Curriculum Vitae
Education
PhD in applied probability (advised by O. Boxma and M. Mandjes), University of Amsterdam and Eindhoven University of Technology, 2011.
MSc in applied computing science (cum laude), Utrecht University, 2007.
BSc in computer science and discrete mathematics (with distinction), University of Latvia, 2005.
Work experience
Principal Data Scientist, Roche, Switzerland, 2021-present.
Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark, 2017–present (20% from August 2021, on leave from October 2023).
PostDoc, Aarhus University, Denmark, 2016–2017.
Senior SNF researcher, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, 2012–2016.
PhD student at TU/e and UvA, the Netherlands, 2007–2011.
J2EE developer at Accenture, Latvia, 2004–2005.
Lifeguard at DRD Pool Management Inc., USA, 2004.
Software developer at Baltic Instruments Ltd., Latvia, 2003–2004.
Awards
Erlang prize 2020 from INFORMS Applied Probability Society (biennial prize recognizing a significant contribution to applied probability), 2020
Sapere Aude Starting Grant from Independent Research Fund Denmark (790k EUR), 2018
PhD thesis award 2012 from the Dutch Society for Statistics and OR, 2013.
First prize for the best presentations at the Conference in Actuarial Science & Finance on Samos, 2012.
2011 Trust Prize from Applied Probability Trust in recognition of the excellent PhD thesis, 2011.
Dutch NWO Top Talent PhD scholarship, 2007 (declined).
Huygens Scholarship for international master students, 2006.
1st place at State Mathematical Contest, Latvia, 2001
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Scientific activities
On the editorial board of Stochastic Models (2014-2021)
On the editorial board of Queueing Systems (2019-2021)
Co-organiser of 3rd and 4th Conference on Ambit Fields, 2018-2019
Reviewer for Annals of Applied Probability, Annales de l’Institut Henri Poincaré, Electronic Journal of Probability, Journal of Applied Probability, Queueing Systems, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Statistics & Probability Letters, ASTIN Bulletin, Latin American Journal of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Extremes, etc.
Invited/contributed talks
Applied Probability Days at Columbia University (virtual), July 2021.
Extreme Value Analysis conference (virtual), Edinburgh, June 2021.
Modern Stochastics: Theory and Applications V (virtual) Kyiv, June 2021.
Virtual PVSeminar #14, March 2021. 1hr video
Applied Probability workshop, Copenhagen, September 2020.
Prerecorded talk for Bernoulli One World Probability Symposium, August 2020. video
International conference in probability and statistics honouring Estate Khmaladze, Tbilisi, Georgia, September 2019
9th international conference on Levy Processes, Karlovasi, Greece, July 2019
11th international conference in Extreme Value Analysis, Zagreb, Croatia, July 2019
3rd international congress on Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance, Manizales, Colombia, June 2019
Seminar at the Alan Turing Institute, London, UK, April 2019
Seminar at Copenhagen University, March 2019
Matrix Analytic Methods 10, Hobart, Australia, February 2019 (slides)
Multidimensional Queues, Risk and Finance, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, October 2018
100 years of Gvanji Mania, Tbilisi, Georgia, July 2018
SPA 2018, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2018
Stochastic Models VI, Będlewo, Poland, June 2018
Conference in Actuarial Science & Finance on Samos, May 2018
Seminar at University of Geneva, Switzerland, April 2018.
Lunch seminar at CREATES, Aarhus, Denmark, February 2018.
Seminar at CWI and KdVI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 2017.
Second conference on ambit fields and related topics, Aarhus, Denmark, August 2017.
Risk Quantification and Extreme Values in Applications, Lausanne, Switzerland, February 2017.
Seminar at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, January 2017.
Seminar at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, November 2016.
Stochastic Models V, Bedlewo, Poland, September 2016.
Applied Probability Symposium, Ilulissat, Greenland, August 2016.
Teaching a course on Lévy processes, Yerevan, Armenia, May 2016.
Seminar at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, May 2015.
Talk at 48th Swiss Probability Seminar, Bern, Switzerland, November 2014.
Invited talk at Stochastic Networks 2014, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 2014.
Workshop on Contemporary Topics in Actuarial Sciences, Besancon, France, June 2014.
Stochastic Networks and Risk Analysis IV, Bedlewo, Poland, May 2014.
Seminar at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, April 2014.
Seminar at University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, April 2014.
Seminar at Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, March 2014.
Talk at Eurandom, TU/e, the Netherlands, January 2014.
INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica, July 2013.
VvS-OR day: PhD thesis award, March 2013.
Workshop Queues and Risk at EURANDOM, the Netherlands, March 2013.
7th Conference in Actuarial Science & Finance on Samos, Greece, June 2012.
50e Journée de séminaires actuariels (Lyon-Lausanne L2 seminar), France, January 2012.
Queueing and Performance Analysis seminar at EURANDOM, the Netherlands, August 2011.
Stochastic Networks And Related Topics III in Bedlewo, Poland, May 2011.
Workshop on Stochastic Processes in Communication Networks for Young Researchers in Edinburgh, UK, June 2010.
STAR meeting at CWI, the Netherlands, July 2009.
INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference in Cornell, USA, July 2009.
Stochastic Networks And Related Topics II in Bedlewo, Poland, May 2009.
Talk at University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain, May 2009.
Talk at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, March 2009.
NWO Top Talent presentation in the Hague, the Netherlands, November 2006.
Talk at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, the Netherlands, October 2006.
European Workshop on Probabilistic Graphical Models in Prague, Czech Republic, September 2006.