[IEEE-bhpjobs] [Fwd: [sug-l] REMINDER: RTSUG Meeting Jan. 23rd, 2:30pm @ RTI]

[esther L]

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Subject: [sug-l] REMINDER: RTSUG Meeting Jan. 23rd, 2:30pm @ RTI
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:36:04 -0500
From: paul.b.jarrett at gsk.com
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The next RTSUG meeting will be January 23rd. starting at 2:30pm in the
Multipurpose Room of the Gertrude Cox Building at RTI International.
Please mark your calendars and RSVP to rsvp at rtsug.org.  Please see agenda,
abstracts, bio, & directions below.
Note - If you are a foreign national please provide your name, country of
origin, country of citizenship, title, company, and address when you RSVP.
  We are sorry for the inconvenience but we have to follow RTI policy.

The featured speaker will be Marje Fecht presenting her paper,
"Demystifying the SAS Macro Facility".  This presentation will be followed
by a panel discussion on "Seasoned Programmers Discuss Problem
Identification and Solving".  The panel discussion group includes:
Marje Fecht, ProWerk
Bob Passmore, indep consultant
Joe Meskey, Rho
Dan Blanchette, RENCI Engagement Center, UNC-CH
Phil Bardsley, Carolina Population Center

We will also elect officers for 2008.  Nominations for President,
Secretary and Treasurer are welcome.

Agenda:
2:30 - 2:35      Welcome
2:35 - 3:25      "Demystifying the SAS Macro Facility" by Marje Fecht
3:25 - 3:40       Break
3:40 - 3:50      Elect Officers for 2008
3:50 - 4:40      Panel Discussion - "Seasoned Programmers Discuss Best
(and Worst) Practices"

Title:  Demystifying the SAS® Macro Facility - by Example

ABSTRACT
The SAS macro facility enables you to apply a wealth of useful,
uncomplicated, real-world solutions to enhance your coding pleasure,
reduce coding effort, and minimize error. As your business applications
inevitably become more complex, the SAS macro facility is indispensable
to:
·          reduce code repetition
·          increase control over program execution
·          minimize manual intervention
·          create modular code.

Unfortunately, the SAS macro facility is often perceived as confusing,
difficult to use, and only really comprehensible by a few long-time macro
masochists. This presentation removes the mystery of macros and provides
coding tips, macro solutions, and methodologies you can take away and
implement immediately.

BIO
Marje is a Senior Partner with Prowerk Consulting, and has been a SAS
software user since 1979. Her initial use of SAS was at the University of
North Carolina where she provided statistical consultation for graduate
students and faculty and taught courses on using SAS, SPSS and BDMP for
research.  For sixteen years, she developed and taught a broad curriculum
of courses for SAS Institute including Applications Development, Data
Management and Access, Graphics, Reporting, Macros, and Statistics.   She
was National Education Manager for SAS Canada from 1994-2000.  Most
recently, her consulting work has focused on developing efficient systems
for database access, reporting, analysis, Campaign Management, and
Business Intelligence at major financial and retail organizations.

Marje Co-Chaired SESUG 2006 in Atlanta, and serves on the Executive
Council of the SouthEast SAS Users Group where she is currently the Vice
President.  She is regularly invited to present at SAS Global Forum
(formerly SUGI), NESUG, SESUG, and other regional conferences.  Her
favorite SAS pastime is reducing spaghetti code to a single noodle.

Title:  "Seasoned Programmers Discuss Best (and Worst) Practices"

ABSTRACT
Whether they wanted to or not, some of the more "seasoned" programmers
amongst us have seen it all: vague or incorrect program specifications,
seemingly impossible requests for data manipulation and display, and the
inevitable program bug that just can't seem to be swatted.  This panel
discussion will try to identify the good working habits developed by
veteran programmers.

We'll try to answer questions such as: What kinds of questions do they ask
before beginning a project?  What are their debugging techniques?  How
have accumulated wisdom and new software products changed their work
habits over time?  What non-SAS, complementary tools do they use?  What
work habits have they discarded over the years?

The format will be group discussion, rather than a series of short,
individual presentations.  We'll guide the discussion to follow the
project life cycle - task definition, programming, debugging, and,
hopefully, the inevitable versioning that accompanies a successful
"Version 1."

Directions to the Gertrude Cox Building

>From the west via I-40, take Exit 280, Davis Drive. At the top of the exit 
ramp, turn right onto Davis Drive. At the first traffic light, turn left
onto Cornwallis Rd. Turn left at the first traffic light onto Institute
Drive (This is RTI). Take your 3rd left turn following the signs to the
Gertrude M. Cox Statistics Building.  This is a 3-story, yellow brick
building with a glass front.
>From the south (really west) via I-85, take Exit 172 to go south on NC 147 
(the Durham Freeway). Take Exit 6, Cornwallis Road. At the top of the exit
ramp, turn left onto Cornwallis Rd. At the first traffic light at
Institute Drive, turn right (This is RTI). Take your 3rd left turn
following the signs to the Gertrude M. Cox Statistics Building.  This is a
3-story, yellow brick building with a glass front.
>From the east via I-40, take Exit 280 onto Davis Drive. At the top of the 
exit ramp, turn right onto Davis Drive. At the second traffic light, turn
left onto Cornwallis Road. At the first traffic light, turn left into
Institute Drive (This is RTI). Take your 3rd left turn following the signs
to the Gertrude M. Cox Statistics Building.  This is a 3-story, yellow
brick building with a glass front.
>From the north via I-85, take Exit 177B for NC 55 East, Roxboro Road, and 
NC Central University. Go east (really south) on NC 55. When it intersects
NC 147 (the Durham Freeway), go south on NC 147. Take Exit 6, Cornwallis
Road. At the top of the exit ramp, turn left onto Cornwallis Rd. At the
first traffic light, turn right into West Institute Drive (This is RTI).
Take your 3rd left turn following the signs to the Gertrude M. Cox
Statistics Building.  This is a 3-story, yellow brick building with a
glass front.
>From the south via NC 55, get on I-40 going east. Take Exit 280, Davis 
Drive. At the top of the exit ramp, turn right onto Davis Drive. At the
second traffic light, turn left onto Cornwallis Road. At the first traffic
light, turn left into Institute Drive (This is RTI). Take your 3rd left
turn following the signs to the Gertrude M. Cox Statistics Building.  This
is a 3-story, yellow brick building with a glass front.




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