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Dr. M. G. Michael

University of Wollongong

• Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Information Technology and Computer Science
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Dr M.G. Michael PhD (ACU), MA(Hons) (MacqUni), MTheol (SydUni), BTheol (SCD), BA
(SydUni), DipProfCouns (AIPC) is a theologian and historian with cross-disciplinary
qualifications in the humanities. Michael brings with him a unique perspective to
Information Technology and Computer Science. His formal studies include Ancient History,
Theology, General Philosophy, Political Sociology, Ethics, Linguistics, and Government.
Presently he is an Honorary Senior Fellow in the School of Information Systems and
Technology, at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He was previously the coordinator
of Information & Communication Security Issues and since 2005 has guest-lectured and
tutored in Location-Based Services, IT & Citizen Rights, Principles of eBusiness, and
IT & Innovation. The focus of his current research extends to modern hermeneutics and
the Apocalypse of John; the historical antecedents of modern cryptography; the auto-ID
trajectory; data protection, privacy and ethics related issues; biometrics, RFID and chip
implants; national security and government policy; dataveillance and überveillance; and
more broadly the system dynamics between technology and society. Michael is a member of
the Research Network for a Secure Australia (RNSA), and the American Academy of Religion
(AAR). He has been the recipient of a number of scholarships and awards. Since 2006,
Michael has presented papers at numerous IEEE conferences including the International
Conference on Mobile Business, the International Conference on Mobile Computing and
Ubiquitous Networking, RFID Eurasia, the International Conference on Management of
Innovation and Technology, and Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication.
In 2000 he was invited to present a paper “Revelation 20:4-5 Chiliasm in the Early
Ecclesiastical Writers”, at the Millennium Conference on the Sea of Galilee and the City
of Jerusalem (Israel). More recently he was invited to deliver a paper at the 29th
International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ubiquitous
computing track) in Canada. He has guest edited the December 2006 volume of Prometheus on
the theme of the “Social Implications of National Security”, and co-edited the
proceedings of the First Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security on
Citizens and Business, and also the proceedings of the Second Workshop on the Social
Implications of National Security: From Dataveillance to Überveillance and the
Realpolitik of the Transparent Society. His publications include papers for Quadrant,
Prometheus, the IEEE Symposium on Technology and Society, and the Bulletin of Biblical
Studies. Alongside Dr Katina Michael, his wife and colleague, he is credited for having
introduced the concepts of ‘überveillance’ and ‘electrophorus’ into the privacy and
bioethics literature.

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