Students and staff

Department of Computer Science

Head of the Department

professor Guntis Arnicāns

Senior Secretary

Aija Iljina

Studies

The Department of Computer Science provides academic and professional study programmes at bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels.

 

Research

The Department of Computing also conducts research in computer science.

The mission of the University of Latvia in supporting the development of the computing field is:

  • to prepare highly qualified and export-capable specialists for practical work in companies and government institutions, who are able not only to design and develop complex information systems, but also to manage projects and independently master new technologies in a rapidly changing environment across the entire spectrum of the computing field;

  • to provide the computing field with academically educated specialists prepared for scientific work, capable of conducting research in computer science in Latvia, as well as fulfilling expert roles in the evaluation of new technologies and systems.

 

The Department of th Computer Science consists of three laboratories, one group and one centre of Research.

Head: Egils Kārkliņš

E-mail: egils.karklins@lu.lv

Phone: +371 67034987

Head: Andrejs Vasiļjevs

E-mail: andrejs.vasiljevs@lu.lv 

Head: Jurģis Šķilters

E-mail: jurgis.skilters@lu.lv 

Webpage: https://www.lpcs.lu.lv/en/

Head of the Group: Juris Borzovs

E-pasts: juris.borzovs@lu.lv 

Members of the group - academic and research personnel from the University of Latvia

Juris Borzovs, Professor of UL FST, Deputy Chair of the LZA TK ITTEA 

Jānis Cīrulis, UL Leading Researcher at the Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science

Dāvis Liekniņš, Student of UL

Signe Liniņa, Student of UL

Pēteris Paikens, Associate Professor of UL FST, LU MII Lead Researcher at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Raivis Skadiņš, Director of Research and Development at Tilde and Researcher at the UL

Dace Šostaka, Scientific Assistant at the UL and Scientific Secretary of the ITTEA Section at the Latvian Academy of Sciences

Viesturs Vēzis, Docent at the Department of Computer Science, FST UL

 

Group members – voluntarily involved

Jānis Alksnis, Systems Analyst at RP SIA Rīgas Satiksme

Agnese Apse-Apsīte, Latvian Language Terminologist at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation

Vineta Arnicāne, Senior IT Systems Analyst at the Bank of Latvia

Aiga Bādere, Lecturer at Ventspils University of Applied Sciences, Director of the Bachelor's Study Programme “Translation and Language Technologies”

Ansis Ataols Bērziņš, Lecturer at Riga Technical College

Eduards Cauna, Chair of the LZA TK ITTEA 

Gunda Karnite, IT Consultant at PwC

Iveta Keiša, Senior Language Editor at Tilde

Mudīte Kostanda, SIA "Elektroniskie sakari"

Dzintars Skarbovskis, Freelance Translator and Localization Specialist

Toms Trasūns, independent