Ernst Kussul (29 May 1938 - 3 March 2023) was a Lithuanian researcher in artificial neural network, particularly for problems of handwriting recognition, mechatronics and the manufacture of microelectromechanical systems.
He also published research papers on renewable energy, including for concentrated solar power.
At the end of his life, he worked at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), in the Microtechnology and Neural Networks group of the Department of Micro and Nanotechnologies of the Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology (ICAT).
He coordinated the research group called "Microtechnology and Neural Networks" until 2007, he was head of the "Laboratory of Micromechanics and Mecatronics" at the same institute[1].
Ernst Kussul died on the morning of Friday March 3rd, 2023 at his home in Mexico City when he was 84 years 9 months old.