Intelligent Data and Systems with Applications (IDSA)

Responsible AI • AIOps • eHealth Informatics • Human-Computer Interaction • Natural Language Processing • Privacy and Security

Research Focus

The IDSA research group at FIIT STU ocuses on innovative data intelligence and computational intelligence solutions towards building intelligent systems and applications using data-driven technologies with respect to information privacy and security. Our research group explores various aspects of intelligent data and computing, as well as software development with focus on AIOps toward Responsible AI and business impacts. We are extending and adapting techniques of AIOps and software development to other areas with a particular interest in education.

Keywords

Responsible AI, AIOps, AI-Assisted Systems, eHealth Informatics, Telemedicine, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Information Privacy and Security, Natural Language Processing (NLP), NeuroEvolution, Social Robotics, Intelligence in Education and Engineering Processes

Members

Giang Nguyen

Giang NGUYEN
Associate professor
giang.nguyen [at] stuba.sk
Research group leader
My research interests involve Responsible AI and creative solving of scientific and technological problems in the research fields with expertise in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Soft Computing, Natural Language Processing, Privacy and Security, IT/HPC/PDC

Ján Lang

Ján LANG
Associate professor
jan.lang [at] stuba.sk

My research interests involve object-oriented analysis and design, software technology, complex event processing, educational content specification and modelling, learning management and content management. I explore extending and adapting techniques of software development to other areas with a particular interest in education.

Fedor Lehocki

Fedor LEHOCKI
Associate professor
fedor.lehocki [at] stuba.sk

My research interests involve Telemedicine (development of digital tools for e-health, emotion management, non-communicable diseases) and Social Robotics (human-robot interaction, use of robots as assistive companions for elderly)

Eduard Kuric

Eduard KURIC
Associate professor
eduard.kuric [at] stuba.sk

My research interests involve Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with expertise in User Modeling, Human-Centered AI (ML/DL) and User Experience (UX)
I'm also the founder of the successful startup UXtweak.

Martin Komák

Martin KOMÁK
Assistant Professor
martin.komak [at] stuba.sk

My research topics is Artificial Intelligence (AI) and industrial robotics with a focus on the deployment of AI in engineering applications, as well as on popularizing the use of AI in industry.
Hobby: Facebook tourist group leader

Juraj Vincúr

Juraj VINCÚR
Assistant Professor
juraj.vincur [at] stuba.sk

I'm specializing in applications of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in software engineering, education, and assistive technology.
Supervisor of 3D Lab and Cloud

Oleksandr Lytvyn

Oleksandr LYTVYN
Assistant Professor
oleksandr.lytvyn [at] stuba.sk

My research interests involve federated learning with the focus on secure multi-party computation for machine learning process. I'm also a data engineer with a passion for data privacy and sensitive data protection

Jakub Perdek

Jakub PERDEK
Assistant Professor
jakub.perdek [at] stuba.sk

My research interests involve software architecture and information retrieval (IR) process.


Doctoral staff

Ing. Oliver Udvardi

Ing. Oliver Udvardi
oliver.udvardi [at] stuba.sk

Ing. Alexandra Skyvová

Ing. Alexandra Skyvová
alexandra.skyvova [at] stuba.sk

Ing. Matúš Krajčovič

Ing. Matúš Krajčovič
matus.krajcovic [at] stuba.sk

Ing. Anetta Langová

Ing. Anetta Langová
anetta.langová [at] stuba.sk

Ing. Jakub Abrahoim

Ing. Jakub Abrahoim
jakub.abrahoim [at] stuba.sk

Ing. Matúš Baloga

Ing. Matúš Baloga
matus.baloga [at] stuba.sk

Successfully defended

doc. Ing. Eduard Kuric, PhD. - Ing. Oleksandr Lytvyn, PhD. - Ing. Viktor Matovič, PhD. - Ing. Jakub Perdek, PhD.

Seminars (selected)

Právo a AI: Využitie umelej inteligencie vo vzdelávacom procese, 2025
Machine learning and sensitive data protection, 2025
Software development: traditional versus AI: DevOps, MLOps, DataOps, ModelOps, LLMOps and AIOps, STU GSuite access, 2025
How to prepare a journal paper?, STU GSuite access
Responsible AI and frequent situations with Theses, STU GSuite access

Laboratoriums

How to in labs? STU GSuite access, 2025
IDC Lab (Intelligent Data Computing) - lab room 4.43 (4. floor)
3D and Cloud Lab - lab room 3.38 (3. floor)
e-Health Informatics Lab - lab room 3.29 d (3. floor)
Engelbert’s Lab - lab room 3.29 a, b, c (3. floor)
Simon’s Lab - classroom 1.26 (1. floor)

Projects (selected)

Sustainable Healthcare with Digital Health Data Competence (SUSA), 2025-2028
Smart Data Pipelines for the Cognitive Compute Continuum (SPICE), 2025-2027
Building Regional Innovation Ecosystems (BRIE), 2025-2027
Artificial Intelligence for Legal Professions (AILE), 2024-2026
Evolving Architectural Knowledge in the Edge-to-Cloud Continuum, 2024-2028
Model-based explication support for personalized education, 2023-2026

AI Summer Schools and Conferences (organizing)

Inovative Information Technology Scientific Research Conference (IIT.SRC), 2026
European Summer School on Artificial Intelligence (ESSAI), Bratislava, 2025
International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering (EG-ICE), Glasgow, 2025
Informatics and Information Technologies Student Research Conference (IIT.SRC) at FIIT STU, 2021-2025

University textbooks in ELVIRA

G. Nguyen, O. Lytvyn: Foundations of Generative AI and Applied Machine Learning, 2026 (in-print)
G. Nguyen: Introduction to Data Science, 2022
E. Kuric: Základné metódy na zlepšenie použiteľnosti webov, 2024
P. Baťalík: Informačné vzdelávanie, 2022
J. Lang: Vybrané metódy inžinierskej práce, 2022

Publications (selected, Open Access, top-ranking)

Machine Learning Operations Landscape: Platforms and Tools. Artificial Intelligence Review, 2025
Landscape of Machine Learning Evolution: Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning Frameworks and Tools. Artificial Intelligence Review, 2025
Democratizing eye-tracking? Appearance-based gaze estimation with improved attention branch. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2025
Is usability testing valid with prototypes where clickable hotspots are highlighted upon misclick? Journal of Systems and Software, 2025
Unmoderated Usability Studies Evolved: Can GPT Ask Useful Follow-up Questions? International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 2025
Secure Federated Learning for Multi-Party Network Monitoring. IEEE Access, 2024
Network security AIOps for online stream data monitoring. Neural Computing and Applications, 2024
Is mouse dynamics information credible for user behavior research? An empirical investigation. Computer Standards & Interfaces, 2024
Effect of Low-Level Interaction Data in Repeat Purchase Prediction Task. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 2024
Cognitive abilities and visual complexity impact first impressions in five-second testing. Behaviour & Information Technology, 2024
Differential Private Federated Learning in Geographically Distributed Public Administration Processes. Future Internet, 2024