The International Dimension of the Education of Students of the Department of Electronic Engineering
Lectures – Seminars – Summer Schools

A plethora of lectures, seminars, workshops, summer schools and many other educational activities, held throughout both the winter and spring semesters of each academic year, highlight the international dimension of the education that the Department of Electronic Engineering provides to its students:

• 17/02/2025: Lecture “Teaching and Learning in a Digital Learning Environment” by Prof. Marina Marchisio Conte (University of Torino, Italy).
• 07/02/2025: Lecture “Artificial Intelligence for Boosting the Design and Engineering of Innovative Advanced Materials” by Prof. Stephan Roche (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology – ICN2, Spain).
• 17/01/2025: Lecture “Opportunities and Challenges of Doctoral Studies: The Case Study of the VGTU Doctoral School” by Asc. Prof. Skirmante Mozuriunaite (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University – VGTU, Lithuania).
• 17/01/2025: Lecture “Education for Sustainable Development in the Framework of SciCar: Guiding Science Educators towards Becoming Agents of Change” by Prof. Rachel Mamlok-Naaman (Weizmann Institute of Science – WIS, Israel).
• 15/01/2025: Lecture “How to Publish your Research” by Prof. Ron Blonder (Weizmann Institute of Science – WIS, Israel).
• 15/01/2025: Lecture “Boost Student Activity with Brisk Teaching” by Dr. Elena Mizrahi (Virtual Exchange Training Center, Israel).
• 14/01/2025: Workshop “Harvest your soft skills through EduScrum (Session IV)” by Mrs. Christina Fritsch and Mr. Willy Wijnards (EduScrum Team).
• 09/01/2025: Lecture “Critical virtual exchange for peace education” by Dr. Mirjam Hauck (Open University, United Kingdom) and Mr. Fabian Krengel (University of Regensburg, Germany).
• 09/01/2025: Lecture “The UMCS Doctoral School: Actions and Challenges” by Prof. Agata W. Zietek (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University – UMCS, Poland).
• 07/01/2025: Lecture “Best AI Presentation Tools” by Dr. Elena Mizrahi (Western Galilee College, Israel).
• 18/12/2024: Workshop “How to write a scientific article (Part II)” by Dr. Tzipora Rakedzon (Technion, Israel) and Dr. Tamara Sladoljev-Agejev (University of Zagreb, Croatia).
• 17/12/2024: Workshop “Harvest your soft skills through EduScrum” by Mrs. Christina Fritsch and Mr. Willy Wijnards (EduScrum Team).
• 13/12/2024: Lecture “From floods to droughts and vice versa” by Asc. Prof. Ioannis Markonis (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague – CZU, Czech Republic).
• 11/12/2024: Workshop “How to write a scientific article (Part I)” by Dr. Tzipora Rakedzon (Technion, Israel) and Dr. Tamara Sladoljev-Agejev (University of Zagreb, Croatia).
• 03/10/2024: Lecture “Bridging cultural differences: How Arabs and Westerners communicate” by Prof. Zaid Bouziane (Al Akhawayn University – AUI, Morocco).
• 10/06/2024: Lecture “The Future of Higher Education in the Age of AI” by Dr. Jason Gulya (Berkeley College, USA).
• 07/06/2024: Lecture “Legal and Ethical Dilemmas of Autonomous Driving” by Dr. Kristjan Zahrastnik (University of Maribor – UoM, Slovenia).
• 17-31/05/2024: Lectures-Presentations-Seminars-Discussions during the 11th International Week of the Department of Electronic Engineering by 230 professors (from 78 Universities in 37 countries).
• 16/05/2024: Lecture “The Case of Ukraine” by Prof. Yuliana Lavrysh (Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute – KPI, Ukraine).
• 16/05/2024: Lecture “Cache Memory” by Prof. Dalius Mažeika (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania).
• 15/05/2024: Discussion “Round Table Discussion about Europe and European Education” (Athena European University, Europe).
• 15/05/2024: Lecture “Main Memory” by Prof. Dalius Mažeika (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania).
• 14/05/2024: Lecture “Performance Analysis (Hardware, Software) and High-Performance Computing” by Prof. Dalius Mažeika (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania).
• 14/05/2024: Lecture “Virtualization Technologies used for CPU, RAM, Storage, and Networking” by Prof. Dalius Mažeika (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania).
• 08/05/2024: Lecture “Effective Learning and Why You Should Stop Preparing Summaries for the Exam” by Prof. Elad Segev (Holon Institute of Technology – HIT, Israel).
• 03/05/2024: Lecture “Hierarchies Rivalry Theories – Beginnings of a Theory in Social Sciences” by Prof. Piotr Szreniawski (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University – UMCS, Poland).
• 02/05/2024: Lecture “The Mediterranean as a Platform for Intercultural Connections – Past and Present” by Dr. Nadav Kashtan (Western Galilee College, Israel).
