Research and Projects

I remain active in a number of different projects in a variety of different areas spanning the last 30 years. If you are looking for a traditional faculty member’s research/project list, you are unlikely to find it here as it does not reflect the duality of my life experience as a technology executive and faculty member. Projects have evolved over time and publications range from plenary presentations to journal papers as detailed below. There are duplicates as some publications/presentations fall into multiple categories.

Research/Project Areas with
Associated Publications or Plenary Presentations

Security and Privacy65Leadership60
Artificial Intelligence22Student Success37
Adaptive Systems27Innovation31
Networks15Shared Services11
Data-Driven Decision Making17Learning Management Systems7
Vendor Partnerships7Digital Libraries4
Digital Citizens4Serious Gaming2
Crowdsourcing5
Table 1: Crosswalk of research areas and publications/presentations

Research Area: Security and Privacy

Project Description:  I have been active in computer security and privacy for more than 30 years with my formal degrees in this field. Perhaps the most notable research was regarding adaptive agent-based incident response and active anti-phishing training. I continue to teach on the topic at both Georgia State and UAB at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

  1. Curtis A Carver Jr, Kenneth Foster, Monique Hart, and Steven McWilliams “Security Innovation: Going Beyond Protection to Make Security a Competitive Advantage” HMG Executive CIO Summit. 18 August 2023.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr, Tim Searcy, Rusty Yeager, and Kevin McMahon. “CIO Panel on Security” ISSA Monthly meeting. 1 October 2020. Panelist.
  3. Curtis A. Carver Jr., “Building a Cyber Security “Shock Absorber” CIO Perspectives Atlanta. Atlanta, GA. Mar 13, 2018. Panelist.
  4. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Digital Rights and Responsibilities in Education” Value Studios 48. St Augustine, FL. Feb 1, 2018. Invited Speaker.
  5. Curtis A. Carver Jr., “Understanding Cybersecurity Risks in Enterprise Applications” Interface Conference. Birmingham, AL. Oct 12, 2017. Invited Speaker.
  6. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Higher Education and Security: A Leadership Perspective” InfraGard Meeting. Birmingham, AL. July 14, 2015. Invited Speaker.
  7. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “3 offensive moves to help CIOs defend digital security” Enterprisers’ Project. May 12, 2015. .
  8. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “A Changing Security Landscape” Interface Conference. Atlanta, GA. April 1, 2015. Invited Speaker.
  9. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Looking to train employees about IT security? Keep it real” Enterprisers Project. Nov 19, 2014. 
  10. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Good old-fashioned leadership can help reduce IT security incidents” Enterprisers’ Project. Sep 30, 2014.
  11. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Emerging Threats, Emerging Opportunities: Thriving in the New Normal” BB&T Lecture Series. Carrollton, GA. 7 April 2014. Keynote Speaker.
  12. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Threat Assessment: A New Normal” INTERFACE Conference. Atlanta, GA. April 2, 2014. Keynote Speaker.
  13. Curtis A. Carver Jr., “Threat Assessment: The New Normal” CIO Executive Leadership Summit. Denver, CO. September 26, 2013. Keynote Speaker.
  14. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Myrna Soto, Michael Theis, Brett Wahlin, and Bob Bragdon.  “Securing the Constantly Evolving Technology Landscape” HP Protect Conference, Washington, DC. September 17, 2013. Invited Speaker.
  15. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Threat Assessment: The New Normal” UBTech 2013. Orlando, FL. June 10-12, 2013. Invited Speaker.
  16. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Windows of Opportunity in Hallways of Distractions: the race between threats, security, and collective” Atlanta, GA. June 4, 2013. Argyle Chief Financial Officer Leadership Forum. Keynote Speaker.
  17. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Windows of Opportunity in Hallways of Distractions: the race between threats, security, and collective” Atlanta, GA. May 6, 2013. GTA Annual Technology Summit. Keynote Speaker.
  18. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Lessons Learned on the Road to Secure and Innovative Mobility” Network World CIO Summit. Atlanta, GA. April 25, 2013. Invited Speaker.
  19. Steve Kovsky and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Data Security Prep for the Holidays or How Not to Go Dark on Black Friday” UBM TechWeb Webinar. November 8, 2012.
  20. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Security in an Era of Increasing Complexity and Agility” University System of Georgia Information Security Officer’s Meeting. Athens, GA. October 3, 2012. Keynote Speaker.
  21. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Portfolio Management, Security, and Strategic Planning” Enterprise Governance and Planning Symposium. Atlanta, GA. March 29th, 2012. Panel Member.
  22. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Playing the Long Game Changing Security Culture in USG”, University System of Georgia Computer Security Officer Annual Conference, Athens, GA. October 12, 2011. Keynote Speaker.
  23. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “When policy, IT governance, and audit met” ACUTA Conference, Atlanta, GA. July 25-26, 2011. Invited Speaker.
  24. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Way-Finding Lessons for the CIO while under Attack” CIO Solution Gallery Series, Columbus, OH. March 14, 2011. Invited Speaker.
  25. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Stanton Gatewood, “How to Drive Smoothly: Aligning All Wheels in the Same Direction” CISO Executive Summit, Atlanta, GA. December 2, 2010. Keynote Speaker.
  26. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Educating students on information assurance through immersion and operational leadership” American Society of Educating Engineers 2007 Annual Conference. Honolulu, HI. June 24-27, 2007.
  27. Eric Jensen, Curtis A. Carver Jr., Chad Austin, Sean Condron, and Richard Pregent. “Cyber-Warfare and the Role of Law” Law and Terrorism Conference. West Point, NY. April 25-27th, 2007. Panel Member.
  28. Roland L. Trope (moderator), Curtis A. Carver Jr., Emma Free, Chris Kelly, Louise Nemschoff, John Palfrey, David Rosenblum, Timothy Wu. “Getting Ready for Prime Time: Managing the Risks of Online Social Networks” New York City Bar Association. New York, NY. February 5, 2007. Panel member.
  29. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Leveraging Your Organization’s Security Culture” Federal Information Assurance Conference. Washington, DC. October 24-26, 2006. Keynote Speaker.
  30. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Emerging Threats to Business Continuity” Symposium on Business Information Security (SoBIS 2006). Minneapolis, MI April 20-21, 2006. Keynote Speaker.
  31. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Changing Organizational Culture” 18th Annual Federal Information Systems Security Educators’ Association Conference (FISSEA). Washington, DC. March 20-21, 2006. Invited Speaker.
  32. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Protecting Mobile Data”.  Federal Information Assurance Conference. Washington, DC 26-28 October, 2006.
  33. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Changing Your Organization’s Security Culture” Federal Information Assurance Conference. Washington, DC. October 25-28, 2005. Keynote Speaker.
