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Complex government documents may confuse citizens, making it difficult to access services such as pensions or benefits. This work engages GenAI to rewrite these texts in plain language, maintaining legal accuracy while increasing clarity. Focused on the Service Pages of Italy's National Institute of Social Security portal, which serves 45 million users, AI surpassed human experts in user preference, enabling the Institute to communicate inclusively and at scale.
The project proposes a system for extracting and analysing information from the medical records of breast cancer patients, using artificial intelligence. This would support research, personalised medicine and health decision-making, benefiting clinicians and regional authorities. This provides an automated alternative to accelerate translational research, promote personalised medicine and improve the efficiency of health services.
Incheon City initiated a demonstration project utilizing AI technology to assist tourists and multicultural citizens in effectively communicating their symptoms to healthcare professionals. Mediark Inc. was chosen for this project through a public tender. The city supports the AI technology's development and demonstration costs, collaborating with Mediark Inc., the Incheon Medical Association, and the Pharmaceutical Association. Mediark Inc. introduced the SIMTOMI app in November 2023.
vCity is a human-centric platform for urban digital twins, with the goal of improving life quality within the city by assisting urban planners make evidence-driven urban decisions. vCity's innovative approach combines 1) simulation by designing virtual replicas of the cities, 2) what-if scenario tools in urban planning and 3) getting the "pulse" of the city from digital platforms for citizen participation.
The study integrates Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, and a digital twin methodology to process and interpret urban data streams derived from citizen interactions with the city's coordinate-based problem mapping platform. Using an interactive GeoDataFrame within the digital twin methodology, dynamic entities facilitate simulations based on various scenarios, allowing users to visualize, analyze, and predict the response of the urban system at
SignAvatar's long-term vision is to enable real-time sign language generation, opening doors to multiple applications such as TV, Social Media, Video calls, Online courses, and many applications in the public sector. Our first product is TransportSign, a system for auto-generated service information in Sign Language for Airports and Train Stations. By transforming audible announcements and on-screen text into SL, we enable more than 460 Million Deaf individuals around the world to travel freely
The Organismo Supervisor de las Contrataciones del Estado (OSCE) supervises public procurement, ensuring integrity and efficiency. Its Portal de Contrataciones Abiertas de la Compra Pública plays a crucial role, improving transparency with international standards. By implementing the Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS), it provides detailed access, benefiting entities, suppliers, citizens and civil society.
Smart shelter Seongdong District’s smart shelter applies smart technologies to the bus stop to provide not only real-time traffic information but also 18 useful services, including public Wi-Fi and phone charging. Smart crosswalk Seongdong District’s smart crosswalk uses cutting-edge technologies (in-ground traffic light, pedestrian traffic light, voice guidance, etc.) to prevent accidents caused by pedestrians using smart phones while walking and protect children and seniors.
13 Fellows from 10 different African countries in 8 institutions of the African Union to build a culture of digital innovation: the AU Digital and Innovation Fellowship is the first supranational initiative to make administrative processes in the African Union more user-centred and effective. The challenge: 12 months to integrate innovation into the African Unions processes and products. The results: 11 products in diverse AU institutions and units. And that is just the start!
Thematic Innovation Clinic was implemented to encourage and increase number and quality of innovations in Pontianak City. This program succeeded in increasing the number of innovations within the Pontianak City Government to 165 innovations in 2022, and to 196 innovations in 2023. With a design thinking approach, the innovation clinic increases the number of innovations, fosters the spirit and culture of innovation, and cross-party collaboration to deliver optimal public services to community.