Dimitris Karampatzakis is Assistant Professor in Analog and Digital Electronic Systems at the Department of Computer Science, International Hellenic University, and a Director of the Industrial and Educational Embedded Systems Lab. He received a Eng. Diploma in Electronics and Computer Engineering from ECE–Technical University of Crete in 2003 and a PhD in VLSI Systems from ECE–University of Thessaly in 2009. He has been involved in educational robotics since 2010 and throughout these years he actively participated in the development of STE(A)M in his area. Finally, as deputy mayor and councilor in the municipality of Drama, Greece (2014-2022) he was responsible for urban planning, ICT and EU projects.