From crowd-sourced flood mapping to connected communitiesDr Matthew BerrymanIT Architect, SMART Infrastructure FacilityUniversity of Wollongong

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CogniCity REMRisk evaluation matrix

• Custom interface for emergency control room

• Real-time flood data entered into system via web interface

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BPBD Verified Reports

BPBD CodedAlert Levels

• Deployed using Elastic Beanstalk + RDS + additional EC2 for collecting social media and flood gauge data.

• Automated failover and scalability for continuity of service and performance.

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CogniCity REMRisk evaluation matrix

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Data sources

Reports collection module(AWS EC2 instance)

AWS RDS database

Data consumers

AWS Elastic BeanstalkWeb server

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AWS Internet of ThingsPrototype flood sensor

• Idea: build IoT water level sensing devices, to cheaply increase the monitoring across the waterway network in Jakarta. Use ultrasound sonar devices to measure water depth, and a temperature and humidity sensor.

• Transmit data securely across the Internet using AWS services and store the data in the database for mapping.

• Providing more data for waterway infrastructure operators to make better decisions in order to optimize the system to reduce the risk of flooding.

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What’s next?

• Better power management: using a low power circuit for sensor readings and then waking up the Raspberry Pi to transmit (development and testing circuit shown on the right), plus adding solar power.

My assistant: Chloe Berryman (age 7)

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OpenDroneMap

We are collaborating on building a web front end for OpenDroneMap, open source software for automating the generation of 3D topological maps from 2D drone imagery, for use with open data in disaster management.

Smart Building Sensor

• Collecting data on ambient temperature, black body temperature, humidity, air velocity, illuminance, and motion, from which it calculates estimated comfort level, and users can provide feedback on their perception of comfort via touch sensors.

• Recently installed in the the Illawarra Flame sustainable building research house.

IoT Security

• “The S in IoT stands for security.” Often an afterthought if there at all.

• Many people fail to learn lessons past (disable unnecessary services, don’t allow users to use default passwords, etc.).

• Device-specific certificates.• Physical security.• Cloud-side security.

Teaching and community outreach

• Teaching students and other community members how to build and operate our IoT sensors.

• Collaborating with The Things Network and HereLab.io on sensors infrastructure and other sensors that are useful to the community.

• Helping the community inform themselves about their environment using IoT mapping.

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Connect: Wollongong – 6 Week Challenge

• Establish Wollongong as the 1st IOT City Living Lab in Australia• Set up the leading infrastructure to link research, startups, and

global players• Become a model for Smart City development (regional metro

areas / Tier 2 cities)• Showcase how IOT will change the way we live and work• Use a mix of communication technologies (WiFi , LoRaWAN, 4G,

etc.)

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6 Weeks – 6 Gateways – 6 Projects

• 6 Gateways to cover Wollongong from Unanderra to Bulli

• 6 weeks to deploy the entire network and connect it to The Things Network

• 6 projects to be initiated and supported through sponsorship & crowd-funding

• 6 sponsors to become the ambassadors of Connect: Wollongong

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Potential domains of application

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Flood warning systemSMART & SES

Smart connected homeSBRC & Redwood

AR for learningEarly Start

Dementia-friendly cityADHERe & IRT

Questions?