Dr Katina Michael is an associate professor in Information Technology with an industrial background in Telecommunications.She has held positions as a systems analyst with United Technologies (OTIS) and Andersen Consulting. Most of her work experience was acquired as a senior network and business planner with Nortel Networks. She has consulted to telecommunication carriers and service providers throughout Asia, including Telstra, Optus, PowerTel, PowerCor, TCNZ, CLEAR, KGT, CHT, Bharti, PLDT, Reliance, BayanTel, ONSE Telecom, China Telecom, SingTel, HKTel and CSL. Katina has presented papers at international conferences in the field of Geographic Information Systems and Network Planning. Her other research interests include Automatic Identification Devices, Location-Based Services, Innovation, Digital Convergence, Technology Forecasting, Data Mining, 3G Wireless Applications, Business Case Analysis and Ecommerce Technology. For further information refer to Katina's Faculty page and Personal page.
Journal Papers (including editorials)
Overcoming Visibility Issues in a Small-to-Medium Retailer Using Automatic Identification and Data Capture Technology: An Evolutionary Approach (with D. Hamilton and S. F. Wamba), International Journal of E-business Research (2009)
The aim of this paper is to review the inventory control practices of a small-to-medium...
The privacy-value-control harmonization for RFID adoption in retail (with B. D. Renegar), IBM Journal of Research and Development (2009)
Privacy concerns have, at least in part, impeded the adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID)...
Uberveillance: Microchipping People and the Assault on Privacy (with M. G. Michael), Quadrant (2009)
Uberveillance is above and beyond, an exaggerated, and omnipresent 24/7 electronic surveillance. It is a...
A Research Note on Ethics in the Emerging Age of Uberveillance (Überveillance) (with M. G. Michael and S. J. Fusco), Computer Communications (2008)
Advanced location-based services (A-LBS) for humancentric tracking and monitoring are now emerging as operators and...
Advanced location-based services (with M. A. Labrador and A. Kuepper), Computer Communications (2008)
This special issue of Computer Communications presents state-of-the-art research and applications in the area of...
Books (including edited volumes)
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...
The Social Implications of Information Security Measures on Citizens and Business (with M. G. Michael) (2006)
The 2006 Workshop on the Social Implications of Information Security Measures on Citizens and Business...
Book Chapters (including conference proceedings)
RFID-enabled Inventory Control Optimization: A Proof of Concept in a Small-to-Medium Retailer (with Dane Hamilton and Samuel Fosso Wamba), 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (2010)
This study examines the impact of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology on the inventory control practices...
Using RFID to Overcome Inventory Control Challenges: A Proof of Concept (with Dane Hamilton and Samuel Fosso Wamba), The Sixth International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-09) (2009)
Using a Proof of Concept approach, this paper examines RFID’s impact on inventory control of...
Location-Based Services for Emergency Management: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective (with Anas Aloudat and Roba Abbas), The Eighth International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB 2009) (2009)
This paper investigates the deployment of locationbased services for nationwide emergency management by focusing on...
The Current State of Commercial Location-based Service Offerings in Australia (with Roba Abbas, M.G. Michael, and Anas Aloudat), The Eighth International Conference on Mobile Business (ICMB 2009) (2009)
Location-based services (LBS) provide geographic data for a variety of purposes, and through numerous devices...
Unpacking the ERP Investment Decision: An Empirical Assessment of the Benefits and Risks (with Byron Keating, Tim Coltman, and Valerie Baker), The 17th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS09) (2009)
Most leading organizations, in all sectors of industry, commerce and government are dependent upon ERP...
Popular Press (including articles about the author's research)
Uberveillance cements its position as an official dictionary word (with M.G. Michael), UOW News and Media: Latest News (2010)
The word, ‘uberveillance’, coined by UOW researchers, is now gaining international acceptance and has been...
On the Pitfalls of Location Based Social Networking (with Ian Campbell), ABC Radio: Illawarra 97.3 FM and South East NSW 810 AM (2009)
Katina on Right Path to Test Tracking Technology (with Courtney Trenwith), Illawarra Mercury (2009)
A Selection of Graduation Stories (with Nick HartGerrink and Kate McIlwain), University of Wollongong: Media Releases (2009)
With Words That Last (with Sean Nicholls, Leesha McKenny, and M.G. Michael), Sydney Morning Herald (2009)
Reports, Unpublished Papers and Brief Notes
RFID Adoption Issues: Analysis of Organizational Benefits and Risks (with Samuel F. Wamba, Byron Keating, and Tim Coltman), Auto ID Labs (2009)
The Nuremburg International Military Tribunal and Universal Crimes, LEGL911 - Masters of Transnational Crime Prevention (2007)
The synopsis is divided into five parts: 1. The International Military Tribunal (IMT) at Nuremberg...
Seminar and Conference Presentation Material
The Use of Mobile Social Networking in Illicit Networks: the medium is the message (with M.G. Michael, Sarah Jane Fusco, and Roba Abbas), Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, University of Wollongong (2009)
What Can Location Based Social Networking Applications Tell Us About An Individual's Behavioural Patterns?, Institute for Innovation in Business and Social Research Retreat- University of Wollongong (2009)
Location-based social networking applications can reveal a great deal about an individual's patterns of behaviour....
Police Accountability in an Age of Uberveillance (with Andrew Goldsmith), Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference: Crime and Justice Challenges in the 21st Century: Victims, Offenders and Communities (2009)
This paper looks at the use of various recording technologies by police as well as...
The Dilemmas of using Wearable Computing to Monitor People: An Extended Metaphor on the Tracking of Prison Inmates and Parolees (with M.G. Michael and Roba Abbas), Australia and New Zealand Society of Criminology Conference: Crime and Justice Challenges in the 21st Century: Victims, Offenders and Communities (2009)
Wearable computing technology is increasingly being used to monitor people anywhere and anytime. Today, automated...
Location-Based Social Networking Technologies for Tourism/Travel, The Second International Workshop on Information Technology and Tourism and Open Mobile Networks (2009)
Location-based Social Networking (LBSN) technologies are increasingly being used by citizens in a diverse range...
Miscellaneous
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...
M.G. Michael and K. Michael (2009). "Uberveillance: Definition" in ed. S. Butler, Fifth Edition of the Macquarie Dictionary (Australia's National Dictionary, Sydney University), p. 1094 (with Susan Butler and M.G. Michael) (2009)
Katina Michael giving evidence as a board member of the Australian Privacy Foundation at the Senate Standing Committee for Legal and Consitutional Affairs (Personal Property Securities Bill 2008) (2009)
Senate standing committees, covering every area of government operations, have developed a reputation as the...