These are the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA 07), hosted by the Centre for Applied Internet Research (CAIR) at the University of Wales, North East Wales Institute of Higher Education (NEWI), Wrexham, North Wales, UK from Tuesday 4th to Friday 7th September 2007. The conference was sponsored by the British Computer Society (BCS), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), British Telecom iNet (BT iNet), Emerald Group Publishing and I.T. Wales.
Vic Grout is Professor of Computing Futures at Wrexham Glyndŵr University; previously Professor of Network Algorithms, Head of Computing, Associate Dean & Director of the Centre for Applied Internet Research. He serves on the National Committee of the Council of Professors & Heads of Computing, as Chair of CPHC Wales, & the British Computer Society Information Privacy Expert Panel & Information Security Specialist Group Committee. He is a European Commission Horizon 2020 Expert & Ethics consultant.
Vic has worked in senior positions in academia & industry for nearly 30 years and published over 300 research papers, patents & books. His research covers several areas of computational mathematics & artificial intelligence, including large-scale problems in Internet design, modelling, simulation, management & control. He is an experienced futurologist, with a particular focus on the ethical & moral dimensions of technological evolution: big data, big connectivity & Internet of Things.