Dr Katina Michael (MIEEE’04, SMIEEE’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 Current Research Students: • Meng Cheow : Impact of the Australian Health Info privacy legislation on secondary use of Personal Health Information • Alexander Hayes : The Application of Location Enabled Body Worn Technologies in the Education Sector • Heather Kennedy-Eden : The influence smart phones have on family bonding on vacation • Jennifer Heath : A Privacy Framework for Secondary Use of Medical Data • Lindsay Robertson : Identifying and avoiding technological contributions to end-user vulnerability • Roba Abbas : Location-based Services (LBS) Regulation in Australia: A Socio-Technical Approach
Journal Papers (including editorials)
Editorial: Special Issue on Service-Based Electronic Commerce Systems (with Nanjing University and France Telecom (R&D)), Electronic Commerce Research (2013)
The increasing popularity of service-based applications accounts for the growth of e-commerce, as e-commerce systems...
Factors affecting privacy disclosure on social network sites: an integrated model (with Feng Xu and Xi Chen), Electronic Commerce Research (2013)
The self-disclosure of personal information by users on social network sites (SNSs) play a vital...
Social Acceptance of Location-Based Mobile Government Services for Emergency Management (with Anas Aloudat, Xi Chen, and Mutaz Al-Debei), Telematics and Informatics: An Interdisciplinary Journal on the Social Impacts of New Technologies (2013)
Location-based services deployed by governments can be used to assist people manage emergencies via their...
Location and Tracking of Mobile Devices: Überveillance Stalks the Streets (with Roger Clarke), Computer Law and Security Review (2013)
During the last decade, location-tracking and monitoring applications have proliferated, in mobile cellular and wireless...
The Future Prospects of Embedded Microchips in Humans as Unique Identifiers: The Risks versus the Rewards (with M.G. Michael), Media, Culture & Society (2013)
Microchip implants for humans are not new. Placing heart pacemakers in humans for prosthesis is...
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)
Ethical Issues to consider for Microchip Implants in Humans (with Roger Achille and Christine Perakslis), 7th International Conference on Ethical Issues In Biomedical Engineering (2013)
The purpose of this paper was to explore the changing equation of the ethics perspective...
Indian Millennials: Are microchip implants a more secure technology for identification and access control? (with Christine Perakslis), IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS12) (2012)
This mixed methods study with a sequential explanatory strategy explored qualitatively the statistically significant quantitative...
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...
Popular Press (including articles about the author's research)
Through the looking glass into the future (with Asher Moses), Sydney Morning Herald (2013)
According to University of Wollongong associate professor Katina Michael, it will allow wearers to ''share...
Google Glass Privacy Issues Could Be a Buzzkill (with Cassie Slane), BestTechie (2013)
When a dive bar in Seattle became the first place to officially ban Google Glass...
Yes, Your Cloud Storage Provider Is Looking For Child Porn In Your Files (with Cassie Slane), Huffington Post (2013)
Dr. Katina Michael, an associate professor at University of Wollongong in Australia and TED speaker,...
Policing and the New Visibility: Body Worn Video Recorders Are Coming (with Linda Mottram), Mornings with Linda Mottram: ABC 702 Sydney (2013)
A few days ago a Sydney teen was involved in an incident with NSW Police...
Secret criminal chat world of 'online underground' (with Rebecca Brice, Dan DeFillipi, and Glen McEwan), PM - News & Current Affairs (2013)
Fraudsters, hackers and other cyber criminals are taking to synchronous online messaging systems to communicate...
Reports, Unpublished Papers and Brief Notes
TrackingPoint bolt-action rifles are game-changers, not a game, The Conversation (2013)
Game hunting, or hunting game? With the addition of a computerised heads-up display and the...
Israel, Palestine and the benefits of waging war through Twitter, The Conversation (2012)
Web 2.0 applications provide a complementary avenue for militaries to sway the hearts and minds...
People plus: is transhumanism the next stage in our evolution?, The Conversation: Science and Technology (2012)
My guess is that we are about to walk into an era of Person View...
Meet Boston Dynamics' LS3 – the latest robotic war machine, The Conversation: Science and Technology (2012)
On first viewing Boston Dynamics' latest creation, the LS3 (Legged Squad Support System), I could...
Converging and coexisting systems towards smart surveillance (with MG Michael), Awareness Magazine (Self-Awareness in Autonomic Systems): Networks & Infrastructure (2012)
Tracking and monitoring people as they operate within their personal networks benefits service providers and...
Seminars, Book Reviews and Conference Presentations
Big Data and Policing: The Pros and Cons of Using Situational Awareness for Proactive Criminalisation, Centre for Excellence in Policing and Security: Human Rights and Policing Conference (2013)
Police services worldwide have undergone a period of great change over the last 50 years....
WORKSHOP | Body Worn Video Recorders: The Socio-Technical Implications of Gathering Direct Evidence (with Alexander Hayes), INFORMA Police Technology Forum 2013 (2013)
- From in-car video recording to body-worn video recording
- Exploring available technologies: how do...
Location-enabled Social Media: (Privacy + Security) < Control, Social Media Workshop (Sponsored by Office of Naval Research Science and Technology, Defence Science Institute, Australian Government Department of Defense) (2013)
A great deal has been written about social media, less so about location-enabled social media...
Issues Papers: Social Media and Law Enforcement, Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security (2013)
The Case Against Mandatory Data Retention Laws in Australia, New Media Regulation and Cultural Literacies -- The Need for Evidence-Based Policy (Institute for Social Transformation Research) (2012)
This paper will consider the introduction of telecommunications data retention laws in Australia meant to...
Miscellaneous
IEEE ISTAS13: Smart World- The Social Implications of Wearable Computers and Augmediated Reality in Everyday Life (with Steve Mann) (2013)
The IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS) is an annual international forum sponsored...
Interative Discussion Leader (IDT) @ FutureGov Forum Queensland on the theme of "Mobile Government" (with Erica Fensom) (2012)
Mobile Government Briefing: Provide services anywhere any time: - Transact to enable in-field data collection,...
Representing the Australian Privacy Foundation at the Google User and Privacy Forum (2012)
Focus on security, lawful access and data retention with respect to users of the Internet.
TEDxUWollongong: The Social Implications of Microchipping People (2012)
A/Professor Katina Michael from the University of Wollongong, speaks at the 2012 TEDxUWollongong on the...