Industry Interactions

What's New at the SMU-SAS Enterprise Intelligence Lab (SEIL)

• Improvements in IS Technology Depth Electives IS417 & IS424
• IS480 Projects with SAS Institute Ltd
• Recent & Forthcoming SAS Forums, Events and Industry talks
• SEIL Related Projects, Research and Workshops with Masters and PhD Students
• SAS Best Project & Scholarships Awards

Improvements in IS Technology Depth Electives IS417 & IS424

Improved examples, labs and progress in these two courses:

•  Data Warehousing and Business Analytics (IS417) using SAS Data Integration Studio, SAS Web Applications
•  Data Mining and Business Analytics (IS424) using SAS Enterprise Miner

IS480 Projects with SAS Institute Ltd

Ongoing IS480 Projects with SAS Institute Ltd

Project Title: Scenario Based Planning
By: 1GB (IS480 Team)
Read more about this project here.

Other available IS480 Projects with SAS Institute looking for students

Project 1: Operational Logistics Decision Support System demo scenarios
Project 2: Microdata Anonymisation
Read more on this projects here.

Recent & Forthcoming SAS Forums, Events and Industry talks

Business Intelligence & Analytics (BIA) Industry Talk in February 2009

• Discover the Competitive Edge in the Global Markets with the knowledge in Software Solutions and the Fusion with Business Analytics.
• Understand the Market Demand for the Professionals with BIA Knowledge
• Information about the BIA track under Advanced Business Technology Second Major
• More information about this talk is found here.

Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Seminar in August 2009

• Discover the Data Warehouse and Business Analytics definitions and the current industry needs.
• Understand the SAS Technology – Business Analytics framework that encompasses a wide range of Business Solutions.
• More Case studies and Industry examples
• Industry expert speaker from SAS

SEIL Related Projects, Research and Workshops with Masters and PhD Students

MITB Capstone Project AY2008/2009

• An Integrated Business Intelligence Platform for Financial Institutions
• Leveraging on Exploratory Data Mining Techniques for Credit Card Fraud Analysis
• Balance Scorecard for Sales of Products and Services in a Bank
• Service Excellence Analytics: Exploring Potential Values of Staff Performance Data

PhD Research

• Thematic Cartographic and Geo visualisation
• Beyond Mapping: Geospatial Analytics

SEIL Professional Short Courses

More information on SEIL Professional Short courses is found here.

SIEL-SAS Workshop Series

Enrichment workshops on SAS Intelligence Platform

SAS Business Intelligence and Data Integration Applications - July 2009. Information is found here.

SAS Best Project & Scholarships Awards

Winner of Best Project using SAS will be announced in Nov 2009 from IS417 course.

Recipients of SAS Scholarships for AY 2008

1. Mr Dexter Huang Yaolin, BSc (IS Management) 2005 Intake
2. Mr Jeetesh Karthik, BSc (IS Managment) 2006 Intake
3. Mr Mohamad Fauzi Bin Ibrahim, BSc (IS Management) 2007 Intake
4. Mr Jack Tang Kejie, BSc (IS Management) 2006 Intake
5. Mr Bui Hai Nam, MITB (Financial Services) 2008, Intake

For AY2009, 5 scholarships will be awarded across BSc (IS Management) and MITB (Financial Services) students

Read more on SMU-SAS Enterprise Intelligence Lab here.