SAS – Athens University of Economics and Business, MSc in Business Analytics Academic Specialization in SAS Programming and Machine Learning

The MSc in Business Analytics has partnered with SAS, global leader in business analytics and business intelligence solutions, to establish an Academic Specialization Program in SAS Programming and Machine Learning. The SAS Programming expertise that will be acquired from this program will be of significant value to students as it is one of the most demanded skills for data scientists in the local and international job market.

The aim of this specialization, which is part of the globally acclaimed academic program of SAS, is threefold:

1) Train students to access data sources, manage data and perform reporting using the SAS Programming interface – the well known Base SAS (SAS Studio on SAS Viya),

2) Train students in Visualization and Reporting tasks by using SAS Visual Analytics on SAS Viya and

3) Educate individuals to apply machine learning i.e. predictive modeling and unsupervised learning techniques to real - life business problems (Customer Segmentation, Market Basket Analysis, Campaign Management, Credit Scoring, Fraud Detection etc) using SAS Visual Data Mining and Machine Learning on SAS Viya.

The certificate program contains both theoretical training through selected courses of the MSc curriculum and practical training in SAS technologies. Last but not least and as part of the certificate requirements, students must complete a project by analyzing real and dirty data of sufficient size to provide them with a realistic and challenging view into what they will see in the real world.

The completion of the joint certificate requires an extra 30 hours of SAS training, it is beyond MSc’s standard requirements, it is offered at no additional cost, and it is optional.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence | Association Rules | Business Analytics | Business Decision Making

Business Intelligence | Clustering | Data Management | Machine Learning

Predictive Analytics | SAS Programming | SAS Studio | SAS Visual Analytics

SAS Visual Data Mining And Machine Learning | Supervised Learning | Unsupervised Learning