The Department of Computer Science (CSD) participated in the 4th Summer School of Mathematics "Mathematical Outcomes 2025" which was held on 8-11 July 2025 at the University of Crete. CSD participated in the Summer School with the following two activities:
 

• Presentations and technology demonstrations on Mechatronics and STEM Technologies

• Lecture on Game Theory by Dr. Marina Bitsaki to students who graduated from the 3rd grade.

 

  The Department of Computer Science and the Interdepartmental Educational Laboratory for Mechatronics and STEM Technologies gave presentations and technology demonstrations to over 110 students who graduated from 3rd and 6th grade. Dr. Marios Pitikakis, a member of the EDI in the Department of Computer Science, presented technologies related to education through VR/AR, 3D printing, STEM projects with microcontrollers and drones, funded by the EU, specifically the XRinVET , DRONES@STEAM and 3D2ACT projects, and the title of the presentation/demonstrations was "STEM applications with microcontrollers, 3D design and printing, and virtual reality". Dr. Tzeranis Dimitrios, faculty member in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, gave the lecture entitled "From educational robotics to medical robotics: mechatronics for advanced applications".

About the lecture on Game Theory: Game Theory is a branch of applied mathematics that studies the interaction of players (individuals, firms, organizations, states, coalitions) and the analysis of optimal decisions in a competitive environment. Game Theory helps to understand how people or groups make decisions when they are influenced by each other.  Each player wants to maximize their own benefit, and to do so, they need to think about what the other player will do. Game theory has found wide application in economics (product prices, auction design, etc.), politics ( country strategies, provision of public goods, taxation), biology, psychology and everyday life.