Author: Roba Abbas

Dr Roba Abbas is a Lecturer, Subject Coordinator and Researcher in the School of Management, Operations and Marketing (SMOM) at the University of Wollongong, and is the Associate Editor for the IEEE Technology and Society Magazine. She completed her Australian Research Council (ARC)-funded Doctor of Philosophy on the topic of Location-Based Services Regulation in 2012, earning special commendations for her thesis titled Location-Based Services Regulation in Australia: A Socio-Technical Approach. She also graduated with first class Honours and Distinction in Information and Communication Technology (majoring in Business Information Systems) from the University of Wollongong Australia in 2006, earning a place on the Faculty of Informatics Dean's Merit List. Dr Abbas is a multidisciplinary researcher who is interested in the adoption and application of socio-technical and other organisational/systems theories to investigate the impact of emerging technologies on organisations and society.

April 16, 2020 by Roba Abbas

The coronavirus contact tracing app won’t log your location, but it will reveal who you hang out with

Roba Abbas, Lecturer, School of Management, Operations and Marketing, University of Wollongong and Katina Michael, Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society & School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University The federal government has announced plans to introduce a contact tracing mobile app to help curb COVID-19’s spread in… Read More