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Darius Plikynas is a Senior Researcher at the Smart Technologies Research Group within the Institute of Data Science and Digital Technologies at Vilnius University. His research integrates computational intelligence methods with agent-based simulation to model cognitive and social processes.
- Position: Senior Researcher, Chief Researcher in the Project
- Address: Akademijos St. 4, room 224, Vilnius
- Contact: +370 5 210 9333, +370 620 95101
- Email: darius.plikynas@mif.vu.lt
- Personal page: http://www.dariusplikynas.eu
Dr. Plikynas' research spans interdisciplinary domains including neuroscience, physics methods, complexity theory, and distributed cognitive systems. He led the 2017–2019 project "Development of a metric, conceptual and simulation model of the social impact of cultural processes" under the LMT Research Group Funding Program.
His recent publications (2016–2025) reflect trends in combining machine learning with social science questions (fake news analysis, propaganda detection) and agent-based modeling of cultural/social capital dynamics. Key collaborations include Leonidas Sakalauskas, Rimvydas Laužikas, and Arunas Miliauskas.
Scientific supervision includes doctoral students:
- Andrius Budrionis (University of Tromsø, Norway)
- Ieva Rizgelienė (PhD topic: "Propaganda detection and classification in social media using hybrid deep learning")
He also serves as an expert at Vilnius University and has contributed to projects involving:
- 2D financial market visualization
- Neural oscillation-based cognitive modeling
- Indoor navigation for blind individuals
- Cultural participation impact on social capital
