Dr Katina Michael (M’04, SM’06) holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) from the Faculty of Informatics at the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia (’03); a Master of Transnational Crime Prevention from the Faculty of Law at the University of Wollongong (’09) and a Bachelor of Information Technology from the School of Mathematical and Computing Science, NSW, Australia at the University of Technology, Sydney (’96). She is presently an ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR at the University of Wollongong in the School of Information Systems and Technology (’02-‘11) in Australia, and has previously been employed as a SENIOR NETWORK ENGINEER at Nortel Networks (’96-‘01). She has also worked as a SYSTEMS ANALYST at Andersen Consulting and OTIS Elevator Company. Michael has published several edited books, but more recently co-authored a 500 page reference volume: Innovative Automatic Identification and Location Based Services: from Bar Codes to Chip Implants (Hershey, PA: IGI, 2009). She has published over 85 peer reviewed papers. Michael researches predominantly in the area of emerging technologies, and has secondary interests in technologies used for national security and their corresponding social implications.
Journal Papers (including editorials)
The Future Prospects of Embedded Microchips in Humans as Unique Identifiers: The Risks versus the Rewards (with M.G. Michael), Media, Culture & Society (2012)
Microchip implants for humans are not new. Placing heart pacemakers in humans for prosthesis is...
Editorial: The idio-technopolis, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (2012)
The rapid rise of social media has brought with it an emphasis on the distinct...
Location-Based Social Networking and its Impact on Trust in Relationships (with Sarah Jean Fusco, Roba Abbas, and Anas Aloudat), IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (2012)
Location based social networking (LBSN) applications are part of a new suite of social networking...
Editorial: "You talkin' to me?", IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (2012)
Advancing knowledge through robust research is an honourable aim- being scientific, finding the right methodology,...
Human Rights, Regulation, and National Security (with Simon Bronitt), IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (2012)
Law disciplines technology, though it does so in a partial and incomplete way as reflected...
Books (including edited volumes)
Sousveillance and the Social Implications of Point of View Technologies in the Law Enforcement Sector (with M.G. Michael) (2012)
Policing today has become a high-tech affair; especially in the provision of incident event tracking...
The Social Implications of Covert Policing (with Simon Bronitt and Clive Harfield) (2010)
Police agencies have been accused of suffering from an acute form of technophilia. Rather than...
Innovative Automatic Identification and Location-Based Services: From Bar Codes to Chip Implants (with M. G. Michael) (2009)
Australia and the New Technologies: Towards Evidence Based Policy in Public Administration (with M. G. Michael) (2008)
This workshop addresses the application of evidence based policy in public administration. It specifically focuses...
From Dataveillance to Überveillance (Uberveillance) and the Realpolitik of the Transparent Society (with M. G. Michael) (2007)
The 2007 Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security: from Dataveillance to Überveillance and...
Book Chapters (including conference proceedings)
Commentary on: Mann, Steve (2012): Wearable Computing (with M.G. Michael), Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction (2012)
In Professor Steve Mann- inventor, physicist, engineer, mathematician, scientist, designer, developer, project director, filmmaker, artist,...
Implementing Namebers Using Microchip Implants: The Black Box Beneath The Skin (with M.G. Michael), This Pervasive Day: The Potential and Perils of Pervasive Computing (2011)
The use of electronic-based physical access cards to secure premises such as government buildings and...
The Application of Location Based Services in National Emergency Warning Systems: SMS, Cell Broadcast Services and Beyond (with Anas Aloudat), National Security Science and Innovation Conference (2011)
Location-based services can be broadly defined as any service that provides information pertinent to the...
Heaven and Hell: Visions for Pervasive Adaptation (with Ben Paechter, Jeremy Pitt, Nikola Serbedzijac, Jennifer Willies, and Ingi Helgason), fet11 essence (2011)
With everyday objects becoming increasingly smart and the “info-sphere” being enriched with nanosensors and networked...
