Another eSUG Meeting in the books! 🕺
It was a gloomy day, but it was brightened up by lots of presentations and discussions about AI and LLMs. It's always a great day to learn. 😉
Thank you to all of our presenters for sharing their knowledge. Thank you to everyone who came out to join us and make the meeting another fruitful one. Made better by the Oilers winning the series and moving on to Round 3! 💪
If you have something to share with the group - a 2 min tip/trick, a cool project you recently worked on, review on a SAS book you got from the meeting - please let us know. 😁
Here is the agenda for your reference. You will also find the presentations attached to this post.
| 8:30am - 9:00am |
Registration and Refreshments |
| 9:00am - 9:05am |
Welcome Remarks
Doug Dover, eSUG President |
| 9:05am - 9:20am |
What's New at SAS?
Alice Yuan, SAS Canada |
| 9:20am - 9:50am |
SAS Innovate 2025 Highlights
Walie Aktary (@speaker), SAS Canada
Won't be able to attend SAS Innovate this year? Hear about the major announcements and hot topics from this year's conference.
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| 9:50am - 10:20am |
How Computers Understand & Generate Language: From Basics to Breakthroughs in Large Language Models (LLMs)
Mehrdad Yousefpoori-Naeim, Government of Alberta |
| 10:20am - 10:40am |
Networking Break |
| 10:40am - 11:20am |
How to Make Your LLM Work For You
@Sundaresh1, SAS US
(Virtual Presentation)
Join SAS expert, Sundaresh Sankaran, as he explores the core techniques for effectively building with large language models (LLMs).
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| 11:20am - 11:50am |
SAS Observability Tools
@nicosigal, SAS Canada
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| 11:50am - 12:00pm |
Closing Remarks |
