M G Michael Author & Editor

Dr M. G. Michael PhD, MA(Hons), MTh, BTh, BA is a theologian and historian with cross-disciplinary qualifications in the humanities. Michael brings with him a unique perspective on Information Technology and Computer Science. His formal studies are in Ancient History, Theology, Philosophy, Political Sociology, Ethics, and Government. He has studied at Sydney University, the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, the Sydney College of Divinity, Macquarie University, and at the Australian Catholic University. Presently he is an honorary senior fellow in the School of Information Systems and Technology, Faculty of Informatics at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is currently a member of the IP Location-Based Services Research Program in the Centre for Business Services Science where he provides expertise on ethical issues and the social implications of technology. He is the former coordinator of Information & Communication Security Issues and since 2005 has guest-lectured and tutored in Location-Based Services, IT & Citizen Rights, Principles of eBusiness, IT & Innovation, and Professional Practice and Ethics. 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; and more broadly the system dynamics between technology and society.

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 other venues such as Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication. He has written papers for Quadrant, Prometheus, the IEEE Symposium on Technology and Society, and the Bulletin of Biblical Studies. In 2007, Michael was invited to speak on the uberveillance concept he described, in the ubiquitous computing track at the 29th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners’ in Montreal, Canada. In 2009 “uberveillance” was voted top in the “technology” category in Macquarie Dictionary’s Word of the Year search. Michael is a member of the Australian Research Council (ARC)-funded Research Network for a Secure Australia, a member of the American Academy of Religion, an associate member of the Association Internationale d’ Études Patristiques and a Life Member of the APF (Australian Privacy Foundation). Michael has been the recipient of a number of scholarships and awards.