Kaunas Faculty

Sukurta: 08 July 2018

khf 8 Muitinės, LT-44280 Kaunas

Tel. 37 423 222, fax 37 423 222

E-mail:

http://www.knf.vu.lt

Dean – Assoc. Prof. Dr Kęstutis Driaunys

STAFF

95 teachers (incl. 64 holding research degree), 8 research fellows (incl. 5 holding research degree), 29 doctoral students.

DEPARTMENTS OF THE FACULTY

Institute of Economics, Finance and Management
Institute of Applied Informatics
Institute of Languages, Literature and Translation Studies

RESEARCH AREAS

Modelling and management of social and economic development of Lithuania
Poetics, rhetoric and linguistics: fundamental and applied research into literary and non-literary texts
Informatics: Identification processes, data analysis and visualisation, artificial intelligence, the modelling of processes and systems, mathematical logic and discrete structures, innovative teaching methods
Informatics Engineering: the technologies of images and signals, parallel calculations, system engineering, estimate experiments, application of information technologies

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS DEFENDED IN 2017

R. Špicas. Statistical credit risk assessment model of small and very small enterprises for Lithuanian Credit Unions.

D. Šidiškytė. The transformations of the expression of humour in audio-visual translation.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANISED IN 2017

International conference Texts and Contexts: the Phenomenon of Boundaries
International conference Thought Elaboration: Linguistics, Literature, Media Expression: TELL ME
Workshop on applications of knowledge-based technologies in business 20th International Conference on Business Information Systems
13th international conference Culture and Creativity
|Workshop on intelligent methods for data analysis and computer aided software engineering 23rd international conference on Information and Software Technologies (ICIST 2017)

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2017

Draškovič, M. (ed.), Štreimikienė, D. (ed.), Baldesku, E., Baležentis, T., Bauk, S., Bilan, Y., Delibašič, M., Delijič, K., Draškovič, D., Draškovič, V., Ilysheva, N., Jasinskas, E., Jereb, B., Jovovič, R., Lakič, S., Lojpur, A. Popov, E., Pupavac, D., Škatarič, G., Švagždienė, B., Zupanc, I. V., Erznkyan, B. 2017. Sustainable Development: Crisis or Regulation? In M. Draškovič, Streimikiene D. (eds), Baldesku, E., Baležentis, T., Bauk, S., Bilan, Y., Delibašič, M., Delijič, K., Draškovič, D., Draškovič, V., Ilysheva, N., Jasinskas, E., Jereb, B., Jovovič, R., Lakič, S., Lojpur, A. Popov, E., Pupavac, D., Škatarič, G., Švagždienė, B., Zupanc, I. V., Erznkyan, B. Podgorica. ELIT - Ekonomska laboratorija za istraživanje tranzicije, scientific monograph, 538 p.

Nie, D., Lämsä, A.M., Pučėtaitė, R. 2017. Effects of Responsible Human Resource Management Practices on Female Employees’ Turnover Intentions. Business Ethics: European Review, vol. 27, p. 29–41.

INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT

8 Muitinės, LT-03225 Kaunas
Tel. 37 422 477
E-mail:

Head – Dr. Giedrius Romeika

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. R. Čiegis, Dr. E. Jasinskas, Dr. V. Jurėnienė, Dr. R. Kanapickienė (part-time), Dr. A. Mikalauskienė, Dr. K. Rudžionienė, Dr E. Stancikas (part-time), Habil. Dr. D. Štreimikienė, Dr. V. Vitkienė (part-time), Dr. G. Žigienė (part-time).
Senior research fellows: Prof. Dr. R. Čiegis (part-time), Prof. Dr. V. Fomin (part-time), Prof. Dr. D. Štreimikienė (part-time), Dr. A. Novelskaitė (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr. G. Gipienė, Dr. E. Freitakas, Dr. I. Kiaušienė (part-time), Dr. R. Klimaitienė, Dr. A. Novelskaitė (part-time), Dr. R. Pučėtaitė (part-time), Dr. R. Pušinaitė-Gelgotė, Dr. A. Rimkutė, Dr. I. Šarkiūnaitė, Dr. A. Urbonienė, Dr. V. Tamulienė (part-time).
Lecturers: R. Antanaitienė (part-time), Dr. R. Bartkutė (part-time), J. Dabravalskytė-Radezevičė (part-time), M. Gubtor (part-time), S. Jurėnė (part-time), E. Kisielius (part-time), J. Knyvienė (part-time), L. Matusevičienė (part-time), A. R. Medeišienė (part-time), E. Merkytė (part-time), M. Radzevičius (part-time), Dr A. Ramanauskaitė (part-time), Dr. I. Šikšnelytė (part-time), D. Tomkevičienė (part-time), J. Vilkevičiūtė (part-time),I. Vitkauskaitė (part-time), A. Žalpys (part-time), G. Žaltauskaitė (part-time).
Assistants: Dr. I. Griesienė (part-time), Dr. G. Romeika (part-time), Dr. M. Valukonis.
Junior assistants: D. Jankauskaitė (part-time), D. Ročkė (part-time), M. Sueldo (part-time), M. Vijūnas (part-time).
Research fellows: Dr I. Šikšnelytė (part-time), Dr M. Valukonis (part-time).
Junior research fellows: D. Jankauskaitė (part-time).
Doctoral students: D. Ročkė, R. Žemaitytė (on academic leave), G. Vilutytė, M. Radzevičius, K. Andriuškevičius, M. Sueldo, S. Jurgelėnas, P. Boreika, I. Vitkauskaitė, D. Jankauskaitė, I. Mikalauskas, I. Ščiukauskė, A. R. Medeišienė, D. Gliaubicas, M. Vijūnas, S. Mirinavičienė,
A. Ūsas, D. Gliaubicas, L. Matusevičienė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Innovation management
Human resource management
International human resource management
Sustainable development of tourism
Business models
Social entrepreneurship, young social entrepreneurs
Social enterprises
Sustainable development, social acceptance of technologies, economic trends, innovations, technological advances
Research of corporate finance in Central and Eastern Europe
Evaluation, accounting and reporting on intellectual capital
Theoretical and practical aspects of taxation
The problems of commercial bank and central bank in Central and Eastern Europe
Research of accounting quality in small and medium-sized enterprises
Development of cultural industries in Lithuania
Cultural tourism industry
Cultural heritage industry
Activities and management of cultural centres
Creative cities and clusters
Culture and consumption, peculiarities of contemporary cultural needs in Lithuanian society
Educational issues in cultural organisation management
Gender issues
Organisational ethics and corporate social responsibility
Research ethics
Organisational communication
Strategic management
Organisational behaviour and development

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2017

Projects Supported by University Budget

An Assessment of Income Inequality on Sustainable Economic Growth in the Context of Saving. Prof. Habil. Dr. R. Čiegis, PhD student K. Andriuškevičius.

