Center For Applied Research in Information Technology

Welcome to CARIT

Welcome to the Center for Applied Research in Information Technology (CARIT) website. The goal of CARIT is to support local business and communities by providing results driven technolgological research. CARIT will provide an environment that focuses on facilitating an applied learning environment for KSU graduate and undergraduate students with hands-on research experience in the areas of data collection, data management and analysis. Please browse the website to see what CARIT projects have been conducted or are in the works. You can also find information about the services available through CARIT.

NEWS

KSU placed 22nd in the Chamber's list of 2018-19 Metro Atlanta Top Employers, which is based on the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs). Kennesaw State's FTE of 5,488 employees placed the University ahead of organizations such as Bank of America, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Lockheed Martin and FedEx among the 233 organizations that qualify as metro Atlanta's largest employers.

Kennesaw State is taking new steps to reinforce the security of student and university data, adopting a new two-factor authentication policy and service to protect student and employee credentials for university accounts.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has invited Jennifer Priestley, executive director of Kennesaw State's Analytics and Data Science Institute, to speak during their 2019 Banking Outlook Conference, "Big Data, Big Money: Exploring Banking's Next Horizon."