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The
world is converging toward the development of global systems of
identification for every object. Just as computers on the Internet are
uniquely identified by IP addresses, people and items will be recognized
through biometric, smart card, RFID, or bar code identifiers. The
initial benefits of auto-id technologies are the “accurate and timely
identification and data collection”. However, the ability, ease, and
low cost of collecting masses of data in real time, for example through
the EPC networks, should enable organizations to produce unprecedented
levels of business intelligence. The
Automatic
IDentification
Laboratory
at Arkansas State University seeks to expound upon and to extend the applications of
various automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) technologies
through academic curricula, technology transfer, and applied research.
AIDC technologies are vastly used
in various industries and government
agencies and their applications are spreading. However, academia has widely ignored these technologies from
a curriculum and/or research perspectives. The Department of Computer &
Information Technology at Arkansas State University has designed and
offered an AIDC course, "Automatic Data Capture", since 2000. The
subject is also covered in some graduate
courses. Relevant articles:
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