Links between inequality of income and sustainable economic development in the context of savings were analysed.

Main publication:

Čiegis, R., Dilius, A., Andriuškevičius, K. 2017. An Assessment of Income Inequality on Sustainable Economic Growth in the Context of Saving. Inžinerinė ekonomika-Engineering Economics. Kaunas: Technologija, No. 3 (28), p. 232–239.

Developments and Challenges of Measuring M&A Performance on Corporate and Macroeconomic Levels. Prof. Habil. Dr. R. Čiegis, PhD student K. Andriuškevičius.

Developments and challenges of measuring M&A performance on corporate and macroeconomic levels were analysed.

Main publication:

Andriuškevičius, K., Čiegis, R. 2017. Developments and challenges of measuring M&A performance on corporate and macroeconomic levels. Oeconomia Copernicana, p. 2083–1277, Torune, vol. 8. iss. 2, p. 199–220, doi:10.24136/oc.v8i2.13.

The Assessment of Flexicurity Model Elements and Perspectives in Lithuanian Labour Market. Prof. Habil. Dr. R. Čiegis.

The assessment of three elements of flexicurity model and perspectives (in Lithuanian labour market) is carried out by analysing the flexibility of labour market, active labour market policy measures and social security system. It was found out that labour market in Lithuania is relatively less flexible and less secure than in Denmark and EU 28.

Main publication:

Čiegis, R., Tauraitė, V. 2017. Lankstisaugos modelio elementų vertinimas ir perspektyvos Lietuvos darbo rinkoje (The Assessment of Flexicurity Model Elements and Perspectives in Lithuanian Labour Market). Taikomoji ekonomika: sisteminiai tyrimai. Kaunas: VDU, vol. 11, no. 1, p.57–79.

Investigation of Customer Attitudes and Technologies on Customer Satisfaction in Banking Industry. Prof. Dr. D. Štreimikienė.

The modified SERVQUAL model was applied for the assessment of the effects of customer attitude and technology on customer satisfaction in banking industry. The mediation, moderation and conditional process analysis was conducted. The study revealed the gap between customer expectations in terms of corporate social responsibility of banks and real situation, which also had a negative impact on customer satisfaction with bank services.

Main publications:

Ahmed, R. R., Vveinhardt, J., Štreimikienė, D., Ashraf, M., Channar, Z. A. 2017. Modified SERVQUAL model and effects of customer attitude and technology on customer satisfaction in banking industry: mediation, moderation and conditional process analysis. Journal of business economics and management. Vilnius: Technika, vol. 18, iss. 5, p. 974–1004, doi: 10.3846/16111699.2017.1368034.

Saeidi, S. P., Othman, M. S. H., Štreimikienė, D., Saaeidi, S. A., Saeidi, P., Mardani, A. 2017. Identifying the gap and differences between customers’ expectations for banks’ corporate social responsibility and the actual scenario. Transformations in business and economics. Vilnius: Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, vol. 16, no. 2, p. 106–123.

Analysis and Assessment of Impact of Demographic, Social and Organizational Characteristics and Social-cultural Capital on the Levels of Mobbing in Specific Organizations. Prof. Dr. D. Štreimikienė.

The analysis of the impact of the main demographic, social and organisational characteristics on the levels of mobbing in enterprises was performed. The gender equality and social capital assessment techniques were employed to investigate the impact of social capital on the competitiveness of countries and organisations. The recommendations for incorporating social capital and gender equality in sustainability assessment were developed.

Main publications:

Vveinhardt, J., Štreimikienė, D. 2017. Demographic, social and organizational characteristics on the levels of mobbing and single cases of harassment: the multicomplex approach. Ekonomika a management. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, vol. 20, no. 3, p. 52–69; doi: 10.15240/tul/001/2017-3-004.

Draskovic, M. V., Jovovic, R. M., Draskovi, V. D., Štreimikienė, D. 2017. Эрозия социокультурного капитала в странах юго-восточной Европы (Erosion of socio-cultural capital in South Eastern Europe. Социологические исследования). Mосква: Наука, no 7, p. 99–106. Online: http://socis.isras.ru/article/6787.

Petkevičiūtė, N., Štreimikienė, D. 2017. Gender and sustainable negotiation. Economics & sociology. Szczecin: Centre of sociological research, vol. 10, no. 2, p. 279–295. Online: http://www.economics-sociology.eu/files/25_431_Petkeviciute_Streimikiene.pdf.

Incorporating Carbon Intensity and Globalization Indices in Sustainability Assessment Techniques. Prof. Dr. D. Štreimikienė, Prof. Dr A. Mikalauskienė.

The main indicators of carbon intensity and globalisation and their interactions were analysed and systematised. The sustainability assessment techniques were developed by integrating carbon intensity and globalisation indices. The proposed sustainability assessment techniques were applied in the Baltic States to assess energy sector sustainability.

Main publications:

Mikalauskienė, A., Štreimikienė, D. 2017. The main drivers of GHG emission reduction in Baltic States. Proceedings of the 7th Economics & Finance Conference, Tel Aviv, 08–10 March 2017. Prague: International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, p. 245–257; doi: 10.20472/EFC.2017.007.015.

Mikalauskienė, A., Štreimikienė, D., Mulagalejeva, K. 2017. Assess the impact of globalisation processes by indices. Economics and sociology. Ternopil: Centre of Sociological Research, vol. 9, no. 4, p. 82–100, doi: 10.14254/2071-789X.2016/9-4/5.

Sustainability of Energy Sector. Dr. I. Šikšnelytė.

Energy companies are increasingly stimulated to deal with the growing societal challenges such as scarcity of resources, climate change, pollution, employment, etc. The drivers of corporate social responsibility in energy sector are the mix of incentives and requirements. The research deals with the development of corporate social responsibility in the energy sector.

Main publication:

Stjepcevic, J., Siksnelyte, I. 2017. Corporate social responsibility in energy sector, Transformations in Business & Economics, vol. 16, no 1 (40), p. 21–33.

Entrepreneurship Development Problems: Human Resource Management Factors. PhD Student D. Ročkė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Šarkiūnaitė.

The research deals with expatriate challenges during the repatriation and their potential solutions, formation of skills necessary for the expatriate career during studies.

Main publication:

Ročkė, D. 2017. Expatriation: challenges and success factors of an international career. Rural environment. Education. Personality. (REEP): proceedings of the 10th international conference. Jelgava: Latvia University of Agriculture, 12–13 May, no. 10, p. 451–456.

Perspectives of Sustainable Tourism Development. Prof. Dr. E. Jasinskas.

The analysis is presented indicating what objectives of sustainable development have been set by international organisations in order to develop a sustainable tourism and to decrease the greenhouse gas emissions as well as additional factors, which could contribute to better implementation of sustainable development principles. The empirical research of tourism development challenges is presented and analysed providing new insights for further analyses of sustainable tourism development challenges.