  34. Les Owens, Curtis A. Carver Jr., Vic Berger, Felix Santos, and Troy Donley. “Assess Management” Federal Information Assurance Conference. Washington, DC. October 25-28, 2005. Panel Member.
  35. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “War Games, from Laptop to Real Life — Making the Cyber World a Safer Place” Library of Congress Security Awareness Day. Washington DC. October 18, 2005. Invited Speaker.
  36. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Aaron Ferguson, and Christopher Baum “Changing Your Institution’s Security Culture” New York State CIO Conference, West Point, NY. July 17-18, 2005. Invited Speaker.
  37. Christopher Baum, Curtis A. Carver Jr, Rick Howard, and Jeff Tyler. “Securing the Wireless Network/Wireless in the Classroom” New York State CIO Conference, West Point, NY. July 17-18, 2005. Invited Speaker.
  38. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Susan Read-Miller “Vulnerability Management for the Enterprise” Federal Information Assurance Conference. Washington, DC 26-28 October, 2004. Invited Speaker.
  39. Jim Jackson and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Privacy through Steganography” Federal Information Security Conference. Colorado Springs, CO. June 16-17, 2004. Invited Speaker.
  40. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Don Goff, Mike Nelson-Palmer, Pinny Sheoran, Melissa Dark. Information Assurance Curriculum Development. 8th Colloquium on Information Systems Security Education. West Point, NY June 8-12, 2004. Panel Chair.
  41. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Implications of Time” CIO Executive Summit. Houston, TX. March 24, 2004. Invited Speaker.
  42. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Enhancing Security Awareness, Training and Education Effectiveness through Diversity” Washington, DC. 14th Annual Federal Information Systems Security Educators’ Association Conference (FISSEA). March 9-11, 2004. Invited Speaker.
  43. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Chrisan Herrod. “Building an IT Risk Assessment Program”. Information Assurance 2004: Securing our Critical Infrastructure. Washington, DC. February 24-26, 2004. Invited Speaker.
  44. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Jim Jackson, and Ron Dodge. “Privacy through Steganography” Federal Information Assurance Conference. Washington, DC. October 21-23, 2003. Invited Speaker.
  45. Curtis A. Carver Jr., John M.D. Hill, and Jeffrey Humphries. “The Implications of Encryption” Federal Information Assurance Conference. Washington, DC. October 21-23, 2003. Invited Speaker.
  46. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Chrisan Herod. “Building a Comprehensive IT Risk Assessment Program”. E-gov Information Assurance Conference. Washington, DC. 15-17 September 2003.
  47. John M. D. Hill, John R. Surdu, Scott Lathrop, Greg Conti, Curtis A. Carver Jr., “MAADNET: Toward a Web-Distributed Tool for Teaching Networking and Information Assurance” Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (ED-MEDIA 2003), Honolulu, Hawaii. June 23-28, 2003.
  48. John R. Surdu, John M. D. Hill, Ron Dodge, Scott Lathrop, and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Military Academy Attack/Defense Network Simulation” Advanced Simulation Technology Conference: Symposium on Military, Government, and Aerospace Simulation (MGA 2003), Orlando, Florida. March 30 – April 3, 2003.
  49. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Adaptive Agent-Based Intrusion Response” Information and Network Security Workshop’03. Saint Cloud, MN. May 19-23, 2003. Invited Speaker.
  50. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Jim Davis. “Information Assurance Curriculum of the Future” Thirteenth Annual Federal Information Systems Security Educators’ Association (FISSEA), Washington, DC. March 3-7, 2003. Invited Speaker.
  51. Curtis A. Carver Jr., John R. Surdu, John M.D. Hill, Daniel Ragsdale, Scott D. Lathrop, and Timothy Presby, “Military Academy Attack/Defense Network” IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Information Assurance and Security Workshop. West Point, NY. June 17-19, 2002.
  52. Curtis A. Carver Jr., John M.D. Hill, and Udo W. Pooch, “Limiting Uncertainty in Intrusion Response” IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Information Assurance and Security Workshop, West Point, NY. June 6-7, 2001. 142-147.
  53. Joseph Hughes Schafer, Daniel J. Ragsdale, John R. Surdu, and Curtis Arthur Carver Jr. “The IWAR Range: A Laboratory for Undergraduate Information Assurance Education” Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges Sixth Annual Northeastern Conference. Middlebury, VT. 20-21 April 2001.
  54. John Hill, Curtis A. Carver Jr., Jeff Humphries, and Udo W. Pooch. “Using an Isolated Network Laboratory to Teach Advanced Networks and Security” ACM Conference on Computer Science Education. Charlotte, NC. February 21-25, 2001. 36-41.
  55. Daniel F. Ragsdale, Curtis A. Carver Jr., Jeffrey W. Humphries, and Udo W. Pooch. “Adaptation Techniques for Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Response Systems” IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Nashville, TN. October 8-11, 2000. 2344-2349.
  56. Jeffrey W. Humphries, Curtis A. Carver Jr., and Udo W. Pooch. “Secure Mobile Agents for Network Vulnerability Scanning” IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Information Assurance and Security Workshop. West Point, NY. June 6-7, 2000.
  57. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Udo W. Pooch. “An Intrusion Response Taxonomy and its Role in Automatic Intrusion Response” IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Information Assurance and Security Workshop. West Point, NY. June 6-7, 2000.
  58. Curtis A. Carver Jr., John M.D. Hill, John R. Surdu, and Udo W. Pooch. “A Methodology for Using Intelligent Agents to provide Automated Intrusion Response” IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Information Assurance and Security Workshop. West Point, NY. June 6-7, 2000.
  59. Jeffrey Humphries, Daniel Ragsdale, John M.D. Hill, Curtis A. Carver Jr., and Udo W. Pooch. “No Silver Bullet: Inherent Limitations of Computer Security Technologies” Fourth World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI’2000). Orlando, USA, July 23-26, 2000.
  60. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “An Isolated Network in Support of an Advanced Networks and Security Course” Thirteenth Annual Federal Information Systems Security Educators’ Association (FISSEA). Gaithersburg, MD, March 16, 2000. Panel Presentation.
  61. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Adaptive, Agent-Based Intrusion Response” PhD Dissertation. Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University. College Station, TX. 2001.
  62. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Daniel J. Ragsdale. “An Intrusion Response Taxonomy and its Role in Automatic Intrusion Response” Tech Report ITOC-TR-2000-02. Information Technology and Operation Center, United States Military Academy. West Point, NY. September 2000.
  63. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Computer Fault Taxonomies” Texas A&M Security Research Group, College Station, TX. 27 September 1999. Seminar Presentation.
  64. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Gradual Attacks” Texas A&M Security Research Group, College Station, TX. 19 May 1999. Seminar Presentation.
  65. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Multi-Level Security and Protection in Distributed Object-Oriented Operating Systems” Tech Report 93-19, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, April 1993.

