Bachelors-Thesis

Bachelor Thesis: Application of Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Transformation of Public Administration Processes

Student: Daniel Kotuláč Supervisor: PhDr. Ing. Tomáš Gál, PhD. Contanct: kotulac1@uniba.sk | GitHub

Thesis Assignment

Anotations: This bachelor thesis investigates the potential of applying existing or emerging artificial intelligence techniques in the digital transformation of processes within state and public administration — it identifies concrete domains (registries, workflow systems, decision-making processes, verification automation, etc.) where AI could substantially lower transaction costs, streamline operations, and enhance service quality. The thesis also examines the obstacles to implementing these solutions (legal, ethical, technical), evaluates associated risks, and proposes strategies for optimal deployment in the Slovak public sector, drawing on current critiques of the state IT “underpinnings” and digitalization process shortcomings. Aim of the Thesis: The aim of the thesis is to identify and analyze opportunities for applying artificial intelligence in the digital transformation of public administration processes, with an emphasis on reducing transaction costs and improving service efficiency.

Resources & Bibliography

Week 1: Environment Setup

Initial consultation with the supervisor.
Initial literature review on AI applications in the public sector.

Week 2:

Further theory review
Made decisions on which tools to use
Made a website and github repository for the thesis.

Week 3:

Dowloaded a training dataset
Installed and trained AI model
Tested AI model on manually colected data
Review on how to improve the accuracy of detection further

Week 4:

Further AI training on my own data
Basic script to detect potholes and log their gps coordinates to an interactive map from photos
Further data collection

Week 5:

Further AI training
Made script to detect and log potholes and their gps locations
Further data collection

Week 6:

Fixed Errors in script
Retrained AI model from scratch

Week 7:

Meeting with supervisor about progress
Finished coding part of thesis

Week 8:

Began the writing part of the thesis