RFID training

　　September 2, 2009 - As early UHF RFID initiatives became pilot projects and then eventually developed into deployments, RFID project stakeholders were confronted with more than environmental restrictions and installation headaches: they faced the daunting task of clearly identifying and mapping when and where all that transactional data would go and what would they do with it. Luckily EPCglobal Standards were developed to facilitate the transfer and flow of information through the supply chain and now two new training courses are being offered to better understand the use and benefits of these standards.

　　Developed and instructed by Boston, Massachusetts-based Dr. Kenneth R. Traub, EPCglobal Data Capture Software Standards and EPC Information Services (EPCIS) for RFID Visibility Data are two of the latest online courses offered by the industry-leading RFID Centre of Excellence, Academia RFID.

　　“EPCglobal has ratified a suite of 11 standards for the identification, capture, and exchange of visibility data using RFID and the Electronic Product Code. These courses give an in-depth tutorial on the standards used to capture RFID data and bring it into business applications,” said Dr. Traub, describing the courses. “A working knowledge of these standards is indispensable for anybody who is planning to build RFID software systems or to deploy the many commercial products that implement the standards.”

　　“The EPC Information Services (EPCIS) standard provides the standard way to represent what, when, where, and why visibility information that applications need to make use of RFID data. It is also the way that trading partners share information for total supply chain visibility,” said Anthony Palermo, Director of Academia RFID Centre of Excellence. “Having Dr. Traub join our team has enabled us to offer more in-depth standards-specific training to better educate the industry and continue to position our Centre as a leading academic authority in RFID education and consulting.”

　　About Academia RFID Center of Excellence

　　Academia RFID is a world-class research & development, consulting and training center driven by a team of PhD researchers and accredited RFID instructors in the fields of industrial engineering, operations management, supply chain management, transport & logistics, distribution & retail, and e-commerce marketing. Creator of (a bi-monthly educational podcast), Academia RFID offers expert RFID services and training/certification courses worldwide in-lab, on-site or on the web.

　　About Kenneth R. Traub, PhD

　　Dr. Kenneth R. Traub is an independent consultant specializing in software architecture and EPC/RFID standards. Dr. Traub holds several leadership roles within EPCglobal, the international standards organization for RFID. Within EPCglobal, he serves on the Architecture Review Committee that oversees all technical specifications, as well as being an active contributor and/or co-chair of six technical working groups; in particular, he is the lead editor of the EPCglobal ALE, EPCIS, Core Business Vocabulary, and Tag Data Standard specifications. Dr. Traub was a founder and CTO of ConnecTerra, an early pioneer in RFID software that was acquired by BEA Systems in 2005. Prior to founding ConnecTerra, he has been a founder and technical advisor to four other high technology startups in the Boston area. He received his B.S., M.S. and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.