Western Users of SAS Software Educational Conference & Forum 2023
Ryan and Anna were Invited Speakers on two of their published papers, in addition to participating as members on a Panel Discussion examining the benefits, challenges, and integration of Open-Source Software products with existing & proprietary Data Science workflows.
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Anna was a recipient of the New Junior Professional Scholarship award and received high praise for her work, research, and efforts using SAS in clinical trials, statistical analysis, and public health applications.
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Ryan was selected by the Conference Committee to offer Post-Conference Training on developing Machine Learning algorithms with Python. His 4-Hour Training Seminar was well-attended and received great audience engagement and overwhelmingly positive feedback from attendees.
Invited Presentation (50-Minutes)
Interactive Mapmaking and Beautiful Geospatial Visualizations with Python & Google Earth Engine
Ryan Paul Lafler; Anna T.K. Wade
Open-Source Section
Invited Presentation (50-Minutes)
Unraveling the Layers Within Neural Networks for Classification and Regression Tasks using TensorFlow with Python
Ryan Paul Lafler; Anna T.K. Wade
Analytics & Statistics Section
Panel Discussion (50-Minutes)
Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities with Open-Source Software (OSS) Integration
Kirk Paul Lafler; Ryan Paul Lafler; Anna T.K. Wade; Joshua Cook; Stephen Sloan
Open Source Section
Post-Conference Training Seminar (4-Hours)
Mastering the Machine Learning Toolkit to Power Your Regression and Classification Needs
Ryan Paul Lafler
Post-Conference Training