Monitoring People using Location-Based Social Networking and its Negative Impact on Trust: An Exploratory Contextual Analysis of Five Types of “Friend” Relationships (with Sarah Jean Fusco, Anas Aloudat, and Roba Abbas), IEEE Symposium on Technology and Society 2011 (ISTAS11) (2011)
Location based social networking (LBSN) applications are part of a new suite of social networking...
Popular Press (including articles about the author's research)
Victoria Police Assessing Spy Drones (with Sonja Heydeman), SEN SportSENtral: SEN 116 and MyMP News (Victoria) (2012)
Can your boss be a Facebook “friend”? (with Brian Corrigan), Australian Financial Review: Technology>Digital (2012)
Employers need to have a defined policy about what they do. They have no right...
Security workshop brings 'sousveillance' under the microscope (with Jemma Bradwell), University of Wollongong: Latest News (2012)
Wearable cameras and portable technologies might seem like creations reserved for the likes of James...
Police Warn of the Perils of Online Social Networks for Children (with Grace Farrah), 2ST Illawarra, Shoalhaven and Southern Highlands (2011)
The New Privacy Predators (with Katie Cincotta and Kate Ashford), Women's Health (2011)
Short Excerpt of citation:
"Research by Dr Katina Michael, associate professor at the University of...
Reports, Unpublished Papers and Brief Notes
Event Report: The IEEE Symposium on Technology and Society 2010 (7-10 June): The Social Implications of Emerging Technologies, Event Report which appeared in the Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT) Special Issue on the "Social Implications of Emerging Technologies" (2011)
The call for papers (CFP) for the 2010 symposium covered topics related to the social...
RFID Adoption Issues: Analysis of Organizational Benefits and Risks (with Samuel F. Wamba, Byron Keating, and Tim Coltman), Auto ID Labs (2009)
The Paradigm Shift in Transnational Organised Crime, LEGL960: Issues in Transnational Organised Crime (2008)
The definition of “organized crime” remains contentious because it has meant different things to different...
The Nuremburg International Military Tribunal and Universal Crimes, LEGL911: International Criminal Law (2007)
The synopsis is divided into five parts: 1. The International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg...
Seminars, Book Reviews and Conference Presentations
Book Review: Securing the Cloud: Cloud Computer Security Techniques and Tactics, Computers & Security Journal (2012)
With so much buzz around Cloud Computing, books like this one written by Winkler are...
Book Review: The Basics of Information Security: Understanding the Fundamentals of InfoSec in Theory and Practice, Computers & Security (2012)
Dr Jason Andress (ISSAP, CISSP, GPEN, CEH) has written a timely book on Information Security....
Growth of social media, growth of cyber crime, Informa Conference (2012)
This presentation will address the following themes: (1) educating the user- both young and old;...
To what extent can cybercrime be prevented through consumer awareness? Expert panel (with John Lounsbury, Leanne Vale, and Ty Miller), Cybercrime Symposium (2012)
- Though the banking and financial sector can enhance the security of their online banking...
Sousveillance and Point of View Technologies in Law Enforcement: An Overview (with M.G. Michael), The Sixth Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security: Sousveillance and Point of View Technologies in Law Enforcement (An Overview) (2012)
In corresponding with Professor Steve Mann, we exchanged our thoughts on sousveillance and on the...
Miscellaneous
In Memoriam: Associate Professor Dr Elaine Lawrence (2012)
Despite being a graduate of the rigorous Bachelor of Information Technology at the University of...
Location Based Services and their Social Implications, ACCAN Government Roundtable on Location Based Services During CyberSecurity Awareness Week in Australia (2011)
The Social Implications of Sexting and the Australian Privacy Foundation's Stance on the Government's Preliminary Proposal to Filter the Mobile Internet (with Will Goodings and Tineka Everaardt) (2010)
Episode 27: 10.03.10 Mornings Live - Wednesday 10.03.10 "Dr. Katina Michael (University of Wollongong) says...
Representing the Australian Privacy Foundation at independent review Roundtable of Part 1D of the Crimes Act 1914: | Sydney, Australia (2010)
Under section 23YV (5) of the Crimes Act 1914, a further independent review of Part...