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.
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.
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
