RFID Workforce to Shift to Asia by 2016
RFID Tribe has come out with a new survey on the RFID workforce. It shows North America leading the world in RFID-related employment -- today. But in ten years the projections have Asia clearly in the lead.
Dr. Shin'ichi Konomi has been RFID in Japan's contributor since April of 2004. He received his Ph.D. from Kyoto University, Japan and was a postdoctoral research scientist at Fraunhofer IPSI, Germany. He has been building and testing various ubicomp applications using RFID since 1998. Shin'ichi often collaborated with his colleagues in Japan, co-organizing International Workshops on RFID (2004) and playing a role as a liaison for ALAN-K Project, an international project for introducing a new computer-supported learning environment for Japanese kids (2002). He also writes articles on technology and media arts in Japan for we-make-money-not-art.com.