Innovation in ICT for Australia

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1 Innovation in ICT for Australia Hugh Durrant-Whyte CEO, National ICT Australia NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 1

2 What is NICTA? Australia s National Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technology 700 Staff, 5 labs, $100m/y revenue NICTA objectives Research Excellence in ICT Wealth Creation for Australia Transforming Industry Development and Insertion of technology New Industries Twelve spin-outs, working with ICT SMEs Skills and Capacity 22 University partners, 280 PhD Students NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 2

3 NICTA-Working with Industry Application of ICT to Transform Industry Broadband and the Digital Economy Infrastructure, Transport and Logistics Health and Life Sciences Security and Environment NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 3

4 NICTA Building New Companies Peavy Allen and Heath Bosch Yamaha Dolby Media Matrix AutoMap MEDICAL NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 4

5 Innovation: Smart Infrastructure Utilities Power, Water Telecoms Transport Road, Rail Environment Built and Natural Ecosystems Information drives effective design and use of infrastructure systems Data Optimisation Control Cost, Efficiency, Productivity, Sustainability, Scalability NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 5

6 Smart Infrastructure Utilities Power, Water Telecoms Transport Road, Rail Environment Built and Natural Ecosystems Information drives effective design and use of infrastructure systems Data Optimisation Control Asset Maintenance Logistics Supply Chain Transport Management NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 6

7 Asset Management: Water High pressure water mains: Thousands of kilometres of aging infrastructure Costly to maintain, failures have major impact Data analytics: Integrate broad range of data Predict most likely failures Direct effective maintenance NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 7

8 Data, Data, Everywhere Age Type Material Size Length Failures Soil Pressure Location Weather NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 8 8

9 But Analytics Unlocks Data Value Risk / age Risk / type Risk / size Age profile Evidence-based model Bayesian quantified risk Sydney NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 9

10 Asset risk maps Pipe with very high risk Pipe with high risk Pipe with medium risk Pipe with low risk Bankstown Sutherland NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 10

11 Analytics for Infrastructure Management Analytics: An integral part of all future infrastructure NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 11

12 Environmental Analytics Aquatic Weeds Fisheries Management Disease Detection Air Quality Solar Forecasting Geothermal Soil Fertility Hydrogeology NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 12

13 Data-centric Groundwater Modelling Client NSW Department of Primary Industries NICTA Capability Machine learning Quantifying uncertainty Collaborators NSW Office of Water NSW Office of Agricultural Sustainability and Food Security NSW Resources and Energy NSW Environment Protection Authority UNSW Problem addressing Quantifying coal seam gas impacts to groundwater Project status Achieved first milestone Project completion at end 2014 NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 13

14 Air Quality Analysis and Prediction Project Collaborators NSW Environment Protection Authority University of Sydney NICTA Capability Machine learning Problem addressing PM10 pollution becoming a constraint to industry expansion and community health. Need to move towards whole of airshed management model NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 14

15 Aquatic Weed Response to River Flow Regimes Project Clients NSW Metro Water Directorate and Sydney Water NICTA capability Data fusion, optimisation and visualisation Current Collaborators Metropolitan Water Directorate Sydney Water NSW Office of Water Sydney Catchment Authority Problem addressing Aquatic weeds and blue green algae have a major health and economic impact in the Hawkesbury Nepean river system NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 15

16 Smart Infrastructure Utilities Power, Water Telecoms Transport Road, Rail Environment Built and Natural Ecosystems Information drives effective design and use of infrastructure systems Data Optimisation Control Asset Maintenance Logistics Supply Chain Transport Management NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 16

17 Australian Logistics Challenges Productivity affects all Industry Large distances Sparse population ~10% of GDP Global supply chains Ship-to-shop Pit-to-product Paddock-to-plate NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 17

18 Intelligent Fleet Logistics Optimise complete supply chain Many constraints Fleet mix Best practice operations In the field 8-10% cost reduction GWF Cost to serve Indigo solver-best in class Port Customs Distribution Centre Cross- Dock Customers NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 18

19 Port Botany Supply Chain System NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 19

20 Port Botany Supply Chain Challenge 2.0 MTEU in 2011/12 14% by rail, 86% by road 3.2 MTEU by 2021 Target 28% by rail Simulate and optimise options: Centralised rail terminal Dynamic time windows for trains Staging trains at Enfield yard Stakeholders: Sydney Ports, Rail Operators, Rail Access Providers, Stevedores, Transport for NSW NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 20

21 Integrated Model of the PB Supply Chain NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 21

22 Smart Infrastructure Utilities Power, Water Telecoms Transport Road, Rail Environment Built and Natural Ecosystems Information drives effective design and use of infrastructure systems Data Optimisation Control Asset Maintenance Logistics Supply Chain Transport Management NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 22

23 Computers not Concrete Melbourne M1 (STREAMS System) Ramp meter algorithm increases flow: From 6,400 to 10,400 vehicles/hour 1 Equivalent to adding 3 more lanes Accidents also reduced by 40% 1 John Lee, Former CEO, Transmax NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 23

24 Traffic Management Data Sources Road incident data Travel time data Traffic flow data Prediction and Control of Road usage Traffic delays Social equilibrium NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 24

25 Smart Infrastructure Efficient use of existing infrastructure- Data, Optimisation, Control Designing better new infrastructure- Holistic, total system, modelling and design Maximum use of information and automation How can NICTA help RDA and SEQ? NICTA Copyright 2013 From imagination to impact 25