Research Area: Artificial Intelligence

Project Description:

  1. Curtis A Carver Jr. “Acting on AI — Competitive Advantage Now and in the Future” Atlanta CIO Executive Summit. Atlanta, GA. 8 November 2023.
  2. Curtis A Carver Jr. “The Era of AI in Higher Education” Microsoft/LinkedIn Town hall Meeting. 10 October 2023.
  3. Curtis A Carver Jr, Anthony Day, Jake Chen, Sixue Zhang, and Chun Schiros. “Can I Get a Little AI To Help With All This Data? Yes You Can!” Sloss Tech. Birmingham, AL. 4 August 2023.
  4. Curtis A Carver Jr, Dustin Ryan, and Trevor Johnson. “How To Create a Competitive Advantage [For Your Company] Using AI.” Sloss Tech. Birmingham, AL. 4 August 2023. 
  5. Curtis A Carver Jr. “Value vs. Risk – A Thoughtful Approach to Generative AI”. Evanta CIO Town Hall (Atlanta). Online. 27 April 2023.
  6. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Digital Moments and Artificial Intelligence” UB Tech Conference. Orlando, FL. June 10-12, 2019. Keynote speaker.
  7. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Revolutionizing Pedagogy with Artificial Intelligence” Educational Insights. September 2018. pp 30-31. 
  8. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Implications of Time” CIO Executive Summit. Houston, TX. March 24, 2004. Invited Speaker.
  9. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Adaptive Agent-Based Intrusion Response” Information and Network Security Workshop’03. Saint Cloud, MN. May 19-23, 2003. Invited Speaker.
  10. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Adaptive, Agent-Based Intrusion Response” PhD Dissertation. Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University. College Station, TX. 2001.
  11. John M. D. Hill and Curtis A. Carver, Jr. “Adaptive Systems” Universal Web Accessibility Symposium. San Antonio, TX. October 31, 2000. Invited Speaker.
  12. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Jeffrey W. Humphries, Daniel F. Ragsdale and Udo W. Pooch. “Adaptation Techniques for Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Response Systems” IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Nashville, TN. October 8-11, 2000. 2344-2349.
  13. Jeffrey W. Humphries, Curtis A. Carver Jr., and Udo W. Pooch. “Secure Mobile Agents for Network Vulnerability Scanning” IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Information Assurance and Security Workshop. West Point, NY. June 6-7, 2000.
  14. Curtis A. Carver Jr., John M.D. Hill, John R. Surdu, and Udo W. Pooch. “A Methodology for Using Intelligent Agents to provide Automated Intrusion Response” IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Information Assurance and Security Workshop. West Point, NY. June 6-7, 2000.
  15. Peter Brusilovsky, Paul De Bra, Curtis A. Carver Jr., and Alfred Kobsa. “Adaptive Educational Systems” AACE WebNet World Conference on the WWW. Honolulu, HI. 28 October 1999. Panel Presentation.
  16. Curtis A. Carver Jr., John M.D. Hill and Udo W. Pooch. “Third Generation Adaptive Hypermedia Systems” AACE WebNet — World Conference on the WWW. Honolulu, HI. October 24-31, 1999.
  17. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Adaptive Hypermedia Assessment: The Student Response System” Journal of Computers in Education. Vol 9(2) April-June Issue 1999. 
  18. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Richard A. Howard, and William D. Lane. “Addressing Different Learning Styles through Course Hypermedia” IEEE Transactions on Education Vol 42(1) February 1999.  
  19. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Joseph Adams. “Pedagogical uses of Adaptive Hypermedia” ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education Symposium, Atlanta, GA. February 1998. 
  20. Curtis A. Carver Jr. Richard A. Howard, Joseph Adams, and William D. Lane. “Hypermedia Courseware: Results of a Three-Year Project” West Point Teaching and Learning in the Next Century Conference. West Point, NY. September 1996. Conference Presentation.
  21. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Addressing Different Learning Styles through Hypermedia Courseware” Presentation to Graduate Course at Iona College, New Rochelle, NY. April 1996. Invited Speaker.
  22. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The Textbook of the Future” National Conference of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, Baltimore, MD. February 1996. Conference Panel Presentation.

Research Area: Leadership


Project Description: Not surprising given my military background and  decades of leadership of technology organizations that I write and speak often about empowering greatness in others. I periodically teach a graduate class in change management and leadership at Georgia State University.

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “UAB CIO: How CIOs can rethink team pace for the next normal” Enterpriser’s Project. March 21, 2021.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Working Effectively with University Leadership” RTM Higher Education Engage. 18-20 October 2020. Invited Speaker.
  3. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Working Effectively with University Leadership” Gartner CIO Forum. 28 July 2020. Invited Speaker.
  4. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Helen Norris, Mary Walsh. “CIO Chat: Academia in a Period of Great Change” Dell Online Series. 8 April 2020. Panelist.
  5. Curtis A. Carver Jr. (2019) Leading through the Power of “Thank You” in Organization Leaders Manual (2ed). pp 177 –179.
  6. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “How to create an IT strategic plan that delights” Enterpriser’s Project. July 25, 2019.
  7. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Leadership during Transformational Change” Blue Cross Blue Shield National Information Management Symposium. Birmingham, AL. September 29, 2018. Keynote Speaker.
  8. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Creating world-class IT functionality takes teamwork” Enterpriser’s Project. June 8, 2018. 
  9. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Results-oriented and no-excuses IT” Toogle Magazine. May 16, 2018. 
  10. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “How UAB CIO made revenue-generation IT’s job” Enterpriser’s Project. May 9, 2018.  
  11. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Empowering Greatness in Others through Serendipitous Disruption” Gartner Leadership Summit, Phoenix, AZ. Feb 25, 2018. Invited Speaker.
  12. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Leadership During Transformational Change” Alabama IT Symposium. Birmingham, AL, Sep 21, 2017. Invited Speaker.
  13. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Empowering Greatness in Others” CIO Review. (Vol 6 Special Issue 86) August 2017. pp. 30-31. 
  14. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Leadership During Transformational Change” UBTech CIO Summit. Orlando, FL June 12, 2017. Keynote Speaker.
  15. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Sanjog Aul, and Samuel Sudhakar. “From Problem to Productive Workforce” CTN CIO Talk Network. March 22, 2017. Panelist.
  16. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Leadership in a Time of Transformational Change” CDM CIO Atlanta Summit. Atlanta, GA. February 9, 2017. Invited Speaker.
  17. Stan Swete, Curtis A. Carver Jr, Willis Marti, and Tony Christodoulou “The Transformational CIO” Argyle Executive Forum.  . January 26, 2017. Panelist.
  18. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Leadership in a Time of Transformational Change” Argyle Chief Information Officer Leadership Forum. Atlanta, GA. December 15, 2016. Keynote Speaker.
  19. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Leadership in a Time of Transformational Change” Alabama IT Symposium. Birmingham, AL. November 10, 2016. Keynote Speaker.
  20. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “One-size-fits-all approach to HR will no longer cut it for IT talent management”  Enterprisers’ Project. October 19, 2016. 
