Michaela Bačíková

Michaela Bačíková is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (FEI) of the Technical University of Košice (TUKE). Her research focuses on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), domain usability, and domain analysis, with an emphasis on graphical user interfaces (GUIs), domain-specific languages (DSLs), and gesture-driven interaction. She leads the development of the DEAL tool, a domain analysis framework for extracting domain models from software systems. Her teaching includes courses on component-based programming, web technologies, and user interface design.

Research Projects:

• DEAL (Domain Extraction ALgorithm): A tool for analyzing GUIs to generate DSLs, ontologies, and usability metrics.
• EU Project: 'Evolving Architectural Knowledge in the Edge-to-Cloud Continuum' (participant).
• Educational initiatives: Integrating gesture-driven IDEs and social networks for mentoring in programming courses.

Research Interests:

• Automated domain usability evaluation using DEAL.
• DSL-driven GUI generation and feature modeling.
• Innovations in teaching software development and user experience design.

Grants & Labs: Recipient of FEI TUKE Grant no. FEI-2015-16 for domain usability metrics research. Active in the FEI lab developing DEAL and related tools.