About the Cisco - La Trobe Centre for AI and Internet of Things
The Cisco – La Trobe Centre for AI and IoT at La Trobe University builds upon a decade-long partnership between Cisco and La Trobe University.
Cisco is a worldwide technology leader that has been making the Internet work since 1984. Their people, products, and partners help society connect and seize tomorrow's digital opportunity today. Cisco’s digital-ready solutions are enabling Australian businesses of all sizes to realise the benefits of digital transformation – disrupting industries and reimagining what’s possible for their business.
Our partnership gives us access to:
- Cisco’s best-in-class AI and IoT products and technological solutions
- global programs such as the Cisco Academy with IoT, cybersecurity and entrepreneurship modules
- access to the Digital Schools Network to share resources and connections.
Our Centre is the first-of-its kind in Australia in terms of exploiting the synergy between state-of-the-art AI and IoT technologies through partnering with Cisco and the wider industry and end-user community.
We will help to create opportunities for students and academia. We’re creating a new home for co-innovation and collaboration, enabled by access to world-leading programs that encourage creativity and connection to deliver ideas that will drive Australia’s digital future.
Our mission
Through high-quality research, teaching, training and practice we will drive technology innovation. We aim to give students the technical and digital skills required to help solve real-world industry problems.
Our focus
We work with existing La Trobe research, particularly in smart health and agriculture, by applying AI-empowered IoT technologies to these strategic sectors.
We also work with industry partners to deliver real-world industry solutions in areas such as:
- Digital health
- Digital agriculture
- Industry 4.0
- smart manufacturing
- smart cities
- smart transportation.