The Foundation for Science and Technology promotes a Program in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration through Calls to support new R&D projects involving partnerships between public administration and scientific institutions. Projects should be geared towards deepening the processing of public data and stimulating the production of new knowledge relevant to citizens, based on the use of advanced artificial intelligence and data science techniques.
The main objective of this initiative is therefore to promote scientific knowledge based on large amounts of data available in public administration, in order to assist decision-making and public policy-making processes, so that these decisions are increasingly based on a thorough understanding of reality and technically supported by evidence rather than intuition.
There are many possible areas for intervention, including, for example, health, employment, education, sustainable development, and road safety.
Results
The FCT has published a brochure presenting theselected projects , which is available in digital format.