The EPC Network (Smart Labels Europe 2004)

 

Mark Harrison has been deeply involved in the BRIDGE project, leading work packages on serial-level supply chain control and products in service, as well as contributing to the BRIDGE research in Discovery Services. He joined the Auto-ID lab in 2002 and has been actively involved in the technical development of the EPC Network architecture and the standardisation activities at EPCglobal where he has been a member of the EPCIS work group, co-chair and co-author of the Tag Data Translation standard. He is currently contributing to the Data Discovery JRG and is also a member of the EPCglobal Architecture Review Committee. Mark has a PhD in physics from the University of Cambridge.

Auto-ID Labs is a federation of research universities that has evolved from the Auto-ID Center, initially founded in 1999 to develop an open standard architecture for creating a seamless global network of physical objects. Funded in part by the EAN.UCC, governments, and industry, Auto-ID Labs is based at the Center's same six leading universities worldwide -- MIT, University of Cambridge, University of Adelaide, Keio University, Fudan University, and University of St. Gallen. Each with distinct interests and capabilities, but linked by the common vision of an "Internet of things," we continue to research and develop new technologies and applications for revolutionizing global commerce and providing previously un-realizable consumer benefits.