  21. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Are 18-month org charts and constant training the new reality for IT?” Enterprisers’ Project. March 7, 2016. .
  22. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Your IT organization won’t be successful without this one essential characteristic” Enterprisers’ Project. Feb 10, 2016.
  23. Steve Rovniak. “The Last CIO Job I’ll Ever Have” Heller Search Associates. Dec 2, 2015. .
  24. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Strategic Partnerships and Engagement” Redhat Global Marketing Leadership Meeting. Raleigh, NC. Nov 18, 2015. Keynote Speaker.
  25. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Balancing Agility, Innovation and Cost Efficiency: The CIO’s Challenge” CIO Review. (Vol 4 Special Issue 84) October 2015. pp. 21-22.
  26. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “3 ways to make a good idea real” Enterprisers’ Project. Oct 15, 2015. 
  27. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “USG IT helps passionate employees collaborate” Enterprisers’ Project. March 26, 2015. 
  28. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Modern CIOs must hire leaders they can trust to ‘fire-and-forget” Enterprisers Project. Mar 3, 2015. 
  29. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Walt Carter, Tim Everhart, Eric Garner, Mitchell Johnson, Trey Keisler, Nupura Kolwalkar, Stan Kubis, Russ McDonough, Michael Noel, Rohan Pal, Serena Sacks, Steve Seidner, Les Viszlai “The Unique Voice of the CIO” Technology Association of Georgia CIO Roundtable. Atlanta, GA. November 5, 2014. Panel Member.
  30. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Abraham George, and Steve Burrell. “Developing Leaders through Successful Protégé-Mentorship Program” EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. Orlando, FL. October 2, 2014. Panel Member.
  31. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Your next IT star could be a former employee” Enterprisers’ Project. Aug 25, 2014. 
  32. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “When was the last time you had your IT department over for dinner?” Enterprisers’ Project. Jun 3, 2014. 
  33. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The quickest way to build mini-champions for IT in your organization” Enterprisers’ Project. May 14, 2014.
  34. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Marc Anthony, and Jay Ferro “Challenges and Opportunities in IT Talent Acquisition” Evanta CIO Executive Summit. Atlanta, GA. 5 June 2014. Panelist.
  35. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Steve Burrell, Greg Topp, Abraham George, Kathy Kral, and Robert Orr. “Becoming a CIO: A discussion of skills, experiences, and career management” 42nd Annual Computing Conference. Eastonton, GA. October 24, 2013. Panelist.
  36. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Baz Abouelenein, Keith R. Hacke, Philip Komarny, Michael Krigsman, Thomas Rains, and David Waldron. “Transforming the Role of the CIO” EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA. October 15, 2013. Invited Speaker.
  37. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Bill Richards. “The Fight for Top IT Talent – The CIO’s Role in Sustaining a High Quality Workforce” CIO Executive Summit. Atlanta, GA. April 18, 2013. Panel Chair.
  38. Brian Foster, Jerry Bartlett, Curtis A. Carver Jr., Jay Ferro, and Kathy Owen. “Strategic CIO Priorities: IT Responsiveness and Big Data”, CIO Executive Summit Workshop. Atlanta, GA. July 18, 2012.
  39. Shari Slate, Curtis A. Carver Jr., Kevin Clayton, and Vaughn Williams. “Leadership and Diversity”. Empowering You to Lead the Next Generation Conference. Atlanta, GA. June 8-10, 2012. Panel Member.
  40. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Leadership and Innovation in an Era of Diminishing Resources” CFO Executive Summit. Atlanta, GA. May 17, 2012. Keynote Speaker.
  41. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Robert Haas, and Don Riley, “Engaging the Modern Workforce – New Technology and Business Competencies”, Global CIO Summit, Kiawah Island, SC. September 10-13, 2011. Panel Member.
  42. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Don Riley, “CIO Evolution: Leadership in Addition to IT Skill Set” CIO Executive Summit, Atlanta, GA. December 1, 2010. Invited Speaker.
  43. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Communities of Practice and the Implications of Time” Rock Eagle Conference. Eastonville, GA. October 19, 2010. Keynote Speaker.
  44. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Communities of Practice and the Implications of Time” Georgia Summit Conference. Augusta, GA. September 21, 2010. Keynote Speaker.
  45. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Inspiration, Mentorship, and Technology – How West Point prepares the Leaders of Tomorrow” CIO Executive Summit. Philadelphia, PA. October 22, 2009. Invited Speaker.
  46. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Roadmaps: What will the future look like?”” IT Value Studio: Technology’s Finest Hour. Jacksonville, FL. February 18-19, 2009. Exhibiting Value Artist.
  47. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Preparing Leaders of the Future in an Uncertain World” Ohio Society for Information Management. Cleveland, OH. February 16, 2009. Keynote Speaker.
  48. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Inspiration, Mentorship, and Technology – How West Point prepares the Leaders of Tomorrow” CIO Executive Summit. Atlanta, GA. December 4, 2007. Keynote Speaker.
  49. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Mentoring Developing Technologists: the Interaction of Technology and Leadership” CTO Club. New York City. November 14, 2007. Keynote Speaker.
  50. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Innovation and Leadership in a Changing World” CIO Forum and Executive Summit: Innovation – Changing the Game. Stamford, CT. October 30, 2007. Keynote Speaker.
  51. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Educating, Training, and Inspiring Future CIOs” CIO Executive Summit. Boston, MA. October 29, 2007. Keynote Speaker.
  52. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Inspiring the Next Generation of IT Leaders” New Jersey Society for Information Management. Morristown, NJ. October 11, 2007. Keynote Speaker.
  53. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Building for the Future: Inspiring Culture, Collaboration and Change” CIO Executive Summit. Easton, Ohio. June 13, 2007. Keynote Speaker.
  54. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Building for the Future: Inspiring Culture, Collaboration and Change” CIO Executive Summit. New York, NY. May 9, 2007. Invited Speaker.
  55. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Instilling Leadership Essentials” 2005 Government CIO Summit. Tucson, AR. November 7, 2005. Keynote Speaker.
  56. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Thriving on Complexity” IT Value Studio: Technology’s Finest Hour. Jacksonville, FL. March 28-29, 2005. Featured Value Artist.
  57. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Udo W. Pooch. “An Analysis of Student Learning in a Graduate Software Engineering Course” ACM Advanced Software Engineering Education Conference. Colorado Springs, CO. July 25-29, 1999.
  58. Richard A. Howard and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “A Validation of Teaching Tools” Eighth National Conference on College Teaching and Education. Jacksonville, FL. April 1997.
  59. Richard A. Howard, William D. Lane, Joseph Adams and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “In search of a department-wide teaching philosophy that incorporates modern technology”. Eighth International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. Orlando, FL. 1-5 April 1997.
  60. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Pedagogical Uses of the WWW” Faculty Workshop at the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS. Jan-Mar 1997.

