Replication Data for: How could IoT technologies be used to improve the public administration of Bern?

The aim of this paper is to find a use case to improve a part of the public administration of the City of Bern using IoT technologies. Although the importance of IoT rises in Swiss cities, there is no paper published yet which examines the IoT possibilities for the administration of the City of Bern. After defining the research question - How IoT technologies could be used to improve the public administration of the City of Bern? - a comprehensive literature review was conducted. To develop a suitable use case, we analyzed various possibilities within the administration. After identifying a case, we conducted 21 semi-structured interviews with the responsible departments. We also held five interviews with IoT experts to verify the use case idea and the proposed solution. Finally, we drew conclusions from the gained insights. We close the paper with an outlook and a proposal for further research ideas to deepen the case. We chose the white paper approach to focus more on the practical part. The result is making a validated statement whether the research question is true or false and to provide conclusive evidence for the argumentation.

本文旨在探寻适配的应用场景，以物联网（Internet of Things, IoT）技术优化伯尔尼市公共行政的相关环节。尽管物联网技术在瑞士各城市中的重要性日益凸显，但目前尚无公开文献针对伯尔尼市行政场景下的物联网应用可能性展开探讨。在明确研究问题——“如何借助物联网技术优化伯尔尼市的公共行政？”——之后，本文开展了全面的文献综述。为开发适配的应用场景，我们分析了该市行政体系内的多种可行方向。在确定具体案例后，我们与相关负责部门开展了21场半结构化访谈，同时邀请5位物联网领域专家进行访谈，以验证该应用场景的构想与拟议解决方案。最后，我们基于收集到的研究发现进行总结归纳。本文采用白皮书研究范式，以更侧重实践内容的呈现。本研究的最终成果在于验证研究问题的真伪，并为相关论证提供确凿依据。本文结尾将附上研究展望与用于深化该案例的后续研究构想提案。