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Hurricane Florence: rainfall totals in the Carolinas

“We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin’ rain, and big ol’ fat rain, rain that flew in sideways, and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath.” Was that a quote from the Forrest Gump movie, or something …

Essential SAS tools to bring to your next hackathon

To succeed in any data-focused hackathon, you need a robust set of tools and skills – as well as a can-do attitude.  Here’s what you can expect from any hackathon: Messy data.   It might come from a variety of sources, and won’t necessarily be organized for analytics or reporting.  That’s […]

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Hurricane Florence – and other category 4 hurricanes that hit NC

Here in North Carolina (NC), we’re pretty much resigned to the fact that many of the hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean are going to visit us. NC sticks out farther into the ocean than most of our neighboring states, and that just makes a tempting target…

Speeding Up Your Analytics with Machine Learning (Part 2)

This blog post introduces the use of deep learning to train a deep neural network to further improve performance; and hybrid architectures.
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Creating industry-specific infographics (eg, 3d printing)

I usually create very technical graphs, that just focus on conveying the information in a concise and straightforward manner (no wasted colors, and nothing to distract you from the data). But sometimes, depending on your audience and the purpose of the…