Curriculum Vitae

Dr.sc.comp., Prof. Guntis BARZDINS Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of University of Latvia Raina bulv. 29, Riga, LV-1459 Latvia Phone: +371 29206943, Fax: +371 7820153 E-mail: guntis@latnet.lv

Born: December 23, 1962, Riga, Latvia

Interests:

• Computational linguistics
• Knowledge representation and reasoning
• Inductive inference and Machine learning
• Wireless and Satellite communications
• Computer networking protocols
• Business modelling and Specification languages

Languages: English, Russian, Latvian

Education

• Dr. Computer Science, University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia), 1992
• Ph.D. Computer Science, Siberian Branch of USSR Academy of Sciences, (Novosibirsk, Russia), 1990
• B.Sc. Applied Mathematics, University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia), 1986

Experience

• 1992-present Professor, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia)
• 1998-2005 Technical Director, Taide Network AS (Holmestrand, Norway)
• 1996-1999 Certified Cisco Systems Instructor (CCSI), Internetworking University AB (Stockholm, Sweden)
• 1992-1998 Technical Director, Latnet (ISP) (Riga, Latvia)
• 1991-1992 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Computer Science, New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM, USA)
• 1985-1991 Junior Research Associate, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia)

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Advisor for Baltic countries, ACM Committee on Central and Eastern Europe
• Member, Baltnet Research Networking Board
• “BALTnet’93” conference Organization commity member, Riga, Latvia.
• “NORDUnet’99” conference Programm commity member, Lund, Sweden.
• Member of Internet Society since 1994.

Courses

• Programming Languages, New Mexico State University, Spring 1992
• Object-Oriented Programming and C++, University of Latvia, 1992-1994
• Programming Languages, University of Latvia, 1993-1997
• Computer Networks, University of Latvia, 1997-present
• UNIX and Applications, University of Latvia, 2005-present

Representative Publications

• G.J.Barzdins. Experiments with mixed computation, Programmirovanie, 1:30-43, 1987 (in Russian)
• G.Barzdins. Mixed Computation and Compiler Basis, Proceedings of Workshop on Partial and Mixed Computation, Denmark, October 1987, (Eds. D.Bjorner, A.P.Ershov, N.D.Jones), North-Holland, 1988, pp.15-26.
• G.Barzdins. Inductive synthesis of encoding for algebraic data types, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag, 1989, vol.397, pp.328-338.
• G.Barzdins. Inductive Synthesis of Term Rewriting Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag, 1991, vol.502, pp.253-285.
• Barzdins J, G.Barzdins. Towards Efficient Inductive Synthesis: Rapid Construction of Local Regularities, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag, 1993, vol.659, pp.132-140.
• J.Barzdins, G.Barzdins, K.Apsitis, U.Sarkans, Towards Efficient Inductive Synthesis of Expressions from Input/Output Examples, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag,1993, vol.744, pp.59-72.
• G.Barzdins. Research Networks in the Baltic countries, Proceedings of the Nordic Conf. on Research and Educational Networking NORDUNET-94, May31-June2, Umea, Sweden, 1994, 8 p.
• J.Barzdins, A.Kalnins, G.Barzdins. Rule-based Approach to Business Modelling, Proceedings of the 7th Intern.Conf. on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering SEKE’95, Knowledge Systems Institute, 1995, pp.161-165.
• I.Murane, G.Barzdins. Internet service providers in Latvia, BALTIC IT REVIEW, 1996, Nr.1, pp.49-52.
• G.Barzdins, J.Kikuts, R.Balodis. Internet Development Trends in Latvia, Baltic IT&T 97, April 2-4, 1997, Riga.
• G.Barzdins, Baltic Network Proliferation, NORDUnet'97 Conference, Reykjavik, June 29 - July 1, 1997.
• A.Sidorovs, G.Barzdins. J.Lacis, K.Ogsts. Smart ARP: Merging IP and MAC Addressing for low-cost gigabit Ethernet networks, Computer networks, Elevier Science B.V., Vol.31(21) November 1999, pp.2193-2204.
- also in: Proceedings of TNNC'99 conf., Lund, Sweden, 1999 (http://www.terena.nl/conferences/archive/tnnc/1B/1B2/1B2.html)
• G.Barzdins, J.Tully, A.Riekstins. Applications of high-speed wireless solutions for developing countries: Lessons learnd in Latvia and Moldova. - Proceedings of INET'99 conf., San Jose, California, USA, 1999. (http://www.isoc.org/inet99/proceedings/4d/4d_2.htm)
• G.Barzdins, Quality and Efficiency of Voice via Satellite, Broadband via Satellite Conference, Brussels, May 29-30, 2002.
• G.Barzdins, UML + Spreadsheets as a Telecommunications Network Documentation and Analysis Tool, Databases and Information Systems, Vol.118, IOS Press, 2005, pp.238-246. ISSN 0922-6389
• J.Barzdins, G.Barzdins, R.Balodis, K.Cerans, A.Kalnins, M.Opmanis, K.Podnieks, Towards Semantic Latvia, Baltic DB&IS 2006, Communications, O.Vasileckas, J.Eder, A.Caplinskas (Eds). Vilnius: Technika, 2006. pp.203-218. PDF
• G.Barzdins, N. Gruzitis, R.Kudins. "Re-Engineering OntoSem Ontology Towards OWL DL Compliance", Knowledge-Based Software Engineering, E.Tyugu and T.Yamaguchi (Eds.), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, Vol.140, IOS Press, 2006, pp.157-166. ISSN 0922-6389, ISBN 1-58603-640-8, LCCN 2006929180. (Proceedings of the Seventh JCKBSE'06 conference, Tallinn August 28-31) PDF

Research Projects

• Visualization of knowledge bases, New Mexico State University, NSF, 1991-1992
• GRAPES Specification Language and GRADE tools, Infologistik and Siemens GmbH, 1992-1994
• Research Network of Latvia (LATNET), Nordic Council of Ministers, Ministry of Education of Latvia, 1993-1997
• BalticGrid , FP6 ICT project, 2005-2008
• SemTi Kamols , National Research Programme project, 2005-2008