=====My research interests=====
My research interests includes //Wireless Sensor Networks//, //Cyber-physical Systems//, //Participatory Sensing//, //Wild Animal Monitoring using Wireless Sensors//, //Low-power Embedded Devices//, //Energy Harvesting//.

=====Information about my PhD thesis=====
My PhD thesis subject is **Object monitoring using low power consumption embedded devices and heterogeneous wireless sensor networks**. My thesis advisor is [[http://selavo.lv|Leo Selavo]], Ph.D. in Computer Science, Professor, Dept. of CS, Univ. of Latvia.

The thesis will be defended at the public session of Doctoral Committee of Computer Science, University of Latvia, at 15:00 on August 31, 2015 Riga, Raiņa blvd. 29-413. See [[http://www.lu.lv/zinas/t/34397/|announcement]] (in Latvian).

More information about thesis in English and Latvian [[phd_thesis|available here]] (including thesis and it's Latvian and English summary in downloadable format).
=====Projects=====

  * [[projects:lorawan-lu|LoRaWAN network in University of Latvia]]
  * LoRaWAN related project with RIXC
  * [[projects:greenmote|GreenMote]] (suspended)
  * [[http://www.gcdc.net/|GCDC 2016]] (finished)
  * [[autolistes_dveselite|Autolistes Dvēselīte]] (suspended)
  * [[lynxnet|LynxNet]] (suspended)
  * [[http://mansos.edi.lv/|MansOS]] (suspended)
  * [[http://selavo.lv/wiki/index.php/Smart-Buildings|Smart Buildings]] (finished)
=====Conferences=====
  * 2018-02 - //LoRaWAN - zema enerģijas patēriņa, plaša pārklājuma bezvadu tīkla sensoriem - izmantošana pētniecībā// / //Usage of LoRaWAN - Low Power Wide Area Wireless Network for Sensors - in Research// - {{::lu76konf-lorawan-zviedris_bikse_jeskins.pdf|presentation}} - in [[https://www.lu.lv/konference/|76th Scientific Conference of University of Latvia]], Riga, Latvia.
  * 2016-05 - //[[http://www.gcdc.net/|GCDC 2016 Challenge]]// (from 17th till 31st of May), Helmond, The Netherlands.
  * 2012-05 - //Heterogēni rīki izglītībai un izklaidei reālā laikā// - presentation in //[[http://www.edi.lv/lv/projekti/es-lidzfinansetie-projekti/esf/|VieSenTIS workshop]]//, Riga, Latvia.
  * 2012-04 - attended [[http://aict.itf.llu.lv/|5-th international scientific conference “APPLIED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES 2012”]] and {{:zviedris2012aict.pdf|presented}} paper "Heterogeneous Tool Kit for Real-Time Edutainment", Jelgava, Latvia.
  * 2012 - prepared {{::sad-poster-arcs2012.pdf|poster}} for SADmote
  * 2012-02 - attended [[http://www.lu.lv/70konference/|70th Scientific Conference of University of Latvia]], Riga, Latvia.
  * 2011-12 - attended //[[http://www.edi.lv/lv/projekti/es-lidzfinansetie-projekti/esf/|VieSenTIS workshop]]//, Riga, Latvia.
  * 2011-10 - attended //[[http://www.plzk.lv/sekcijas/6.5.|3rd World Latvian Scientists Congress]]// and presented my research on //{{:lynxnet2011plzk.pdf|Savvaļas dzīvnieku monitorings, izmantojot bezvadu sensoru tīklus}} / Wild Animal Monitoring using Wireless Sensor Networks//, Riga, Latvia.
  * 2011-07 - attended //[[http://www.cooperating-objects.eu/school/2011/|CONET Summer School 2011: Networked Embedded Systems: Humans in the Loop]]// and presented my research on //[[http://www.cooperating-objects.eu/school/2011/program/#Zviedris|Wild Animal Monitoring using Sensor Networks]]//, Bertinoro, Italy.
  * 2011-05 - //[[http://www.edi.lv/media/uploads/UserFiles/Viesentis-seminars-2011_R.Zviedris.pdf|Savvaļas dzīvnieku monitorings ar bezvadu sensoru tīkliem]]// - presentation in //[[http://www.edi.lv/lv/projekti/es-lidzfinansetie-projekti/esf/|VieSenTIS workshop]]//, [[http://edi.lv/|IECS]], Riga, Latvia.
  * 2011-05 - //[[http://www.gcdc.net/mainmenu/events/GCDC_Challenge_14-15_May_2011|GCDC Challenge 14-15 May 2011]]// (from 8th till 16th of May), Helmond, The Netherlands.
  * 2011-01 - //[[http://www.gcdc.net/mainmenu/events/Workshop_19-21_Jan_2011|GCDC Technology Workshop 2011]]//, Helmond, The Netherlands.
  * 2010-12 - //{{:zviedris2010lynxnet.pdf|LynxNet: Wild Animal Monitoring Using Sensor Network}}// - {{:lynxnet-poster-realwsn2010.pdf|poster}} presentation in [[http://www.ucsc.cmb.ac.lk/realwsn10/|RealWSN'10]], Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  * 2010-06 - //{{ ::lietuva-data-mules.pdf |Data Mules and Their Usage}}// - presentation in Scientific Summer Camp //Smithy of Ideas 2010//, Trakšalis, Katyšių village, Trakai district, Lithuania.
