Andrejs SPEKTORS

Dr. phys. Andrejs SPEKTORS Head of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Latvia Raina bulvaris 29 Riga, LV 1459 Phone: +371 721 3304 Fax: +371 782 0153 E-mail: [email protected]

Born: October 6, 1943, Riga, Latvia

Interests:

• Mathematics

• Computer Science

Languages: Latvian, Russian, English

Education

• University of Latvia (Faculty of Mathematics), 1974
• Dr. phys. (Candidate of Sciences in former USSR), P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, 1981

 

Experience

• Radioastrophysical Observatory of the Latvian Academy of Sciences radiotelescope construction; cosmology and the general relativity, 1968-1970
• Computer modelling of Solar flares, 1974-1979
• Head, Department of Solar Physics of the Radioastrophysical Observatory, 1979-1983
• Chief of Laboratory for Computer Network Host Systems in the Institute of Electronics and Computer Technique of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1983-1985
• Head of Department of Programming Environment for Communication Systems at the Research Institute of the Industrial Corporation VEF, 1985-1986
• Head of the Artifical Intelligence Laboratory, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of Latvia, 1987 -

Recent/Representative Publications

• A. Spektors. The Latvian Language and Computers. - The World Congress of Latvian Scientists, Riga, 1991, 7, pp. 12-17 (in Latvian).
• R. Chevere, I. Greitane, A. Spektors. The Problems of Word Classification in the Formation of Thematic Wordstock of Automatized Terminological Dictionaries. - International Terminological Conference ‘’Terminology Science and Terminology Planning’’ in commemoration of E. Drezden (1892-1992), TermNet- Vienna, 1994, pp. 195-200.
• A. Spektors, M. Baltina. Project ‘’Analysis, Computer Aided Processing and Development of Data Base for Latvian Historical Texts’’. - Language and Technology in Europe 2000. Seminar, Riga, 10-11 November 1994.
• A. Spektors. The Latvian Language Corpus. - ‘’Baltistica VII. International Congress of Baltistics’’. Riga, 1995, pp. 105-106.
• A. Spektors. Electronic Dictionaries. - In: The Theory and Practice of Lexicography, 1977, Riga, pp. 36-40 (in Latvian).
• A. Spektors. The Latvian Language in the Internet and Resources of Computer Linguistics, - In: The Latvian Language-Existence, Environment, Context, 1997, Riga: PBLA, pp. 46-53 (in Latvian).
• J. Borzovs, G. Fricnovics, A. Spektors. The Latvian Language and IT&T.- Baltic IT Review, 1997, N5, pp. 24-28.
• A.Spektors. Computed-aided language learning resources for the Latvian language. - Proceedings of Intern. conference & exhibition "Information Technologies and Telecommunications in the Baltic States", Riga, Latvia, April 15-18, 1998, pp.234-237
• K.Levane, A.Spektors. Morphemic analysis and morphological tagging of Latvian corpus. - Proceedings of 2^nd Intern. conference on Language Resources and Evaluation, Athens, Greece, 2000, May 31 -June 2, vol.2, pp.1095-1098
• E. Milconoka, N.Gruzitis, A.Spektors. Natural language processing at the Institute of mathematics and computer science: 10 years later. - Proceedings of the 1^st Baltic conference "Human Language Technologies - the Baltic Perspective", Riga, 2004, pp. 6-11.
• N.Gruzitis, I.Auzina I., S.Berzina-Reinsone, K.Levane-Petrova, E.Milconoka, G.Nespore, A.Spektors. Demonstration of resources and applications at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, IMCS, UL. - Proceedings of the 1^st Baltic conference "Human Language Technologies - the Baltic Perspective", Riga, 2004, pp. 38-42.

 

Research Projects (1997 - 2005)

• A.Spektors (Head of Latvian Part of Info-Copernicus Network Project). Trans-European languages resources infrastructure (1995-1997).
• A.Spektors (Head of Project). Development of methodology for acquisition of linguistics knowledge of the Latvian language. Latvian Council of Science (1997-2000).
• A.Spektors (Head of Project) Software for Latvian Speech Processing. Latvian Council of Science (2001 - 2004).
• A.Spektors (Head of Project) Modelling of Universal Latvian Lexicon Framework. Latvian Council of Science (2005 - )

Last update 22.08.2005