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How Data Scientists Used NLP to Save Indigenous African Languages

Business + Management SAS SAS Blogsposted by ODSC Community July 28, 2022

Data scientists in Cameroon joined forces to form team LangTech as a part of the SAS Global Hackathon. In the face of rapid digitalization and modernization, they sought a way to preserve indigenous African languages. There are over 1,000 African languages, but those with fewer than 100,000 speakers... Read more

ModelOps, MLOps, and Finding Value in Analytics

Modeling SAS SAS Blogsposted by ODSC Community July 25, 2022

In a recent survey, 42% of data scientists reported that their results were not used by decision-makers. This is a twofold issue. First, there are the organizations that have invested hundreds of billions of dollars into analytics worldwide annually. Organizations have invested in data collection, cleaning,... Read more

Data Science Talent Strategies for the Great Resignation

Business + Management Career Insights SAS SAS Blogsposted by ODSC Community July 12, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic brought huge changes in the workplace, such as a massive increase in remote working. These may or may not last. However, one pandemic-driven change shows no signs of stopping: the Great Resignation. When the pandemic first hit, resignations as a proportion of the... Read more

How to Become a Data Scientist Who Lives at the Beach

Career Insights Interview SAS SAS Blogsposted by ODSC Community July 7, 2022

Everyone has a unique career path. In data science, often starts with curiosity about a subject that can only be untangled by applying analytics. In Robert Blanchard’s case, he was studying economics and wanted to learn more about consumer behaviors as they relate to buying patterns.... Read more

Exploring Natural Language Processing: Two Ways You Can Leverage Corpus Analysis

Modeling NLP/Text Analytics Corpus Analysis Natural Language Generation SAS SAS Blogsposted by ODSC Community May 3, 2022

Corpus analysis is a technique widely used by data scientists because it provides understanding of a document collection and provides insights about the text. It’s an apt methodology to consider as we came upon Charles Dickens’ 210th birthday earlier this year because of how frequently passages... Read more

Your Guide For Analyzing Real Time Data with Streaming Analytics from SAS® Viya® on Azure

Modeling Azure SAS SAS Blogsposted by ODSC Community December 2, 2021

As artificial intelligence comes of age and data continues to disrupt traditional industry boundaries, the need for real-time analytics is escalating as organizations fight to keep their competitive edge. The benefits of real-time analytics are significant. Manufacturers must inspect thousands of products per minute for defects.... Read more

SAS Opens its Code Editor Interface to Python Users

Guest contributor Python Tools & Languages SAS SAS Blogsposted by ODSC Community November 9, 2021

Data science teams are multidisciplinary, each with different skills and technologies of choice. Some of them use SAS, others may have analytical assets already built in Python or R. Let’s just say each team is unique. As part of our Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery with monthly releases,... Read more

Who Else Wants to Know the Mystery Behind GANs?

Deep Learning Modeling GANs SAS SAS Blogsposted by ODSC Community October 18, 2021

Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are one of the newer machine learning algorithms that data scientists are tapping into. When I first heard it, I wondered how can networks be adversarial? I envisioned networks with swords drawn going at it. Close… but I can assure you that... Read more

How to Deploy SAS and Open-Source Models to Azure Machine Learning with SAS Model Manager

Machine Learning Modeling Azure SAS SAS Blogsposted by ODSC Community September 22, 2021

In 2020, SAS and Microsoft announced their partnership with the common goal to inspire greater trust and confidence in every data-driven decision, by driving innovation and proven AI in the cloud. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way people and organizations improve decision-making and move about... Read more

Using SAS Viya to Select the British & Irish Lions Rugby Team

Modeling SAS SAS Blogs SAS Viya Sportsposted by ODSC Community August 2, 2021

Summer is here! All across Europe, temperatures are soaring, and after a long and difficult year of the pandemic, people are making the most of the good weather. And with summer, sports come hand-in-hand. It’s certainly been an exciting and controversial summer of sports so far... Read more