Erika DuriakovaView profile
Research Fellow
Erika Duriakova serves as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Insight Centre for Data Analytics, specializing within the Recommender Systems research group. Her current research centers on pioneering secure decentralised marketplaces for data sharing, integrating her expertise in distributed computing and machine learning to address critical privacy challenges in modern data ecosystems. Her academic credentials include: PhD in Computer Science, University College Dublin, 2018 Duriakova's research spans foundational work in parallel and distributed systems, with significant contributions to scalable graph processing architectures and machine learning applications. Her earlier investigations into distributed recommender systems established frameworks for efficient large-scale recommendation engines, while her current focus on secure data marketplaces explores cryptographic techniques and decentralised protocols to enable trustworthy data exchange without compromising user privacy. This trajectory demonstrates a consistent emphasis on solving scalability bottlenecks in data-intensive computing environments through innovative system design. Within the Recommender Systems research group, she collaborates on advancing algorithmic approaches that balance personalization with ethical data handling, contributing to the Centre's mission of developing human-centric data analytics solutions. No scientific awards, student mentorship records, or grant funding details are documented in the available materials.