Main publication:

Draškovič, M. Štreimikienė, D. (eds.), Baldesku, E., Baležentis, T., Bauk, S., Bilan, Y., Delibašič, M., Delijič, K., Draškovič, D., Draškovič, V., Ilysheva, N., Jasinskas, E., Jereb, B., Jovovič, R., Lakič, S., Lojpur, A. Popov, E., Pupavac, D., Škatarič, G., Švagždienė, B., Zupanc, I. V., Erznkyan, B. 2017. Sustainable Development: Crisis or Regulation? (A monograph). Podgorica: ELIT - Ekonomska laboratorija za istraživanje tranzicije, 538 p.

Organizational Communication/Strategic Management/Organizational Behavior & development. PhD Student M. Sueldo.

Strategic management of organisational communication is examined with a focus on the drivers and trends towards integration. Synergising external and internal stakeholders facilitates the achievement of corporate goals, amongst which corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability issues should be included.

Main publications:

Sueldo, M. 2016. The impact of integrated organizational communication on organizational sustainability. Management of Organizations. Systematic research. (Online) http://dx.doi.org/10.7220/MOsR.2335.8750.2016.75.pp.121-139.

Sueldo, M, Štreimikienė, D. 2016. Organizational rituals as tools of organizational culture creation. Transformations in Business and Economics, vol. 15, no. 2 (38), p. 89.

Evaluation, Accounting and Reporting on Intellectual Capital. Dr. A. Ramanauskaitė.

The research deals with evaluation and disclosing of intellectual capital in company’s report and analysis of the relationship between intellectual capital and company’s performance indicators.

Main publications:

Ličkienė, D., Ramanauskaitė, A. 2016. Įmonės intelektinio kapitalo ataskaitos formavimas (Creation of company’s intellectual capital report0. Apskaitos ir finansų mokslas ir studijos: problemos ir perspektyvos (Science and studies of accounting and finances: problems and perspectives). Kaunas: Aleksandro Stulginskio universitetas, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 109–121, doi: 10.15544/ssaf.2016.11.

Ramanauskaitė, A., Rūtytė, L. 2016. Įmonių intelektinio kapitalo ir veiklos rodiklių ryšio analizė (The analysis of the relationship between intellectual capital and company’s performance indicators). Apskaitos ir finansų mokslas ir studijos: problemos ir perspektyvos (Science and studies of accounting and finances: problems and perspectives). Kaunas: Aleksandro Stulginskio universitetas, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 138–150; doi: 10.15544/ssaf.2016.14.

The Problems of Commercial Bank and Central Bank in Central and Eastern Europe. Assoc. Prof. E. Freitakas, Assoc. Prof. G. Gipienė, Prof. Dr. R. Kanapickienė, Dr. M. Valukonis, PhD student M. Vijūnas, Dr. R. Špicas.

Research was conducted on liquidity risk management for local banks and the liquidity risk management model was created. In addition, business model evolution of credit unions was created. An assessment of the efficiency of Lithuanian commercial banks was made. An optimal loan performance window and a bad loan definition for the credit risk assessment model were settled for credit unions in Lithuania.

Main publications:

Aniūnas, P., Gipienė, G., Valukonis, M., Vijūnas, M. 2017. Liquidity risk management model for local banks (Likvidumo rizikos valdymo modelis vietinio kapitalo komerciniams bankams). Transformations in business and economics, Vilnius University. Kaunas Faculty of Humanities, Brno University of Technology. Faculty of Business and Management, University of Latvia. Faculty of Management and Economics. Kaunas: Vilniaus universiteto Kauno humanitarinis fakultetas, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 21–33.

Špicas, R., Vijūnas, M. 2016. Ankstyvoji kredito unijų istorija ir veiklos modelio raida (Early history and business model evolution of credit unions). Ekonomika ir vadyba: aktualijos ir perspektyvos. Šiauliai : Šiaulių universiteto leidykla. No. 1, p. 120–130. Online: http://www.su.lt/images/leidiniai/EVAP/2016_38/11_spicas.pdf (belated publication)

Freitakas, E. 2017. Assessment of Lithuania’s commercial banks efficiency. Management and engineering’17: XV international scientific conference, June 25-28, Sozopol, Bulgaria: conference proceedings, vol. 2. Sofia: Sofia Technical University, p. 767–773.

Research of Accounting Quality in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. Assoc. Prof. G. Gipienė.

Analysis on advantages and disadvantages of Positive Accounting Theory was made.

Main publication:

Gipienė, G., Budginaitė, A. 2017. Positive accounting theory: advantages and disadvantages. Management and engineering’17: XV international scientific conference, June 25–28, Sozopol, Bulgaria: conference proceedings, vol. 2. Sofia: Sofia Technical University, p. 760–766.

Gender Issues in Lithuania. Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Urbonienė, Prof. Dr. V. Jurėnienė.

A theoretical discussion that focuses on the motives and barriers that make impact on adult learning as well as on their dynamics related to the change of social roles.

Main publication:

Stanišauskienė, V., Urbonienė, A. 2016. Dynamics of learning motives and barriers in the context of changing human life roles. Cognitive science - New media - Education. Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. vol. 1, p. 29–46, doi: 10.12775/CSNME.2016.002.

Exploring the role of women in the Lithuanian society during the movement of the first half of the 20th century, focusing on the characteristics of Jewish women activities in this period and analysis of the organisations. A Lithuanian family is described as a hearth of resistance during soviet occupation, which contributed to reestablishment of the state in 1990.

Main publications:

Jurėnienė, V. 2016. Lithuanian family – A Hearth of the Unarmed Resistance against the Soviet Occupation. Studia Podlaskie XXIV Bialystok, p. 259–293.

Jurėnienė, V. 2016. Jewish Women Activity in the Lithuanian Women’s Movement in the First Half of the 20th Century. International Relations and Diplomacy, vol. 4, no. 11, November 2016 (Serial Number 38), p. 729–736.

Organizational Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Social Entrepreneurship, Human Resource Management. Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Pučėtaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Novelskaitė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Pušinaitė-Gelgotė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Rimkutė, D. Tomkevičienė, PhD student D. Jankauskaitė, PhD student R.A. Medeišienė.

Research of the relationship between socially responsible human resource management practices and turnover intentions moderated by supervisor’s gender, construction of unity and fragmentation in organisational culture through discourses of trust and distrust was explored in Finnish organisations. Results of an international intensive course Cases in Organizational Ethics were presented in a research publication. Empirical data for an international project CSR Research and Teaching in Central and Eastern Europe led by Sussex University (UK) were collected. Research proposal on dignity management in public organisations was submitted to Research Council of Lithuania.

Main publications:

Nie, D., Lämsä, A.-M., Pučėtaitė, R. 2017. Effects of responsible human resource management practices on female employees’ turnover intentions. Business Ethics: European Review, vol. 27, p. 29–41.

Lämsä, A. M., Pučėtaitė, R., Kujala, J., Heikkinen, A., Riivari, E., Medeišienė, R. A. 2017. Teaching and learning business ethics in a multicultural group. International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, vol. 8 (1/2), p. 83–98.

Kujala, J., Lehtimäki, H. Pučėtaitė, R. 2016. Trust and distrust constructing unity and fragmentation of organisational culture. Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 139 (4), p. 701–716.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Evaluation of Socio-Economic Impact of Social Business: Comparison of Lithuania and Finland – SOCImpact (contract No. P-MIP-17-483).

This 3-year (2017–2020) project aims at evaluating socio-economic impact of social business on internal and external stakeholders from a cross-cultural perspective. In 2017, research methodology for qualitative part was tuned with the researchers from Finland and collection of data on the ethical perspective of motives of social entrepreneurs in Lithuania was started.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

University of Latvia (Latvia)
Birmingham City University (United Kingdom)
Swedish School of Social Sciences (Sweden)
University of Jyväskylä, School of Business and Economics (Finland)
University of Tampere, School of Management (Finland)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. R. Čiegis –

editorial board member of the journal Engineering Economics. http://www.inzeko.ktu.lt/index.php/EE;
editorial board member of the journal Transformations in Business & Economics, http://www.transformations.khf.vu.lt/;
editorial board member of the journal Technological and Economic Development of Economy, http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tted21/current#.VKF9QV4BQ;
editorial board member of the journal International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/editorial_team.htm?id=ijshe;
editorial board member of the journal Social Research, http://www.su.lt/mokslas-ir-menas/mokslo-leidiniai/socialiniai-tyrimai.

Prof. Dr. E. Jasinskas –

editorial board member of the journal Leisure Time Research, http://laisvalaikiotyrimai.lsu.lt/index.php/en/;
editorial board member of the journal Tourism and Recreation Journal, http://www.awf.edu.pl/wtir/nauka/czasopismo-turystyka-i-rekreacja/zespol-redakcyjny;
editorial board member of the journal European Journal of Contemporary Education, http://ejournal1.com/en/redakcionniy-sovet.html.

Dr. I. Šikšnelytė –

the World Federation of Scientists (Switzerland) fellowship to organise research The development of Lithuanian electricity system incorporating new innovative technologies fostering RES-Electricity, http://www.lma.lt/pmf-lietuvos-nacionalines-stipendijos;
scientific committee member of international conference Sustainable Development: Theory and Practice 2017, https://asu.lt/renginiai/moksline-konferencija-darnus-vystymasis-teorija-ir-praktinis-igyvendinimas-2017/;
member of the Association for Energy Economics, http://aee.lt/.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Kiaušienė –

member of the Winnet Centre of Excellence, http://www.balticsearegion.org/.

Prof. Dr. A. Mikalauskienė –

member of the Association for Energy Economics, http://aee.lt/;
Technical Committee member of Lithuanian Department of Statistics, http://www.lsd.lt/standards/tb.php;
member of International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences (IISES);
senior member of Economics Development Research Centre (IEDRC).

Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Šarkiūnaitė –

editorial board member of the journal Leisure Time Research, http://laisvalaikiotyrimai.lsu.lt/index.php/en/.

Prof. Dr. D. Štreimikienė –

member of the Association for Energy Economics,. http://aee.lt/;
Chief Editor of the scientific journal Transformations in Business & Economics, http://www.transformations.khf.vu.lt/;
Vice-editor of the journal Intellectual Economy, http://www.mruni.eu/lt/mokslo_darbai/ie/apie_leidini/;
editorial board member of the journal Technological and Economic Development of Economy since 2010, http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tted21/current#.U6G74k36jIU;
editorial board member of the journal Economics & Sociology since 2013, http://www.economics-sociology.eu;
group member of the Commission’s Horizon 2020 AGE (Advisory Group for Energy).

Prof. Dr. K. Rudžionienė –

member of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers;
editorial board member of the journal Accounting Theory and Practice.

Prof. Dr. R. Kanapickienė –

member of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers;
editorial board member of the journal Accounting Theory and Practice;
member of the Certification Board for Internal Auditors of Public Legal Persons Managing and/or Using State and/or Municipal Property and Having it at their Disposition as well as of Persons Occupied in the Field of Internal Audit (since 2009), www.lar.lt.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. G. Gipienė –

member of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Klimaitienė –

member of the Association of Lithuanian Accounting Educators and Researchers.

Dr. A. Ramanauskaitė –

member of Lithuanian Chamber of Auditors (LCA) (since 2012), www.lar.lt;
certified internal auditor (CIA) by IIA Lithuania (since 2011), www.theiia.org;
certified auditor (CA) by LCA (since 2012), www.lar.lt .

Dr. M. Valukonis –

member of Association of Financial Analysts (Lithuania), www.finansai.lt;
financial brokerage licence (Bank of Lithuania), https://old.lb.lt/financial_brokers.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Pučėtaitė –

editorial board member of the international journal EJBO – Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organizational Studies, publisher: Business and Organization Ethics Network (BON), Finland (ejbo.jyu.fi);
editorial board member of the international peer-reviewed Journal of Management and Change, published by Estonian Business School, included in EBSCO Business Source Complete database (http://www.ebs.ee/en/research/research-and-development/ebs-review-2/editorial-board-6-2/);
member of a follow-up group to a doctoral student Soilikki Viljanen at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland;
member of international advisory board in the We All – Social and Economic Sustainability of Future Working Life project funded by the Strategic Research Council of the Academy of Finland (2015-2020), carried out by Universities of Helsinki and Jyväskylä and Hanken School of Economics, (http://weallfinland.fi/weall-contact-information-and-research-team.html);
expert on the data base Lituanistika

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Urbonienė –

editorial board member of the journal Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici Pedagogika, published by The Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, http://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/AUNC_PED/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0;
editor of the International Journal on Global Business Management and Research, publisher Rajalakshmi Engineering College, India, http://www.rajalakshmi.org/ijgbmr/

Prof. Dr. V. Jurėnienė –

2011 – to present – the expert at the European Institute for Gender Equality, http://eige.europa.eu/lt;
2012 – to present – the expert at the Faculty of Economic Science and Information Technology, North West University: Vaal Triangle Campus, South Africa, http://www.nwu.ac.za/FacultyofEconomicSciencesandIT_courses;
2015 – to present – the expert on the data base Lituanistika;
editorial board member of the international journal Economics and Sociology, http://www.csr.ua;
editorial board member of the international journal Developing World Women Issues: Law, Justice and Health, http://index.sciencepub.se/ojs/index.php/DWW;
editorial board member of the international Journal of Cultural and Religious Studies, http://www.davidpublishing.com;
editorial board member of the international journal Problems of World History: Scientific Journal (Institute of World History of the NAS of Ukraine), http://vim.gov.ua/index.php/en/about-us;

INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES, LITERATURE AND TRANSLATION STUDIES

12 Muitinės, LT-44280 Kaunas

Tel. 37 422 926

E-mail:

Director – Prof. Dr. Jadvyga Krūminienė

STAFF

Professors: Dr. D. Aliūkaitė (part-time), Dr. G. Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė, Dr. H. H. Droessiger (part-time), Dr. A. Krasnovas (part-time), Dr. J. Krūminienė, Dr. D. Mikulėnienė (part-time), Dr. S. Radzevičienė (part-time), Dr. D. Satkauskaitė, Dr. T. Solomonik-Pankrašova, Dr. S. Šarkauskienė, Dr. L. Ulvydienė.
Senior research fellows: Dr. G. Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė (part-time), Dr. Habil. O. Poliakovas (part-time), Dr. I. Stepukonienė (part-time).
Associate professors: Dr. R. Baranauskienė, Dr. S. Biržietienė, Dr. S. Juzelėnienė, Dr. J. Kerevičienė, Dr. E. Keturakienė, Dr. S. Keturakis (part-time), Dr. R. Kudirka, Dr. S. Lanza, Dr. I. Mickienė, Dr. Ž. Nemickienė, Dr. G. Rumšienė, Dr. D. Vengalienė (part-time).
Assistants: Dr. E. Alosevičienė (part-time), Dr. M. Grigaitis, Dr. I. Koverienė (part-time), Dr. V. Linkevičiūtė (part-time), Dr. L. Niedzviegienė, Dr. J. Radavičiūtė (part-time).
Junior assistant: J. Astrauskienė (part-time).
Lecturers: L. Abraitienė (part-time), J. Amoson (part-time), D. Aleksandravičienė (part-time), D. Bytautienė (part-time), G. Dubauskienė (part-time), R. Deksnė (part-time), L. Fedorčenkienė (part-time), Dr E. Gabrėnaitė, L. Grikietis (part-time), L. Kamičaitytė (part-time), E. Kmitaitė (part-time), A. Kuzmickienė, R. Mačiulskienė, V. Norvaiša (part-time), T. Ruškienė (part-time), J. Skovorodko, Dr. I. Šležaitė.
Doctoral students: J. Astrauskienė, L. Abraitienė, G. Buivytė, L. Buividavičiūtė, G. Gibavičienė, E. Merkytė-Švarcienė, V. Seredžiūtė, D. Burbienė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Linguistic Means of Social Discourse
Cognitive Aspects of Media and Political Discourse Analysis
Sociolinguistic Research of Dialectal Speech
Perceptual Analysis of Dialectal Discourse
Cultural Significance of Dialects
Exploration of Toponyms
Visual Metaphors: Methodological Approaches
Terminological Basis of Translation Studies
Translation of Culture-bound Units
Vernacular Translation as Modus Interpretandi
Interdisciplinary Approach to Audiovisual Translation
Development, Characteristics and Perception of Voice-over
Strategies and Problems of Audio Description
Theatre and Opera Surtitling as a Multimodal Construct
Polysemiotic Cohesion in Film Dubbing
Fictional Worlds within Conceptual Categories: From Etymology to Pragmatics
Literary Discourse of Contemporary English and American Literature
Interpretative Understanding of Literature: Hermeneutical Approach
Inter-textual Criticism: Shifts of Reading Horizons
Modernist Poetics: History, Fantasy and Fiction
Generic Deconstruction as Reflected in Literary Discourse
The Phenomenon and Instrumentarium of Literary Wit
Historical Awareness in the Lithuanian Poetry of the 19^th Century
Contemporary Reception of Literary Heritage and Literary Criticism
Poetics, Stylistics and Rhetoric in Fictional Texts and Public Discourse

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2017

Projects Supported by the University Budget

Applied Aspects of Linguistic and Interdisciplinary Language Research. Prof. Dr. D. Satkauskaitė, Prof. Dr. H. H. Droessiger, Prof. Dr. L. Ulvydienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. E. Alosevičienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. J. Kerevičienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. G. Rumšienė, Dr. L. Niedzviegienė, Dr. I. Koverienė, D. Šidiškytė, L. Abraitienė.

The research carried out under this project deals with audiovisual translation, culture-bound translation, strategies and problems of dubbing and translation editing, conceptualisations of swear words and invectives, translation as a means of social integration, especially with regard to audio description.

Main publications:

Abraitienė, L., Astrauskienė, J., Urbonienė, M. 2016. Translation as a Means of Social Integration (Vertimas kaip priemonė, padedanti sumažinti socialinę atskirtį) Acta humanitarica universitatis Saulensis, vol. 23, p. 232–242.

Alosevičienė, E., Niedzviegienė, L., 2016. Garsinio vaizdavimo raida Lietuvoje ir vokiškai kalbančiuose kraštuose (The Development of Audio Description in Lithuania and German-speaking Countries). Acta humanitarica universitatis Saulensis, vol. 23, p. 243–256.

Droessiger, H. H. 2017. On evaluative conceptualizations of swear words and invectives. Athens Journal of Philology. Athens: Athens Institute for Education & Research, vol. 4, no. 3, p. 201–217.

The Interaction of Text and Context. Prof. Dr. J. Krūminienė, Prof. Dr. T. Solomonik-Pankrašova, Prof. Dr. A. Krasnovas, Prof. Dr. G. Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė, Prof. Dr. S. Šarkauskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. E. Keturakienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Biržietienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Keturakis, Dr. I. Šležaitė, Dr. M. Grigaitis, R. Mačiulskienė, V. Norvaiša, PhD Student J. Astrauskienė, PhD Student G. Buivytė, PhD Student L. Buividavičiūtė, PhD Student V. Seredžiūtė, PhD Student G. Gibavičienė.

The research explored the metamorphosis of myth into poetry and film; the operation of image-schematic metaphors in the Latin mourning poetry of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; the motif of “dispassionate passion” in Gregory of Nyssa’s works; generic deconstruction as reflected in English epithalamic tradition; the rhetoric of public (press, advertising) discourse from the perspective of gender criticism within the frame of complex interaction between text and context.

Main publications:

Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė, G., Būblaitytė, I. 2017. Normatyvinis vyriškumas tarpukario Lietuvos spaudoje ir reklamoje: karininko įvaizdis (Normative Masculinity in the Interwar Lithuanian Press and Advertising: the Image of an Officer). Respectus Philologicus, Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty, Uniwersytet Jana Kochanowskiego. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, vol. 31 (36), p. 148–163. http://www.rephi.knf.vu.lt/images/31_36/gabija_baranauskaite-sereikiene_inga_bublaityte.pdf

Krūminienė, J. 2017. Generic Challenges: English Epithalamic Tradition and Its Deconstruction (The Case of John Donne). Respectus Philologicus, vol. 31 (36), p. 9–19.

