Anastasios Bikos
(He/Him)
As seen in:
Medium,
Deutsche Welle (DW),
MDPI,
ZDNet,
PressReader,
EURACTIV,
Dunya News,
EU Reporter
Covers:
X-artificial intelligence, digital satellite communications, FPGA, signal processing, information security, system-on-a-chip (SoC) security systems, 5G/6G, IoT security, and hardware security.
Doesn't Cover:
Human Biology and Medicine.
Anastasios N. Bikos is a Research Data Scientist/Architect in Artificial Intelligence. BSc ~ MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Cryptographer/FPGA/SoC.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
In Huawei Brussels.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes
How is social media changing news?
Disruptively.
Who's your favorite fictional journalist?
Mr. Richard Quest (CNN)
What does it mean to be a journalist?
Believe in your potential that you will be heard by millions of viewers, but in a transparent manner.
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Fake news on Politics that is aiming to become badly humourous.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
Via an elaborative, disruptive, and fair approach.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
Advanced Artifical Intelligence Software Tools, a plethora of SotA Programming Languages, and Writing Tools. A kind note: I never use GPT.
What's your favorite social network?
Quora Digest
Who do you wish followed you?
Media channels, online editorial web portals, blogs.
Why did you become a journalist?
From my previous career in Huawei Brussels as a Technological Marketing and PR 5G Cybersecurity Architect.
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
No. But I have been excellent in writing theses, online reports, and, of course, academic research publications.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
5G Cybersecurity political confrontations of Huawei between China and US-Trump related relations (tariffs).
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Always believe in your potential and aim for breaking stories. Always sign the news you report with your personal "pen". Follow the news.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Anytime of the day.
What's the best pitch you ever got?
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
None
What's your favorite drink?
Red dry wine.
When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?
At the seaside, doing meditation and yoga.
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
Breaking News Politics
What's the most common misperception about your beat?
Fake news received from third parties.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
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