I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Smolka

I.2 - Name

Dávid

I.3 - Degrees

Mgr., PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1998

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Faculty of Management, Comenius University Bratislava

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Odbojárov 10, 820 18 Bratislava

I.7 - Position

Assistant professor

I.8 - E-mail address

david.smolka@fm.uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/72677

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

Economics and Management

I.11 - ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4066-9553

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Management, Comenius University Bratislava

II.b - Year

2019

II.c - Study field and programme

study field Management, study program Management

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Management, Comenius University Bratislava

II.b - Year

2021

II.c - Study field and programme

study field Economics and Management, study program Management

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Management, Comenius University Bratislava

II.b - Year

2024

II.c - Study field and programme

study field Economics and Management, study program Management

II.4 - Associate professor

II.5 - Professor

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
Assistant professor	Faculty of Management, Comenius University Bratislava	10/2024 – present

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.1.a - Name of the profile course	V.1.b - Study programme	V.1.c - Degree	V.1.d - Field of study
Process Management	Strategy and Entrepreneurship	2nd	Economics and Management

V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year

V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year

V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses

V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.5.a - Name of the course	V.5.b - Study programme	V.5.c - Degree	V.5.d - Field of study
Strategic Management	Management	2nd	Economics and Management
Strategic Management	International Management	2nd	Economics and Management
Strategic Management	Strategy and Entrepreneurship	2nd	Economics and Management
Process Management	Management	2nd	Economics and Management
Process Management	Strategy and Entrepreneurship	2nd	Economics and Management
Strategic Thinking and Strategy	Management	2nd	Economics and Management

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations

VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

V2 Gažová, Andrea (33,334%), Papulová, Zuzana (33,333%) a Smolka, Dávid (33,333%): Effect of Business Process Management on Level of Automation and Technologies Connected to Industry 4.0. In: Procedia Computer Science, 200, 2022, s. 1498-1507. ISSN 1877-0509. Registred in SCOPUS and in Web of Science.

V2 Smolka, Dávid (50%) a Papulová, Zuzana (50%): Improving the Management of Human Capital for the Needs of Industry 4.0. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT2024), Springer, 2024, s. 443-450. ISBN 978-3-031-73632-2. Registred in SCOPUS.

V1 Papulová, Zuzana (25%), Papula, Ján (25%), Gažová, Andrea (25%), a Smolka, Dávid (25%): Procesný manažment: Analýzy, modelovanie, implementácia. Praha: Wolters Kluwer. 204 s. ISBN 978-80-286-0501-8.

V2 Papulová, Zuzana (50%) a Smolka, Dávid (50%): Adoption of Artificial Intelligence and Base Technologies of Industry 4.0: A Way to Improve Business Processes. In: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on AI Research (ICAIR 2025). Sonning Common: Academic Conferences and Publishing International, 2025, s. 394-402. ISBN 978-1-917204-68-2.

V2 Smolka, Dávid (50%) a Papulová, Zuzana (50%): Implementation of Automation and Industry 4.0 Technologies in Automotive Manufacturing Companies. In: Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence and Future Applications. AHFE International, 2022, s. 830-838. ISBN 978-1-958651-44-5.

V2 Smolka, Dávid (50%) a Papulová, Zuzana (50%): Industry 4.0 Technologies: Implementation in Automotive Sector. In: Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2023): Artificial Intelligence and Future Applications. New York: AHFE Open Access, 2023, s. 917-924. ISBN 978-1-958651-87-2.

V2 Smolka, Dávid (50%) a Papulová, Zuzana (50%): Industry 4.0 Adoption: A Case of Manufacturing Companies. In: Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET 2023): Artificial Intelligence and Future Applications. New York: AHFE Open Access, 2023, s. 934-941. ISBN 978-1-958651-87-2.

P2 Papulová, Zuzana (50%) a Smolka, Dávid (50%): Strategický manažment. In: Manažment. 2. aktualizované vydanie. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2024, s. 166-183. ISBN 978-80-223-5856-9.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

V2 Smolka, Dávid (50%) a Papulová, Zuzana (50%): Improving the Management of Human Capital for the Needs of Industry 4.0. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT2024), Springer, s. 443-450. ISBN 978-3-031-73632-2. Registered in SCOPUS and in Web of Science.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Citations (5/20):

1. [n1] Hallioui, A., Herrou, B., Santos, R.S., Katina, P.F., Egbue, O. Systems-based approach to contemporary business management: An enabler of business sustainability in a context of industry 4.0, circular economy, competitiveness and diverse stakeholders. In: Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 373, 2022, 133819, s. 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133819