Seredžiūtė, V. 2017. Vaizdinės-scheminės gyvenimo metaforos XVI amžiaus pabaigos lotyniškoje LDK gedulingoje poezijoje (Image-schematic Metaphors of Life in Latin Mourning Poetry of the Late 16th Century in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania). Respectus Philologicus, vol. 32 (37), p. 132–143.

Solomonik-Pankrašova, T. 2017. “Beaistrė aistra” Grigaliaus Nysiečio In Canticum Canticorum (Dispassionate Passion” in Gregory of Nyssa’s In Canticum Canticorum) LOGOS, vol. 92, p. 18–26.

Sociolinguistic and Cognitive Research of the Lithuanian Language. Prof. Dr. D. Aliūkaitė, Prof. Habil. Dr. O. Poliakovas, Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Juzelėnienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Mickienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Baranauskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Kudirka, Dr. E. Gabrėnaitė, PhD Student D. Burbienė, PhD Student E. Merkytė-Švarcienė.

The research carried out under this project focused on the analysis of the variant ability of the Lithuanian language from the perspective of perceptual dialectology and sociolinguistics aiming at working out cultural and social characteristics of the horizontal and vertical language continuum; advertising discourse analysis by applying cognitive and multimodal approaches; considerable attention was given to the problems of the evolution of the Lithuanian language.

Main publications:

Baranauskienė, R., Juzelėnienė, S., Šarkauskienė, S. 2017. Social Advertisements as a Tool for Language Teaching and Learning. EDULEARN17: 9th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, 3–5 July 2017, Barcelona, Spain: conference proceedings. Valencia: IATED Academy, 2017, 9275-9278; doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2017.0742.

Gabrėnaitė, E., Mikalauskas, A. 2016. Politinės retorikos pragmatika (The Pragmatism of Political Rhetoric) Valoda –Valoda dažādu kultūru kontekstā. Daugavpils: Saule, p. 1–10.

Linguistic and Extralinguistic Parameters of Language. Assoc. Prof Dr. J. Kerevičienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ž. Nemickienė, Assist. Prof. Dr. V. Linkevičiūtė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Vengalienė, Dr. J. Radavičiūtė.

The research carried out under this project is based on the exploration of the characteristics of the urban linguistic landscape, linguistic parameters of the translated texts, also focusing on the problems and creative solutions with regard to translated text editing.

Main publications:

Nemickienė, Ž. 2016. The comparative analysis of English-Lithuanian equivalents of ‘must’ in the Witch of Portobello. Mokslo taikomieji tyrimai Lietuvos kolegijose. Kauno kolegijos leidybos centras, no.12, p. 197–205: http://ojs.kaunokolegija.lt/index.php/mttlk/article/view/129/134

Radavičiūtė, J. 2017. Linguistic landscape of Tbilisi: a case study of graffiti. Respectus Philologicus, vol. 31 (36), p. 9–19.

Kerevičienė, J. 2017.Verstinio teksto redagavimas: problemos ir kūrybiniai sprendimai (Translated Text Editing: Problems and Creative Solutions) Tarp eilučių: lingvistikos, literatūrologijos, medijų erdvė: TELL ME, Kaunas: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, p. 166–179: http://www.knf.vu.lt/dokumentai/failai/katedru/germanu/TELL_ME_2017.pdf.

International Research Projects

COST programme IS1312. Structuring Discourse in Multilingual Europe (TextLink). 2013–2017. Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Juzelėnienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Baranauskienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. I. Mickienė, Prof. Dr. S. Šarkauskienė.

The project aims at unifying linguistic resources on discourse structure and building systems to allow cross-linguistic investigations. In 2017, a Lithuanian research group was involved in developing a multilingual, crosslinguistic corpus of TED talks where transcripts are annotated in the PDTB style. This resource includes annotations on six languages and is intended to be extended to new languages with richer annotations involving aspects of spoken language. A meeting on DRDs Multilingual and Multimodal Challenges was held on 12–14 June 2017.

National Research Projects

State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. The Spectrum of Regional Variants and Quasi-standard Language at the Beginning of the 21^st Century: Perceptual Approach (No. K-2/2017/MTS-620000-223). Prof. Dr. D. Aliūkaitė. 2017–2019.

The project aims at the analysis of the perceptual competence of ordinary members of language community by applying the principles of perceptual dialectology. In 2017, the analytical model within the methodological platform of perceptual methodology was worked out; respondent selection criteria were determined; text-stimuli were prepared for the variant research; the analysis of variant perception was performed in 10 locations; the data of variant perception research was systemically and analytically estimated; several methodological seminars were organised.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)
Institute of Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
State Commission of the Lithuanian Language (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators (Lithuania)
Lithuanian Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired (Lithuania)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. D. Aliūkaitė –

editorial board member of the international journal Respectus Philologicus, http://www.rephi.knf.vu.lt/en/editorial-board;
editorial board member of the international journal of scholarly papers Taikomoji kalbotyra, http://taikomojikalbotyra.lt/lt/redakcija/;
expert for database Lituanistika, http://www.lituanistikadb.lt/lt;
Board member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics, https://taikomojikalbotyra.lt/ojs3/index.php/taikomoji-kalbotyra/about/editorialTeam;
member of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language, http://www.vlkk.lt/struktura-ir-kontaktai/komisija;
member of the International Society for Dialectology and Geolinguistics, http://www.geo-linguistics.org/index.html.

Prof. Dr. G. Bankauskaitė-Sereikienė –

editor-in-chief of the international journal Respectus Philologicus, http://www.rephi.knf.vu.lt/en/editorial-board;
member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics (LITAKA), http://www.litaka.lt/lt/litaka/asociacija/apie-mus/nariai/;
member of the Lithuanian Association of Comparative Literature, http://www.llla.lt/lt/apie-mus/zmones;
expert for Database “Lituanistika”, http://www.lituanistikadb.lt/lt;
member of Antanas Vačiulaitis Literary Award Commission.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Baranauskienė –

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics, http://www.litaka.lt/lt/litaka/asociacija/apie-mus/nariai/.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Biržietienė –

member of the Lithuanian Classical Association Societas Classica, http://www.klasikai.lt/?sectionid=18.

Prof. Dr. H. H. Drößiger –

editorial board member of the journal Studies about Languages, Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania), http://www.kalbos.lt/.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Juzelėnienė –

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics, http://www.litaka.lt/lt/litaka/asociacija/apie-mus/nariai/.

Prof. Dr. A. Krasnovas –

editorial board member of the international journal Respectus Philologicus, http://www.rephi.knf.vu.lt/en/editorial-board.

