Curriculum VitaeBorn: October 6, 1943, Palsmane, Latvia. Education:
1967 - 1974 University of Latvia (UL) |
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Academic titles and degrees:
- 1962 Technician of Electrical Communication Systems, REMC
1974 Mathematician, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, the University of Latvia
1981 Ph.D., (Astrophysics), P.N.Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow
1992 Dr. phys., the University of Latvia
Occupation:
- 1962 - 1963 Riga City Telephone Company, Technician
1963 - 1966 Military service, Yakutsk, Wireles Morse Code Operator
1966 - 1968 Riga Region Telephone Company, Technician
1968 - 1974 Radioastrophysical Observatory of the Academy of Sciences (AS), Engineer
1974 - 1978 Radioastrophysical Observatory of the AS, Researcher
1979 - 1983 Radioastrophysical Observatory of the AS, Head of Solar Physics Department
1983 - 1985 Institute of Electronics and Computer Technics of the AS, Assistant Head of Laboratory
1985 - 1987 Research Institute VEF, Head of Programming Environment Department for Communication Systems
1987 - 1992 Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, UL, Head of Applied Informatics Department
since 1992 Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, UL, Senior Scientist, Head of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Experience:
- 1962 - 1963 and 1966 - 1968 High-frequency telephony systems construction and supervision
1963 - 1966 Radio communication, Morse code
1968 - 1973 Radio telescope construction; cosmology and the general relativity
1973 - 1983 Computer modelling of Solar flares
1983 - 1985 Computer Network Systems supervision and security
1985 - 1987 Software development for digital telephony
since 1988 Natural Language Processing for Latvian
1994 Member of Expert Team for COPERNICUS project proposals evaluation, Brussels
1995 - 1997 Project manager for EU project ONOMASTICA - COPERNICUS in Latvia
1995 - 1998 Project manager for EU project "Trans-European Linguistic Resources Infrastructure (TELRI)" in Latvia
since 1997 Project manager for UN project "Universal Networking Language" in Latvia
1999 - 2001 Project manager for EU project TELRI - II in Latvia
since 2000 Manager of the CISCO Networking Regional Academy in Latvia
since 2001 Project manager for Latvia, EU project CULTIVATE - CEE in Latvia
Author or co-author of 61 articles
Other Activities:
- since 1988 Member of the Association of Latvian Scientists
since 1997 Member of the TELRI-Association (European organization)
in 1997 Member of Board of the TELRI-Association
since 2000 Member of Council of the Association of Latvian Scientists