Bringing your research into spotlight using social media, an evening with Dr Muneera Bano

About the workshop:

Social media has revolutionised the world of science and research for providing a direct platform for public outreach and science communication. Through social media, you can make your research visible to potential employers, journalists, members of the public, or aspiring scientists-to-be. Social media gives you a great opportunity to build a global community of like-minded people, raise your profile, get instant recognition for your achievements, get noticed by recruiters and become an online influencer within your area of expertise.

In this 2 hour workshop, it is aimed to cover some of the important topics on how to communicate your research effectively through various social media platforms to raise your academic profile and connect with your community of researchers from around the world. During the workshop, the participants will be required to bring their devices for using the social media platforms for various activities.

Biography:

Dr Muneera Bano is currently a lecturer in software engineering at the Swinburne University of Technology and from November 2019 she will be senior lecturer at Deakin University in Melbourne. Muneera graduated from the University of Technology Sydney in 2015 with a PhD in Software Engineering, where later she also worked as a Post-doctoral researcher on an ARC Discovery project, and was also a ‘Learning and Teaching Adjunct’.

During her research career, Muneera has received numerous prestigious accolades as recognition for her work, including being named as a finalist for Google Australia’s Anita Borg Award for Women in Computer Science, Asia-Pacific 2015, Schlumberger’s Faculty For The Future (FFTF) Award for Women in STEM (2014 and 2015) and was given the ‘distinguished research paper award’ at International Requirements Engineering Conference in 2018. She has been selected as one of the 60 ‘Superstars of STEM’ for 2019-2020 by Science Technology Australia. Superstars of STEM program aims to smash society’s gender assumptions about scientists and increase the public visibility of women in STEM. Most recently she has been named as the overall winner of the inaugural 40-under-40 Most Influential Asian-Australian 2019.

Muneera specialises in the field of socio-technical domains of software engineering focusing on human-centred technologies. Her recent research areas include technology-assisted pedagogies for education and social media analysis. She contributes to the broader research community as Associate Editor of the Institution of Engineering and Technology Software Journal, as Track Chair in International Requirements Engineering, and Australian Software Engineering Conferences; and as a member of the program committee for various highly-ranked conferences including Grace Hopper Conference for Women in Computer Science.