PhD School Director
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Academic degree and current position in TSI: professor, leading researcher of the Engineering Faculty, Director of MSc Program “Transport and Logistics”
Previous experience: more than 10 years was Vice-rector for Research and Development, Transport and Telecommunication Institute (TSI), founder of the Laboratory of Applied Systems and chair of Mathematical Methods and Modelling Department in TSI
Membership: From 01.2017 member of ECTRI Board and from 2019 – vice-president of ECTRI; an external scientific expert in Association of Paneuropa Coach Terminals from 2009; has been chair or member of the organizing and the programme committees of the International Conference on Applied Statistics (6 events), Transportation Research (15 events), Complex Systems (4 events), etc. and reviewer in transportation journals and conference proceedings. Member of Editorial Board of Journals: Transport (WoS, SCOPUS); Maintenance and Reliability (SCOPUS), Transport and Telecommunication (WoS, SCOPUS), etc. Guest redactor of Volumes of Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems and Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure in Springer; Procedia Engineering published by Elsevier etc.
Academic experience: Author more than 170 publications, incl. 9 books and textbooks, chapters in the books “From Transit Systems to Models: Purpose of Modelling” in book: “Modelling Public Transport Passenger Flows in the Era of Intelligent Transport Systems” (Springer Verlag, 2016), “3D City Models and urban information: Current issues and perspectives” (edpsciences, 2014), papers in International Journal of Transport, Transport and Telecommunication, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, etc. Guest redactor of Volumes of Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems and Lecture Notes in Intelligent Transportation and Infrastructure in Springer; Procedia Engineering published by Elsevier etc. An Expert in Transport and Logistics (2008-2021) and Civil Engineering (from 2021) at the Latvian Council for Science; member of the PhD promotion committee
Teaching at post- and graduate levels: Data Analysis (PhD in Business Management, RSEBAA-BA); Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Transport Modelling, Scientific Seminar (Dr. Ing. in Telematics and Logistics, TSI); Data Mining (MSc in Computers Science, MIS, TSI); Research Seminar; Methods of Data Analysis and Business Forecasting (MSc in Transport and Logistics, TSI); etc.
Participation in projects: as leading researcher has participated in more than 20 European and Latvian research projects and more than 14 national transportation studies, and was scientific coordinator in 8 of them. Is/was national representative and management committee member of COST Actions CA16222 (WISE-ACT), TU1306 (CYBERPARKS), TU1004, TU0903, TU0804 and TU0801. Has great experience in coordinating different kind of projects in frame of Horizon 2020, FP, INTERREG, BSR programmes, she was coordinator of Horizon 2020 project “Enhancing excellence and innovation capacity in sustainable transport interchanges” (ALLIANCE)
Research interest: Data analysis, data mining, statistical analysis, mathematical modelling and simulation with application in different fields (transportation sphere, business, economics, networks, logistics and others)
Supervised Doctoral, Master and Bachelor Theses: Promoted 6 Doctoral, more than 90 Master theses and 70 Bachelor theses an official reviewer of 7 PhD theses
Awards: (2019) by Ministry of Education and Science; (2017, 2010, 2008) Latvian Education Funds; (2011, 2010, 2008) Riga Municipality
PhD Program Directors
Digital Economy and Business
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Academic degree and current position in TSI: Professor, Leading Researcher of the Faculty of Transport and Management, Director of the PhD study program Digital Economy and Business, Chairwomen of PhD Promotion Council “Economics and Management”
Previous experience: more than 30 years’ experience in Higher Education teaching, include 10 years (2008 – 2018) as a professor, Higher School of Social Administration in Warsaw, Poland; more than 10 years Vice Rector of Research and Development, BIA; more 12 years Director of the PhD study program Regional Economy and Economics Policy, BIA; dean of the Transport and Management Faculty, TSI.
Membership: since 2024 expert at World Bank Group (B-Ready, 2025), since 2023 expert at UN Environment Programme (GEO-7 multidisciplinary expert), since 2020 lead researcher at Eurasian Scientific Institute, member of the Scientific Council Eurasian Scientific Institute, Aktau, Kazakhstan, since 2018 member of the State Council of Emeritus Scientists in Latvian Ministry of Education and Science; since 2013 Expert of Latvian Council for Science in Business and Economics field. Member of Editorial Board of the Journals: since 2012 Economic Annals – XXI (SCOPUS, WoS); since 2017-2022 Baltic Journal of Economic Studies (WoS), Since 2018 – member of the program committee of the International Scientific Conference “Reliability and Statistics in Transportation and Communication (RelStat)” (Scopus, WoS), since 2013 ACTA STING (ERICH plus), since 2015 De Securitate et Defensione (ERICH plus), since 2021 Green, Blue and Digital Economy etc.
Academic experience:
Author more than 110 publications, incl. 3 study books, 4 monographs and book chapters; 2015–2021 – Chairwomen of the PhD Promotion Council in Economics and Business, BIA; since 2024 Chairwomen of the PhD Promotion Council in Economics and Business, TSI; 2009-2021 Member of the Professors’ Council in Economics and Business, (BIA); Since 2022 – member of the Research and PhD Council at TSI.
Certificates by the courses (Coursera): Business Sustainability in the Circular Economy (2023, University of London); Digital Transformation (2023, University of Virginia); Doing Economics: Measuring Climate Change (2022, University of London).
Teaching at post- and graduate level: Regional Economy and Management, Theory of regional development (PhD programme, BIA); Economics security (MSc in Social Administration, Warsaw), Тransport economics (MSc in Transport and Logistics, TSI), Digital Economy (PhD programme, TSI) etc. Visiting professor at Tashkent Government Economic University (2017, 2019), Uzbekistan; University of Natural Sciences and Humanities in Siedlce, Poland (2017); Tashkent University of Oriental Study, Uzbekistan (2018); National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2018), Thomas More University, Belgium, (2022), Genoa University, Italy, (2023), Chinese Culture University, International trade department, Taiwan (2024).