Research Area: Student Success

Project Description: Students and their success should be at the center of conversations in academia. I am surprised and often dismayed how often the center of gravity becomes auxiliary sales, faculty pursuit of external endeavors, or other less important topics. Just as there is a revolution occurring in technology, there is a revolution in academia and half of the current colleges and universities are not going to survive that revolution because they are unwilling to transform how we educate and inspire the next generation of leaders in America and the world.

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr, Rebecca Kennedy, and Daniel Jones. “ A Mental Health App: How A Health Promoting University Improved Access for Students and Employees” EDUCAUSE Review. April 20, 2021.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr, Rebecca Kennedy, and others. “7 Things You Should Know About Mental Health and Higher Education” EDUCAUSE Case Study. April 22, 2021.
  3. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and John Martin. Creating an Asynchronous Class from a Synchronous Class. Georgia State webinar. 24 March 2020. Panelist.
  4. Curtis A. Carver Jr, Mark Askren, Sidney Fernandez, Jeff Faramo and Robert Yanckello. “The Future of the Student Information System” Gartner Annual Symposium. Orlando, FL. 2 October 2017. Panelist.
  5. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The Future of IT in Education” Campus Consortium EdTalks. March 23, 2017.
  6. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Kylie Lacey, Kevin Blankenship, John McGuthry, and J Batson. “Student Success” UBTech Technology Leadership Summit. Las Vegas, NV. June 6, 2016. Panel Member.
  7. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The Compelling Case for Student Success” AFCEA Luncheon Series. Atlanta, GA. August 28, 2014. Invited Speaker.
  8. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Stan Jones, and Tristan Denley “Game Changers: How Complete College America and Two Key Member States Are Closing the Achievement Gap” FUSION 2014. Nashville, TN. July 14, 2014. Panelist.
  9. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Ron Rhames. “The Collaboration Imperative” The Student Success Summit. Las Vegas, NV. June 16, 2014. Panelist.
  10. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Shelley Nickel, and Tim Rendick.  “The Ongoing Transformation in Higher Education: A Georgia Perspective” American Council of Education Council of Fellows Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. May 31, 2014. Panel Moderator.
  11. Curtis A. Carver Jr., “The Ongoing Transformation in Higher Education: A Georgia Perspective” ASTD Atlanta Learning and Development Special Interest Group. Atlanta, GA. April 23, 2014. Keynote Speaker.
  12. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The Compelling Case for Student Success” Southern Association for Computer Information Systems Annual Conference. March 22, 2014. Keynote Speaker.
  13. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Supporting Student Success: A Technology Perspective” Techxpo Conference. Statesboro, GA. November 1, 2013. Invited Speaker.
  14. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Student Success: An Update to the USG IT Community” 42nd Annual Computing Conference. Eastonton, GA. October 24, 2013. Keynote Presentation
  15. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Anticipating the Future and Preparing for Success” Georgia WebMBA Student Orientation, Atlanta, GA. August 9, 2013. Keynote.
  16. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Academic Assessment in a Developing Nation: A Perspective from Afghanistan” ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education. Cape Town, South Africa. October 19-23, 2008.
  17. Curtis A. Carver Jr., M. Hadi Hedyati, and Omer Khan Shaheen. “IT Education in a Cultural Context: A Comparison of Three Approaches in Afghanistan” ACM Special Interest Group on Information Technology Education Conference. Cincinnati, PA. October 28-30, 2008. 173-176.
  18. James Jackson, Michael Cobb, and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Top 10 Java Errors for Novice Programmers” IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Indianapolis, IN. October 20-22, 2005.
  19. Kenneth L. Alford, Curtis A. Carver Jr., Daniel J. Ragsdale. Eugene K. Ressler, Charles W. Reynolds. “Specification and managed development of information technology curricula” Special Interest Group on Information Technology Education Conference. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 28-30, 2004.
  20. Kenneth L. Alford, Curtis A. Carver Jr., Charles W. Reynolds, and Eugene K. Ressler. “A Curriculum Framework for Information Technology” IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Savannah, GA. October 23-27, 2004.
  21. Rusl Flowers, Curtis A. Carver Jr., and Jim Jackson “Empowering Students and Building Confidence in Novice Programmers through Gauntlet” IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Savannah, GA. October 23-27, 2004.
  22. Joseph Puett, Douglas Wolfe, and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Multi-Year Design Education for Non-MSE Majors, the West Point Experience” IEEE Conference on Engineering Education. Gainesville, FL. 16-21 October, 2004.
  23. Jim Jackson, Karl Gossett, Mike Cobb, and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Designing an Engineering Course for Design” IEEE Conference on Engineering Education. Gainesville, FL. 16-21 October, 2004.
  24. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Techniques for Supporting Diversity in a Freshman Information Technology Course” American Society of Educating Engineers 2004 Annual Conference. Salt Lake City, UT. June 20-23, 2004.
  25. Douglas Wolfe, Karl Gossett, Peter D. Hanlon, and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Active Learning in a Freshman Information Technology Course” IEEE Frontiers in Education. Boulder, CO. November 5-8, 2003.
  26. Douglas Wolfe and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Teaching a Second Core Course in Information Technology: A West Point Experience” International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications (EISTA ’03), Orlando, FL. July 31-August 2, 2003.
  27. Gregory S. Parnell, Jean R. S. Blair, Curtis A. Carver Jr, Clark K. Ray, and Michael S. Matthews. “Genesis of the New Information Systems Engineering Program at the United States Military Academy at West Point” International Conference on Information Systems and Engineering (ISE 2003). Quebec, Canada. July 20 – 25, 2003.
  28. Thomas R. Flowers, Thomas O. Morel, Curtis A. Carver Jr, John M.D. Hill. “”Building a Web-Based Self-Assessment System within a Web Application Framework (J2EE)” World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, Honolulu, HI, June 22-28, 2003. Conference Presentation.
  29. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Rusl Flowers, and Thomas Morel. “Automated Assessment and Evaluation Systems: Value or Baggage-Added?” TALENT: Teaching And Learning Effectively using New Technologies. West Point, NY. April 5, 2003. Conference Presentation.
  30. Rusl Flowers, Curtis A. Carver Jr., and Thomas Morel. “EECSWeb Automated Assessment and Evaluation Systems” TALENT: Teaching And Learning Effectively using New Technologies Conference Workshop. West Point, NY. April 5, 2003.
  31. Gregory J. Conti, John M. D. Hill, and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Developing an Undergraduate Distributed Development Course” IEEE Frontiers in Education. Boston, MA. November 6-9, 2002.
  32. Anita Gandolfo and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Electronic Classroom Assessment Techniques: Assessment Beyond the Classroom in a Networked Environment” Assessment Update. Vol. 7 No. 6 Nov-Dec 1995.
  33. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Eugene Ressler, and Mark A. Biehler. “Low Cost, Deliverable Student Response Systems” ED-SIG World Conference on Information Systems Education. Denver, CO. June 11-14, 1995.
  34. Mark Biehler and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Creating an Effective Multimedia Structure for a Dynamic Undergraduate Course” ASEE National Conference. Anaheim, CA June 22-25, 1995.
  35. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Richard A. Howard. “Delivering Networked Multimedia and Hypertext Documents Across a Campus Area Network” ASEE National Conference. Anaheim, CA June 22-25, 1995.
  36. Florence Caffrey and Curtis A. Carver Jr. Integrating Advanced Technologies into an Undergraduate Curriculum. IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference. San Jose, CA. November 1994.
  37. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Mark A. Biehler. “Incorporating Multimedia and Hypertext Documents into an Undergraduate Computer Science Curriculum”. IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference. San Jose CA. November 1994.

Research Area: Adaptive Technology and User Models

Project Description: I am unique. You are unique. Why should my interface to learning or truly anything be standard? As we enter the era of algorithms, the ability to build robust and accurate user models and adapt content, assessment, and other means of engagement will become increasingly important. I did a lot of research in this area in the 1990s and that research remains some of my most cited material.

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The Alabama Implementation of the Apple/Google Exposure Notification App” Microsoft Higher Education Advisory Board. 21 October 2020. Invited Speaker.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Digital Moments and Artificial Intelligence” UB Tech Conference. Orlando, FL. June 10-12, 2019. Keynote speaker.
  3. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Make life easier for everyone by increasing engagement through a personalized mobile user experience” UBTech. Orlando, FL. June 12-14, 2017. Speaker.
  4. Curtis A, Carver Jr. Chris Vento, Bruce Gardiner, and Bill Bilic. “The Power of Personalization: How Adaptive Technology is Transforming Teaching and Learning” EDUCAUSE Annual Conference. Orlando, FL. October 1, 2014. Panel member.
  5. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “At a Crossroads: Learning Styles, Communities of Practice and Distance Education” Online Lifeline Conference, Valdosta, GA. February 17-18, 2011. Keynote Speaker.
  6. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Adaptive Agent-Based Intrusion Response” Information and Network Security Workshop’03. Saint Cloud, MN. May 19-23, 2003. Invited Speaker.
  7. John M. D. Hill, Clark K. Ray, Jean R. S. Blair, and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Puzzles and Games: Addressing Different Learning Styles in Teaching Operating Systems Concepts” ACM Conference on Computer Science Education. Reno, NV. February 17-22, 2003.
  8. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Adaptive, Agent-Based Intrusion Response” PhD Dissertation. Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University. College Station, TX. 2001.
  9. John M. D. Hill and Curtis A. Carver, Jr. “Adaptive Systems” Universal Web Accessibility Symposium. San Antonio, TX. October 31, 2000. Invited Speaker.
  10. Peter Brusilovsky, Paul De Bra, Curtis A. Carver Jr., and Alfred Kobsa. “Adaptive Educational Systems” AACE WebNet World Conference on the WWW. Honolulu, HI. 28 October 1999. Panel Presentation.
  11. Curtis A. Carver Jr., John M.D. Hill and Udo W. Pooch. “Third Generation Adaptive Hypermedia Systems” AACE WebNet — World Conference on the WWW. Honolulu, HI. October 24-31, 1999.
  12. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Joseph Adams. “Pedagogical uses of Adaptive Hypermedia” ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education Symposium, Atlanta, GA. February 1998.
  13. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Effective Hypermedia Courseware” Colorado University Teaching with Technology Symposium, Denver, CO. June 1997.
  14. Joseph Adams and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The Effects of Structure on Hypertext Design” AACE ED-MEDIA World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia. Calgary, CA. June 1997.
  15. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Joseph Adams. “Hyperdisciplinary Courseware: A Means of Integrating the Curriculum” ASEE National Conference. Milwaukee, WI. June 15-18, 1997.
  16. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Benjamin Ring. “The World Wide Web Virtual Computer: Reaching the Active, Global Learner” IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Salt Lake City, UT. November 1-5, 1996.
  17. Curtis A. Carver Jr. Richard A. Howard, Joseph Adams, and William D. Lane. “Hypermedia Courseware: Results of a Three-Year Project” West Point Teaching and Learning in the Next Century Conference. West Point, NY. September 1996. Conference Presentation.
  18. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Addressing Different Learning Styles through Hypermedia Courseware” Colorado University Teaching with Technology Symposium, Denver, CO. July 1996.
  19. Curtis A. Carver Jr. Large-Scale, Hypermedia-based Course Legacy Systems” AACE ED-MEDIA – World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia. Boston, MA. June 1996.
  20. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Richard A. Howard and Edward Lavelle. “Enhancing Student Learning by Incorporating Learning Styles into Adaptive Hypermedia” AACE ED-MEDIA – World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia. Boston, MA. June 1996.
  21. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Richard A. Howard, and William D. Lane. “A Methodology for Active, Student-Controlled Learning: Motivating Our Weakest Students” ACM Conference on Computer Science Education. Philadelphia, PA. February 15-18, 1996.
  22. Richard A. Howard, Curtis A. Carver Jr., and William D. Lane. “Felder’s Learning Styles, Bloom’s Taxonomy, and Kolb’s Learning Cycle: Tying it All Together in the CS2 Course” ACM Conference on Computer Science Education. Philadelphia, PA. February 15-18, 1996.
  23. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Richard A. Howard. “An Assessment of Networked Hypermedia” IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Atlanta, GA. November 1-5, 1995.
  24. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Eugene Gregory. “Lesson Learned with HTML Courseware” Fourth Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia Conference. Asheville, NC. August 1995.
  25. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Eugene Gregory. “Using Networked Hypermedia in an Undergraduate Computer Science Curriculum” ED-MEDIA World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia. Graz, Austria, June 17-23, 1995.
  26. Mark Biehler and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Creating an Effective Multimedia Structure for a Dynamic Undergraduate Course” ASEE National Conference. Anaheim, CA June 22-25, 1995.
  27. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Addressing Different Learning Styles through Hypermedia Courseware” Presentation to Graduate Course at Iona College, New Rochelle, NY. April 1996. Invited Speaker.
  28. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Hypermedia Courseware” Military Multimedia Conference, Fort Leavenworth, KS. August 1995. Keynote Speaker.

