Girts Strazdins
About
Girts is an enthusiastic programmer who likes to program himself and teach programming to others. He is the program coordinator for Computer Science bachelor program (specialization: Application development) in NTNU campus Ålesund. His industrial and research interests have evolved around software development for various applications and environments: from PostgreSQL databases and responsive websites to low-level C programming for low-power microcrontrollers. Girts received a PhD degree in computer science from the University of Latvia in 2014 with PhD thesis "Software design rules for Wireless Sensor Networks". He was active in research as a PhD student and has co-authored more than 10 well-cited research articles. Since 2015 is Girts focusing more on teaching. He has taught different subjects, including operating systems, object-oriented programming, mobile and distributed applications, and system development. Currently Girts is teaching computer networks (IDATA2304), Mobile applications (IDATA2503), Web technologies (IDATA2301) oand Application development (IDATA2306)
In the free time he likes to program hobby projects, creater online courses and videos, read books and go hiking in the mountains. Some of Girts' book favorites:
- Thinking Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman
- 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, by Jordan B. Peterson
- Money: Master the Game, by Tony Robbins
- Permanent Record, by Edward Snowden
- Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, by Ashlee Vance
- The Phoenix Project - A Novel about IT, DevOps and Helping your Business Win, by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- Ghost Boy, by Martin Pistorius
Publications
2021
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Cui, Wenqiang;
Strazdins, Girts;
Wang, Hao.
(2021)
Visual Analysis of Multidimensional Big Data: A Scalable Lightweight Bundling Method for Parallel Coordinates.
IEEE Transactions on Big Data
Academic article
2020
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Cui, Wenqiang;
Strazdins, Girts;
Wang, Hao.
(2020)
Web-based Scalable Visual Exploration of Large Multidimensional Data Using Human-in-the-Loop Edge Bundling in Parallel Coordinates.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
2018
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Ida, Sortland;
Robin, Munkvold;
Strazdins, Girts.
(2018)
Kort vei fra idé til prosjekt.
SFU-Magasinet
Interview Journal
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Hameed, Ibrahim A.;
Strazdins, Girts;
Hatlemark, Håvard André Melseth;
Jakobsen, Ivar Sander;
Damdam, John O..
(2018)
Robots That Can Mix Serious with Fun.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2017
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Strazdins, Girts;
Pedersen, Birger Skogeng;
Zhang, Houxiang;
Major, Pierre.
(2017)
Virtual reality using gesture recognition for deck operation training.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Zhuge, Xu;
Wang, Hao;
Strazdins, Girts.
(2017)
Evaluating the data visualization for demanding marine operations.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2016
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Wang, Hao;
Zhuge, Xu;
Strazdins, Girts;
Wei, Zheng;
Li, Guoyuan;
Zhang, Houxiang.
(2016)
Data integration and visualisation for demanding marine operations.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Strazdins, Girts.
(2016)
Data Version Control for Relational Databases: Small and Start-up Business Perspective.
Baltic Journal of Modern Computing
Academic article
2015
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Strazdins, Girts;
Wang, Hao.
(2015)
Open Security And Privacy Challenges for the Internet of Things.
IEEE Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2014
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Strazdins, Girts;
Komandur, Sashidharan;
Bjørneseth, Frøy Birte.
(2014)
Towards Tactile Alarms Systems for Increased Awareness in Smart Environments.
International Academy, Research and Industry Association (IARIA)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2013
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Strazdins, Girts;
Komandur, Sashidharan;
Styve, Arne.
(2013)
Kinect-based systems for maritime operation simulators?.
ECMS European Council for Modelling and Simulation
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Journal publications
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Cui, Wenqiang;
Strazdins, Girts;
Wang, Hao.
(2021)
Visual Analysis of Multidimensional Big Data: A Scalable Lightweight Bundling Method for Parallel Coordinates.
IEEE Transactions on Big Data
Academic article
-
Cui, Wenqiang;
Strazdins, Girts;
Wang, Hao.
(2020)
Web-based Scalable Visual Exploration of Large Multidimensional Data Using Human-in-the-Loop Edge Bundling in Parallel Coordinates.
CEUR Workshop Proceedings
Academic article
-
Ida, Sortland;
Robin, Munkvold;
Strazdins, Girts.
(2018)
Kort vei fra idé til prosjekt.
SFU-Magasinet
Interview Journal
-
Strazdins, Girts.
(2016)
Data Version Control for Relational Databases: Small and Start-up Business Perspective.
Baltic Journal of Modern Computing
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Hameed, Ibrahim A.;
Strazdins, Girts;
Hatlemark, Håvard André Melseth;
Jakobsen, Ivar Sander;
Damdam, John O..
(2018)
Robots That Can Mix Serious with Fun.
Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Strazdins, Girts;
Pedersen, Birger Skogeng;
Zhang, Houxiang;
Major, Pierre.
(2017)
Virtual reality using gesture recognition for deck operation training.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Zhuge, Xu;
Wang, Hao;
Strazdins, Girts.
(2017)
Evaluating the data visualization for demanding marine operations.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Wang, Hao;
Zhuge, Xu;
Strazdins, Girts;
Wei, Zheng;
Li, Guoyuan;
Zhang, Houxiang.
(2016)
Data integration and visualisation for demanding marine operations.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Strazdins, Girts;
Wang, Hao.
(2015)
Open Security And Privacy Challenges for the Internet of Things.
IEEE Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Strazdins, Girts;
Komandur, Sashidharan;
Bjørneseth, Frøy Birte.
(2014)
Towards Tactile Alarms Systems for Increased Awareness in Smart Environments.
International Academy, Research and Industry Association (IARIA)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Strazdins, Girts;
Komandur, Sashidharan;
Styve, Arne.
(2013)
Kinect-based systems for maritime operation simulators?.
ECMS European Council for Modelling and Simulation
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Teaching
Courses
- IDATA2901 - Bachelor Thesis
- IDATT1002 - Software Engineering
- IDATA2306 - Application Development
- IDATA2503 - Mobile applications
- IDATA2304 - Computer communication and network programming
- IDATG1002 - Software Engineering
- IDATA2506 - Computer science, specialization course
- IDATA2302 - Algorithms and Data Structures
- IDATA2301 - Web Technologies
- IE500417 - Data Processing and Visualization
Media
2018
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PosterStrazdins, Girts. (2018) Lessons Learned from Game Programming Project in a Software Engineering Course. Norwegian Conference for Education and Didactics in IT subjects (UDIT) , Longyearbyen 2018-09-18 - 2018-09-20
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InterviewOtterlei, Inger; Strazdins, Girts; Karlsen, Anniken Th. (2018) Studenter lager dataspill for elever. Sunnmørsposten Sunnmørsposten [Newspaper] 2018-01-16
2017
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Academic lectureStrazdins, Girts; Skogeng, Pedersen Birger; Zhang, Houxiang; Major, Pierre. (2017) Virtual reality using gesture recognition for deck operation training. OCEANS MTS/IEEE 2017 2017-06-19 - 2017-06-22
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Academic lectureStrazdins, Girts; Skogeng, Pedersen Birger; Zhang, Houxiang; Major, Pierre. (2017) Virtual reality using gesture recognition for deck operation training. OCEANS MTS/IEEE 2017 2017-06-19 - 2017-06-22