DM: SAS Institute Announces Its Data Mining Training Curriculum

[Sean O'Brien]

SAS Institute is pleased to announce its new data mining training
curriculum.  The Institute designed these courses to provide business
decision-makers an overview of the knowledge discovery process and 
analysts
the tools and skills to uncover valuable information from data.

To learn more about any of these courses, call Heath Tuttle at 
919-677-8000
extension 7205 or send E-mail to  saslht@wnt.sas.com
<mailto:saslht@wnt.sas.com> .

To register for one of these courses, call 1-800-333-7660, or visit 
us on
the web at  www.sas.com/training/  <http://www.sas.com/training/.>  .

SAS Institute is currently offering the following courses publicly - 
- at
regional training centers throughout the United States and Canada - - 
or at
your location.

Data Mining Primer: Overview of Applications and Methods
This lecture-only course covers the concepts that are fundamental to
understanding and successfully applying data mining methods in 
database
marketing, credit risk management, and healthcare informatics.  Topics
covered include problem formulation, data difficulties, 
generalization, and
predictive modeling methods.  The course is designed to be accessible 
to
technical professionals and business decision-makers.

Prerequisite Skills: No prior SAS software knowledge is required to 
take
this course.

Dates:  Apr 29-San Francisco, CA        May 27-Chicago, IL      Jun 
22-New
York, NY        
Jul 29-Houston, TX              Sep 16-Irvine, CA       Oct 
19-Boston, MA

Oct 28-Cary, NC                 Nov 4-Atlanta, GA

Cost:   $325*

SASŪ Enterprise MinerTM Software: Applying Data Mining Techniques
This hands-on course covers assembling analysis-flow diagrams in using
Enterprise Miner. Tasks covered include data preparation, clustering,
scoring new data, as well as training, assessing, and comparing 
regression
models, neural networks, and decision trees.  This course is designed 
for
Enterprise Miner users at all levels.  However, this course is most
beneficial to individuals with some modeling experience.

Prerequisite Skills:
Before selecting this course,
*   you should be comfortable using Microsoft Windows and 
Windows-based
software
*   we recommend that you complete the Data Mining Primer: Overview of
Applications and Methods course.

Dates:  Apr 30-May1-San Francisco, CA           May 28-29-Chicago, IL 
  
Jun 23-24-New York, NY          Jul 30-31-Houston, TX     
Sep 17-18-Irvine, CA                    Oct 20-21-Boston, MA    
Oct 29-30-Cary, NC                      Nov 5-6-Atlanta, GA

Cost:   $595*

* Course fee is $750 when enrolling in both courses on back-to-back 
dates at
the same training center.

SAS Institute will release the following courses this summer:

Decision Tree Modeling

Neural Network Modeling

Logistic Regression Modeling