Dr. Rihards Novickis is a leading researcher at the Institute of Electronics and Computer Science (EDI), head of the Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS) Laboratory, and chair of the Scientific Council. Rihards joined EDI in 2016 as part of the Biometrics Research Group. He established the EDI Single-Chip System Research Group, which became a separate laboratory in 2024. Rihards has graduated from Riga Technical University (Riga, Latvia), where he obtained a PhD in electronics in 2022. In 2018, he received a letter of recognition from the Latvian Academy of Sciences for one of the most notable achievements in Latvian science – an original approach to transforming artificial neural network architectures into programmable logic array structures. Rihards has been involved in many international European Union projects as an executor, technical development manager, and coordinator.
Rihards considers himself a systems architect, whose work relies on intuition as much as technical knowledge. His research laboratory is investigating how to improve and incorporate into digital circuits various algorithms that have previously only existed in software format. The main goal of Rihards’ research is to create new computing concepts and approaches, thereby promoting the sustainable development of our society. The research group’s skills and experience have enabled it to identify three main areas of research: (1) development of next-generation sensors; (2) artificial intelligence in heterogeneous single-chip systems; and (3) computing accelerators and their integration.
In his free time, Rihards watches old movies, enjoys music of various genres, and studies its history. He is seriously involved in squash, where he still dreams of beating Latvia’s top player.
Recent projects
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Automotive Intelligence for/at Connected Shared Mobility (AI4CSM) #H2020
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Go IT! #Horizon Europe
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Artificial Intelligence using Quantum measured Information for realtime distributed systems at the edge (A-IQ Ready) #ChipsJU
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Trusted lifetime in operation for a circular economy (ARCHIMEDES) #ChipsJU
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Leverage synergy by cyber-physical systems for the convergence of the eco systems mobility, infrastructure and energy in the circular economy for the Society 5.0 (Cynergy4MIE) #Horizon Europe
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A mosaic of essential electronic components and systems (ECS) for our automated digital future in industry and mobility (MOSAIC) #Horizon Europe
Recent publications
- Norbert Druml; Anna Ryabokon; Rupert Schorn; Jochen Koszescha; Kaspars Ozols; Aleksandrs Levinskis; Rihards Novickis; "Programmable Systems for Intelligence in Automobiles (PRYSTINE): Final results after Year 3"; 2021 24th Euromicro Conference on Digital System Design (DSD); 1-3 Sept. 2021; DOI: 10.1109/DSD53832.2021.00049
- Rihards Novickis, Aleksandrs Levinskis, Vitalijs Fescenko, Roberts Kadikis, Kaspars Ozols, Anna Ryabokon, Rupert Schorn, Jochen Koszescha, Selim Solmaz, Georg Stettinger, Akwasi Adu-Kyere, Lauri Halla-aho, Ethiopia Nigussie, Jouni Isoaho. "Development and Experimental Validation of High Performance Embedded Intelligence and Fail-Operational Urban Surround Perception Solutions of the PRYSTINE Project", Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(1), 168;
- Laura Leja, Vitālijs Purlans, Rihards Novickis, Andrejs Cvetkovs, Kaspars Ozols. Mathematical Model and Synthetic Data Generation for Infra-Red Sensors
- Edgars Lielāmurs, Andrejs Cvetkovs, Rihards Novickis, Kaspars Ozols, 2023. Infrared Image Pre-Processing and IR/RGB Registration with FPGA Implementation. Electronics, 12(4), 4, MDPI.
- Valērija Movčana, Arnis Strods, Karīna Narbute, Fēlikss Rūmnieks, Roberts Rimša, Gatis Mozoļevskis, Maksims Ivanovs, Roberts Kadiķis, Kārlis Gustavs Zviedris, Laura Leja, Anastasija Zujeva, Tamāra Laimiņa, Arturs Abols. "Organ-On-A-Chip (OOC) Image Dataset for Machine Learning and Tissue Model Evaluation" Data , 9(2), pp.28. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10203721
- Ibrahim Sayed, Andrejs Cvetkovs, Kaspars Ozols and Rihards Novickis. 2024. "Deviations Detection in Registered 3D Point Clouds" Baltic Electronics Conference 2024 (The 19th Biennial Conference on Electronics and Embedded Systems) doi=10.1109/BEC61458.2024.10737935
- Edgars Lielamurs, Ibrahim Sayed, Andrejs Cvetkovs, Rihards Novickis, Anatolijs Zencovs, Maksis Celitans, Andis Bizuns, George Dimitrakopoulos, Jochen Koszescha, Kaspars Ozols. 2025. "A Distributed Time-of-Flight Sensor System for Autonomous Vehicles: Architecture, Sensor Fusion, and Spiking Neural Network Perception" Electronics, 14(7) https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/14/7/1375