WUSS 2025 Best Paper Winners

Congratulations to all our WUSS 2025 Best Paper Winners!

AI, Analytics, and Statistics

AS-152. Getting Started with SAS® Visual Analytics
Danny Modlin, SAS

AS-174. Evolving Human Emotions Under a Global Crisis: An Analysis of Popular Music Sentiment
Hamed Hemmati, Oklahoma State University
Bennett Frohock, Oklahoma State University

Anything Data

AD-161. PFS2, did you hear about it too? – Understanding the derivation of Progression Free Survival on next-line therapy (PFS2).
Yeshashwini Chenna, Amgen inc
Lupetu Ntambwe, Amgen Inc

AD-186. Rerun or Reboot? Reproducibility in a Golden Age of Generative AI
Wendy Christensen, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Basics and Beyond

BB-106. Going to great lengths: Using VARCHARs in the DATA step
Rick Langston, retired

BB-121. Validate the Code, not just the Data : A System for SAS® program validation
Jayanth Iyengar, Data Systems Consultants LLC

BB-191. SAS Essentials I: How SAS Thinks
Susan Slaughter, Avocet Solutions

BB-192. SAS Essentials II: Introduction to DATA Step Programming
Susan Slaughter, Avocet Solutions

BB-193. SAS Essentials III: Introduction to SAS Procedures
Susan Slaughter, Avocet Solutions

Careers and Professional Development

CP-165. The Role of Congruity and Gendered Leadership Expectations in Higher Education: A Meta-Analysis of Bias and Leadership Evaluations Among Women Leaders
Mehrnoosh Golshahifar, Doctoral Candidate

CP-190. From Newcomer to Networker: Mastering Soft Skills
Alyssa Planas, Office of Analytics State of Nevada

Masterpiece Theater Demos

MT-206. Data Validation Using SAS Procedures
Charu Shankar, SAS Institute

Open Source Solutions

OS-178. R Made Easier for SAS Programmers
Sunil Gupta, Gupta Programming

Pharma and Healthcare

PH-164. From RealityTV to Real Dependency: Digital Validation Dependence Disorder (DVDD)
Denzel Smalls Smalls, Word of Mouth Production llc

Solutions Development

SD-180. Reach for R Low Hanging Fruit for Faster Results
Sunil Gupta, Gupta Programming