Kaspars Sudars is an artificial intelligence researcher at the Institute of Electronics and Computer Science. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the Faculty of Computing, University of Latvia, and is a co-author of more than 30 SCOPUS-indexed scientific publications focusing on research in signal processing, deep learning, and computer vision.
His current scientific interests include explainable artificial intelligence, semantic image segmentation, and object detection in images.
In addition to his academic work, Kaspars Sudars is a co-founder of the start-up company WeedBot, which develops robotic crop weeding solutions based on artificial intelligence.
Recent projects
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A Deep Learning Approach for Osteoporosis Identification using Cone-beam Computed Tomography (OSTAK)
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New technology to produce hydrogen from Renewable Energy Sources based on AI with optimized costs for environmental applications (HydroG(re)EnergY-Env)
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“Applied Research” Component 2 in the areas of ICT and Smart Energy – LACISE
Recent publications
- Sudars, Kaspars, Ivars Namatēvs, and Kaspars Ozols. 2022. "Improving Performance of the PRYSTINE Traffic Sign Classification by Using a Perturbation-Based Explainability Approach" Journal of Imaging 8, no. 2: 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging8020030
- Vitalijs Komasilovs, Aleksejs Zacepins, Armands Kviesis, Kaspars Ozols, Artūrs Ņikuļins, Kaspars Sudars “Development of an MCTS Model for Hydrogen Production Optimisation”, Processes (2023) (pp.16). https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/11/7/1977.
- Ivars Namatēvs, Kaspars Sudars, Artis Dobrājs. Interpretability versus Explainability: Classification for Understanding Deep Learning Systems and Models.
- Edīte Kaufmane, Kaspars Sudars, Ivars Namatēvs, Ieva Kalniņa, Jānis Judvaitis, Rihards Balašs, Sarmīte Strautiņa. QuinceSet: Dataset of annotated Japanese quince images for object detection
- Sarmīte Strautiņa, Ieva Kalniņa, Edīte Kaufmane, Kaspars Sudars, Ivars Namatēvs, Arturs Ņikuļins, Edgars Edelmers "RaspberrySet: Dataset of Annotated Raspberry Images for Object Detection", Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (2023) (pp. 5). https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/8/5/86.
- Kaspars Sudars, Ivars Namatevs, Arturs Nikulins, Rihards Balass, Astile Peter, Sarmite Strautina, Edite Kaufmane, Ieva Kalnina "Semantic Segmentation Using U-Net Deep Learning Network for Quince Phenotyping on RGB and HyperSpectral Images", 27th International Conference "Electronics" (2023). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10177638.
- Kaspars Sudars, Ivars Namatēvs, Jānis Judvaitis, Rihards Balašs, Artūrs Ņikuļins, Astile Peter, Sarmīte Strautiņa, Edīte Kaufmane, Ieva Kalniņa. YOLOv5 Deep Neural Network for Quince and Raspberry Detection on RGB Images
- Arturs Nikulins, Kaspars Sudars, Edgars Edelmers, Ivars Namatevs, Kaspars Ozols, Vitalijs Komasilovs, Aleksejs Zacepins, Armands Kviesis, Andreas Reinhardt. "Deep Learning for Wind and Solar Energy Forecasting in Hydrogen Production" Energies 17(5): pp.12. https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/5/1053
- Anda Slaidina, Laura Neimane, Oskars Radzins, Ivars Namatevs, Kaspars Sudars "E-Poster: The effect of osteoporosis on the bone quantity and quality of the edentulous mandible" Clinical Oral Implants Research
- Ivars Namatevs, Kaspars Sudars, Arturs Nikulins, Kaspars Ozols. 2025. "Privacy Auditing in Differential Private Machine Learning: The Current Trends" Applied Sciences, 15(2): 647. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15020647
- Arturs Nikulins, Edgars Edelmers, Kaspars Sudars, Inese Polaka. 2025. "Adapting Classification Neural Network Architectures for Medical Image Segmentation Using Explainable AI" Journal of Imaging, 11(2): pp.55. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging11020055
- Sudars, K., Namatevs, I., Nikulins, A., & Ozols, K. (2025). Privacy Auditing of Lithium-Ion Battery Ageing Model by Recovering Time-Series Data Using Gradient Inversion Attack in Federated Learning. Applied Sciences, 15(10), 5704.