Last year, In 2024 I took over the responsibility to teach a university course for the first time. Was it overwhelming? Without a doubt! Sure, I have been using python for almost 15 years, but condensing all that experience into a structured course … was definitely challenging. Fortunately, i had …
I have been using Python almost 15 years now! Starting from 2, over 3 and the many advances in the meantime (e.g. astropy!). So, this semester (Sprint 2024) i will be teaching the course “Introduction to Python for Physicists” (F-254) at the University of Crete. This will be an intro …
During the last four days I was busy with the actual materialization of the Astrostatistics Summer School Crete 2019, which took place at the University of Crete, in Heraklion (18-21 June 2019). My duties were mainly those of the Teaching Assistant and I contributed with a short presentation of the …
Since October 2017 I have been affiliated with the Department of Physics at the University of Crete, but last week I started working officially as a post-doc with Andreas Zezas. The position is directly affiliated with the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), and in particular with the …
Finally after many years of delays and unfortunate events a new institute focusing solely in Astronomy is founded as part of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH). This is the successful outcome of a continuous effort by the very active astronomy group at the University of Crete. …
A great new book is available for the Crete Univesrity Press, Skinakas Observatory: A view at the Universe (language: Greek). It is a photo tour around the Universe through magnificent images obtained from the 1.3m telescope of Skinakas Observatory. Contents: Introduction / Skinakas Observatory: a short historical review / Skinakas: …
A video made for the Astrophysics group of Crete, presenting the activities of the group (in Greek language only).
