Vytautas Kaminskas
Garbės profesorius / Honorary Professor (Suteiktas vardas 2012-02-29)
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Prof. Dr. Habil. Vytautas Kaminskas was born on 8 January 1946 in Kaunas. In 1963, he graduated from Kaunas 12th Secondary School with a gold medal. In 1968, he obtained a qualification in electrical engineering, specialising in automation and telemechanics, from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (now Kaunas University of Technology). Deciding to specialise in the field of technical cybernetics and information theory, in 1972 he defended his candidate dissertation in technical sciences titled “Analysis of Some Identification Problems of Dynamic Objects”, and in 1983 he defended his doctoral thesis titled “Dynamic System Structure and Parameter Identification via Discrete-Time Observations – Theory and Methods.” In 1984, he was awarded the academic title of Professor, which, together with the degree of Habilitated Doctor of Mathematics, was nostrified in 1993.
From 1968 to 1984 he worked as a Research Officer at the Adaptive Systems Laboratory of the Institute for Physical and Technological Problems of Energy (now the Lithuanian Energy Institute) of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, and later as the Head of the Adaptive Systems Laboratory Sector. From 1984 to 1989, he was the Head of the Systems Identification and Control Laboratory at the Institute. In 1989, he joined Vytautas Magnus University, where, after a year as the Director of the Research Centre “Informatika”, he became Vice-Rector for Research and Dean of the Faculty of Informatics. In 1996, he was elected Rector of VMU and held this position for two consecutive terms. From 2007 onwards, he assumed the role of the Head of the Department of System Analysis at the VMU Faculty of Informatics.
Professor’s research interests included mathematical modelling, identification, control, and diagnostics, as well as science and study reform in Lithuania. He published 4 monographs and over 200 scientific articles and was the supervisor of 19 completed doctoral dissertations. Additionally, he taught courses including Systems Modelling and Identification, Computer-Controlled Systems, Adaptive and Intelligent Systems, and Business Systems Analysis and Modelling at the Faculty of Informatics.
In 1980 he was awarded the Lithuanian State Prize in Science and Technology for the series of works titled “Creation and Implementation of the Methods of Statistical Identification and Diagnostics.” In 1987, he received the Prize of the Lithuanian Council of Ministers in Science and Technology for the series of works titled “Mathematical Models and Application Programme Packages for the Analysis, Control, and Design of Technical and Physical Systems.” In 2001 he was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of the Three Stars of the Republic of Latvia; in 2003, the Commander’s Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas; and in 2004, the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Saint Sylvester of the Vatican State.
VMU Rector Emeritus and Honorary Professor, habilitated doctor Vytautas Kaminskas passed away suddenly on November 9th, 2022, leaving behind an outstanding academic legacy and a significant body of work.
