Report: Conference about writing Scientific Texts using LaTeX

The conference on the Writing of Scientific texts using LaTeX was successfully held on Friday, March 12 at 18:00 by the ΙΕΕΕ Student Branch University of Western Macedonia, Kastoria collaboration with the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Western Macedonia (departments of Informatics and Mathematics) and the branch of the Hellenic Mathematical Society in Kastoria.

The day was dedicated to the World Day of Mathematical Constancy Pi and was held online through the Zoom platform where it was attended by over 120 participants.

The meeting was opened by the Chair of the Student Branch Christos Anastasiou with a presentation on the prospects of student participation in Panhellenic and International Conferences, as well as the presentation of the Online LaTeX Editor Overleaf. The following topics were presented:

Text writing in LaTeX – Basic types of documents by Mr. G. Vassiliadis, Instructor of PD 407. Collaborating Teaching Staff EAP. You can find the presentation at this hyperlink.

Editing mathematical representations in LaTeX by Ms. Z. Kalogiratou, Professor of the Department of Informatics. The examples can be found at this hyperlink.

Professional use of Latex to create large documents. by Mr. G. Sisias, Lecturer PD 407. External Collaborator NCSR “Demokritos”, External Collaborator of Scientific Publications Tziola SA. The detailed presentation can be found at this hyperlink.

Finally, we would like to thank all those who honored us with their presence and we will be happy to have other such constructive actions in the future.