• 24/04/2024: Lecture “Healthy Boundaries and Assertive Communication” by Ms. Susan Gagliano (Europass Teacher Academy, Italy).
• 19/04/2024: Lecture “Game Theory in Practice: How to Cooperate More Effectively” by Lecturer and Vice Dean Anna Tatarczak (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University – UMCS, Poland).
• 12/04/2024: Lecture “Optical Vortices in Liquids of Light” by Prof. Humberto Michinel (University of Vigo, Spain).
• 10/04/2024: Seminar “Design Thinking” by Dr. Eveline Verhoort (Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands).
• 12/03/2024: Lecture “Public Speaking Skills – Effectively Starting and Ending Presentations” by Senior Lecturer Dr. Mia Cirkveni (University of Osijek, Croatia).
• 05/03/2024: Lecture “AI Use and Ethics” by Dr. Lavi Sigman (Gordon College of Education, Israel).
• 05/03 – 06/06/2024: Blended Intensive Program in Soft & Digital Skills Development.
• 23/02/2024: Lecture “Applications of Photonics in Biophotonics, Agriculture, and Cultural Heritage” by Prof. Daniela Comelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy).
• 16/02/2024: Talk “Heterogeneous Catalysis and Reaction Kinetics” by Dr. Nikolaos Tsakoumis (SINTEF Industry, Norway).
• 16/02/2024: Lecture “Materials for Energy Storage” by Prof. Dimitra Vernardou (Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece).
• 09/02/2024: Talk “The Illusion of University Equality: An Approach to the Gender Gaps in Academia” by Mrs. Mar Fernandez Cendon (University of Vigo, Spain).
• 06/02/2024: Talk “Transport Industry” by Mr. Darius Snieska (Alumni of Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania).
• 02/02/2024: Lecture “Federated Learning: Trade-off between Utility and Privacy” by Prof. Rebeca Pilar Redondo (University of Vigo, Spain).
• 12/12/2023: Talk “Data Analytics and Digitalization” by Dr. Daniel Valtimer (Infineon Technologies, Austria).
• 08/12/2023: Lecture “Truth or Dare: Attacking the AI“ by Dr. Nick Pitropakis (Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom).
• 17/11/2023: Lecture “Lasers cleaning cultural heritage” by Dr. Antonio Pozo Santiago (University of Vigo, Spain).
• 14/11/2023: Lecture “Studying in the Hellenic Mediterranean University and in the University of Bordeaux: Experiences, comparisons and prospects” by Dr. Donaldi Mancelli (Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications laboratory in Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, France).
• 10/11/2023: Lecture “Exotic 2D lateral heterostructures & optoelectronic devices” by Dr. Prasana Kumar Sahoo (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India).
• 30/10/2023: Talk “Telecommunication engineering” by our graduate Mr. Konstantinos Douvas (“Digea” Network Operator, Greece).
• 17/10/2023: Talk “Software development for human-machine interface” by Dr. Sofia Vivian Alvarez (University of Vigo, Spain).
• 14/07/2023: Lecture “Mankind’s first visit to a star: The Parker Solar Probe mission” by Dr. Thierry Dubok de Wit (University of Orleans, France).
• 10-17/07/2023: Summer School (Super Summer School) on Advanced Data Technologies by the Athena European University.
• 07/07/2023: Lecture “Structured materials for micro lasers at 2 microns” by Prof. Xavier Mateos Ferre (URV University, Tarragona, Spain).
• 03/07/2023: Lecture “Science meets art: Time for dualism to be abandoned” by Prof. Joanna Paczkowska (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland).
• 30/06/2023: Lecture “Gamification as a motivating factor for sustainable (e)Health promotion” by Dr. Daniela Elisabeth Ströckl (Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria).
• 23/06/2023: Lecture “Biodiversity as a key driver for innovation-Recent advances in BioDivTecs” by Prof. Michael Jungmeier and Dr. Vanessa Berger (Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria).
• 22/06/2023: Lecture “The secondary – tertiary transition in mathematics education: Old and new perspectives” by Dr. Alon Pinto (Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel).
• 09/06/2023: Lecture “Citizen science in Lithuania: Does our science and innovation ecosystem anticipate the input of citizens?” by Dr. Monika Skarzauskaite (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania).
• 06/06/2023: Lecture “An introduction to operational amplifiers” by Dr. Patrik Debbaut (Odisee University of Applied Sciences, Belgium).
• 25/05/2023: Seminar “Creating a CV and LinkedIn profile” by Google.
• 17/05/2023: Workshop “Software defined radio (SDR) workshop” by Belgian Professor P. Wyns.
• 27/04/2023: Lecture “Approaches to formative assessment” by Dr. Jason Cooper (Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel).
• 19/01/2023: Lecture “The university mathematics lecture: To record, or not to record, that is the question” by Prof. Maria Meehan (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University College Dublin, Ireland).