sno Data Analytic with SAS November 27 - 29, 2014 Organized by Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, IIT Kharagpur Registration Latest by 22"4 November, 2014 Introduction W. E. Deming once said, “We believe in God, all others must bring data” This is exactly the status of business today. Every organization is equipped with avalanche of data; some are structured while others are unstructured. In addition, data are generated from different sources. As data speak the truth, the major differentiator of a successful organization from an unsuccessful one is that the former has the capability in data analytics. So, today an Home organization’s competibility lies in its competency in data analytics. Registration Data Analytics is all about sophisticated quantitative and qualitative analysis and predictive as well as prescriptive modeling used towards building ‘Accommodation competitive strategies based on data-driven insights that in turn generate impressive business results. Exemplars of analytics are using new tools to Important dates identify their most profitable customers and offer them the right price, accelerate product innovation, optimize system performance, and the true Contacts drivers of financial performance. Data analytics aroused on a strong foundation by bringing together a diverse body of knowledge from applied Coordinators! statistics, applied mathematics, computer science, optimization, consumer Profile behavior, risk management, operations research and decision theory. As the use of analytics growing rapidly, need of skilled analysts, who understand the data, sift through the information and help solving the business problems, is inevitable in future. With the growing support of analytics software, practitioners can solve complex problems related to business transactions, manufacturing, healthcare, finance, insurance, etc. SAS covers the entire gamut of data analytics and provides platforms for data mining, statistical analysis, forecasting, text analytics and Optimization and Simulation. IIT Kharagpur, being an intemationally recognized technical institution of India having a number of experts with proven knowledge, expertise, and research experiences in data analytics and its applications, offers the short term course for Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Executives, Engineers, and Administrators from all industrial and consulting firms; scientists and research scholars from research laboratories; and teachers and research scholars from academic institutes. Important Information bipitwww itkgp ac iat analytesimaintim 18sno Data Analytic with SAS Objectives of the Course Course Content Course Schedule Training Methods Eligibility Course Fee Accommodation Total Number of Participants: 30 Objectives of the Course To build competency of the participants in ‘+ Fundamentals of data analytics and its applications. + Descriptive, predictive and prescriptive data analytics + Exposure to practical problems and their solutions using SAS. Course Content [Foundations [Data Types and Sources, Visualizing and Exploring Data, Organizational (Data, |imeraces and, Precondition for Data Aras ‘Statistics [Descriptive Statistical Measures, Probability Distributions and Data Modeling, Module ‘Sampling and Estimation, Multiple and Multivariate Regression, Principal (Component Analysis, Factor Analysis and structural equation modeling, (Optimization|Linear Optimization, Integer Optimization, Nonlinear and Non-Smooth Module __|Optimization, Optimization Models with Uncertainty [Decision Making [Module [Case studies and live problems using SAS \Statistical Decision Making, Optimization Based Decision Making, Decision (Making with Risk and Uncertainty Course Schedule + 9 am to 6 pm with 2-hour lunch break on each day. Training Methods + The training methods consist of lecture sessions, hands-on-exercises, discussion on cases and. live problems, Eligibility ‘« Data Scientists, Data Analysts, Executives, Engineers, and Administrators from all industrial and consulting firms; scientists and research scholars from research laboratories; and teachers and research scholars from academic institutes. Course Fee ‘The fee for the three-day programme is Rs. 30,000/- per participant. ‘+ Payment is to be made through a bank draft drawn in favour of “CEP-STC, IIT Kharagpur” payable at Kharagpur.The course fee includes course materials, and participation fee. Accommodation + The participants will be provided AC accommodation in the Technology Guest House on payment basis. Course Coordinator hips ign 2c iat analytesimain tim 28sno Prof. J Maiti Principal Coordinator, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, NT Kharagpur Em jmaiti@iem.iitkgp.ernet.in Mobile: 91-9474305050 Data nays with SAS Prof. J K JHA Coordinator, Department of industrial & Systems Engineering, IT Kharagpur Email: jkiha@iem itkgp.ernet.in Mobile: 91-9476329002 Prof. S K KUMAR Coordinator, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, IT Kharagpur Email: srikrishna@iem itkgp.ernet.in Mobile: 91-9800111678 bipitwww itkgp ac iat analytesimaintim 38