Participation in projects
“Factors of development of competitiveness and efficiency of the management of small and medium sized enterprises in the local and global environment” (2016 – 2021), the Institute of Economic research and Analytics STING ACADEMY, leader researcher. “Participation of small and medium – size enterprises in the implementation of the innovation policy of Taiwan” (02/2018 – 07/2018), National Taiwan University. Awarded from Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan “The development of high technologies and digital waste: the experience of Taiwan and the Baltic States” (01/20204-12/20224) Awarded from Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan.
Research Interests:
Regional development, Investment attractiveness, International Business, Digitalization, Transport Economy, Transport Air Pollution and Digital Waste.
Supervised Doctoral, Master and Bachelor Theses (number): Promoted 9 Doctoral, more than 100 Master theses and 100 Bachelor theses, and official reviewers of 11 PhD theses.
Awards: by the Government of Republic of Uzbekistan for the best popular science article (2018). TSI: For international Recognition and Brand Visibility, 2024.
Telematics and Logistics
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Academic degree and current position in TSI: Professor, Dr.sc.ing. Dr.hab.sc.ing, leading researcher of the Engineering Faculty, Director of PhD Programme “Telematics and Logistics”.
Previous Experience: Founder and President of Transport and Telecommunication Institute for over 15 years, Vice-rector for Research and Development Affairs for more than 10 years
Membership: Member of the Joint OECD/ITF Transport Research Committee (OECD – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, ITF – International Transport Forum), Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Corresponding Member of Latvian Academy of Science, President of Latvian Transport Development and Education Association, President of Latvian Operations Research Society, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal “Transport and Telecommunication”, Member of the board of the Journals “Transport”, “Technological and Economic Development”, “Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering” etc.
Academic experience: Author of more than 600 academic and research publications, author of 68 patents. Expert of the Latvian Council of Science in Civil and Transport Engineering, Chairman of promotion council for PhD degree in Civil and Transport Engineering, Chairman of Professor Council in Telematics and Logistics.
Teaching at post- and graduate level: 45 years of pedagogical experience in university; courses: Research Methodology (PhD programme); New Trends of Telematics and Logistics Development (PhD programme), Research Methodology (MSc programme), Theory of Systems and System Analysis (MSc programme), Transport Policy (MSc programme), Intelligent Transport Systems (MSc programme), Reliability Engineering (BSc programme) etc.
Participation in projects: has participated in 37 international projects (in 26 projects as national coordinator of the projects) and 26 Latvian research projects and programs (in 23 as head of the projects) within the frame of COST Activities, Horizon 2020, Framework Programs, INTERREG etc.
Research Interests: Transport Telematics and Logistics, Smart Cities, Analysis and Modelling of Transport Systems, Intelligent Transport Systems, Reliability of Electronics Systems, Internet of Things, Cyber-Physical Systems, Information Technology Applications, Electronics and Telecommunication, Decision Support Systems, Avionics, Air Traffic Control Systems and others.
Supervised Doctoral, Master and Bachelor Theses: Supervisor of 9 PhD theses and more than 200 Master and Bachelor theses.
Awards: 2 Gold and 5 Silver Medals of International Research and Innovation Exhibition of Innovators (1985-1990); Honorary title “Latvian Honored Inventor”, Latvian Parliament (1989); Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology, USA (1998); Award and memorial medal for outstanding research in computer science and informatics, Latvian Academy of Sciences (2001); Award and memorial medal for outstanding performance of research in air navigation, communication and radar technology, Latvian Academy of Sciences (2002); Certificate of Recognition as a significant contribution to the research and educational work in the transport, logistics and information technology, as well as on the international success in science, Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia (2014); Certificate of Honor of the Latvian Academy of Sciences for research in the field of transport and logistics (2019).
PhD School Coordinator for administration questions
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Academic degree and current position at TSI: Master of Economics, Researcher of the Transport and Management Faculty, Director of Master Professional Program “Aviation Management”, PhD student on Telematics and Logistics Program
Experience – 12 years’ experience in Higher Education (Professional English, Digital Marketing, Career Management), 2 years experience as a Program Director (Aviation Management)
Teaching activity – Business English (Bachelor of Social Sciences in Management); Digital Marketing (Bachelor of Social Sciences in Management); English for Students of Computer Science (Bachelor of Computer Science); Career Management (Bachelor of Social Sciences in Management), English for Students of Logistics (Bachelor of Logistics), etc.
Publication activity – the author of 7 publications, indexed by Scopus and Web of Science
Projects – a national representative and Management Committee Member of COST Action CA19102 “Language In The Human-Machine Era”; member of the ERASMUS+ KA2 “SPREAD YOUR WINGS” 2017-1-PL01-KA203-038782 project; member of Cost Action: CA18231 Multi3Generation: Multi-task, Multilingual, Multi-modal Language Generation; member of the Cost Action: CA18209 European network for Web-centered linguistic data science. European Social Fund project “Strengthening Transport and Telecommunication Institute Academic Staff in the Areas of Strategic Specialisation” (Specific Objective 8.2.2 “To Strengthen Academic Staff of Higher Education Institutions in the Areas of Strategic Specialisation”, 1 year training at Riga International Airport Training Center, Latvia
Supervised theses – Supervisor of 8 Bachelor theses
Research fields/domains – Natural Language Processing, Value Proposition, Start-ups and Innovation Management, Aviation Management, Digital Marketing
Motto – It often seems impossible until it’s done
Reception hours:
on Thursdays from 12:00 to 14:00, as well as upon individual request, room 116