Innovation

Project Description: Over the last decade I have focused on the transformation in technology as it relates to balancing agility, cost efficiency, and innovation. It is the most difficult task facing modern CIOs and requires a delicate touch to execute.

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Brian Rivers, and Robert Howard. “Exposure Notification: Saving Lives through Partnership and Trust” EDUCAUSE Review. January 22, 2021.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “How the pandemic revealed opportunities to innovate” Enterpriser’s Project. June 4, 2020.
  3. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “How we’re turning disruption into innovation at UAB” Enterpriser’s Project. May 29, 2020.
  4. Sergio Borger, Curtis A. Carver Jr, Mona Baset, Sai Billanuka, Jason Cherry. “Creativity at the Forefront: Innovation in the Age of Disruption” Argyle CIO Virtual Event. September 6, 2018. Panelist.
  5. Venkat Nambiyur, Curtis A. Carver Jr., Diane Hamilton, Al Zlogar. “Data Innovation: Leveraging Insights from the Modern Consumer” Argyle CIO Virtual Event. February 28, 2018.
  6. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “A CIO’s advice: 3 ways to empower innovators” The Enterpriser’s Project. 26 July 2017.
  7. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Increasing IT’s speed: 3 levers CIOs can use” The Enterpriser’s Project. 14 June 2017.
  8. Curtis A. Carver Jr, Louis Boyle, Stephen Lefebvre, and Chris Nicolaides. “Digital Transformation Journey: Lessons Learned” Gartner Executive Summit. Phoenix, AL. February 26-28, 2017. Panelist.
  9. Curtis A. Carver Jr, Sean Reynolds, and Michelle Henderson.  “Best-in-class service and experiences” CDW-G Higher Education Conference. Palo Alto, CA. February 16-17, 2017. Panelist.
  10. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Organizational Agility in Innovative Organizations” New Horizons CIO Dinner Discussion. Birmingham, AL. April 5, 2016. Invited Speaker.
  11. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Victor Wainright, and Guy Brassard. “Innovation in the Enterprise” Atlanta Inner Circle. Atlanta, GA. November 3, 2015. Discussion Leader.
  12. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The CIO balancing act: agility, innovation, cost savings” Enterprisers’ Project. April 15, 2015.  https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2015/4/cio-balancing-act-agility-innovation-cost-savings.
  13. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Chuck Musciano, Gautam Vyas, and Jean Holley. “Game Changing IT Trends: A Five Year Lookout” Atlanta CIO Executive Summit. Atlanta, GA. March 31, 2015. Panel Member.
  14. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Innovation, cost savings, and agility: the delicate balancing act of the modern CIO” Argyle CIO Forum. Atlanta, GA. December 16, 2014. Keynote Speaker.
  15. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Why Your Institution’s Success hinges on a Mobile First Strategy”. Las Vegas, NV. June 16, 2014. Keynote Speaker.
  16. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The quickest way to build mini-champions for IT in your organization” Enterprisers’ Project. May 14, 2014. https://enterprisersproject.com/article/quickest-way-build-mini-champions-it-your-organization.
  17. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Jay Ferro, Andrew Hamilton, Yoganand Rajala, Samir Sani, Lee Crump, Marty Smith. “Is the role of the CIO shifting at your organization toward customer innovation?” TAG CIO Roundtable Series. Atlanta, GA. May 13, 2014. Panelist.
  18. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Nicole Engelbert, Kenneth Chapman. “Innovation for a New Generation: The Integrated Learning Platform” Chronicles Webinar. January 21, 2014.
  19. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Innovation, Agility, and a Fight for Survival: A Love Story” Argyle CIO Summit December 3, 2013. Keynote Speaker.
  20. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Anil Cheriyan, Jay Ferro, and Christiane Groth. “Key Trends in Business and IT Transformation” Atlanta CIO Governing Body Invitational, Atlanta, GA. October 29, 2013. Invited Speaker.
  21. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Transformation and Innovation in the New Normal: A Call to Action” Chief Information Officer Leadership Forum. Dallas, TX. January 16, 2013. Invited Speaker.
  22. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Trends, Technology, and a Call for Action Now” State Enterprise Information Technology Planning and Strategy Summit. Atlanta, GA. November 1, 2012. Invited Speaker.
  23. Curtis A. Carver, Jr. “Four Technology Trends in Twenty Minutes” Atlanta CIO Executive Leadership Summit. Atlanta, GA. September 7, 2012. Lunch Keynote Speaker.
  24. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Thoughts on Information and Information Users” AIIM Executive Leadership Council. London, England. May 24-25, 2012. Invited Speaker.
  25. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Leadership and Innovation in an Era of Diminishing Resources” CFO Executive Summit. Atlanta, GA. May 17, 2012. Keynote Speaker.
  26. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Transformation and Innovation: A Tale of Two Systems” Value Studio 27. Jacksonville, FL. April 24-25, 2012. Exhibiting Value Artist.
  27. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Technology and Innovation in Higher Education”, OFC Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference. Atlanta, GA. April 21, 2012. Invited Speaker.
  28. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Innovation at the System Level: Inconceivable?” Innovation Lab 4. Needham, MA. April 2-4, 2012. Invited Speaker.
  29. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “IT Innovation in an Era of Diminishing Resources”, Eagle Techxpo. Statesboro, GA. October 14, 2011. Invited Speaker.
  30. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Innovation and Leadership in a Changing World” CIO Forum and Executive Summit: Innovation – Changing the Game. Stamford, CT. October 30, 2007. Keynote Speaker.
  31. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Creating and Renewing an Innovation-Motivated Culture” CIO Solutions Gallery. Columbus, Ohio. October 8-9, 2007. Invited Speaker.

