​A brief description of the research projects:

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​1.    Internet Social Media & Network

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​AnalyticsThis research will investigate the usefulness of Web 2.0 social media tools like Facebook, mySpace, blogs, twitter, etc to a business or university. Survey and review current usage and future potential applications. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages. Evaluate best practices from current usage and possible implementation issues for future applications. Case study may be used. Web analytic tools may also be used. This project will investigate: What are the business applications and in what business model will they operate? What issues affect the applications? and other related areas.

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2.   Cloud Computing – Applications & Issues

 

Cloud computing is a service-oriented business model where services or applications are available online and electronic storage facilities are also available online, some of which is free-of-charge. It is a service model for IT provision based on virtualization and distributed computing technologies: highly abstracted resources, scalability and flexibility, Shared resources(hardware, database, memory, etc...) and service on demand ‟with a pay as you go” billing system. Cloud computing is a very flexible and scalable model but is there a price to pay for businesses that adopt this model – loss of control, security & privacy risks, etc? This project will investigate the issues that affects the usage of cloud computing and its effects.

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3.  RFID in the Supply Chain (and/or Internet of Things (IoT) – Security, Privacy and Governance Issues

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One of the most important challenges in convincing users to adopt emerging technologies is the protection of data and privacy. Concerns over privacy and data protection are widespread, particularly as sensors and smart tags can track users’ movements, habits and ongoing preferences. This project will investigate the security and privacy issues in the RFID Information Infrastructure. Also, evaluate how governance can assist in mitigating these issues.

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4.   Future Internet of Things (IoT) Applications & its Business models

 
The move from the Internet of Computers to the Internet of Things entails a paradigm shift from a physical world to one that is a fusion with the virtual world. Digital objects in a virtual world now represent physical things.  Objects are now context-aware. They can sense, communicate and interact autonomously. The IoT will lead to new technology applications and services with higher productivity. The key features of the IoT include context aware applications; mobility of people or things, different quality of service for different types of services and customized, personalized and user-friendly applications. This new phase of the Internet will create opportunities for innovation in services relying on information related to the identity, status and location of the things (objects), and new societal services that will improve the quality of life. This project will investigate: What are the initial business applications (in an enterprise or in the home or lifestyle) and in what business model will they operate? What issues affects the IoT? etc

 

5.   RFID in the Supply Chain & Electronic Product Code Information Service (EPCIS)



The RFID tag (and its reader) is now pervasive in logistic management in the Supply Chain (SC). As the tagged object flows through the SC, the tracking process involves the identification of the tag ID, the product information and the location of the reader. The location of the reader will provide details of the event that has taken place. Product data are usually stored on the manufacturer's data server. This project includes developing a system in Java to stimulate reading & processing of the tag data, retrieving the reader location and integrating product details from a data server to generate a tracking report of the events that the object had completed.

Additional skills required of the GA are:

 

1.    Intermediate to Expert Java programming skills (JDK or J2EE) for web-based systems

2.    Intermediate skills in the use of open source APIs for EPCIS, databases, etc

3.    Intermediate skills in the use of Google Web Toolkit

4.    Intermediate skills in the set-up and application of Apache & Tomcat

5.    Familiar with developing hardware-software interface.

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