“Empowering the Future” program aims to train interns from the company’s clients to solve market problems using analytics
SAS, a leader in AI and analytics, offered, for the first time, the “Empowering the Future” training program. The training aims to enable university students who are interning at SAS client companies to use statistics concepts and analytics in the development of data science, artificial intelligence and big data applied to market solutions.
“The majority of students began training without any knowledge of using SAS solutions, including SAS Viya. During the program, it was possible to observe the evolution, with great interest and quick assimilation of the content. I believe that interns will be able to contribute more within their companies with the new skills in SAS tools”, declared Prof. Sérgio da Costa Côrtes, who taught the classes.
The free online course had 12 classes distributed throughout the months of October and November, always on Mondays and Wednesdays, lasting two hours each. The syllabus covered a wide variety of topics, including descriptive statistics, data analysis, SAS programming, and effective use of the SAS Viya platform's analysis and visualization tools.
“The central objective is for our clients’ interns to acquire solid skills and be prepared to contribute significantly to data analysis projects in their organizations”, says SAS’ Global Academic Program Manager, Deborah Vasconcellos. “'Empowering the Future' is also a way to strengthen relationships with our clients and help them develop and retain their talents.”
According to the World Economic Forum, among the 10 jobs with the greatest growth potential by 2027 are: business intelligence (BI) analyst and data scientist, in third and sixth place respectively. The SAS professional also explains that training university students is a way of preparing them for the future job market, going beyond the current organization in which they work.
The training took place from October 9th to November 28th and had 45 participants from 13 SAS client companies. A new class is scheduled for the 2nd semester of 2024.
