2013 Best Paper Winners

Advanced Analytics

AA-05. Adventures in Path Analysis and Preparatory Analysis
Brandy R. Sinco, MS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Phillip L. Chapman, PhD, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

BI Applications, Systems Architecture & Admin.

BI-07. Beating Gridlock: Parallel Programming with SAS® Grid Computing and SAS/CONNECT®
Jack Fuller, Experis, Portage, MI

Banking and Financial Services

FS-07. Advanced Multithreading Techniques for Performance Improvement of SAS® Processes
Viraj R Kumbhakarna, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Columbus, OH

Beyond the Basics

BB-11. Efficient and Smart Ways to Manage Datasets for Clinical Data- Let SAS® Do the Dirty Laundry!
Gowri Madhavan, Cincinnati Children?s Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Alan Leach, Cincinnati Children?s Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Black Belt SAS

00-01. Using Microsoft® Windows® DLLs within SAS® Programs
Rajesh Lal, Experis, Portage, MI

Customer Intelligence

CI-05. Residential Energy Efficiency and the Principal-Agent Problem
Ryan Anderson, University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, Lincoln, NE

Data Visualization and Graphics

DV-06. Bordering on Success with PROC GMAP in SAS®: Utilizing Annotate Datasets to Enhance Your Maps
Kathryn Schurr, M.S., Spectrum Health-Healthier Communities, Grand Rapids, MI
Jonathan Wiseman, Spectrum Health-Healthier Communities, Grand Rapids, MI

Hands-On Workshops

HW-05. Building a Better Bar Chart with SAS® Graph Template Language
Perry Watts, Stakana Analytics, Elkins Park, PA

JMP

JM-03. The JMP® Journal: An Analyst’s Best Friend
Nate Derby, Stakana Analytics, Seattle, WA

Pharmaceutical Apps

RX-02. SAS® and REDCap API: Efficient and Reproducible Data Import and Export
Sarah Worley, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Dongsheng Yang, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Posters

PT-07. Increase Pattern Detection in SAS® GTL with New Categorical Histograms and Color Coded Asymmetric Violin Plots
Perry Watts, Stakana Analytics, Elkins Park, PA

Rapid Fire

RF-11. Don’t Get Blindsided by PROC COMPARE
Joshua Horstman, Nested Loop Consulting, Indianapolis, IN
Roger Muller, Data-to-Events.com, Carmel, IN

SAS 101

S1-12. Data Presentation 101: An Analyst’s Perspective
Deanna Chyn, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Anca Tilea, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI