Volunteering

Volunteer work and community contributions by Christos Spyridakis.

  1. Member

    IEEE

    Mar 2016 – Jan 2020 Chania, Greece

    Active member of the local IEEE TUC Student Branch and the official IEEE community since 2016. Participated and volunteered in seminars, workshops, and competitions over nearly four years.

    • 'Share to Inspire' — Talks
    • 'IEEE goes to FORTH' (Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas)
    • 'IEEEXtreme' — Programming competitions
    • 'How to get published with the IEEE' — Seminar
    • Branch Presentation on TUC WelcomeDay (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

  2. Volunteer — Computing at School Festival

    Erasmus+ DISCOVER

    Apr 2018 Crete, Greece

    The Computing at School Festival brings together students and teachers with university students, research institutes, and NGOs to celebrate children's digital creativity and help them build their own digital future. The festival features presentations of student work, workshops, demos, and speeches.

    • Volunteered to present and demonstrate engineering projects to school students
    • Helped make science and technology accessible and inspiring for young audiences
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  3. Instructor — Arduino 2 Inspire

    IEEE TUC Student Branch

    Apr 2019 Chania, Greece

    Served as instructor for the 'Arduino 2 Inspire' introductory seminar and hands-on workshop organized by the IEEE TUC Student Branch. During the 3-hour event, participants were introduced to Arduino, its use cases, and first steps — then built their first application in a live workshop.

    • Delivered introductory lecture covering Arduino fundamentals and practical use cases
    • Facilitated a hands-on workshop where participants built and ran their first application
    • Workshop files published openly on GitHub for future reference
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