expenses and conference registration fees for SAS Student Ambassador winners. Learn more about previous winners, how to apply, and more.
SAS data mining competition for students kicks off in Korea »
SAS Korea kicked off its sixth SAS Data Mining Championship in July to a standing-room-only crowd. More than 150 teams have entered.
Singapore Management University sets up SAS Enterprise Intelligence Lab »
This teaching and research lab will facilitate development of new analytical methods, building of large-scale data sets, and creation of prototypes of effective business intelligence solutions.
Universiti Teknologi MARA’s newly-launched MS in statistics growing rapidly »
The demand for SAS has been increasing in Malaysia, especially in banking and financial services, and particularly in risk management and business intelligence. This MS program was designed to help meet the high demand for graduates trained in SAS.
  Resources

The Little SAS Book: A Primer, Fourth Edition »
This popular classroom text has helped many students learn SAS programming fundamentals. Topics include the DATA and PROC steps, inputting data, modifying and combining data sets, summarizing data, producing reports, and debugging SAS programs. Evaluation copies available.

SAS Maps Online »
A great resource for map data users, including SAS/GRAPH® customers, educators and others.

  Research

IF Flint THEN Bones – Applying SAS® Enterprise Miner™ to archaeology »
What connection did SAS Enterprise Miner unearth between flint and bones? Zachi Zweig recently shared his research on this topic at SAS Forum Israel 2008.

South African statistician bootstraps his way through life »
His career in statistics and mathematics has been marked by extraordinary contributions over a wide range of application areas. He’s one of the most outstanding statisticians that South Africa has yet produced. But who is Hennie Venter?

Common sense about green IT and sustainability »
Lessening our impact on the environment and preserving our planet's natural resources are becoming priorities in shaping every organization's strategy. How does this affect IT decisions?

  Events


The Premier Business Leadership Series »
Oct. 28 – 30
Las Vegas
M2008
M2008 – 50% discount for academics »
Data mining conference
Oct. 27 – 28
Las Vegas

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