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Katina Michael 

Also published under: K. Michael

Affiliation

Arizona State University

Tempe

AZ, USA

Publication Topics

security of data, biomedical electronics, biometrics (access control), brain, data privacy, design engineering, diseases, ethical aspects, location based services, mobile robots, pacemakers, risk management, social networking (online), sustainable development, radiofrequency identification, mobile computing, social aspects of automation, transponders, Global Positioning System, supply chain management, Internet, authorisation, social sciences, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence

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Biography

Katina Michael (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in information technology from the School of Mathematical and Computing Science, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 1996, the Doctor of Philosophy degree in information and communication technology from the Faculty of Informatics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, in 2003, and the Master of Transnational Crime Prevention degree (with Distinction) from the Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong in 2009.,She has held visiting academic appointments with Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, and the University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K. From 1996 to 2001, she was a Senior Network Engineer with Nortel Networks, Wollongong. She was also a Systems Analyst with Andersen Consulting, North Sydney, NSW, Australia, and OTIS Elevator Company, Minto, NSW, Australia. From 2002 to 2018, she was a Professor with the School of Computing and Information Technology, as well as an Associate Dean International with the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong. She is currently a Professor with the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, where she is also the Director of the Society Policy Engineering Collective. She has authored/coauthored seven edited books, including a 500 page reference volume: Innovative Automatic Identification and Location-Based Services: From Bar Codes to Chip Implants (Hershey, PA, USA: IGI, 2009), and about 200 peer-reviewed papers. Her current research interests include emerging technologies and technologies used for national security and their corresponding social implications. Prof. Michael was a recipient of the Brian M. O’Connell Distinguished Service Award in the Society for the Social Implications of Technology. She is the Guest Editor of 15 special issues, including the Proceedings of the IEEE, Computer, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, IEEE Potentials, Journal of Location Based Services, Computer Communications, Electronic Commerce Research, and Prometheus. She was an Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Technology and Society Magazine from 2012 to 2017. She has been a Senior Editor of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine since 2015. She is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society. She has also been a board member of the Australian Privacy Foundation since 2008, and a Consumer Representative for the Consumer Federation of Australia from 2005 to 2010.