2. [n1] Lachvajderová, L., Kádárová, J. Industry 4.0 Implementation and Industry 5.0 Readiness in Industrial Enterprises. In: Management and Production Engineering Review, 13(3), 2022, s. 104. https://doi.org/10.24425/mper.2022.142387

3. [n1] Eiras, E., Silva, F. J. G., Campilho, R. D. S. G., Sales-Contini, R. C. M., Pedroso, A. F. V., Sebbe, N. P. V. A novel fully automatic concept to produce first subset of bowden cables, improving productivity, flexibility, and safety. In: Machines, 11(11), 2023, 992, s. 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines11110992

4. [n1] Salamntu, L. P. T., Makoza, F. Exploring factors that affect Business Process Management (BPM) adoption in South African state-owned enterprises. In: Proceedings from Conference on Information Communications Technology and Society (ICTAS) 2023, 2023, s. 2. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTAS56421.2023.10082735

5. [n1] Bunzendahl, S., Papula, J. Sustainable and transparent purchasing in the automotive industry. In: Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 10(4), 2023, s. 205. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2023.10.4(13)

V2 Papulová, Zuzana (33,334%), Smolka, Dávid (33,333%) a Krčméry, Silvester (33,333%): Trends and Challenges in Healthcare in Context of Industry 4.0 and New Emerging Technologies. In: Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence and Future Applications. AHFE International, 2022, s. 821-829. ISBN 978-1-958651-44-5.

Citations (2/2):

1. [n2] Eusebio, J.L., Cabanatan, A.N.A., Manaloto, A.M., Cuevas, J.E.T., Gernalin, E.C., Cruz, R.U., Capeding III, M.S. Attitude of Staff Nurses Toward Hospital Information System in Nursing Practice at a Selected Tertiary Hospital in Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines. In: International Journal of Computing Sciences Research, 7, 2024, s. 2315-2332. https://doi.org/10.25147/ijcsr.2017.001.1.162

2. [n2] Li, L., He, J., Yao, W., Nasir, A. Construction of Digital Literacy Training System for Medical Students in the Age of Healthcare 4.0: Perspective of Educational Ecology. In: Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies, 4(4), 2024, s. 15-28. https://doi.org/10.53103/cjess.v4i4.260

V2 Smolka, Dávid (50%) a Papulová, Zuzana (50%): Implementation of Automation and Industry 4.0 Technologies in Automotive Manufacturing Companies. In: Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies: Artificial Intelligence and Future Applications. AHFE International, 2022, s. 830-838. ISBN 978-1-958651-44-5.

Citations (1/1):

1. [n1] Tan, A., Dong, C., Wang, Y., Wang, C., Xia, C. Intelligent and Secure Cloud-Edge Collaborative Industrial Information Encryption Strategy Based on Credibility Assessment. In: Applied Sciences, 14(19), 2024, 8812, s. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14198812

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

Project VEGA 1/0773/20 (2020 – 2022) Management of Intellectual Capital and Measurement of Innovativeness of Enterprises in Slovakia – Researcher

Grant of Comenius University Bratislava UK/224/2023 (2023 – 2023) Current State of Use of Industry 4.0 Solutions in Companies Operating in Slovakia – Principal investigator

Project VEGA 1/0614/23 (2023 – 2025) Preparedness of Enterprises for Challenges Associated with Industry 4.0 from the Point of View of Business Processes and Process Management – Researcher

Project VEGA 1/0113/24 (2024 – 2026) Emerging Digital Technologies and Their Influence on Elimination of Supply Chain Vulnerability: Building Lean, Agile, Resilient and Green Supply Chains in the Age of Unpredictable Disruptive Events – Researcher

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution	VIII.b - Address of the institution	VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay)	VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona	Barcelona, Spain	09/2019 – 01/2020	Study Mobility under the Erasmus+ Program
Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales, Universidad de Matanzas "Camilo Cienfuegos"	Matanzas, Cuba	01/2020 – 03/2020	Study Mobility under the Slovakia-Cuba Scholarship Program
Université Côte d'Azur	Nice, France	06/2026 – 06/2026	Mobility STT under the Erasmus+ Program
Université Savoie Mont Blanc	Chambéry, France	10/2026 – 10/2026	Mobility STT under the Erasmus+ Program

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update

2026-02-26

Name and surname:	Mgr. Dávid Smolka, PhD.
Document type:	Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:	Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:	Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava