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Ralf-Martin Soe

https://www.etis.ee/CV/Ralf-Martin_Soe/eng
12.01.1985
ralf-martin.soe@taltech.ee

Career

Institutions and positions
01.05.2019–...   
Tallinn University of Technology , Smart City Center of Excellence, Senior Research Fellow, Director (1,00)
2013–...   
ITL DIGITAL LAB, Development Manager (0,25)
01.07.2018–30.09.2018   
United Nations University, Operating Unit on e-Governance (UNU-EGOV), Government Fellow (1,00)
29.11.2017–27.09.2018   
Estonian Internet Foundation, Member of the Supervisory Board (0,05)
09.05.2017–22.08.2018   
Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Counsellor to the Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology in the field of ICT (Executive Management Unit) (0,25)
2015–30.04.2019   
Tallinn University of Technology , School of Business and Governance, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance , Researcher (0,50)
01.09.2009–02.07.2013   
United Nations University/ British Embassy/ Praxis Center for Policy Studies/ PricewaterhouseCoopers, R&D Consultant (Finance and ICT) (1,00)
01.03.2006–31.08.2009   
AS Äripäev, Investigative Journalist (1,00)
 
 
Education
2013–09.05.2018   
Technology Governance, Tallinn University of Technology, PhD
2010–2011   
Social Policy Financing, Maastricht University/ United Nations University, MSc
2006–2008   
Financial Management, University of Tartu, MBA
2003–2006   
Psychology, Tallinn University, BA
 
 
R&D related managerial and administrative work
2017−...   
Tallinn School of Economics, Member of the Advisory Council
2015−...   
European Commission H2020 ICT Committee, Estonian representative
 
 
Additional information
Awards:
Person of the Year 2019, Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications
Best Young Researcher 2019, TalTech
Best Management Paper 2017 (Digital Government Society, d.go)
Best Young Journalist in Estonia, 2008
Best Journalist at Äripäev, 2006

Nominations:
Best Investigative Journalist, Best News Reporter and Best Young Journalist in Estonia, 2006.

Initiated R&D Projects of the NGO ITL Digital Lab: Telia TestLab, Digital Receipts (Norway Grants), Finest Smart Mobility (Interreg), Real-time Economy (Interreg), Cross-sectoral product development (Enterprise Estonia) and Hupmobile (Interreg).

Qualifications

Academic degrees
Ralf-Martin Soe, Doctor's Degree, 2018, (sup) Wolfgang Johannes Max Drechsler, A Tale of Two Smart Cities. How Virtual Walls between Cities can Fall, Tallinn University of Technology School of Business and Governance, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance.
Ralf-Martin Soe, Master's Degree, 2011, (sup) Alain Jousten, Implementing Automatic Balancing Mechanisms into the Estonian Pension System, Maastricht University.
 
 

