Public AI Challenge

An initiative to enable some public administration (PA) departments to discover and test the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve performance to optimize and predict events affecting the organization and delivery of public services and procedures, thanks to the involvement of groups of students who, in two months apply Machine Learning techniques and create predictive models based on data provided by the departments.

It is the discipline comprising the theories, methodologies and techniques that allow the development of hardwares and softwares capable of making or suggesting decisions that appear to be the result of human cognitive processes. Some of the main Artificial Intelligence techniques are Artificial Neural Networks, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Data mining and Workflow automation.

From September to December, groups of students will compete in the analysis of big amounts of data and in the design of intelligent systems and predictive models to improve performance and support decision-making processes by fostering the adoption of AI technologies in public administration. Students will be provided with support from experts in the field.

Learn about the PA Departments and challenges that are candidates for the 2022 edition of the Public AI Challenge

The Innovation Camp is a two days event organized in the framework of the Science Meets Regions project. The event is based on a challenge-driven approach and aims to generate AI-based solutions for public services and decision-making. Day 1 and the first half of the second day are dedicated to a series of public workshops to discuss the potential of AI for the PA and its implication; day 2 hosts in the afternoon the kick-off of the Public AI Challenge, an innovation contest that aimns to generate ideas and develop proof of concepts, involving the PA as challenge owner, university students as solvers, researchers and startups/SMEs as mentors, and innovation managers as facilitators.