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Living In A Smart World - People As Sensors, Bernie Goldie, Katina Michael, Alexander Hayes
Living In A Smart World - People As Sensors, Bernie Goldie, Katina Michael, Alexander Hayes
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Associate Professor Katina Michael from UOW’s School of Information Systems and Technology is the program chair of ISTAS13.
“Smart people interacting with smart infrastructure means that intelligence is driving decisions,” Professor Michael said.
“People wearing sensors (e.g. temperature, physiological characteristics), location data loggers, microphones, cameras, tokens, and other wearable and embeddable systems can see direct benefits for a host of applications including health and well-being, emergencies, convenience, and care-oriented solutions.”
However, Professor Michael said these emerging technologies and applications have the potential to become controlling applications because they are used for example to make decisions, generate alerts and log employee …