Networks

Project Description: The new electricity is bandwidth and connectivity. It enables greatness in others in ways that cannot be predicted or imagined. It supports exponential change at universities, communities, and cities.

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The unbelievable benefits of the USG CIO’s bottomless bucket of bandwidth” Enterprisers Project. Jan 7, 2015.  https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2015/1/unbelievable-benefits-one-cios-bottomless-bucket-bandwidth.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Kenneth Foster, Stefano Pirrello, James Robertson, Craig Mathias and GT Hill. “From the Trenches Panel Discussion: Wireless Infrastructure Done Right” Network World’s Wireless Infrastructure for the Enterprise: Optimizing Performance for the Modern Network, Atlanta, GA. April 29, 2014. Panelist.
  3. Curtis A. Carver Jr., “A Wireless Roadmap for 250,000 Users and Growth” Network World’s Wireless Infrastructure for the Enterprise: Optimizing Performance for the Modern Network, Atlanta, GA. April 29, 2014. Invited Speaker.
  4. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Yuvinder Kochar and Sriram Ramanathan. “Mobile-First Strategies for Customer Engagement and Innovation” Global CIO Summit. Aspen, CO. September 11-13, 2013. Invited Speaker.
  5. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and John Scoville. “Deploying and Utilizing a Statewide Private Cloud: Lessons Learned” UBTech 2013. Orlando, FL. June 10-12, 2013. Speaker.
  6. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “From the Trenches Panel Discussion: Enterprise Mobility Management Done Right” Network World CIO Summit. Atlanta, GA. April 25, 2013. Panelist.
  7. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Bill Hackley. “BYOD – Opportunity and Peril” Georgia Digital Government Summit. December 12, 2012. Invited Speaker.
  8. Christopher Baum, Curtis A. Carver Jr, Rick Howard, and Jeff Tyler. “Securing the Wireless Network/Wireless in the Classroom” New York State CIO Conference, West Point, NY. July 17-18, 2005. Invited Speaker.
  9. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and William Philbrick. “Wireless Networks” Federal Information Assurance Conference. Washington, DC 26-28 October, 2004.
  10. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “USMA at West Point — Wireless Implementation” NetworkGOV Conference. Homestead, VI. September 26-28, 2004. Invited Speaker.
  11. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Integrating Heterogeneous Collaborative Systems” National Collegiate Engineering Innovation Symposium, Boston, MA. February 7, 2003. Keynote Speaker.
  12. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Stephen Hamilton, and John M.D. Hill. “Integrating Heterogeneous Systems for Real-time Distributed Command and Control” International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, Orlando, FL. January 19-24, 2003.
  13. John M. D. Hill, John R. Surdu, Scott Lathrop, Gregory Conti, and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “MAADNET NetBuilder: A Service/Demand Focused Network Simulator” Communication Networks and Distributed Systems Conference. Orlando, FL. January 19-24, 2003.
  14. John M.D. Hill, Curtis A. Carver Jr., and Udo W. Pooch. The Information Flow Manager: A Network Bandwidth Design, Management, and Simulation Tool” Advanced Simulation Technology Conference. Washington, DC. April 16-20, 2000.
  15. John M.D. Hill, Curtis A. Carver Jr., and Udo W. Pooch. “Information Flow: Tactical Network Design and Bandwidth Management” IASTED Applied Informatics Conference. Innsbruck, Austria. February 14-17, 2000.

Research Area: Shared Services

Project Description: Eliminating redundant services and consolidating those services so as to create business value. As we move into the age of algorithms and automation, consolidation and automation of services will become critical.

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Tim Mescon, and Steve Burrell. “IT Shared Services as a path to Transformation” EDUCAUSE. Chicago, IL, June 13-15, 2014. Panel Moderator.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “A Non-technologist Guide to USG Enterprise Technology” Savannah, GA. June 5, 2013. University System of Georgia’s Adult Learning Consortium (ALC) Summer Institute 2013. Invited Speaker.
  3. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Kathy Kral, Steve Burrell, and Abraham George. “Working as a System through the Collective Wisdom of Institutional CIOs”. EDUCAUSE Southeast Conference. Atlanta, GA. May 29-31, 2013. Panel Moderator.
  4. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Meeting and exceeding stakeholder and user expectations” Association for the Advancement of Information Management Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. March 20-22, 2013. Invited Speaker.
  5. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Brian Hutzley, and Rick Staisloff. “Higher Education’s Challenges: Can systems make an impact?” Harnessing Systemness, Delivering Performance:  Charting a New Path for Higher Education. New York City, New York. November 8-9, 2012. Panel Member.
  6. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The Costs, Benefits and Value of Higher Education in Georgia” Technology Association of Georgia. Atlanta, GA. October 22, 2012. Invited Speaker.
  7. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Leadership and Innovation in an Era of Diminishing Resources” CFO Executive Summit. Atlanta, GA. May 17, 2012. Keynote Speaker.
  8. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Transformation and Innovation: A Tale of Two Systems” Value Studio 27. Jacksonville, FL. April 24-25, 2012. Exhibiting Value Artist.
  9. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Innovation at the System Level: Inconceivable?” Innovation Lab 4. Needham, MA. April 2-4, 2012. Invited Speaker.
  10. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Communities of Practice and the Implications of Time” Rock Eagle Conference. Eastonville, GA. October 19, 2010. Keynote Speaker.
  11. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Communities of Practice and the Implications of Time” Georgia Summit Conference. Augusta, GA. September 21, 2010. Keynote Speaker.

Research Area:
Data-Driven Decision Making

Project Description: Data governance and data driven decision making have been a recurring theme in my professional

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Brian Rivers, and Robert Howard. “Exposure Notification: Saving Lives through Partnership and Trust” EDUCAUSE Review. January 22, 2021.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The Alabama Implementation of the Apple/Google Exposure Notification App” Microsoft Higher Education Advisory Board. 21 October 2020. Invited Speaker.
  3. Joel McKelvey, Tony Oduntan, Curtis A. Carver Jr, Sherri Zink, and Alexs Thompson. “Empowering Business through Data” Argyle CIO Virtual Event. February 6, 2019. Panelist.
  4. Curtis A. Carver Jr and Jeremy McQueen. “About Your Data” Alabama Digital Government Summit. Montgomery, AL. May 24, 2018. Invited Speaker.
  5. Curtis A. Carver Jr and Prasanna Gopalakrishnan. “Charting Your Course in the Age of Digitalization” Evanta Global CIO Executive Summit. Santa Monica, CA. April 10, 2018. Panelist.
  6. Venkat Nambiyur, Curtis A. Carver Jr., Diane Hamilton, Al Zlogar. “Data Innovation: Leveraging Insights from the Modern Consumer” Argyle CIO Virtual Event. February 28, 2018.
  7. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Tushar Sachdev, Bob Toupin, and Cortnie Abercrombie. “Volume and Variety in Big Data – Asking the Right Questions” Evanta CIO Summit. Atlanta, GA. Jun 2, 2016. Discussion Leader.
  8. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Data and Analytics: Governance and Leadership in a Disruptive World” FUSION Leadership Workshop. Nashville, TN. July 15, 2014. Keynote Speaker.
  9. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Scott A. Sampson. “Big Data – You Got It, Now What?” Atlanta, GA. Georgia Digital Government Summit. October 30, 2013.
  10. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Peter Fishman, John Guevara, Steven Rissler, and Bill Tolson. “Data and Innovation” Chief Information Officer Leadership Forum. Dallas, TX. January 16, 2013. Panel Moderator.
  11. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Decision-Making in an Era of Social Networks and Generation Z” Southern Association for Institutional Research Conference, Atlanta, GA. October 9-12 2011. Keynote Speaker.
  12. George Stone and Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Simulations linked with Command and Control Systems” Advanced Simulation Technology Conference. Washington, DC. April 16-20, 2000.
  13. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Udo W. Pooch. “Providing Interoperability through a Divisional Tactical Internet”. ACM Advanced Software Engineering Education Conference. Colorado Springs, CO. July 25-29, 1999.
  14. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Brandon Purcell, Dave Morris, Alvie Johnson, and John Lehman. “Second Infantry Division Tactical Worldwide Web: An Effective Battlefield Information System” AACE WebNet — World Conference on the WWW. Orlando, FL. November 7-12 1998.
  15. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Brandon Purcell, Dave Morris, Alvie Johnson, and John Lehman.” Experiences Incorporating a Force-Projected Brigade into a Divisional Tactical Intranet” IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Boston, MA. October 18-21, 1998.
  16. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “2nd Infantry Division Tactical Automation” Microsoft’s Army Defense & Intelligence Strategic Summit. Seattle, WA. 18-20 February 1998. Invited Speaker.
  17. Curtis A. Carver Jr., George Stone, and Charles Powell. “Developing a Reusable Multimedia Tutorial” IEEE/ASEE Frontiers in Education Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. November 5-8, 1997.

