Dr. Vytautas Samalavičius
Associate Professor
Scientific Interests, Keywords
Artificial intelligence applications in hydrosphere research, hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry.
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Most important publications
- Eslamifar, G.; Zaslavsky, I.; Balali, H.; Samalavičius, V.; Fernald, A. 2026. Forecasting change in groundwater storage: A multilayer perceptron model leveraging system dynamics simulation data. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 65, 103398. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103398.
- Samalavičius, V.; Bikše, J.; Zaslavsky, I.; Lekstutytė, I.; Arustienė, J.; Žaržojus, G.; Kunsakova, A.; Retike, I.; Gadeikienė, S.; Gadeikis, S. 2026. Sinkhole risk forecasting in the Lithuania–Latvia Karst region using artificial intelligence. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 65, 103372. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103372.
- Samalavičius, V.; Zaslavsky, I. 2026. Artificial intelligence in hydrogeology: applications and an open, reproducible machine learning course. Baltica, 39(1), 37–40. DOI: 10.5200/baltica.2026.1.4.
- Samalavičius, V.; Gadeikienė, S.; Žaržojus, G.; Gadeikis, S.; Lekstutytė, I. 2025. Oxygen-18 prediction using machine learning in the Baltic Artesian Basin groundwater. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 39(2), 765–787. DOI: 10.1007/s00477-024-02896-9.
- Samalavičius, V.; Vanhala, E. K.-M.; Lekstutytė, I.; Gadeikienė, S.; Gadeikis, S.; Žaržojus, G. 2024. Hydraulic conductivity determination of Lithuanian soils using machine learning. Baltica, 37(2), 137–150. DOI: 10.5200/baltica.2024.2.5.
- Jakimavičiūtė Maselienė, V.; Samalavičius, V.; Ašipauskaitė, A.; Guščo, A. 2022. Estimation of hydrogeological parameters of porous media in a radially convergent flow field in Kairėnai polygon, SE Lithuania. Baltica, 35(2), 140–146. DOI: 10.5200/baltica.2022.2.4.
- Mokrik, R.; Samalavičius, V. 2022. Interpretation of the anomalous groundwater chemistry and ²³⁴U/²³⁸U activity ratio disequilibrium in the northern part of the Baltic region. Lithuanian Journal of Physics, 62(1), 21–43. DOI: 10.3952/physics.v62i1.4645.
- Mokrik, R.; Samalavičius, V.; Gregorauskas, M.; Bujanauskas, M. 2021. Environmental isotopes and noble gas ages of the deep groundwater with coupled flow modelling in the Baltic artesian basin. Lithuanian Journal of Physics, 61(1), 53–65. DOI: 10.3952/physics.v61i1.4407.
Project and/or Grant leadership
- Principal Investigator of Lithuania Team in international project EAGER: IMPRESS-U: Groundwater Resilience Assessment through Integrated Data Exploration for Ukraine (GRANDE-U) 2024-2026. This project has received funding from the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT), agreement No S-IMPRESSU-24-3.
- National Expert in project MIKAS Most Important Karst Aquifer’s Springs 2022-2024 https://mikasproject.org/.
- Participation in the Coordinated Research Project (CPR) F33022 within the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 2016-2020, intended for Lithuania: “Integrated studies of crustal permeability based on environmental isotopes, noble gas data, and shallow-deep groundwater flow and mass transport modeling in the surrounding area of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)”.