MODRIS GREITANS

Dr.sc.comp. MODRIS GREITANS Director and Senior Researcher Institute of Electronics and Computer Science Dzerbenes iela 14 Riga, LV 1006 Latvia Phone: +371 67558155 Fax: +371 67555337 E-mail:modris_greitans@edi.lv

Born: December 29, 1964, Riga, Latvia

Interests:

• Signal theory and analysis
• Advanced Digital signal processing
• Signal dependent and non-uniform A/D conversion and processing techniques
• Time-frequency analysis of non-stationary signals,
• Development of smart sensors and embedded systems
• Application of signal processing methods in biometrics, sensor networks, software defined radio, ultra-wideband, brain computer interface etc. systems

Languages: Latvian, English, Russian

Education

• University of Latvia, Faculty Mathematics and of Physics, Department of Physics,1983-1990
• Postgraduate studies, Latvian Academy of Science, 1990-1991
• Postgraduate studies, Institute of Electronics and Computer Science, 1995-1998
• Dr.sc.comp.University of Latvia, 2000. Thesis “Reconstruction of non-uniformly sampled signals”

Experience:

• Director, Institute of Electronics and Computer Science,2007 –
• Senior Researcher, Institute of Electronics and Computer Science, 2005-
• Researcher, Institute of Electronics and Computer Science, 2002-2005
• Assistant Researcher, Institute of Electronics and Computer Science,1993-2002
• Engineer, Institute of Electronics and Computer Science, 1990-1993
• Researcher, Signal processing institute, Ltd,1991-2005
• Engineer, Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, 1989-1990
• Engineer, University of Latvia,1988-1989

Honours and Awards

• European IT Prize for the development of "DASP-Lab System Digital Analyser of radio frequency Signals in time, frequency and modulation domains" (co-author), 1997

Professional Activities and Memberships:

• Corresponding Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2011
• Expert of the Latvian Council of Science
• Expert from Latvia in COST (European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) ICT domain
• Lead delegate from Latvia in EU JTI ARTEMIS Public Authorities Board
• Member of the Promotion Council in Electronic and Telecommunications at Riga technical university
• Member of Editors board of scientific journal „Automatic Control and Computer Sciences”
• Professional member of IEEE (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
• Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Member of European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP)

