Education:
USSR Doctor of Sciences, Institute of Electronics and Computer science, Riga,1978.
Ph.D. Computer science, Institute Physics and Mathematics, 1969.
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, 1963.
Panevezys, the  first secondary school, 1958.

Professional Experience:
1980 - Chair, Department of Data Analysis, Institute of Mathematics and informatics
1969 -1980 - Senior research worker, Institute of Mathematics and informatics
1965 -1968 - Ph D student, Institute of Physics and mathematics
1963 -1965 - Designer, A special Construction Bureau of Vilnius Computer Plant
1962 -1963 - Researcher, Ultrasonic laboratory, Kaunas University of Technology

Visiting Positions:
Michigan State University, USA, 1988, 1989, 1+1 month.,
 Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA, 1990, 3 months,
 Delft Univ. of Technology, NL, 1991, 3 months,
 Energy Research Center Netherlands, 1992,   2 months,
 University Paris 6, 1993, 1994, 9 months, totally,
 Bogazici University, Istanbul, 1995. 1 1/2 month,
 RIKEN, Tokyo, 1996.  1 month,
 Ford Scientific research laboratories, 1999, 1 month.

Invited talks in international Conferences:
European Meeting of Psychological Society ( Paris, 1983 ),
Meeting of Biometrical Society of DDR ( Reichardsbrun, DDR, 1985 ),
Int. Conf. DIANA-2 ( Prague, 1986),
III-rd International Conference Data Analysis and Informatics ( Paris, 1987),
Int. Conference on Discriminant Analysis and Prediction ( Poland, 1988 ),
II-nd Int. Conference of Classification Societies ( Charlotsville, VA, USA, 1989),
Internat. Conference COMPSTAT-90 (East Lansing, MI, USA, 1990),
I-st Int. Conf. on Pattern Recognition and Image Processing (Lvov,USSR, 1990),
11-th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Hague,  September 1992,
IV Int. Conf . Pattern Recognition in Practice, Vlieland, The Netherlands, Juny 1994.
3rd Baltic summer school on Mathematical simulation and Informatics, Klaipëda, 1995,
Int. Conf. Data Analysis and Simulation, Minsk, September 1995.
International Conference on Neural Networks ICNN '96, Paris, October 1995.
International workshop on Statistics and Learning Theory, Udine, Italy, Sept., 1996.
5th International Conference on Machine Modelling. Minsk, June 1998.
Workshop SPR'2000+SSPR'2000. Alicante, Spain, August 2000.
15th Int. Conf on Pattern recognition (tutorial), Barselona, September, 2000.

Membership in program Committee of international conferences:
1st and 2nd Soviet workshops on Small Sample Problems in Pattern Classification and Prediction, Druskininkai, Lithuania, 1976, 1986 (a Chariperson of the workshops), European Meeting of Psychological Society (Paris, 1983), Int. Conf. COMPSTAT-90 (East Lansing, MI, USA, 1990), 12th, 13th  International Conferences on Pattern Recognition (Jerusalem, 1994; Wien, 1996), 5-th International conference on Multivariate Statistics (Tartu 1994), 4th Int. Conf. Data Analysis and Simulation (Minsk, 1995); European Conferences on Neural Networks ICANN'95 and ICANN'96 (Paris, 1995; Bohum, 1996), I-st, 2nd and 3rd International Conferences Statistical Techniques in Pattern Recognition (Prague, 1997; Sydney, 1998; Alicante, Spain, 2000). Int Conf. on Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, Samara, Russia, October, 2000, 2nd International Conference on Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence ICNNAI'2001, Minsk, October 2001.

Scientific Journals:
Statistical Problems  of  Control, (Vilnius), 1972 -1991, a member of the Editorial board,
Informatica, (Vilnius), a member of the Editorial board, since 1989,
Pattern Recognition,  Journal of International Pattern Recognition Society, Washington, DC, an Associate editor, since 1989,
Pattern Recognition and Image Processing , Journal of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, a member of the Editorial board, since 1991,
Pattern Recognition and Aplications, Springer, London, a member of the Editorial board,
IEEE Transactions, serias PAMI, NN, IT- a reviewer, since 1990.

Ph D  students:
A main supervision (MS): V.Pikelis (1974),  R.Prochorskas (together with Prof. Z.Januskevcius, 1978),  G.Volkov (together with Prof. G.Bluvstein, 1982), K.Juskevicius (1984), V.Pivoriunas (1986),  V.Kligys (1987), G. Palubinskas (1991), V.Vysniauskas (together with Prof. F.Groen,1996), Ausra Saudargiene (2001). A subordinate supervision: S.Martysenko (Vladivostok, Russia, Main Supervisor (MS)- Dr. B.Pokrovskij, 1991),  L.Mirosnicenko (Kijev, Ukraine, MS - Prof. B.Busygin, 1992), W.Schmidt (Delft, The Netherlands, MS - Dr. R.P.W.Duin, 1994), I.Choumachenko (Paris, France, MS - Prof. A.Ganasia, 1995), T.Cibas (1996, Paris, France MS - Prof. P.Gallinari and Prof. F.Fogelman-Soulie), C.Guller (Istanbul, Turkey, MS - Prof. B.Sankur, 1998).