  * 2010-04 - //[[http://www.campus-party.eu/home-en.html|Campus Party Europe 2010]]//, Madrid, Spain.
  * 2010-02 - //Arhitektūras viedajām transporta sensoru un datu mūļu sistēmām// / //System Architectures for Smart Transport Sensors and Data Mules// - [[http://www.lu.lv/kalendars/diena/notikums/?tx_cal_controller%5Bview%5D=event&tx_cal_controller%5Bcategory%5D%5B0%5D=93&tx_cal_controller%5Bstart_day%5D=2010-02-10&tx_cal_controller%5Bend_day%5D=2010-02-28&tx_cal_controller%5Btype%5D=tx_cal_phpicalendar&tx_cal_controller%5Buid%5D=837&tx_cal_controller%5Byear%5D=2010&tx_cal_controller%5Bmonth%5D=02&tx_cal_controller%5Bday%5D=19&cHash=5ede2d829993e4c3c2fcbc80a1fb6cc9|presentation]] in [[http://www.lu.lv/68konference/|68th Scientific Conference of University of Latvia]], Riga, Latvia.
=====Publications=====
  * 2012
    * **//{{:mednis2012rfidcomm.pdf|RFID Communication: How Well Protected Against Reverse Engineering?}}//**; Artis Mednis, **Reinholds Zviedris**; {{http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6257290|In Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Digital Information Processing and Communications (ICDIPC 2012)}}, Klaipeda, Lithuania, July 2012, 6 pages.
    * **//{{ ::zviedris_aict2012.pdf |Heterogeneous Tool Kit for Real-Time Edutainment}}//**; **Reinholds Zviedris**, Artis Mednis, Gatis Mednis; In Proceedings of 5th International Scientific Conference "APPLIED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES" (AICT 2012), (Jelgava), 8 pages.
    * **//{{::sadmote_arcs-2012.pdf|SADmote: A Robust and Cost-Effective Device for Environmental Monitoring}}//**; Atis Elsts, Rihards Balass, Janis Judvaitis, **Reinholds Zviedris**, Girts Strazdins, Artis Mednis, Leo Selavo; In Proceedings of 6th International Conference "Architecture of Computing Systems" (ARCS 2012) published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2012, 12 pages.
  * 2011
    * **//{{:lynxnet2011plzk.pdf|Savvaļas dzīvnieku monitorings, izmantojot bezvadu sensoru tīklus}} / Wild Animal Monitoring using Wireless Sensor Networks//**; **Reinholds Zviedris**, Atis Elsts, Girts Strazdins, Leo Selavo and Gatis Supols; in Proceedings of the 3rd World Latvian Scientists Congress (PLZK 2011), Riga, Latvia, October 2011, 1 page.
    * **//{{http://strazdins.lv/papers/strazdins2011sensorcomm.pdf|Virtual Ground Truth in Vehicular Sensing Experiments: How to Mark it Accurately}}//**; Girts Strazdins, Artis Mednis, **Reinholds Zviedris**, Georgijs Kanonirs and Leo Selavo; in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2011), Nice, France, August 2011, 6 pages. 
    * **//{{http://strazdins.lv/papers/mednis2011androidpotholes.pdf|Real Time Pothole Detection using Android Smartphones with Accelerometers}}//**; Artis Mednis, Girts Strazdins, **Reinholds Zviedris**, Georgijs Kanonirs and Leo Selavo; In proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Mobility in Wireless Sensor Networks (MobiSensor 2011), Barcelona, Spain, June, 2011, 6 pages.
    * **//{{http://strazdins.lv/papers/strazdins2011androidpotholes.pdf|Towards Vehicular Sensor Networks with Android Smartphones for Road Surface Monitoring}}//**; Girts Strazdins, Artis Mednis, Georgijs Kanonirs, **Reinholds Zviedris** and Leo Selavo; In The Second International Workshop on Networks of Cooperating Objects (CONET’11), Electronic Proceedings of CPSWeek'11, 2011, 4 pages. 
  * 2010
    * **//{{:latvia_gcdc2011_abstract.pdf|Team “University of Latvia” GCDC 2011 Technical Paper}}//**; Girts Strazdins, Andris Gordjusins, Georgijs Kanonirs, Vadims Kurmis, Artis Mednis, **Reinholds Zviedris**, Leo Selavo; Electronically published by [[http://www.gcdc.net/mainmenu/Home/news/News_-_current/What%27s_the_competition_up_to%3F_Paper_abstracts_online_now%21|GCDC.net]], 2010, 2 pages.
    * **//{{:zviedris2010lynxnet.pdf|LynxNet: Wild Animal Monitoring Using Sensor Network}}//**; **Reinholds Zviedris**, Atis Elsts, Girts Strazdins, Artis Mednis and Leo Selavo; {{http://www.springerlink.com/content/573467t6gw8q3146/|In Proceedings of REALWSN 2010 published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Computer Science}}, 2010, 4 pages.

=====Additional information=====

More information about me you can acquire from:
  * [[http://scholar.google.lv/citations?hl=lv&user=8yWSnPMAAAAJ|Google Scholar]]
  * [[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reinholds_Zviedris|ResearchGate]]
  * [[https://lv.linkedin.com/in/reinholdszviedris|LinkedIn]]