Prof. Dr. J. Krūminienė –

member of the European Humanities University, American Studies Centre (Belarus) Supported by Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy in Belarus, http://minsk.usembassy.gov/american_studies.html;
member of The John Donne Society. Bldg. 250/251F, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2020, www.stanford.edu, http://johndonnesociety.tamu.edu/;
editorial board member of the international journal Respectus Philologicus, http://www.rephi.knf.vu.lt/en/editorial-board;
member of International Advisory Board of the International Multidisciplinary Research Journal European Academic Research (EAR), www.euacademic.org.

Assoc. Prof. Dr Ilona Mickienė –

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics, http://www.litaka.lt/lt/litaka/asociacija/apie-mus/nariai/.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ž. Nemickienė –

scientific editor of the English Language of the international journal of scholarly papers TELL ME 2017: Thought Elaboration: Linguistics, Literature, Media Expression, Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University, http://www.knf.vu.lt/dokumentai/failai/katedru/germanu/TELL_ME_2017.pdf.

Prof. Dr. O. Poliakovas –

editorial board member of the international journal Respectus Philologicus, http://www.rephi.knf.vu.lt/en/editorial-board;
member of the Commission of History of Slavistics of the International Committee of Slavists;
member of the Commission of the Study of Relations between Baltic and Slavonic Languages of the International Committee of Slavists.

Prof. Dr. S. Radzevičienė –

member of the Association of Lithuanian Comparative Literature, http://www.llla.lt;
member of the European Network of Comparative Literary Studies;
member of the Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators, https://www.llvs.lt/nariai;
member of World Lithuanian Language Community, http://www.litua.com/lt/zinynas/plb;
member of the Association of Lituanistics (Baltistics) Centres.

Prof. Dr. D. Satkauskaitė –

editorial board member of the international journal of scholarly papers TELL ME 2017: Thought Elaboration: Linguistics, Literature, Media Expression, Kaunas Faculty of Vilnius University, http://www.knf.vu.lt/dokumentai/failai/katedru/germanu/TELL_ME_2017.pdf;
member of Lithuanian DAAD Club, www.daad-klubas.lt.

Prof. Dr. S. Šarkauskienė –

member of the Lithuanian Classical Association Societas Classica, http://www.klasikai.lt/?sectionid=18.

Prof. Dr. L. Ulvydienė –

deputy editor-in-chief of Respectus Philologicus, http://www.rephi.knf.vu.lt/en/editorial-board;
member of ESSE The European Society for the Study of English, http://www.essenglish.org/;
member of European Humanities University, American Studies Centre (Belarus) supported by Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy in Belarus, http://minsk.usembassy.gov/american_studies.html;
member of the Creative Group for Institute of Science and Encyclopedia Publications, www.meli.lt.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Vengalienė –

member of the Lithuanian Association of Applied Linguistics, http://www.litaka.lt/lt/litaka/asociacija/apie-mus/nariai/

INSTITUTE OF APPLIED INFORMATICS

2 Naugardo, LT-44280 Kaunas
Tel. 37 422 566
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Audrius Lopata

STAFF

Professors: Dr. R. Butleris (part-time), Dr. G. Garšva, Dr. S. Gudas, Dr. A. Lopata, Dr. D. Krikščiūnienė, Dr. V. Sakalauskas.
Associate professors: Dr. L. Bikulčienė (part-time), Dr. K. Driaunys, Dr. S. Masteika, Dr. V. Rudžionis.
Assistants: Dr. M. Ambraziūnas (part-time), Dr. P. Astromskis (part-time).
Lecturers: Dr. R. Danielienė (part-time), Dr. D. Dilijonas, Dr. V. Moskaliova, A. Stravinskienė (part-time), D. Tribandis (part-time), I. Veitaitė (part-time).
Junior assistant: M. Vaitonis (part-time).
Doctoral Students: P. Tamošiūnas, L. Dovydaitis, T. Rasymas, M. Liutvinavičius, K. Korovkinas, M. Vaitonis, N. Žemaitytė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Enterprise modelling methods, requirements engineering, enterprise data and knowledge modelling, management of information processing and CASE tools
Decision support systems in financial and currency markets, portfolio management and loan risk analysis, logistic capital accumulation models, financial anomalies and bubbles
Intelligent computational models for integrated research of marketing, e-commerce, e-banking, e-learning and social network information
Complex evaluation of customer behaviour
Dynamic process modelling by applying fuzzy cognitive models
Designing the Quality and Cost containment coherence framework for prudent modelling of innovative health care systems
Development, integration, and implementation of high frequency trading models in financial markets on high-performance computing platforms
Implementing the smart contracts via online transactions and other peer-to-peer-based solutions for the sharing economy in online market places
Development block chain or public ledger via peer-to-peer technology based solutions in autonomous decentralised organisations
Artificial intelligence for speech recognition and analysis technologies (Lithuanian language)
Intelligent models for marketing systems, social networks, e-business, e-learning and e-government

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2017

Projects Supported by University Budget

Intelligent Decision Support Systems and Knowledge-Based Applications in Finance, E-Business, Marketing, Health Care. Prof. Dr. V. Sakalauskas, Prof. Dr. D. Krikščiūnienė, Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Masteika, Dr. D. Dilijonas, Dr. V. Moskaliova, PhD Student M. Vaitonis, PhD Student M. Liutvinavičius, PhD Student K. Korovkinas.

A new method of selecting the best e-shop clients, which can be offered the personalised advertising campaign, was proposed. The research is based on real clickstream data of two e-shops.

The healthcare quality was evaluated by taking into account the importance of indicators by applying expert-based AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) method and the regression analysis of health statistics. The rankings of the EU countries according to their healthcare investment types and costs were developed and evaluated.

Main publications:

Krikščiūnienė, D., Sakalauskas, V. 2017. Targeting Advertising Scenarios for e-Shops Surfers. Series: Lecture notes in business information processing, vol. 263. Berlin: Springer International Publishing. p. 36–44.

Krikščiūnienė, D., Sakalauskas, V. 2017. AHP Model for Quality Evaluation of Healthcare System. Cham: Springer Nature, vol. 756, p. 129–141.

Sakalauskas, V., Krikščiūnienė, D. 2017. DEA Based Algorithm for EU Healthcare Efficiency Evaluation. Series: Lecture notes in business information processing, vol. 303, Berlin: Springer International Publishing. p. 97–115.

Enterprise Modeling and Knowledge-Based Information Systems Engineering Research. Prof. Dr. A. Lopata, Prof. Dr. S. Gudas, Prof. Dr. R. Butleris, I. Veitaitė, PhD Student M. Ambraziūnas, A. Stravinskienė.

The generation of knowledge-based UML models from enterprise model technique was created and transformation algorithms of the generation of knowledge-based UML dynamic models were presented. Еntеrprisе knоwlеdgе-basеd UML timing and interaction mоdеl gеnеrаtion prосеsses were investigated and transformation algorithms were presented.

