Andrea Hrčková

Research areas: human-centered AI, social impacts of AI, disinformation and manipulation in online environment

Position: Researcher

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Andrea holds a PhD in Library and Information Science from Comenius University in Bratislava. Her rather “exotic” academic background is useful in human-centered and data-driven aspects of artificial intelligence design. During her time at KInIT, Andrea developed a passion for researching user needs and customizing AI tools to meet them. She believes that AI can streamline and support time-consuming or repetitive tasks for a wide range of users, from fact-checkers to doctoral students in AI.

Andrea’s research interests also include exploring qualitative aspects of datasets for AI models. She has contributed to expert dataset preparation, including datasets on gender stereotypes and disinformation, and has participated in various experiments leveraging these datasets. Andrea is quite meticulous with terminology, ensuring clarity and fostering the interdisciplinary approach that AI research demands.

Research areas: human-centered AI, social impacts of AI, disinformation and manipulation in online environment

Selected achievments

Co-authored the award-winning paper on social media auditing (Best Paper Award at RecSys’21)

Professional Service

Aequitas (ECAI workshop, PC member), Information Interactions, Knihovnícky barcamp (organization)

Journals: Online Information Review, Telematics and Informatics

Modeling of the Information Environment of Digital Scholarship

Feb 24. 2021
VEGA 1/0066/15. 2015-2017

Human Information Behavior in the Digital Space

Feb 24. 2021
APVV-15-0508. 2016-2020, Partner: Comenius University in Bratislava, Bielikova, M. – principal investigator

Automated Recognition of Antisocial Behaviour in Online Communities

Feb 23. 2021
APVV-17-0267. 2018-2020, Partners: Comenius University in Bratislava, Technical University in Kosice, Navrat, P. – principal investigator

Misinformation Detection in Healthcare Domain

Feb 24. 2021
APVV SK-IL-RD-18-0004. 2018-2020, Partner: Bar Ilan University (prof. Sarit Kraus), Bielikova, M. – principal investigator

Selected Student Supervising

Master

  • Kajanová Denisa – Application of linked open data in the library environment. Defended 2019
  • Macko Milan – Emotions and mood in music information retrieval.  Defended 2019
  • Garaj Andrej – Gamification of libraries. Defended 2017
  • Kozová Nikola – Information as call to action in persuasive design. Defended 2016
  • Matheidesová Martina – Information manipulation in social media. Defended 2015

Bachelor

  • Mirga Tomáš – Filter bubbles theory. Defended 2018
  • Konfráterová Dominika – Microdata in Schema vocabulary as one of the search engine optimization factors. Defended 2017
  • Dubová Mária – Utilizing eyetracking for academic websites testing. Defended 2016
  • Vrábelová Barbora – User identity and role in social media. Defended 2014