First come first served- if you’d like a dozen or so PharmaSUG t-shirts, please let us know by this evening Pacific time, and send mailing address to Nancy.brucken@pharmasug.org. Thanks! ... View more

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. 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). 11:20am - 11:50am SAS Observability Tools @nicosigal, SAS Canada 11:50am - 12:00pm Closing Remarks ... View more

Happy New Year, Edmontonians! 💃 Hope you're ready for what 2025 has in store.   I know this post is overdue. But...better late than never? 😥   I am sharing the meeting agenda for your reference and all the presentations. 8:30am - 9:00am Registration and Light Breakfast 9:00am - 9:05am Welcome Remarks Doug Dover, ESUG President 9:05am - 9:20am What's New at SAS? Christine Jackson, SAS Canada 9:20am - 10:20am Productive AI and Analytics @PV7  & @DeepJariwala027 , SAS Canada   Join Pat Valente, solution specialist at SAS for an informative overview on some of the extended capabilities that SAS has rolled out in the Viya platform over the last few years. If you are interested in modelling, we will have a look at some options for open-source coding or low code/no-code visual methods. We will then move to some more extended use cases surrounding how SAS can support Computer Vision modelling, Text Analytics of unstructured data and finally some examples of how synthetic data creation can now be easily accommodated in SAS. Hopefully this will spark your interest in further exploring with SAS Viya. 10:20am - 10:50am Networking Break 10:50am - 11:20am Tips & Tricks: Easy-to-read Regression Results with PROC REPORT Emily Blagdon, University of Alberta 11:20am - 11:50am Beyond the Surface: Diving Deep into Graphs with DFS using SAS 9.4 Anthony Wu, Government of Alberta This presentation covers the motivation behind DFS and its applications in undirected graphs, such as identifying connected components and cycles, using PROC OPTNET. 11:50am - 12:00pm Closing Remarks   See you at the next one! 👋 ... View more

Accomplish something amazing using SAS in the past year? Don't keep it to yourself! Tell us about it by creating an entry for the SAS Customer Recognition Awards. At stake for first-place winners in each category: a trip to SAS Innovate in Orlando, FL*, a trophy, and cool swag. In February, winners will be selected by a judging panel that will score entries on a 1-5 scale on three categories:   1. Spirit of story 2. Strength of evidence 3. Results   Votes expressed as "likes" on entries here in the SAS Community will be factored in.   Can't wait to see your stories!   Submit your story ... View more

Thank you everyone for joining us today! 🤗 We hope you found the meeting a good use of your (almost) 2 hours.   Here was the agenda of the day:   12:00pm - 12:05pm MT Welcome Remarks 12:05pm - 12:50pm MT PROC BGLIMM: The Smooth Transition to Bayesian Analysis @DannyModlin, SAS US   Many analysts are interested in taking models they currently have and transitioning them to the Bayesian realm. Most leap from their favorite classical analysis procedure directly to PROC MCMC, the general-purpose Bayesian procedure. This presentation will feature the BGLIMM procedure available since SAS/STAT 15.1. This will allow the participant to model non-normal responses and include random effects within their Bayesian approach. Discussion will include options of priors and availability of statements. Examples will include models originally written in PROCs REG, GLM, GLMSELECT, GENMOD, MIXED, and GLIMMIX. 12:50pm - 1:00pm MT Stretch Break 1:00pm - 1:25pm MT SAS Hackathon: Perspectives From BC Hydro Moderator: @scottnason, SAS Canada Panelists: @TracyXu  & @grid_grapher (Cathy Rupp), BC Hydro   BC Hydro recently participated in the SAS Hackathon 2024.  In this session, BC Hydro team members will share their impressions and learnings from the SAS Hackathon as well as insights about how they got started, picked a use case, found data, and worked with SAS team members to build a prototype. 1:25pm - 1:45pm MT What's New at SAS? Alice Yuan, SAS Canada 1:45pm - 1:50pm MT Closing Remarks   See you next time! 👋 ... View more