Pijus Kasparaitis Dr., Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Vilnius University, Lithuania Addresses: Naugarduko 24, LT2006, Vilnius, Lithuania, Ph.: +370 2 336035; +370 2 263397

Education

• Graduated from the Vilnius University in 1991, Faculty of Mathematics, applied mathematics
• research fellow at the Faculty of Mathematics, 1991-1996
• doctoral student at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, 1996-2000
• exchange student at the University of Mannheim, Germany, 1998-1999
• doctoral thesis defended at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, (topic: Text-to-Speech Synthesis of Lithuanian Language), 2001
• assistant professor at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2001-recent

Teaching

• Practical Informatics (bachelor program)
• Computer Linguistics (bachelor and master program)
• Digital Image Processing (bachelor and master program)

Research Field of Interest

• Text-to-speech synthesis
• Digital image processing

Publications

• Kasparaitis, P. (1999). Transcribing of the Lithuanian Text Using Formal Rules. Informatica, 10(4), 367-376.
• Kasparaitis, P. (2000). Automatic Stressing of the Lithuanian Text on the Basis of a Dictionary. Informatica, 11(1), 19-40.
• Kasparaitis, P. (2001). Automatic Stressing of the Lithuanian Nouns and Adjectives on the Basis of Rules. Informatica, 12(2), 315-336.

Conferences

• Kasparaitis, P. (2001). Computer Synthesizer of Lithuanian Language "Aistis", Sound Blaster 2001,, Kaunas, KTU, Lithuania
• Kasparaitis, P., K. Ratkevièius, A. Rudzionis, V. Rudzionis (2001). Application of the Lithuanian Text-to-Speech Synthesis in the Automation, Automation and Control Technologies, Kaunas, KTU, Lithuania