• M. Greitans, Spectral analysis based on signal dependent transformation. – Proc. of the 2005 International Workshop on Spectral Methods and Multirate Signal.  Processing, TICSP Series, Nr.30, Tampere, Finland, Jun. 2005, pp. 179-184.
• M. Greitans, I.Homjakovs, Enhanced Digital Signal Processing of Signal-dependently Sampled Data. Electronics and Electrical Engineering. – Kaunas: Technologija , Vol. 68, No. 4, 2006, pp.9-14.
• M.Greitans, R.Shavelis, Speech sampling by level-crossing and its reconstruction using spline-based filtering. – 14^th International Conference IWSSIP 2007, Maribor, Slovenia, June 2007, pp. 292-295.
• M.Greitans,Time-Frequency Representation Based Chirp-Like Signal Analysis Using Multiple Level Crossings.– Proc. Of the European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO 2007, Poznan, Poland, September 3-7, 2007, pp. 2254-2258.
• R. Fuksis, M.Greitans, E. Hermanis, Motion Analysis and Remote Control System using Pyroelectric Infrared Sensors. Electronics and Electrical Engineering. – Kaunas: Technologija, Vol. 86, No. 6, 2008, pp.69-72.
• Modris Greitans, Evalds Hermanis, "Three-phase" Representation of Harmonic Signals for Application to Non-contact Diagnostics of Electric Power Transmission Lines”.– Proceedings of the International Symposium ELMAR-2008, Zadar, Croatia, Sep. 2008, pp.427-430.
• Aldis Baums, Uldis Grunde, Modris Greitans, Level-crossing sampling using microprocessor based system. – Proceedings of the International Conference on Signals and Electronic Systems ICSES’08, Krakow, Poland, Sep. 2008, pp. 19-22.
• I. Homjakovs, M. Greitans, R. Shavelis, Real Time Acquisition of Wideband Signals Data Using Non-Uniform Sampling. – Proceedings of the IEEE Region 8 Conference EUROCON 2009. Saint–Petersburg, Russia, May, 2009., pp. 1158-1163.
• M. Greitans, M. Pudzs, R. Fuksis, Object Analysis in Images Using Complex 2d Matched Filters. – Proceedings of the IEEE Region 8 Conference EUROCON 2009. Saint–Petersburg, Russia, May, 2009., pp. 1392-1397.
• M.Greitans, R. Shavelis. Signal-Dependent Techniques for Non-Stationary Signal Sampling and Reconstruction. – 17^th European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO 2009. Glasgow, Scotland. Aug., 2009., pp. 2613-2617.
• R.Fuksis, M.Greitans, O.Nikisins, M.Pudzs, Infrared Imaging System for Analysis of Blood Vessel Structure&. Electronics and Electrical Engineering.- Kaunas: Technologija,2010.g. No. 1 (97), pp. 45-48.
• Modris Greitans, Rolands Shavelis, Reconstruction of sequences of arbitrary-shaped pulses from its low-pass or band-pass approximations using spectrum extrapolation&. – Proceedings of the 18th European Signal Processing Conference EUSIPCO 2010, Aalborg, Denmark, Aug., 2010, pp. 1607-1611.
• M.Greitans, M. Pudzs, R. Fuksis. 148;Palm Vein Biometrics Based on Infrared Imaging and Complex Matched Filtering. – The 12th ACM Multimedia and Security Workshop MM&Sec, Rome, Italy, 9-10, September 2010.g. pp. 101-106.
• Modris Greitans, Evalds Hermanis, Gatis Supols. “Analytic Model and Bilateral Approximation for Clocked Comparator. – 7th IEEE International Conference on Signals and Electronic Systems - ICSES 2010, Glivice, Polija, 7-10. September 2010.g. pp.185-188.
• M. Greitans, V. N. Aristov, and E. Hermanis, A Pulse, Shaper with a Picosecond Leading Edge on Avalanche Transit-Time Diode. – Automatic Control and Computer Science, Vol.44, Nr.5, 2010, pp. 260-265.
• M.Greitans, V.N. Aristov, E.Hermanis, Study of Ultra–Wideband Pulse Shapers. – Automatic Control and Computer Sciences, 2010, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 331–337.
• M.Pudzs, M.Greitans, R.Fuksis, Generalized Complex 2D Matched Filtering for Local Regular Line-Like Feature Detection". – 19th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2011), Barcelona, Spain, August 29 - September 2, 2011.
• M.Pudzs, M.Greitans, R.Fuksis, Complex 2D Matched Filtering Without Halo Artifact. – 18th International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing, IWSSIP 2011, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 16-18, 2011, pp. 109-112.
• Severdaks, G. Supols, M. Greitans, L. Selavo, Wireless Sensor Network for Distributed Measurement of Electrical Field. Electronics and Electrical Engineering. – Kaunas: Technologija, 2011. No. 1(107). pp. 7–10.
• O. Nikisins, M. Greitans, A mini-batch discriminative feature weighting algorithm for LBP-based face recognition. –  Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST2012), July 2012, pp. 170-175.
• N. Agafonovs, G. Strazdins, M.Greitans, Accessible, Customizable, High-Performance IEEE 802.11p Vehicular Communication Solution. – In Proc. of International Workshop on Vehicular Communications and Applications (VCA 2012), Aiya Napa, Cyprus, pp. 127-132, June 19, 2012.
• O. Nikisins, M. Greitans, Reduced complexity automatic face recognition algorithm based on local binary patterns. – Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Systems, Signals and Image Processing (IWSSIP 2012), April 2012, pp. 447-450.

• Participation in 5 scientific research projects (leader of 2 projects) financed by the Latvian Council of Science , (1991- )
• Participation in 4 market-oriented research projects financed by the Ministry of Education and Science.
• Leader of State research program projects Research and development of original signal processing approaches to originate competitive information technologies (2005-2009) and Innovative signal processing technologies for smart and effective electronic system development (2010 – )
• Participation in 11 international research projects (1993 – )
• Participation in 3 research projects (leader of 2 projects) co-financed by European structural funds and Latvian government ( 2006 – )

 

Last update 10.08.2012