Smart card technology has been around for more than 30 years. Since its first introduction into the market, smart card was used for the payphone system. As card manufacturing cost decreases, smart card usage has expanded to other industries including manufacturing, telecommunications, retail and banking (Casset and Lanet, 2002)
In 1968, German inventor Judge Dethloff along with Helmet Grotrupp filed a patent for using plastic card as a carrier for microchips. Smart cards are the youngest members of the plastic card family. A smart card is a plastic card usually similar in size and shape to a credit card, containing a microprocessor and memory that allow storage and process of data (Merckling and Anderson, 1994).
Fundamentally, a smart card is a plastic card with a microprocessor chip embedded into it. The card looks like a normal credit card except for its metal contact (in contact card only), but applications performed could be totally different. Smart Cards are different from an ordinary magnetic strip cards in their ability to process as well as to store data. Currently, smart cards are being widely used for higher security in terms of building access control, logical access to computer system or applications and two-factor authentication for online transactions. The term “smart card” has different meanings in different books because smart cards have been used in different applications (Whinston and Choi 2004).
Education industry is one of the growing industries that has adopted smart card. Among the most reputable universities that use smart card include University of Cambridge, University of Ottawa, University of Nottingham and Florida State University.
In University of Cambridge, the smart card or better known as the university card looks like a credit card containing the cardholder's name and photo, college scarf (students, Fellows and College members only), date of birth (undergraduates only) plus a barcode that is primarily used for university library borrowing. Since June 2003, the Card Office has issued two types of University cards. They look identical but one contains a TDSi strip and the other contains both the TDSi strip and smart chip. These technologies can be used for a number of purposes including access to buildings, use of catering services, PC and web access or use of photocopying facilities (Cambridge University, 2003).
CONTENTS
Title Page
Declaration
Abstract
Acknowledgement
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction
- 1.0 Background Study – Smart Card and Education Industry
1.1 Problem Statement
1.2 Research Objective
1.3 Scope of Research
1.4 Significance of the Research
1.5 Research Methodology
1.6 Report Organisation
Chapter 2: Literature Review
- 2.0 Introduction
2.1 Fundamentals of Smart Card Technology
- 2.1.1 Smart Card Definitions
2.1.2 Smart Card Life Cycle
2.1.3 Smart Card Technologies
2.1.4 Microprocessor Chip Card
2.1.5 How Smart Card Works
2.1.6 Smart Card Communication Method with Readers
2.2 Common Industrial Practice on Smart Card Application
2.3 Common Smart Card Application at Institutions of Higher Learning
- 2.3.1 University Utara Malaysia (UUM)
2.3.2 Multimedia University (MMU)
2.3.3 Florida State University
2.3.4 University of Nottingham
2.3.5 Summary of Integrated Smart Card across Campus
2.4 Conclusion
Chapter 3: Methodology
- 3.0 Introduction
3.1 Smart Card Solution Framework for Goon Institute, Kuala Lumpur 40
3.2 Methodology to Implement Smart Card at Goon Institute, Kuala Lumpur
- 3.2.1 Chosen Methodology The Spiral Model
- 3.2.1.1 Customer Communication
3.2.1.2 Planning
3.2.1.3 Risk Analysis
3.2.1.4 Engineering
3.2.1.5 Construction & Release
3.2.1.6 Customer Evaluation
3.3 Conclusion
Chapter 4: Analysis, Design & Implementation
- 4.0 Introduction
4.1 Analysis of Current Processes for Attendance, Lab and Library Usage
- 4.1.1 Current Registration Process
4.1.2 Current Attendance Process
4.1.3 Current Library Usage Process
4.1.4 Current Computer Lab Usage Process
4.2Design of Smart Card Processes for Attendance, Lab and Library Usage
- 4.2.1 Student Registration Process
4.2.2 Student Attendance Process
4.2.3 Lab Usage Process
4.2.4 Library Usage Process
4.3 Implementation of Smart Card Prototype at Goon Institute, Kuala Lumpur
- 4.3.1 Electronic Student Tracking System – Student Registration 70
4.3.2 Electronic Student Tracking System – Student Attendance 72
4.3.3 Electronic Student Tracking System – Student Library Usage
4.3.4 Electronic Student Tracking System – Student Lab Usage 76
4.3.5 Electronic Student Tracking System – Administration Functions
4.4 Conclusion
Chapter 5: User Evaluation
- 5.0 Introduction
5.1 Evaluation Methodology
5.2 Prototype Testing Evaluation Results
- 5.2.1 General Evaluation Results
5.2.2 System Functional Evaluation Results
5.3 User Perspective Evaluation
5.4 Conclusion
Chapter 6: Conclusion
- 6.0 Introduction
6.1 Research Accomplishment Reviews and Findings
6.2 Contribution and Achievement
6.3 Dissertation Constraints
6.4 Suggestion for Future Work
6.5 Conclusion
- Appendix A – Interview Questions
Appendix B – User Evaluation Form
Appendix C – User Manual
Appendix D – Data Flow Diagram
References
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