PhD/MPhil Research Co-ordinator
Senior Lecturer (Research Path)
Judith Symonds is a Research Path Senior Lecturer in Information Systems within the School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences. Judith teaches e-Business and engages in funded research projects with small business industry. She also has an interest in RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology and how to integrate it with Information Systems in the healthcare sector.
Qualifications
- PhD November 2005, University of Queensland
- MIT (by research) November 1998. “IS change management in Australia“, University of Southern Queensland
- BIT 1994, University of Southern Queensland
Professional Memberships
International Service Achievements
- Reviewer for the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO), from April 1, 2005
- Reviewer on the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR), from July 1, 2005.
- Conference Track Co-chair – Health Information Systems, 18th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, http://www.acis2007.usq.edu.au/tracks.htm
Research
RFID Pathfinder (2007)
A survey of RFID use and perceptions in New Zealand and development of a RFID feasibility studies.
The Site Sitter Project (2005)
Development of an Internet content management system for micro-enterprise.
RFID for Assisted Living (2006-2007)
A joint project with Engineering to develop a single room environment of locatable objects.
Marketing Software in the Internet Economy (2006)
A postgraduate student project with industry partnership reporting on models for marketing software products in the Internet Economy.
Building Integration Software Usability Project (2006)
A postgraduate student project reporting on the usability of a user interface developed for the building industry.
See also: Summary of RFID achievements
Main Publications
Journal Papers Published:
- Symonds J & Parry D 2007 “Using RFID to Track and Trace High Value Products: The Case of City Healthcare” Journal of Cases on Information Technology (in print)
- Karlsson G.P. & Symonds J.A. 2006 “Auto-Identification Technologies: RFID vs Barcode in the Supply Chain”, BACIT 3(3)
- Symonds J 2006 “Palming the Future: e-Government Strategy Development for a Transport Industry Agent” International Journal of Cases in Electronic Commerce. 2(4), pp 23-38.
- Symonds J 2005 “Business Transformation: Lessons learned from Small Internet Business Use“ in eds. Hunter M.G., Burgess S. and Wenn A., Small Business and Information Technology - Research Techniques and International Case Studies, Heidelberg Press, Heidelberg.
- Procter C. & Symonds J., 2001, 'Designing for Web Site Usability', Australian Journal of Information Systems, 9 (1) pp.92-101.
- Symonds J., 1999, 'Social and Economic Benefit in Public Regional Internet Facilities', Journal of Information Systems and Technology, December.
Fully refereed papers published in Conference Proceedings
- Symonds J., Parry D. & Briggs J. 2007 “An RFID-based system for Assisted Living: Challenges and Solutions”, The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics Event, June 8-10, Novotel Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Symonds J. 2005 The 24/7 Globalisation E-Business Assumption: A New Zealand Life-Style Business Perspective, 16th Australian Conference in Information Systems, 29th Nov – 2nd Dec 2005, Sydney, Australia.
- Symonds J, 2004, Using mixed methods to solve complex IT research problems, QualIT, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, December 4-7.
- Symonds J, McCullough G, Oliver G and Brown M, 2003 “Use of IT to Support Knowledge Sharing: The New Zealand Perspective“ PACIS 2003, Adelaide, Australia, July 10-13.
- Symonds J., 2001, 'Small businesses need to know there is more than one e-business model', ACIS2001, Coffs Harbour, Australia, December 6-9.
- Proctor C & Symonds J., 2000, 'Designing for Web Site Usability', ACIS2000, Brisbane, Australia, December 6-9.
- Symonds J., 2000 'Mixing Commerce with Social Interest on the Web', The Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2000, 1-3 June, Hong Kong.
- Symonds J., 2000 'Why IT doesn't Appeal to Young Woman', Woman, Work and Computerization, June 8-11, Vancouver, Canada.
- Symonds J., 1999, 'Social and Economic Benefit in Public Regional Internet Facilities', 10th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 1-3 December, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Teaching Areas
- eBusiness
- Global Information Systems
- System Analysis & Design
- Knowledge Management
- Database Design
- Systems Planning and Management
Hobbies and Other Interests
- Being Mum
- Motorcycle touring
- Walking
- Movies
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