Department of Informatics

The research at the department is divided into three directions.

Knowledge Discovery and Data Analysis Research Group

The research of the Knowledge Discovery and Data Analysis Research Group is focused on

• Web mining, especially data preparation techniques and modelling of information systems stakeholders’ behaviour depending on time,
• Text mining and natural language processing are focused on data pre-processing techniques in the natural language processing research field, especially in the automated evaluation of machine translation,
• Learning analytics and educational data mining, modelling the VLE stakeholders’ behaviour, content analysis, learning analytics architecture, and self-regulated learning approach.

The primary research field of web mining is supported by several national projects in the domain of banking (VEGA 1/0392/13, VEGA 1/0776/18).

The most important research projects in the field of Educational Data Mining were projects EU 7RP-612536-IRNet, the 7th Framework Programme, within the Marie Curie Actions, titled International Research Staff Exchange Scheme project IRNET “International Research Network for Study and Development of New Tools and Methods for Advanced Pedagogical Science in the field of ICT Instruments, E-learning and Intercultural Competencies” (www.irnet.us.edu.pl), ERASMUS+ project FITPED and FITPED-AI.

The research field of Text Mining and Natural Language Processing is realized through national projects (VEGA 1/0559/14, APVV 14-0336, VEGA 1/0809/18).

The most cited and valuable publications of the group:

Data Preprocessing Evaluation for Web Log Mining: Reconstruction of Activities of a Web Visitor By Munk, Michal; Kapusta, Jozef; Svec, Peter. Conference: International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS) Location: Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Date: MAY 31-JUN 02, 2010

Sponsor(s): NWO, Netherlands Org Sci Res; KNAW, Royal Netherlands Acad Arts & Sci; Elsevier; Univ Amsterdam, ICCS 2010 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE, PROCEEDINGS   Book Series: Procedia Computer Science   Volume: 1   Issue: 1 Page: 2273-2280   Published: 2010

Impact of Different Pre-Processing Tasks on Effective identification of Users' Behavioral Patterns in Web-based Educational Systems By: Munk, Michal; Drlik, Martin

Conference: International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS) on the Ascent of Computational Excellence Location: Campus Nanyang Technology Univ, Singapore, SINGAPORE Date: 2011 Sponsor(s): Elsevier; Univ Tsukuba, Ctr Computat Sci

PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE (ICCS) Book Series: Procedia Computer Science   Volume: 4   Pages: 1640-1649   Published: 2011

Methodology Design for Data Preparation in the Process of Discovering Patterns of Web Users Behaviour By: Munk, Michal; Drlik, Martin; Kapusta, Jozef; et al.

APPLIED MATHEMATICS & INFORMATION SCIENCES   Volume: 7   Special Issue: 1   Pages: 27-36   Published: FEB 2013

Understanding Time-based Trends in Stakeholders’ Choice of Learning Activity Type Using Predictive Models. By: Drlík, Martin; Munk, Michal. IEEE Access

2018 | journal-article

DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2887057

Website Structure Improvement Based on the Combination of Selected Web Structure and Web Usage Mining Methods. Kapusta, Jozef; Munk, Michal; Drlík, Martin. International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making. 2018 | journal-article

DOI: 10.1142/S0219622018500402

Other publications can be found in the Web of Knowledge Database under the names of the members of the research group,

• prof. RNDr. Michal Munk, PhD.
• doc. PaedDr. Jozef Kapusta, PhD.
• doc. Mgr. Martin Drlík, PhD. 

Modelling and Simulation in Specific Environments Research Group

This research field is focused on the modelling and simulation of natural processes with emphasis on qualitative and quantitative analysis of static and dynamic systems and processes, design and development of new algorithms for solving the complex problem using neural networks, modelling parallel processes in operational systems, networks and educational processes using Petri nets.

The most valuable publications can be found in the Web of Knowledge Database under the names of the members of the research group

• doc. Ing. Zoltán Balogh, PhD.
• doc. Ing. Štefan Koprda, PhD.
• PaedDr. Martin Magdin, PhD.

Theory of Computer Science Education Research Group

This research field is focused on

• the optimization of computer science education at primary and secondary schools with an emphasis on learning programming languages,
• web-based education,
• and adaptive and personalized learning.

The Department has a long tradition of implementing and researching modern didactical approaches to education. Teaching programming languages, developing modern web applications and mobile learning, as well as e-learning implementation belongs to the most important research topics. The members of the department led several educational projects focused on using modern educational approaches for teaching programming languages and informatics in general at different levels of education.

The staff of the department is directly responsible for implementing and managing the tasks related to the maintenance of the university VLE. They participated in several national projects, which were focused on the e-learning courses development in different fields of education as well as the development of quality criteria for e-learning. The members of the department have experience with the implementation of e-learning and using mobile technologies in education at secondary schools.

They took part as a member in the EU project realized under the 7th Framework Programme, within the Marie Curie Actions, titled International Research Staff Exchange Scheme project IRNET “International Research Network for Study and Development of New Tools and Methods for Advanced Pedagogical Science in the field of ICT Instruments, E-learning and Intercultural Competencies” (www.irnet.us.edu.pl). This is the most significant international research project realized at the department in the last few years. It was realized under the 7th Framework Program. The main topics of the project were the development and implementation of the system designed to enhance the IT competencies of specialists and future teachers based on the use of modern technologies, such as virtual learning environments, Massive Open Online Courses, virtual classroom technologies, mobile learning and social media.

The most valuable publications can be found in the Web of Knowledge Database under the names of the members of the research group,

• prof. Ing. Milan Turčáni, CSc.
• doc. RNDr. Gabriela Lovászová, PhD.