Oleksandra Vitko

Oleksandra Vitko
Associated Professor of AI Department, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associated Professor
Google Scholar ID: _P2lm98AAAAJ&hl
All timeLast 5 years
Citations9550
h-index52
i10-index32

Education and Career

1999 – graduated from Kharkiv State Technical University of Radio Electronics (now – NURE), the field of study «Software Engineering» and received the qualification of engineer-programmer.

2000 – Assistant Lecturer (part-time) at the AI Department (NURE).

2003 – Candidate of Technical Sciences (Ph.D.) (NURE).

05.06.2003 – Senior Lecturer at the AI Department (NURE).

01.09.2003 р. – Associated Professor at the AI Department (NURE).

2005 р. – Docent at the AI Department (NURE).


Educational activity

Lectured Courses:
– Machine Learning (in English);
– Intelligent Internet Technology and the Semantic Web (in English);
– Expert Systems in the Semantic Web (in English);
– Business Intelligence Systems (in English).


Research activities

1999 – Probationer Researcher at the AI Department (NURE).

2000 – Junior Researcher at the AI Department (NURE).

2000-2003 – Ph.D. student at the AI Department (NURE).

01.07.2003 – Researcher (part-time) at the AI Department (NURE).

01.10.2003 – Senior Researcher (part-time) at the AI Department (NURE).

Research Interests:
1) Data Science: Data Mining, Machine Learning, Big Data.
2) Semantic Web, Ontology Engineering, Web Mining;
3) Business Intelligence Systems and Methods.


International activity / participation in international projects

International Projects Participation:

1999-2001 – EU Tempus Tacis Compact Project UM_CP-20560-1999 (financed by European Commission).

2000-2003 –  Preparation of Double Degree Master Programs at the AI Department (NURE) with University of Jyväskylä, Finland (Joint Master Student Exchange Program on Mobile Computing) and with Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, Netherlands (Joint Master Student Exchange Program on Artificial Intelligence).

2007-2008 – OntAc, Tempus SCM Project T020B06 (financed by European Commission).

Grants and Trainings in European Universities:
2000 – University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
2001 – University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
2007 – Malaga University, Malaga, Spain.
2012 – Oxford University, Oxford, Great Britain.
2013 – Conatix Europe UG, Spin-Off, Berlin Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

2018-2021 – NATO project #G5511 “Cybersecurity for Intelligent Systems” with the financial support of the NATO Foundation’s Science for Peace and Security Program.

2019-2023 – Erasmus + CBHE project “Academic Response to Hybrid Threats – WARN”, №610133-EPP-1-2019-1-FI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP.

Academic mobility projects (Erasmus+ KA107):

– Erasmus+ Academic mobility with ECAM-EPMI (Graduate Engineering School of Cergy, FR) #2020-1-FR01-KA107-079646;

– Erasmus+ Academic mobility with UJA (Jaen University, SP) #2019-1-ES01-KA107-061663.


Social activities

Since 2003 – co-head of the International Office at the Department of AI.

Since 2004 – University ECTS Coordinator.

Since 2005 – Diploma Supplement Coordinator.


State Awards

2003 – Laureate of City Competition «Young Person of the Year» in the field «Science», Kharkiv, UKRAINE.

2003 – Certificate indicating that the name of Oleksandra Vitko is written into the Book «Golden Fund of Dzerginsky Region», Kharkiv, UKRAINE.

2006 – Winner of the 1st Region Competition «The Best Young Scientist of Kharkiv Region», Kharkiv, UKRAINE.


Publications and patents

Has more than 20 scientific publications in international citation databases of peer-reviewed literature. Has h‑index = 3.