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Kennesaw State opens Data Science Research Lab

FILE PHOTO: Kennesaw State University students walk on the KSU campus as Kennesaw Hall is shown in the background /JASON GETZ

Credit: Jason Getz

Credit: Jason Getz

FILE PHOTO: Kennesaw State University students walk on the KSU campus as Kennesaw Hall is shown in the background /JASON GETZ
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March 29, 2017

Kennesaw State University officials recently announced the school has opened a laboratory dedicated to studying consumer and commercial data.

The Equifax Data Science Research Lab is part of the university’s efforts to train students how to translate large, structured and unstructured, complex data into information to improve decision-making. KSU started a doctoral program in 2015 in analytics and data science.

Equifax contributed a $75,000 research grant for the lab.

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