
Kārlis Freivalds
Dr. sc. comp.
Senior Researcher
Dr. Kārlis Freivalds is a senior researcher at the Institute of Electronics and Computer Science. He has graduated from the University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia) where he obtained a doctoral degree in computer science. Kārlis is the author of 30+ scientific publications and 7 patent applications. He has been involved in various scientific and industrial projects in the areas of computer vision, artificial intelligence, graph algorithms, bioinformatics and quantum computing, where he has led research work as well as software development and deployment in production. The main areas of research are artificial intelligence, computer vision, robotics and machine learning, with a recent focus on deep neural networks, where he has developed several new neural network architectures for fast sequence processing, algorithmic tasks and NP-hard problem solving. He is also an associate professor at the Computer Science department of the University of Latvia, where he teaches programming of image processing and computer vision algorithms.
Related publications:
- Teikmanis, O., Leja, L., & Freivalds, K. Applying a Differentiable Physics Simulation to Move Objects with Fluid Streams. (2023). International Workshop on Embedded Digital Intelligence (IWoEDI’2023).
- E. Ozolins, K. Freivalds, A. Draguns, E. Gaile, R. Zakovskis, S. Kozlovics "Goal-aware neural SAT solver" 2022 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 1-8, IEEE.
- Gatis Melkus, Karlis Cerans, Karlis Freivalds, Lelde Lace, Darta Zajakina, Juris Viksna "Analysis of Dynamics and Stability of Hybrid System Models of Gene Regulatory Networks." The 12th International Conference on Computational Systems-Biology and Bioinformatics. 2021.
- Draguns, A., Ozoliņš, E., Šostaks, A., Apinis, M., & Freivalds, K. (2021). Residual Shuffle-Exchange Networks for Fast Processing of Long Sequences. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 35(8), 7245-7253.
- Ozolinš, K. Freivalds and A. Šostaks, "Matrix Shuffle- Exchange Networks for Hard 2D Tasks," 2021 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 2021, pp. 1-8, doi:10.1109/IJCNN52387.2021.9533919.
- Barzine, M.P., Freivalds, K., Wright, J.C., Opmanis, M., Rituma, D., Ghavidel, F.Z., Jarnuczak, A.F., Celms, E., Čerāns, K., Jonassen, I. and Lace, L., 2020. Using Deep Learning to Extrapolate Protein Expression Measurements. Proteomics, 20(21-22), p.2000009.
- Kārlis Freivalds, Emīls Ozoliņš, and Agris Šostaks. "Neural Shuffle-Exchange Networks-Sequence Processing in O (n log n) Time." In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, pp. 6626-6637. 2019.
- Karlis Martins Briedis, Karlis Freivalds. On-line Television Stream Classification by Genre. Baltic Jornal of.Modern Computing, Vol. 6 (2018), No. 3, pp. 235–246.
- Karlis Freivalds, Renars Liepins. "Improving the Neural GPU Architecture for Algorithm Learning." The ICML workshop Neural Abstract Machines & Program Induction v2 (NAMPI 2018).
- Arturs Sprogis, Karlis Freivalds, and Elita Cirule. "Implementing a Face Recognition System for Media Companies." In International Baltic Conference on Databases and Information Systems, pp. 328-341. Springer, Cham, 2018.
- Jans Glagoļevs, Kārlis Freivalds “Logo Detection in Images Using HOG and SIFT”, 5th IEEE Workshop on Advances in Information, Electronic and Electrical Engineering (AIEEE), Riga, Latvia, 2017, pp. 1-5.
- Kārlis Freivalds, Jans Glagoļevs “A Statistical Method for Object Counting”. Proceedings of 2017 International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (ICDSP 2017) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Jevgenijs Vihrovs, Krišjānis Prūsis, Kārlis Freivalds, Pēteris Ručevskis and Valdis Krebs "A Potential Field Function for Overlapping Point Set and Graph Cluster Visualization." International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics (pp. 136-152). Springer, 2015.
- Kārlis Freivalds, Jans Glagoļevs. "Graph Compact Orthogonal Layout Algorithm." 3rd International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization, ISCO 2014, Springer LNCS Volume 8596, pp 255-266.
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Projects
5 results
- Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing leading to Sustainability and Industry 5.0 (AIMS5.0) 01.05.2023 – 30.04.2026 Completed
- Metodes, modeļi un rīki enerģētikas sistēmu viedai attīstībai (MESVA) 01.01.2025 – 31.03.2026 Completed
- Digitalization of Power Electronic Applications within Key Technology Value Chains (PowerizeD) 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2025 Completed
- Smart Materials, Photonics, Technologies, and Engineering Ecosystem (MOTE) 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2024 Completed
- Digital Technologies, Advanced Robotics and increased Cyber-security for Agile Production in Future European Manufacturing Ecosystems (TRINITY) 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2022 Completed
Publications
- 2026
Differentially Private Federated Learning for Remaining Useful Life Prediction(opens in a new window)
Arturs Nikulins, Kārlis Freivalds, Ivars Namatēvs, Kaspars Sudars, Audris Arzovs, Wilhelm Söderkvist Vermelin, Madhav Mishra, Kaspars Ozols.
Applied Sciences, Vol. 16 (6), p. 2784 (raksta numurs), MDPI
- 2025
Applied AI for Adaptive Robotic Conveyor-Feeding (I)(opens in a new window)
Guntis V. Strazds, Katrīna Viltrake, Gergely Hollosi, Laura Leja, Arnis Priedītis, Diāna Dupļevska, Makss Meiers, Christos Chronis, Iraklis Varlamis, George Dimitrakopoulos, Kārlis Freivalds
1st IFAC Joint Conference on Computers, Cognition, and Communication, IFAC
- 2025
Differentiable Physics Training Method for Robot Motion Planning(opens in a new window)
Laura Leja , Guntis Vilnis Strazds, Christos Chronis, Iraklis Varlamis, Kārlis Freivalads
1st IFAC Joint Conference on Computers, Cognition, and Communication, IFAC
- 2025
Controlling shape of flame with differentiable physics(opens in a new window)
Laura Leja, Kārlis Freivalds
Engineering for Rural Development, Vol. 24, p. 666 - 672, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
- 2024
Learning to Move Objects With Fluid Streams in a Differentiable Simulation(opens in a new window)
Kārlis Freivalds, Laura Leja, Oskars Teikmanis
2024 7th Iberian Robotics Conference, ROBOT 2024, IEEE
Patents
- 2015
European Patent No. EP2700054 B1
EP2700054 (type: A1, date: 26.02.2014; type: B1, date: 22.04.2015) “System and method for video-based vehicle detection”. Inventors: K.Freivalds, R.Kadikis, M.Greitans. Applicant:
Institute of Electronics and Computer Sciences of Latvia.