Company: University of Memphis
Company background: R-1 urban research institution in Memphis, TN.
Contact: Scott Vann
Title: Assistant Professor of Teaching
Country: USA
Award Category: Community Uplift Award
Tell how you've used SAS to have a positive impact on your community?
Dr. Scott Vann utilized SAS Enterprise Miner to teach data analytics to 300+ international graduate students, igniting their enthusiasm for business machine learning. In return through internships, many empowered local businesses by leveraging SAS to uncover actionable insights from their data.
What SAS products are you using and how are you using them?
Using Enterprise Miner and SAS Viya to teach data visualizations and predictive analytics.
What was your most surprising discovery about your work?
The most surprising discovery of my work was seeing graduate students get excited about learning data analytics via SAS products. We were able to analyze large data sets via Enterprise Miner. I assigned students into groups and they spent a semester analyzing a large public data set using SAS.