Projects in progress

Completed projects

Dissertations under supervision

Supervised dissertations

Publications

Category
Year
Publication
 
1.1.
2021
Bellone, M.; Ismailogullari, A.; Kantala, T.; Mäkinen, S.; Soe, R.-M.; Kyyrö, M. Å. (2021). A cross-country comparison of user experience of public autonomous transport. European Transport Research Review, 13 (1), #19 . DOI: 10.1186/s12544-021-00477-3.
1.1.
2021
Sarv, L.; Soe, R.-M. (2021). Transition towards Smart City: The Case of Tallinn. Sustainability, 13 (8), #4143. DOI: 10.3390/su13084143.
3.1.
2021
Bellone, M.; Ismailogullari, A.; Müür, J.; Nissin, O.; Sell, R.; Soe, R.-M. (2021). Autonomous driving in the real-world: The weather challenge in the Sohjoa Baltic project. In: Hamid, U. Z. A., Al-Turjman, F. (Ed.). Towards Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Highways (229−255). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66042-0.
3.1.
2021
Kalda, K.; Sell, R.; Soe, R.-M. (2021). Self-driving Shuttle Bus Use Case in City of Tallinn. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering, 1140 (1), 012047. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1140/1/012047.
3.1.
2021
Soe, R.-M. (2021). Challenging Diffusion of Digital Receipts. ICEDEG 2021 - Eighth International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment. Quito, Ecuador, 28 - 30 Julio, 2021: IEEE [forthcoming].
1.1.
2020
Soe, R.-M. (2020). Innovation Procurement as Key to Cross_border ITS Pilots. International Journal of Electronic Governance, 12 (4), 387−403. DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2020.112585.
1.1.
2020
Soe, R.-M.; Müür, J. (2020). Mobility Acceptance Factors of an Automated Shuttle Bus Last-Mile Service. Sustainability. DOI: 10.3390/su12135469.
3.1.
2020
Soe, R.-M. (2020). Mobility in Smart Cities: will Automated Vehicles Take it over? In: N. V. Moreira Lopes (Ed.). Smart Governance for Cities: Perspectives and Experiences (189−216). Springer. (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22070-9_10.
3.1.
2020
Soe, R.-M. (2020). Facilitating Cross-Sectoral Digital Product Development. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance: ICEGOV2020, Athens, Greece, March 11-13, 2020. ACM. DOI: 10.1145/3428502.3428623.
3.1.
2020
Sarv, L.; Kibus, K.; Soe, R.-M. (2020). Smart city collaboration model. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 674−677. DOI: 10.1145/3428502.3428601.
3.1.
2020
Soe, R.-M. (2020). Smart Governance in Urban Mobility Process. EAI SmartGov 2020 - 2nd EAI International Conference on Smart Governance for Sustainable Smart Cities. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76063-2_36.
2.5.
2019
Krimmer, R.; Kadak, T.; Alishani, A.; Toots, M.; Soe, R.-M.; Schmidt, C. (2019). Reaalajamajanduse alused ja rakendusvõimalused [Real-time economy: Definitions and implementation opportunities].
1.1.
2018
Soe, R.-M. (2018). Smart Cities – From Silos to Cross-Border Approach. International Journal of E-Planning Research, 7 (2), 70−88. DOI: 10.4018/IJEPR.2018040105.
1.1.
2018
Ainsalu, J.; Arffman, V.; Bellone, M.; Ellner, M.; Haapamäki, T.; Haavisto, N.; Josefson, E.; Ismailogullari, A.; Lee, B.; Madland, O.; Madžulis, R.; Müür, J.; Mäkinen, S.; Nousiainen, V.; Pilli-Sihvola, E.; Rutanen, E.; Sahala, S.; Schønfeldt, B.; Smolnicki, P. Marek; Soe, R.-M. ... Vaskinn, I.: Åman, M. (2018). State of the Art of Automated Buses. Sustainability, 10 (9). DOI: 10.3390/su10093118.
2.3.
2018
Soe, R.-M. (2018). A Tale of Two Smart Cities. How Virtual Walls between Cities can Fall. (Doktoritöö, Tallinn University of Technology). Tallinn: TTÜ Press.
1.1.
2017
Soe, R.-M.; Drechsler, W. (2017). Agile local governments: experimentation before implementation. Government Information Quarterly. DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2017.11.010.
3.1.
2017
Soe, R.-M. (2017). Smart Twin Cities via Urban Operating System. ICEGOV '17: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. Ed. Baguma, Rehema; De', Rahul; Janowski, Tomasz. ACM, 391−400. DOI: 10.1145/3047273.3047322.
3.1.
2017
Soe, R.-M. (2017). FINEST Twins: platform for cross-border smart city solutions. dg.o '17: Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research. Ed. Hinnant, C. C.; Ojo, A. ACM, 352−357. DOI: 10.1145/3085228.3085287.
3.1.
2017
Soe, R.-M.; Mikheeva, O. (2017). The Combined Model of Smart Cities and Electronic Payments. 7th International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government (CeDEM), Danube University Krems (Austria), 17-19 May 2017. Ed. P. Parycek, N. Edelmann. IEEE Computer Society, 194−205. DOI: 10.1109/CeDEM.2017.11.
3.1.
2017
Soe, R.-M. (2017). The role of demographics in cities. dg.o '17: Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research. Ed. Hinnant, C. C.; Ojo, A. ACM, 446−451. DOI: 10.1145/3085228.3085274.
3.1.
2017
Soe, R.-M. (2017). Data-based Energy Provision for Smart Cities. Digital Transformation and Global Society: Second International Conference, DTGS 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 21–23, 2017. Ed. D. A. Alexandrov, A. V. Boukhanovsky, A. V. Chugunov, Y, Kabanov, O, Koltsova. Springer. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; 745). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69784-0_27.
12.07.2021

Ralf-Martin Soe

https://www.etis.ee/CV/Ralf-Martin_Soe/est
12.01.1985
ralf-martin.soe@taltech.ee
www.finesttwins.eu

Teenistuskäik

Töökohad ja ametid
01.05.2019–...   
Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, Targa linna tippkeskus, vanemteadur, tippkeskuse juhataja (1,00)
2013–...   
ITL DIGITAL LAB, Arendusjuht (0,25)
01.07.2018–30.09.2018   
ÜRO Ülikooli e-riigi keskus, Külalisteadur (1,00)
29.11.2017–27.09.2018   
Eesti Interneti Sihtasutus, Nõukogu liige (0,05)
09.05.2017–22.08.2018   
Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium, ettevõtlus-ja infotehnoloogiaministri IKT nõunik (Juhtkond) (0,25)
2015–30.04.2019   
Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, Majandusteaduskond, Ragnar Nurkse innovatsiooni ja valitsemise instituut , Teadur (0,50)
01.09.2009–02.07.2013   
ÜRO Ülikool/ Briti saatkond/ Praxis/ PricewaterhouseCoopers, Konsultant (rahandus ja IKT) (1,00)
01.03.2006–31.08.2009   
AS Äripäev, Uuriv ajakirjanik (1,00)
 
 
Haridustee
2013–09.05.2018   
Tehnoloogia valitsemine, Tallinna Tehnikaülikool, PhD
2010–2011   
Sotsiaalkindlustuse rahastamine, Maastrichti Ülikool/ ÜRO Ülikool, MSc
2006–2008   
Finantsjuhtimine, Tartu Ülikool, MBA
2003–2006   
Psühholoogia, Tallinna Ülikool, BA
 
 
Teadusorganisatsiooniline ja -administratiivne tegevus
2017−...   
Tallinna Majanduskooli nõunike kogu liige
2015−...   
Euroopa Komsjoni H2020 programmi IKT komisjoni Eesti esindaja
 
 
Lisainfo
Auhinnad:
Aasta tegija 2019, ITL (www.ituudised.ee/uudised/2020/03/24/itl-avalikustas-kes-mojutas-mullu-enim-eesti-ikt-valdkonda).
Parim noorteadlane 2019, TalTech (pealinn.ee/2020/02/21/ttu-parimad-teadlased-on-targo-kalamees-ja-noorteadlane-ralf-martin-soe).
Parim konverentsipaber 2017 (Digital Government Society)
Eesti parim noor ajakirjanik 2008 (Eesti Ajalehtede Liit)
Äripäeva aasta ajakirjanik 2006

Nominatsioonid: Bonnieri preemia, parima noore ajakirjaniku ja parima uudisloo nominatsioon 2006 (Eesti Ajalehtede Liit).

MTÜ ITL Digital Labi poolt käivitatud arendusprojektid: Telia TestLab, e-Kviitung (Norway Grants), Real-time Economy (Interreg), Finest Smart Mobility (Interreg), Valdkondade ülese tootearenduse toetamine IKT sektori näitel (EAS) ja Hupmobile (Interreg).

Kvalifikatsioon

Teaduskraadid
Ralf-Martin Soe, Doctor's Degree, 2018, (sup) Wolfgang Johannes Max Drechsler, A Tale of Two Smart Cities. How Virtual Walls between Cities can Fall, Tallinn University of Technology School of Business and Governance, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance.
Ralf-Martin Soe, Master's Degree, 2011, (sup) Alain Jousten, Implementing Automatic Balancing Mechanisms into the Estonian Pension System, Maastricht University.
 
 

Jooksvad projektid

Lõppenud projektid

Juhendamisel väitekirjad

Juhendatud väitekirjad

Publikatsioonid

Klass
Aasta
Publikatsioon
 
1.1.
2021
Bellone, M.; Ismailogullari, A.; Kantala, T.; Mäkinen, S.; Soe, R.-M.; Kyyrö, M. Å. (2021). A cross-country comparison of user experience of public autonomous transport. European Transport Research Review, 13 (1), #19 . DOI: 10.1186/s12544-021-00477-3.
1.1.
2021
Sarv, L.; Soe, R.-M. (2021). Transition towards Smart City: The Case of Tallinn. Sustainability, 13 (8), #4143. DOI: 10.3390/su13084143.
3.1.
2021
Bellone, M.; Ismailogullari, A.; Müür, J.; Nissin, O.; Sell, R.; Soe, R.-M. (2021). Autonomous driving in the real-world: The weather challenge in the Sohjoa Baltic project. In: Hamid, U. Z. A., Al-Turjman, F. (Ed.). Towards Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Highways (229−255). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66042-0.
3.1.
2021
Kalda, K.; Sell, R.; Soe, R.-M. (2021). Self-driving Shuttle Bus Use Case in City of Tallinn. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering, 1140 (1), 012047. DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/1140/1/012047.
3.1.
2021
Soe, R.-M. (2021). Challenging Diffusion of Digital Receipts. ICEDEG 2021 - Eighth International Conference on eDemocracy & eGovernment. Quito, Ecuador, 28 - 30 Julio, 2021: IEEE [ilmumas].
1.1.
2020
Soe, R.-M. (2020). Innovation Procurement as Key to Cross_border ITS Pilots. International Journal of Electronic Governance, 12 (4), 387−403. DOI: 10.1504/IJEG.2020.112585.
1.1.
2020
Soe, R.-M.; Müür, J. (2020). Mobility Acceptance Factors of an Automated Shuttle Bus Last-Mile Service. Sustainability. DOI: 10.3390/su12135469.
3.1.
2020
Soe, R.-M. (2020). Mobility in Smart Cities: will Automated Vehicles Take it over? In: N. V. Moreira Lopes (Ed.). Smart Governance for Cities: Perspectives and Experiences (189−216). Springer. (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-22070-9_10.
3.1.
2020
Soe, R.-M. (2020). Facilitating Cross-Sectoral Digital Product Development. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance: ICEGOV2020, Athens, Greece, March 11-13, 2020. ACM. DOI: 10.1145/3428502.3428623.
3.1.
2020
Sarv, L.; Kibus, K.; Soe, R.-M. (2020). Smart city collaboration model. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 674−677. DOI: 10.1145/3428502.3428601.
3.1.
2020
Soe, R.-M. (2020). Smart Governance in Urban Mobility Process. EAI SmartGov 2020 - 2nd EAI International Conference on Smart Governance for Sustainable Smart Cities. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-76063-2_36.
2.5.
2019
Krimmer, R.; Kadak, T.; Alishani, A.; Toots, M.; Soe, R.-M.; Schmidt, C. (2019). Reaalajamajanduse alused ja rakendusvõimalused.
1.1.
2018
Soe, R.-M. (2018). Smart Cities – From Silos to Cross-Border Approach. International Journal of E-Planning Research, 7 (2), 70−88. DOI: 10.4018/IJEPR.2018040105.
1.1.
2018
Ainsalu, J.; Arffman, V.; Bellone, M.; Ellner, M.; Haapamäki, T.; Haavisto, N.; Josefson, E.; Ismailogullari, A.; Lee, B.; Madland, O.; Madžulis, R.; Müür, J.; Mäkinen, S.; Nousiainen, V.; Pilli-Sihvola, E.; Rutanen, E.; Sahala, S.; Schønfeldt, B.; Smolnicki, P. Marek; Soe, R.-M. ... Vaskinn, I.: Åman, M. (2018). State of the Art of Automated Buses. Sustainability, 10 (9). DOI: 10.3390/su10093118.
2.3.
2018
Soe, R.-M. (2018). A Tale of Two Smart Cities. How Virtual Walls between Cities can Fall. (Doktoritöö, Tallinn University of Technology). Tallinn: TTÜ Press.
1.1.
2017
Soe, R.-M.; Drechsler, W. (2017). Agile local governments: experimentation before implementation. Government Information Quarterly. DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2017.11.010.
3.1.
2017
Soe, R.-M. (2017). Smart Twin Cities via Urban Operating System. ICEGOV '17: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. Ed. Baguma, Rehema; De', Rahul; Janowski, Tomasz. ACM, 391−400. DOI: 10.1145/3047273.3047322.
3.1.
2017
Soe, R.-M. (2017). FINEST Twins: platform for cross-border smart city solutions. dg.o '17: Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research. Ed. Hinnant, C. C.; Ojo, A. ACM, 352−357. DOI: 10.1145/3085228.3085287.
3.1.
2017
