Research Agencies
Latvian Academy of Sciences [external link]
Latvian Council of Science [external link]
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia [external link]
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Research Strategies and Priority Areas
National Strategic Research Framework (See p.11; p.18f) [external link]
National Development Plan 2014-2020 [external link]
Science in Latvia;
National Research Programmes [external link]
Operational Programme: Infrastructures and Services (See p172f “Infrastructures and Services”) [external link]
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Estimated Public Funding of ICT Research 2013
€0.75 – €1 million.
Best Estimate: €0.833 million
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Organisations
Baltic ICT Programme [external link]
Latvian Grid Computing Network [external link]
LAIFE [external link]
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Projects & Initiatives
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Cluster Development Project
The goal of this project is to improve the market share of the Latvian IT sector through forging strong networks between IT companies and research institutes.
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COST: Transit
The project aims to gathers together researchers in the field of transport and urban and regional planning, transport operators and authorities, consultancies and software developers.
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Methods and technologies for IT security incident detection and analysis
The overall aim of this project is to promote the integration of scientific research and the production and commercialization of research results in the IT sector.
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Net-Safe Latvia Safer Internet Centre
The Net-Safe Latvia Safer Internet Centre was created to educate the public sin the safe use of the Internet.
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Optical fiber sensor applications for automatic measurement of the weight on the move
The main aim of this project is to develop such tools for the traffic system in Latvia. The team will develop algorithms for electrical signal processing and will develop controllers for projecting different vehicle weights.
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