Research Area:
Learning Management Systems

Project Description:

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Lessons Learned Deploying a Learning Management System as Software as a Service”. National Association of State CIOs Webinar Series. January 20, 2015.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Jeremy Auger. “Changing Landscape in Education”. FUSION 2014. Nashville, TN. July 14, 2014. Invited Speaker.
  3. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Ephraim McLean, Richard Welke, and Subhashish Samaddar. “Electronic Delivery: The Future of University Education” November 13, 2013. Atlanta, GA. Panelist.
  4. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Barry Robinson. “Potential of a Learning Management System Deployed Strategically” D2L Fusion 2013. Boston, MA. July 15-17, 2013. Invited Speaker.
  5. Curtis A. Carver Jr., John Cavanaugh, Christine Cavanaugh, James Ptaszynski, Earl Potter III, Colleen Hester, Bernard Franklin, Tristan Denley, and David Klinefelter.  “Is Technology Leading the Change?” American Council of Education Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. March 2-5, 2013. Panel Member.
  6. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Rich Demillo, Frank Bonsal, and Iwan Streichenberger.  “Digital Education: Fad or Future of Learning?” MIT Enterprise Forum. Atlanta, GA. February 28, 2013. Panel Member.
  7. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and Clark Ray. “Automating Hypermedia Course Creation and Maintenance with the HTML Course Creator” AACE Web-Net – World Conference of the Web Society. San Francisco, CA. October 1996.

Research Area Vendor Partnerships

Project Description: I could write several books on what not to do as a vendor and potential partner. Our strategic partners could probably write a book on me. I have spoke at major companies like Redhat on how to win and lose business in technology. It fascinates how many sells reps get it completely wrong. The “F” in the image is the most horrible explicative a sales rep can hear: free. One vendor actually send me an old fashioned pewter bomb with a large letter F welded on. He got a meeting.

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Brian Rivers, and Robert Howard. “Exposure Notification: Saving Lives through Partnership and Trust” EDUCAUSE Review. January 22, 2021.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr, Kevin Sena and Tommy Cox. “Keep IT Local, Work Your Magic, Sloss Tech and Velocity Accelerator: How Innovation Depot, TechBirmingham, and Local Industry Partners Work Together to grow the Birmingham tech and entrepreneurial communities” e.Builders Forum. Birmingham, AL 28 Sep 2017. Panelist.
  3. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Working Effectively with University Leadership” RTM Higher Education Engage. 18-20 October 2020. Invited Speaker.
  4. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Zareer Siganporia, Gautam Vyas, and Anne DeBeer. “Building Relationships between IT and the Business” Premiere CIO Summit, Atlanta, GA. April 15-16, 2014. Panelist.
  5. Annemarie Eades, Curtis A. Carver Jr., Janet Sherlock, and Chris Hackett. “Vendor Management: Strategy Setting with External Suppliers” Atlanta, GA. May 10, 2013. PEM CIO Summit. Panelist.
  6. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Maryfran Johnson, James Robertson, and Cindy Tierney. “Vendor Management in the New Era of Mobility, Cloud and Consumer Tech” CIO Perspectives Atlanta Summit. Atlanta, GA March 13, 2013. Panel Member.
  7. Rick Pastore, Curtis A. Carver Jr., Sonya Christian, Randy Fox, and Samir Saini. “Moving Stakeholder Relationships to the Next Level” CIO Executive Council. Atlanta, GA. March 20, 2012. Panel Member.

Research Area: Digital Citizens


Project Description: The creation of digital citizens requires the freedom to operate securely in a world rife with digital threats. How does one build an ecosystem that brings together academia, the city, startups, non-profits to form an innovation ecosystem where collisions occur between similarly minded entrepreneurs intent on creating something completely new?

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Scott McGlaun, and Sri Karra. “Future of the IT Community” TechJunction. Birmingham, AL. October 1, 2015. Panel Moderator.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Advancing the IT Community” TechBirmingham Meeting. Birmingham, AL. September 22, 2015. Invited Speaker.
  3. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “1996 Army Executives for Software Conference Tutorial on World Wide Web” Army Executives for Software Conference. West Point, NY. April 1996. Conference Presentation.
  4. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “West Point Center for Teaching Excellence Workshop on the World Wide Web” West Point, NY. January 1996.

Research Area: Digital Libraries


Project Description:

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Technology Updates”, Georgia Public Library Director’s Meeting, Savannah, GA. December 10, 2010. Invited Speaker.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “GALILEO at a Crossroads” GIL User Group” GIL User Meeting. May 21, 2010. Keynote Speaker.
  3. Curtis A. Carver Jr., John M. D. Hill, and Udo W. Pooch. “Emerging Curriculum Issues in Digital Libraries” IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico. November 10-13, 1999.
  4. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “The Textbook of the Future” National Conference of the American Society for the Advancement of Science, Baltimore, MD. February 1996. Conference Panel Presentation.

Research Area: Crowdsourcing

Project Description: I am a big proponent of crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing creates an opportunity to amplify the voice of your customers and work on initiatives that truly matter. In the first 100 days as a leader, it is an outstanding approach to deliver wins to the organization, build trust, and listen the needs of the organization.

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “How to crowdsource your way to success as an IT leader” Enterpriser’s Project. December 14, 2017.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Crowdsourcing the way to a more flexible strategic plan”. OpenSource.com. 19 October 2017. 
  3. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Crowdsourcing: A critical component in the new CIO’s arsenal” EDUCAUSE Connect. Portland, OR. March 12-15, 2017. Speaker.
  4. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “Crowdsourcing your way to inclusive IT leadership” Enterpriser’s Project. Nov 11, 2015.  .
  5. Curtis A. Carver Jr. “First 100 Days” Value Studio 41. St Augustine, FL. Nov 4-5, 2015. Featured Artist

Research Area: Serious Games

Project Description: One might argue that a couple of publications over 30 years does not make a project but candidly it is my website and this was a seriously cool project. We took the Doom gaming engine and modified it to give quizzes. If the students completed more than 80 questions, they could progress to the final level and find an exact replica of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at West Point. It was one of the toughest levels ever created in DOOM. It was also a profoundly positive in terms of the impact on the class inside and outside the classroom.

  1. Curtis A. Carver Jr. and John Gregory. “Enhancing Cooperative Learning Through Gamed-based Software” Fifth Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia Conference. Charleston, SC. July 1996.
  2. Curtis A. Carver Jr., Richard A. Howard, and William D. Lane. “A Methodology for Active, Student-Controlled Learning: Motivating Our Weakest Students” ACM Conference on Computer Science Education. Philadelphia, PA. February 15-18, 1996.