Main publications:

Veitaitė, I., Lopata, A. 2017. Knowledge-Based UML Models Generation from Enterprise Model Technique. Cham: Springer Nature, p. 314–325: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-67642-5_26.pdf.

Veitaitė, I., Lopata, A. 2017. Transformation Algorithms of Knowledge-Based UML Dynamic Models Generation. Business Information Systems Workshops BIS 2017, Poznan, Poland, 28-30 June. Witold Abramowicz (ed.) - Series: Lecture notes in business information processing, vol. 303. Cham: Springer International Publishing, p. 59–68; doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69023-0.

Lopata, A., Veitaitė, I., Žemaitytė, N. 2017. Enterprise Model-Based UML Interaction Overview Model Generation Process. Business Information Systems Workshops: BIS 2016 international workshops, Leipzig, Germany, July 6-8, 2016: revised papers. Abramowicz, Witold, Alt, Rainer, Bogdan, Franczyk (eds). Series: Lecture notes in business information processing, Berlin: Springer International Publishing, vol. 263, p. 69–78; doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-52464-1_7.

Development of Digital Technologies in Phonetics and Voice Recognition. Assoc. Prof. Dr. K. Driaunys, Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Rudžionis, Phd Student T. Rasymas, PhD Student L. Dovydaitis, Prof. Dr. G. Garšva.

LSTM-based deep neural networks for speaker identification were investigated. The most efficient topologies of LSTM networks were found for this type of deep networks. It has been shown that for all the tested data sets LSTM-based speaker identification outperforms baseline HMM-based speaker identification methods by at least 20%. The average correct speaker identification level with LSTM networks exceeded 98%. The increase of recognition accuracy is between 4 and 7 per cent.

Main publications:

Rasymas, T., Rudžionis, V. 2017. Voice-Based Interface for Route Search System. Proc. of Open Conference of Electrical, Electronic and Information Sciences (eStream), Vilnius, http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7950318/.

Dovydaitis, L., Rudžionis, V. 2017. Identifying Lithuanian Native Speakers using Voice Recognition. Business Information Systems Workshops - BIS 2017 International Workshops, Poznań, Poland, June 28–30, 2017, Revised Papers. Lecture notes in business information processing 303, Springer.

Research Projects

COST action: European Network for Cost Containment and Improved Quality of Health Care, http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15222. Management committee members: Prof. Dr. D. Krikščiūnienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania, Prof. Dr. V. Sakalauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania, Project participant M. Liutvinavičius.

This COST Action aims at supporting the scientific research and technology development necessary for a breakthrough in the field of cost-containment in healthcare while also maintaining the quality of health care. So far, the EU R&D agenda has under-examined this aspect while in nearly every COST Member Country rising costs of healthcare are becoming a major societal problem.

COST Action CA15123: The European Research Network on Types for Programming and Verification (EUTYPES), http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15123. Management committee members: Prof. A. Lopata, I. Veitaitė.

Types are pervasive in programming and information technology. A type defines a formal interface between software components, allowing the automatic verification of their connections, and greatly enhancing the robustness and reliability of computations and communications. In rich dependent type theories, full functional specification of a program can be expressed as a type. Type systems have rapidly evolved over the past years, becoming more sophisticated, capturing new aspects of the behaviour of programs and the dynamics of their execution.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

IT-onBase GmbH (Switzerland)
KPT/CPT (Switzerland)
Poznan University of Economics (Poland)
Cordoba University (Spain)
Intellerts BV Utrecht (Netherlands)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. A. Lopata –

member of Lithuanian Computer Society (LIKS), http://www.liks.lt/;
organiser of master and PhD students conference IVUS 2016;
member of the Programme Committee of Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB) in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 in International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS). http://bis.kie.ue.poznan.pl/bis2015/workshops/aktb-2015/;
member of Programme Committee of 20th International Conference on Information and Software Technologies (ICIST 2016, ICIST 2017), http://icist.if.ktu.lt/index.php/ICIST/pages/view/Chairs&Commitee;
chair of special session Intelligent Methods for Data Analysis and Computer Aided Software Engineering (International Conference ICIST 2016), http://oras.if.ktu.lt/icist2017/1st_CFP_ICIST_IMDA_2017.pdf.

Prof. Dr. V. Sakalauskas –

member of the programme committee of 20^th international conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2017), http://bis.kie.ue.poznan.pl/bis2016/;
co-chair, member of the programme committee and the organiser of 9^th Workshop on applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB 2017) in conjunction with BIS 2017, Poznan, Poland, http://bis.kie.ue.poznan.pl/bis2017/workshops/aktb-2017/;
member of the Lithuanian Union of Statisticians, http://www.statistikusajunga.lt;
member of the Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs), http://www.mirlabs.net;
member of Spanish Research Group Knowledge Discovery and Intelligent Systems (KDIS) at the University of Cordoba, http://www.uco.es/grupos/kdis/index.php?lang=en.

Prof. Dr. D. Krikščiūnienė –

editor-in-chief of international Journal of Marketing Principles and Practices (IJMPP) (Online)(Print), http://www.theiimp.org/editorial-team/;
associated editor of international Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications, http://www.mirlabs.org/ijcisim/editorial.php;
associated editor of the international journal Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (indexed ISI WOS, impact 5 year: 2,831, http://www.journals.elsevier.com/electronic-commerce-research-and-applications;
member of the editorial committee International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems (IARIA), http://www.iariajournals.org/intelligent_systems/;
co-chair of the programme committee of workshop of international conference Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB) at International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS), http://bis.kie.ue.poznan.pl/bis2017/workshops/aktb-2017/;
member of the programme committees of the following international scientific conferences:

ACIIDS 2017 international conference of intelligent information and database systems, http://aciids.org/?page=Program%20Committee.YS#5dd590635061422184754984ab19eee1f32243e1da51b69d66290db84d646767;
BIS 2017, international conference on Business Information Systems, http://bis.kie.ue.poznan.pl/bis2017/program-committee/.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. S. Masteika –

reviewer of Journal of Business Economics and Management, http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tbem20/current#.UqAYQ0u9vIU;
associated partner of Marie Curie Actions EU project Training in Modern Quantitative Methods and High-Performance Computing for Finance, http://www.hpcfinance.eu/;
associated partner of Tampere University of Technology in research project Efficient numerical methods on high-performance computing platforms for the underlying financial models;
member of the programme committee of 9th Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB 2017 in conjunction with 20th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2017) Poznan, Poland;
editorial board member of the journal Transformations in Business and Economy;
member of the programme committee of Information Systems in Business, Accounting, Finance and Banking, International Business Management Masters study programme.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. V. Rudžionis –

editorial board member of the international journal Northern European Language Technologies, http://www.nejlt.ep.liu.se/board.htm;
member of the programme committee and organiser of 7^th Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB 2016 in conjunction with 17th international conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2016) Leipzig, Germany, http://bis.kie.ue.poznan.pl/17th_bis/.