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)
Location Privacy Under Dire Threat As Uberveillance Stalks The Streets (with Roger Clarke), Precedent (2012)
Location tracking and monitoring applications have proliferated with the arrival of smart phones that are...
The Social and Behavioral Implications of Location-Based Services (with M.G. Michael), Journal of Location-Based Services (2011)
The social and behavioral implications of location-based services (LBS) are only now beginning to come...
Recommendations for Australia’s Implementation of the National Emergency Warning System Using Location-Based Services (with Anas Aloudat and Roba Abbas), Journal of Ubiquitous Systems & Pervasive Networks (2011)
Mobile alerts, notifications and location-based emergency warning systems are now an established part of mobile...
The Fall-Out from Emerging Technologies: on Matters of Surveillance, Social Networks and Suicide (with M.G. Michael), IEEE Technology and Society Magazine (2011)
The Importance of Scenarios in the Prediction of the Social Implications of Emerging Technologies and Services (with M.G. Michael and Roba Abbas), Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT) (2011)
One mechanism by which the scientific elite who are responsible for the research and development...
Books (including edited volumes)
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...
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)
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...
An Interview with Mr Peter Mahy of Howells LLP who represented S and Marper at the European Court of Human Rights (with Peter Mahy), The Social Implications of Covert Policing (2010)
Mr Peter Mahy, Partner at Howells LLP and the lawyer who represented S & Marper...
Popular Press (including articles about the author's research)
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)
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"Research by Dr Katina Michael, associate professor at the University of...
Pre-commitment Technology for Problem Gamblers- What are the Privacy Risks? (with Paul Bevan), ABC Radio Newcastle: 1233 Drive Program (2011)
Your credit history could soon be up for sale (with Martin A. Zavan), ninemsn.com.au | Finance (2011)
While marketing executives may be excited by the prospect of more highly-targeted campaigns, the issue...
Big Brother, Location Tracking and Shopping Malls (with Tom Elliot), 3AW 693 DriveTime: Melbourne (2011)
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
Security Risk Management: Building an Information Security Risk Management Program from the Ground Up, Computers & Security Journal (2012)
In an age of outsourcing tasks that are not considered to be a core competency...
The Application of Location-Based Emergency Warning Systems and the Socio-Ethical Considerations Surrounding Government Mandated Location-Based Services (with Anas Aloudat), CEPS Conference 2011: Risk and Resilience-Redefining Security (2011)
Mobile alerts, notifications and location-based emergency warning systems are now an established part of mobile...
Implantable Virus Detection Systems in Humans (with M.G. Michael), Exposing Bodies: Surveillance & Embodiment (2011)
When the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic began to spread in various parts of...
The Prüm Treaty and the Implications of the European Court of Human Rights’ Ruling Against the UK’s Policy of Keeping Fingerprints and DNA Samples of Criminal Suspects Indefinitely, Exposing Bodies: Surveillance & Embodiment (2011)
This paper investigates the legal implications of the S. and Marper v United Kingdom ruling...
Fraud prevention and control in the public sector, IIR Conferences: An Informa Business (2011)
■ Overcoming corruption and preventing internal fraud - the dilemma of disproportion ■ Assessing the...
Miscellaneous
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...