Accomplishments
Patents / Inventions
SECURE COMMUNICATION WITH INDIVIDUAL EDGE DEVICES OF REMOTE NETWORKS THAT USE LOCAL SECURITY CREDENTIALS. US Patent No. 11,582,027 https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/11582027
Presentations
Keynote: Digital Transformation 101 - Business Advantage Papua New Guinea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVzH8cat7Sg
AWS re:Invent 2022 - Equity in smart cities and transport (DEI301) - By sharing the unique Amazon culture of innovation, a dedicated AWS Partner community, and the depth and breadth of AWS service offerings, AWS is helping cities innovate faster, build smarter, and solve citizen challenges. In this session, learn how the University of Melbourne has built its smart campus using a combination of technologies including IoT, machine learning, open datasets, and edge computing to improve accessibility and inclusion on its campus. Hear about other use cases including a smart bus shelter that improved access to information and an open data solution that helps city planners and entrepreneurs understand residents’ needs and adapt to better serve them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hYY3jBmdDg
World Cities Summit 2022, Singapore - What does the Future hold for Cities? - https://www.worldcitiessummit.com.sg/programme/wcs-tracks/future-cities
ITS Australia - Mobility 2022 - https://its-australia.com.au/events/mobility-2022/
AWS Summit ANZ 2022 - Traffic signal optimisation with Machine Learning on AWS (ENTH7) - As cities grow, congestion and traffic safety contribute to city liveability. While traffic signal control is essential for transportation efficiency in road networks, globally optimal solutions are challenging to come by due to the complex nature of traffic dynamics. In this session, we use IoT and ML to deep dive on a dynamic traffic signal optimisation approach, using live transport data processed using computer vision at the edge with AWS Panorama as input to a reinforcement learning model deployed at the edge with AWS IoT Greengrass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avOpaEZkqXc
PTC WEBINAR SERIES: FRICTIONLESS BUSINESS – SMART CITIES – ECOSYSTEMS AND MONETIZATION OPPORTUNITIES - https://www.ptc.org/2021/06/ptc-webinar-series-frictionless-business-smart-cities-ecosystems-and-monetization-opportunities/
CNBC Nanjing Tech Week Panel, 2021
World Smart Cities Expo, South Korea, 2021
AWS Initiate Online ANZ 2021 - Fireside Chat with University of Melbourne AIMES | AWS Public Sector - Dive deep into University of Melbourne’s AIMES program innovation goals with Majid Sarvi and Peter Sweatman from University of Melbourne, and Craig Lawton, Principal Domain Solutions Architect for Smart Nations at AWS, to learn how cloud technology has been used to securely advance on their mission, and how citizens fit into the centre of their solutions. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YET5dNuza9k
AWS re:Invent 2020: Building resilient cities with AWS IoT and data services - In response to COVID-19, city planners more than ever need situational awareness of what is happening in their cities. This session brings together cross-domain skills in IoT, connectivity, and data analytics. Learn how to integrate IoT networks (such as LoRaWAN) with AWS Lake Formation data lakes and present geospatial analytics using Amazon QuickSight. Additionally, you learn how this reference architecture can be extended with AWS Marketplace solutions. Finally, the session includes a demonstration incorporating simulated city data. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU-FPFWuDgI
Smart Cities Summit 2019 - keynote: Craig Lawton, IoT & Smart Cities Specialist, A/NZ Public Sector at Amazon Web Services, discussed the IoT implications for smart cities. https://infrastructuremagazine.com.au/2019/06/03/smart-cities-the-new-paradigm-for-the-places-we-live-work-and-play/
AWS re:Invent 2017: Customer Stories of Things, Cloud, and Analytics on AWS (IOT311) - In this session, AWS IoT customers talk about the nuances, successes, and challenges of running large-scale IoT deployments on AWS. Hear from customers who have been operating on AWS IoT. Learn from their war stories of development and their architectural recommendations on technical best practices on IoT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8apQJa0HG4
AWS Canberra Summit 2019 - Using Visual Intelligence and IoT to solve Real World Problems - Learn how AWS customers and partners are building unique solutions using image recognition and video intelligence. Learn about different architectural models and see sample code and demonstrations using AWS IoT Greengrass and Amazon Sagemaker. Hear from AWS customer ParKam about the largest Smart Parking deployment in the world that has been initiated by Curtin University with 6000 carparks, using AWS specifically around artificial intelligence and machine learning. Join us to learn more about this interesting case study and other use cases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7V2NF3P4Yk
AWS Canberra Summit 2018 - Image Recognition: Real World Applications https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sWA-cuStGg
Articles / Press
Enabling More Resilient, Livable, and Sustainable Smart Cities in Southeast Asia through the Cloud - Written by Craig Lawton, August 4, 2022 https://www.aboutamazon.sg/news/aws/enabling-more-resilient-livable-and-sustainable-smart-cities-in-southeast-asia-through-the-cloud
The future of Australia’s smart cities - Innovation Intelligence sat down with Craig Lawton, IoT & Smart Cities Specialist for ANZ Public Sector, Amazon Web Services, for a five minute Q&A on how Australia can embrace the possibilities of interconnected cities. https://www.innovation-intelligence.com/the-future-of-australias-smart-cities
Improving industrial safety with video analytics, AWS IoT Core, and AWS IoT Greengrass - by Craig Lawton August 5, 2019 https://bigmate.com.au/improving-industrial-safety-with-video-analytics-aws-iot-core-and-aws-iot-greengrass/