Shaping Research Narratives Through Magazine-Style Review Articles
Magazine-style review and tutorial articles offer a powerful medium for communicating research visions to a broad and interdisciplinary audience. In this talk, I reflect on my experience writing magazine-style reviews and how this form of writing shaped my research narrative, collaborations, and group strategy. Writing for generalists pushed me to think beyond narrow technical problems, articulate long-term research directions, and frame my work within broader technological and societal contexts. This process helped crystallise strategic research themes within my group and guided the development of new research directions. Moreover, making research accessible to non-specialists fostered interdisciplinary collaborations and industry engagement, expanding the reach and relevance of my work. I will share practical lessons on how magazine-style reviews can amplify research impact, position researchers as thought leaders, and shape community discourse. The talk concludes with actionable insights for early-career researchers on leveraging magazine-style writing to communicate vision, build collaborations, and influence research agendas.
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Lina Mohjazi of University of Glasgow
Biography:
Dr. Lina Mohjazi is an Associate Professor in Sustainable Wireless Communications at the James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow (UofG), UK. She earned her B.Sc. (Honors) from UAE University, Al-Ain, UAE, in 2008 on a full scholarship, followed by an M.Sc. from Khalifa University (KU), Abu Dhabi, UAE, in 2012 (also on a full scholarship), and a Ph.D. from the prestigious 5G/6G Innovation Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK, in 2018, all in electrical and electronic engineering. Dr. Mohjazi was a Lecturer at Khalifa University from 2015 to 2020 and as a Research Associate at the KU Center for Cyber-Physical Systems (C2PS) from 2018 to 2020. She was a Visiting Research Associate with the Communications, Sensing, and Imaging (CSI) group at the University of Glasgow from 2019 to 2020. Currently, she leads major technical and educational programs, including her role as Deputy Director of the EPSRC RAINZ Centre for Doctoral Training at UofG. Her research interests span green and sustainable wireless communications, IoT, machine learning-empowered network resource allocation, energy efficiency, fundamental performance limits, and beyond 5G applications. She holds a multi-million-pound research grant portfolio on future wireless communications technologies. Dr. Mohjazi is recognized as a UK Exceptional Global Talent by the Royal Academy of Engineering and has authored over 100 publications, including research papers, book chapters, and conference presentations. She has received numerous awards for teaching and research, such as the IEEE Women in Engineering UK&I Excellence Award, the IEEE Communications Letters Exemplary Editor Award, and being listed amongst the "100 Brilliant and Inspiring Women in 6G" by Women in 6G for two years in a row (2024, 2025). She serves as the Women in Engineering Engagement Lead at the IEEE Communication Society UK&I, a Fellow of the Women's Engineering Society (WES), and a Senior Member of the IEEE. She actively contributes to the organization committees of flagship IEEE conferences and workshops.
