Becoming a research influencer on YouTube and social media
Series "EduConnect: Sharing Knowledge" by IEEE Region 8 Ad-Hoc Committee on Educational Infrastructures (AHCEI), in collaboration with IEEE R8 Professional and Education Activities (PEAC).
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the webinar "Becoming a research influencer on YouTube and social media".
Social media has dramatically changed how people interact and gather news. What impact will this have on the research community? In this talk, you will hear how the YouTube channel "Wireless Future" evolved from a tiny thing into a highly influential educational platform in wireless communications. What does it take to run a successful channel, and what are the pitfalls to avoid?
This is a part of a series of talks. The series includes:
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Topic and URL/Link to the web page with more info |
Presenter(s) and moderator(s) |
| 04 Nov 2024, 6pm CEST | Introduction to the Series of talks, and the talk on IEEE Educational Activities: the Gateway to your Carrer Growth | by Andrejs Romanovs (Latvia), Chair: IEEE R8 Professional and Education Activities; Introduction by Albert Lysko (South Africa); moderated by Albert Lysko (South Africa) |
| 06 Nov 2024, 6pm CEST | vTools Overview | by Aubrey L Walter (USA), vTools Project Manager, MGA; moderated by Albert Lysko (South Africa) |
| 07 Nov 2024, 6pm CEST | IEEE Center for Leadership Excellence (CLE): an overview | by Ala F Khalifeh (Jordan), Member: IEEE R8 AHCEI; moderated by Albert Lysko (South Africa) |
| 12 Nov 2024, 6pm CEST | Becoming a research influencer on YouTube and social media | by Emil Björnson (Sweden), IEEE Fellow, Professor at KTH, Wireless Future on YouTube; moderated by Albert Lysko (South Africa) |
| 18 Nov 2024, 6pm CEST | Your resource Collabratec - overview and practical demo, focusing on educational content | by Dimuthu Anuraj (Sri Lanka); moderated by Juri Belikov (Estonia), with Introduction by Albert Lysko (South Africa) |
| 20 Nov 2024, 6pm CEST | IEEE.tv - Overview and how to upload video content | by Nicholas Lehotzky (USA), Manager IEEE.tv, MGA; moderated by Albert Lysko (South Africa) |
| 03 Dec 2024, 6pm CEST | Your Resource the IEEE Learning Network (ILN) - overview and practical demo | by Jill Bagley (USA), Continuing Education Platform Senior Manager; moderated by Sohaib Qamar Sheikh (UK), with Introduction by Albert Lysko (South Africa) |
| 04 Dec 2024, 6 pm CEST | Powerful platform for IEEE TA Resource management: Resource Center | by Dean J Fiorino, Strategic Program Manager: IEEE Technical Activities; moderated by Dennis K. Cherogony (Kenya), with Introduction by Albert Lysko (South Africa) |
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- Date: 12 Nov 2024
- Time: 04:00 PM UTC to 05:00 PM UTC
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Speakers
Emil Björnson of KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Becoming a research influencer on YouTube and social media
Social media has dramatically changed how people interact and gather news. What impact will this have on the research community? In this talk, you will hear how the YouTube channel "Wireless Future" evolved from a tiny thing into a highly influential educational platform in wireless communications. What does it take to run a successful channel, and what are the pitfalls to avoid?
Biography:
Emil Björnson is a Professor of Wireless Communication at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He is an IEEE Fellow, Digital Futures Fellow, and Wallenberg Academy Fellow. He has a podcast and YouTube channel called Wireless Future. His research focuses on multi-antenna communications and radio resource management, using methods from communication theory, signal processing, and machine learning. He has authored four textbooks and published much simulation code.
He has received the 2018 and 2022 IEEE Marconi Prize Paper Awards in Wireless Communications, the 2019 EURASIP Early Career Award, the 2019 IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize, the 2019 IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Best Column Award, the 2020 Pierre-Simon Laplace Early Career Technical Achievement Award, the 2020 CTTC Early Achievement Award, the 2021 IEEE
ComSoc RCC Early Achievement Award, the 2023 IEEE ComSoc Outstanding Paper
Award, and the 2024 IEEE Stephen O. Rice Prize.
Address:Stockholm, Sweden
Agenda
- Introducing the series, speaker and the talk, by Albert Lysko
- Talk "Becoming a research influencer on YouTube and social media", by Emil Björnson
- Questions and Answers