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Guntis Barzdins

Dr.sc.comp.,
Leading Researcher

Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Latvia
Raina bulv. 29
Riga, LV 1459
Latvia

Phone: +371 708 5815; +371 920 6943
Fax: +371 782 0153
E-mail: guntis@latnet.lv

Born: December 23, 1962, Riga, Latvia

Interests:

Wireless and Satellite Communications
Computer Networks
Business Modelling and Specification Languages
Inductive Inference and Machine Learning
Partial Evaluation and Mixed Computation

Languages: English, Russian, Latvian

Education

University of Latvia (Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science), 1986
Dr.sc.comp. (Candidate of Science in former USSR, Ph.D.in Western countries), Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk, Russia), 1990

Experience

Junior Researcher, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia, Riga, 1985-1991
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Computer Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA, 1991-1992
Leading Researcher, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia, Riga, 1992-
Technical Director, Latvian Research Network LATNET, Riga, 1992-

Professional Activities and Memberships

Advisor for Baltic countries, ACM Committee on Central and Eastern Europe
Member, Baltnet Research Networking Board
Member, Internet Society
Certified Cisco Systems Instructor

Lectures

Baltic Network Proliferation. Invited Lecture. Nordic Conf. on Research and Educational Networking NORDUNET-97, Reykjavik, Island, July 1, 1997
Research Networks in Baltic Countries. Invited Lecture. Nordic Conf. on Research and Educational Networking NORDUNET-94, Umea, Sweden, July 2, 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, 1993-1998

Recent/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.
G.Barzdins, J.Kikuts, R.Balodis. Internet Development Trends in Latvia, Baltic IT&T 97, April 2-4, 1997, Riga.
I.Murane, G.Barzdins. Internet service providers in Latvia, BALTIC IT REVIEW, 1996, Nr.1, pp.49-52.
G.Barzdins. Interneta Ziemassvetki (Re-birth of Internet), Datorpasaule, 1997, Nr.12, pp.28-29 (in Latvian).
A.Sidorovs, G.Barzdins. J.Lacis, K.Ogsts. Smart ARP: Merging IP and MAC Addressing for low-cost gigabit Ethernet networks. - Proceedings of TNNC'99 conf., Lund, Sweden, 1999 (http://www.terena.nl/conf/tnnc/1b/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/proceeding/4d/4d2.htm)

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
Technical Director of Research Network of Latvia (LATNET), Nordic Council of Ministers, Ministry of Education of Latvia, 1993-1997


 

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