Tsuhan Chen, David E. Burr Professor of Engineering ... - ecedha

ECEDHA Workshop:Utilizing Social Media in AcademicsModerator: Tsuhan Chen, Cornell UniversitySpeakers:Duane Boning, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyKhalil Najafi, University of MichiganPat O’Shea, University of Maryland

1200/min tweets about earthquake in Japan7000/min flickr photo uploads500M Facebook users, it would be the 3rdlargest country in the world

The strength of weak ties [Mark Granovetter]Key influencers aren't anymore influential thanordinary people [Duncan Watts]Online social interaction strengthensneighboring and civic involvement [BarryWellman]Users of Internet-based technologies are lesstied to local groups and belong to geographicallyscattered networks [Barry Wellman]

• How does your department use social mediafor promotion and recruiting?• How does your department use social mediato conduct daily business, e.g., advising,teaching, logistics, etc• How would you compare social media withtraditional media, in effectiveness?• What resources or staff do you have for these?• Do you observe any limits of social media?

Khalil Najafi• Chair, ECE, University of Michigan• Deputy Director, NSF ERC For WirelessIntegrated MicroSystems• Director, Michigan’s NSF NationalNanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Duane Boning• Associate Head, EECS, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology• Editor in Chief, IEEE Transactions onSemiconductor Manufacturing• Keeper, Semiconductor Subway

Pat O’Shea• Chair, ECE, University of Maryland• Director, Institute for Research inElectronics and Applied Physics• Distinguished Scholar Teacher

Time for us to ask questions...Does your department use Facebook,Twitter, LinkedIn...?Do you have staff, e.g., a community manager,in charge of social media?How do you see social media the mostuseful for your department?

ECEDHA Workshop:Utilizing Social Media in AcademicsModerator: Tsuhan Chen, Cornell UniversitySpeakers:Duane Boning, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyKhalil Najafi, University of MichiganPat O’Shea, University of Maryland