Self-evaluation report

Participation in

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  Promotion council P-09 (1992-1993)
  
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  Habilitation council H-07 awarding “Dr.habil.sc.ing” doctoral degree in Information and Computer Technologies (1999)
  
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  Extended Habilitation council "Informatics" of Latvian University (1998-1999)
  
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  Promotion council P-07 awarding “Dr.sc.ing.” doctoral degree in Information and Computer Technologies (since 2000)
  
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  Promotion council awarding “Dr.sc.ing.” doctoral degree in Telematics and Logistics (since 2003)
  
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  Professors council "Information Technology" of Riga Technical University (since 1998)
  
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  Scientific Proceedings of Riga Technical University, series “Computer Science”, volume “Information Technology and Management Science” – Editor in Chief (since 2002)
  
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  Editorial Board of Simulation & Gaming: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theory, Practice and Research (Associate editor in Modelling and Simulation, since 2000)
  
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  Editorial Board Member of “International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling ” (IJSPM) (since 2004)
  
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  The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS): Senior member (since 2004), member of the Steering Committee of the SCS European Council (1991-1993 and since 1995), director of the Latvian Centre of the SCS McLeod Institute of Simulation Sciences
  
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  The Latvian Simulation Society (LSS): Vice-President (1990-1991), President (since 1992)
  
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  Latvian National Organisation on Automation (since 1992): Board member (1992-1999)
  
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  Baltic Operations Research Society (since 1996): President (2000-2003), Board member (since 1996)
  
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  Simulation society "Liophant Simulation Club" (Genoa University, Italy, since 1996)
  
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  New York Academy of Sciences (1997)
  
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  National Geographic Society (1997-2000, since 2004)
  
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  Latvian Scientists Union (since 1998)
  
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  Latvian Association of University Professors (since 2000)
  
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  Latvian Transport Development and Education Association: Board member (since 2000)
  
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  Board member of the RTU Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
  
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  Member of the RTU Academic Committee
  
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  Senate member of Riga Technical University (since 2001), Chairman of Finance Commission (since 2003)
  
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  Secretary of the task force “Transport Engineering and Management” of the BALTECH consortium of Baltic sea Technical universities (since 2004)
  
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  The British Computer Society: Chartered Fellow (since 2005)
  

Regularly (since 1991) participates at international conferences in the field of computer simulation, and takes part in their organisation as well.

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  General Co-Chair at the First Joint Conference of International Simulation Societies (Zurich, Switzerland, August 22-25, 1994)
  
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  Chairman of the Organising Committee of the international conference "Simulation, Gaming, Training and Business Process Reengineering in Operations" (Riga, Latvia, September 19-21, 1996)
  
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  Program Chair for the track “Simulation of Socio-Economic Systems” at the 1997 European Simulation Multiconference (Istanbul, Turkey, June 1-4, 1997)
  
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  General Chairman of the SCSI international workshop “Modelling and Simulation within a Maritime Environment” (Riga, Latvia, September 6-8, 1998)
  
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  Coordinator of the international Technology Transfer workshop “Increasing Efficiency of Latvian Companies Through Computer-Aided Simulation” (Riga, Latvia, December 18, 1998)
  
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  Programme Chair of the SCSI international workshop “Harbour, Maritime, & Industrial Logistics Modelling and Simulation” (Genoa, Italy, September 16-18, 1999)
  
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  Chair for the track “Simulation in Logistics” at the 1999 European Simulation Symposium (Erlangen, Germany, October 24-27, 1999)
  
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  Session Chair for the track “Simulation Tools” at the Nordic-Baltic Transport Research Conference (Riga, Latvia, April 13-14, 2000)
  
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  Programme Chair of the SCSI international workshop “Harbour, Maritime, & Logistics Modelling and Simulation” (Portofino, Italy, October 5-7, 2000)
  
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  General Chair of the Second International Conference “Simulation, Gaming, Training and Business Process Reengineering in Operations” (Riga, Latvia, September 8-9, 2000)
  
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  Chair of the track “Simulation in Transport and Logistics” of the 2001 European Simulation Multiconference (Prague, Czech Republic, June 6-9, 2001)
  
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  Programme Chair of the SCSI international workshop “Harbour, Maritime, & Multimodal Logistics Modelling and Simulation” (Marseilles, France, October 15-17, 2001)
  
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  Chair of the track "Methodology and Tools" of the 2002 European Simulation Multiconference (Darmstadt, Germany, June 3-5, 2002)
  
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  Programme Co-Chair of the international workshop “Harbour, Maritime, & Multimodal Logistics Modelling and Simulation”, HMS2002 (Bergeggi, Italy, October 3-5, 2002)
  
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  Chair of the track “Simulation in Logistics, Traffic and Transport” of the 2002 European Simulation Symposium (Dresden, Germany, October 23-26, 2002)
  
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  Chair of the track “Simulation in Logistics, Traffic and Transport” of the 2003 European Simulation Symposium (Delft, The Netherlands, October, 2003)
  
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  General Chair of the international workshop “Harbour, Maritime, & Multimodal Logistics Modelling and Simulation”, HMS2003 (Riga, Latvia, September 18-20, 2003)
  
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  Programme Chair of the international workshop “Harbour, Maritime, & Multimodal Logistics Modelling and Simulation”, HMS2004 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 16-18, 2004)
  
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  Chair of the track “Simulation in Logistics, Traffic and Transport” of the 2004 European Simulation Symposium (Budapest, Hungary, October 17-20, 2004)
  
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  General Chair of the international conference "European Conference on Modelling and Simulation", ECMS'2005 (Riga, Latvia, June1-4, 2005)
  
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  Programme Chair of the international workshop “Harbour, Maritime, & Multimodal Logistics Modelling and Simulation”, HMS2005 (to be held in Marseille, France, October 20-22, 2005)
  
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  Chair of the track “Discrete Event Modelling and Simulation in Production, Logistics and Transport” of the international conference "European Conference on Modelling and Simulation", ECMS'2006 (to be held in Bonn, Germany, June 2006)
  

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

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  Corresponding member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2004
  
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  The Best Paper Award at the 1992 European Simulation Symposium (Dresden, October 1992, Germany)
  
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  The Annual Award of the Latvian National Organization on Automation, 1997
  
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  RTU Professor (2001)
  

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  “Who’s Who in the World”, 18^th ed., 2000, 19^th ed., 2002, 20^th ed., 2003, 21st ed., 2004 un 22nd ed., 2005, Marquis Who'sWho
  
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  “Who is Who in Latvia”, 1996, 1998, 2000
  
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  “Who's Who in Finance and Industry”, 32^nd ed., 2001-2002 and 33^rd ed., 2002-2003, Marquis Who'sWho
  
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  “Who's Who in Science and Engineering”, 6^th edition, 2002-2003, Marquis Who'sWho
  

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  From the USSR State Committee on Science and Technology: for a 10-months training period in Finland (November 1987 – October 1988, Abo Akademi, Turku – 8 months, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki – 2 months)