Soe, R.-M.; Mikheeva, O. (2017). The Combined Model of Smart Cities and Electronic Payments. 7th International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government (CeDEM), Danube University Krems (Austria), 17-19 May 2017. Ed. P. Parycek, N. Edelmann. IEEE Computer Society, 194−205. DOI: 10.1109/CeDEM.2017.11.
3.1.
2017
Soe, R.-M. (2017). The role of demographics in cities. dg.o '17: Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research. Ed. Hinnant, C. C.; Ojo, A. ACM, 446−451. DOI: 10.1145/3085228.3085274.
3.1.
2017
Soe, R.-M. (2017). Data-based Energy Provision for Smart Cities. Digital Transformation and Global Society: Second International Conference, DTGS 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 21–23, 2017. Ed. D. A. Alexandrov, A. V. Boukhanovsky, A. V. Chugunov, Y, Kabanov, O, Koltsova. Springer. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; 745). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69784-0_27.
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1.1.5.2.1.3.BHV2Start-up phase of the Digital Governance Competence Centre (DGCC)01.01.201831.12.2018Robert KrimmerTallinn University of Technology , School of Business and Governance, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance 55 416,00 EUR
MUUVFP15026Finest Twins - Smart City CoE (teaming)01.06.201531.05.2016Rainer KattelTallinn University of Technology ; Tallinn University of Technology , Faculty of Social Sciences, Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance, Chair of Governance137 250,00 EUR
1.2.3.4.VFP19031 (856602)FINEST TWINS: Establishment of Smart City Center of Excellence01.12.201930.11.2026Ralf-Martin SoeTallinn University of Technology , Smart City Center of Excellence; Tallinn University of Technology , School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering ; Tallinn University of Technology , School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Tallinn University of Technology , School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Power Engineering and Mechatronics; Tallinn University of Technology , School of Business and Governance, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance 8 234 882,50 EUR (total financing 15 000 000,00 EUR)
1.2.3.4.VFP20052City-level Cyber-Secure Multimodal Transport Ecosystem01.09.202031.08.2023Raivo SellTallinn University of Technology , School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering ; Tallinn University of Technology , School of Information Technologies, Department of Software Science; Tallinn University of Technology , Smart City Center of Excellence343 000,00 EUR
1.1.LMIN19207Study of the Concept and Application Potential of Real-Time Economy27.03.201931.08.2019Robert KrimmerTallinn University of Technology , School of Business and Governance, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance 14 990,00 EUR
MUUVIR17124SOHJOA-Baltic Sea Region transition to eco-friendly autonomous last mile public transortation25.05.201730.09.2020Erkki KaroTallinn University of Technology , School of Business and Governance, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance 237 000,00 EUR
MUUSEF19001TalTechCity01.01.201931.12.2019Ralf-Martin SoeTallinn University of Technology , School of Business and Governance, Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance 150 000,00 EUR
1.1.AR20013Smart City Center of Excellence01.01.202031.08.2023Ralf-Martin SoeTallinn University of Technology , Smart City Center of Excellence; Tallinn University of Technology , School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture; Tallinn University of Technology , School of Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering ; Tallinn University of Technology , School of Engineering, Department of Electrical Power Engineering and Mechatronics; Tallinn University of Technology , School of Information Technologies, Department of Software Science; Tallinn University of Technology , School of Information Technologies, Department of Computer Systems7 158 053,00 EUR
ETFETF8571Veeb 2.0 ja valitsemine: institutsionaalsed ja normatiivsed muutused ning vastavad väljakutsed01.01.201131.12.2014Wolfgang Johannes Max DrechslerTallinn University of Technology , Faculty of Social Sciences50 400,00 EUR