AI use cases
In recent years, AI solutions have been implemented in the public sector of Estonia around 120 times. Around 60 public authorities have implemented projects with an AI component to improve the efficiency of their work. The page of use cases provides a brief overview of completed AI projects.
Automatic tool for planning felling
Institution:
State Forest Management Centre
Partners:
STACC OÜ
Technology:
Forecast model
Area:
Project start year:
Project status:
Environment
2020
Completed
An automatic tool for planning forest management.
Better traffic management
Institution:
Tallinn Transport Department
Partners:
OÜ SIFR
Technology:
Computer vision
Area:
Project start year:
Project status:
Security
2018
Completed
The main objective of the kratt was to identify the traffic load within Tallinn, ie how many cars drive into and out of the city in a day, to make decisions related to city transport planning relying on such data. Three cameras were selected at intersections in Tallinn to train the kratt to count the vehicles passing by the cameras. The training of the kratt for counting was a crucial step in the development of the solution as there was no pre-existing product that suited the specific conditions in Tallinn. The outcome was a kratt that uses machine vision to count buses, conventional vehicles, trucks and motorcycles and hopefully, in the next stage, also pedestrians and non-motorised road users.
Business name checker
Institution:
Centre of Registers and Information Systems
Partners:
EKI
Technology:
Natural language processing
Area:
Project start year:
Project status:
Economy
2021
In development
The project resulted in the completion of the prototype and analysis of the name similarity assessment assistant INNA (INvented NAme). The analysis reveals the possibility of conducting a similarity search for medicine names and provides a description of the technical implementation together with proposals for further development, potential administrative costs and volume estimates.
Business viability index and tool
Institution:
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Partners:
Statistics Estonia
Technology:
Forecast model
Area:
Project start year:
Project status:
Economy
2022
In development
Identification of all analysed sectors and a description of problem enterprises (ie a precise description of the sectors as well as which enterprises in which sectors receive exactly which warnings). Primary models created as of January 2023.
Bürokratt
Institution:
Ministry of Education and Research, Register of Economic Activities, Police and Border Guard Board, National Library of Estonia, Statistics Estonia,Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority, Viimsi rural municipality government
Partners:
ISA, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications
Technology:
Chatbot
Area:
Project start year:
Project status:
Education
2022
In development
Bürokratt is an interoperable network of chatbots on the websites of public authorities that allows people to obtain information from these authorities through a chat window using everyday language. It provides individuals, or users, with the opportunity to access direct public and information services through virtual assistants using everyday language.
Calculating the height of a forest
Institution:
Environment Agency
Partners:
KEMIT
Technology:
Computer vision
Area:
Project start year:
Project status:
Environment
2021
In use
The Environment Agency and KEMIT have, together with a development partner, created a remote sensing information system for forests which enables records of forest resources to be kept in a geo-referenced manner, and forest information to be collected and shared in an operative manner. The created solution is semi-automatic, being partially based on machine learning algorithms, partially on the visual verification of remote sensing data, and partially on the software solutions of third parties. Remote sensing data are mainly used as primary data, but forest notifications, soil maps, and other such data (incl teaching and validation data) also act as inputs. The processing will create Estonia-wide map layers about more important survey characteristics, such as a raster map about the height of woody flora (for calculation of the average height of the forest).
Calls transcription
Institution:
Police and Border Guard Board
Partners:
Feelingstream
Technology:
Natural language processing
Area:
Project start year:
Project status:
Security
2018
Completed
As part of the project, the calls made to the hotline of the PBGB were transcribed. The Feelingstream application provides both a statistical overview and a comprehensive understanding of customer concerns across different communication channels, including calls, emails and chatbots. An analysis of customer contacts is the fastest and most direct way to identify areas in services where customers encounter difficulties and to make prompt improvements. This analysis provides insights for management decision-making which, in turn, leads to better and more effective public services.
Chatbots in hospitals
Institution:
North Estonia Medical Centre
Partners:
Technology:
Robotics
Area:
Project start year:
Project status:
Health
2022
In development
Chatbots for patients in the ICU to allow them to contact their loved ones through video links. The robots operating in the North Estonia Medical Centre also provide assistance to doctors by allowing them to navigate the ICU using their phone or computer, chat with patients and monitor their health indicators on the screens.
Creating a risk model from bulk data
Institution:
Estonian Tax and Customs Board
Partners:
MindTitan
Technology:
Forecast model
Area:
Project start year:
Project status:
Economy
2019
Completed
A pilot project for the development of a tool, aimed at exploring ways to improve the efficiency of tax collection.
Customer enquiries automation
Institution:
Social Insurance Board
Partners:
Helmes
Technology:
Natural language processing
Area:
Project start year:
Project status:
Society
2021
Completed
The primary objective of the analysis project for the development of the customer enquiry management and maintenance functionality is to determine the optimal solutions for automating the activities involved in customer enquiry management. Among other things, the analysis seeks to address the issued of how to obtain a complete overview of customer enquiries, how to quickly locate customer enquiries, how to conveniently manage enquiries and easily assign them as work tasks and how to minimise the need for additional contact with persons. As a result of the analysis project, an analysis was carried out for the development of the customer enquiry management and maintenance functionality, the findings of which revealed the use cases and development volumes necessary for achieving the objectives. A finished prototype of the future solution was also completed.
Detecting clear cutting of forests
Institution:
Environment Agency
Partners:
KEMIT
Technology:
Computer vision
Area:
Project start year:
Project status:
Environment
2021
Completed
The Environment Agency and KEMIT have, together with a development partner, created a remote sensing information system for forests which enables records of forest resources to be kept in a geo-referenced manner, and forest information to be collected and shared in an operative manner. The created solution is semi-automatic, being partially based on machine learning algorithms, partially on the visual verification of remote sensing data, and partially on the software solutions of third parties. Remote sensing data are mainly used as primary data, but forest notifications, soil maps, and other such data (incl teaching and validation data) also act as inputs. The processing will create Estonia-wide map layers about more important survey characteristics, such as a vector map of felled areas (for identification of clear cutting > 0.5 ha).
Detecting prohibited election campaigns
Institution:
National Audit Office of Estonia
Partners:
Mindtitan
Technology:
Computer vision
Area:
Project start year:
Project status:
Law
2021
Completed
In previous audits, the National Audit Office of Estonia has found the process of identifying and recording election campaigns on public channels (TV, radio, foreign media) to be labour-intensive and ineffective. Furthermore, as advertising increasingly shifts to social media channels, state and local government agencies are also using different social media channels to inform their residents. At the same time, it is not possible to retrospectively identify the information shared on social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). Consequently, the National Audit Office of Estonia is unable to verify whether these channels have been used for personal political gain. The daily monitoring and manual verification of newsletters funded by public money and social media content is unreasonably time-consuming and resource-intensive for the officials of the National Audit Office of Estonia. Therefore, the National Audit Office of Estonia is looking for an effective IT solution to address the problem.