Geotab and Swinburne University of Technology have opened a Transport Innovation Hub at Swinburne’s Hawthorn campus in Melbourne, aimed at supporting research and collaboration on AI-enabled mobility and transport.
The Geotab-Swinburne Transport Innovation Hub is intended to bring together students, researchers, industry partners and technology stakeholders to work on connected mobility and transport intelligence, using telematics data and analytics as part of applied research programs.
According to the announcement, the hub includes an interactive showroom for Geotab’s connected vehicle technologies and analytics, an operations centre for transport research and data analysis, and a co-working space designed to support collaboration between academia, startups, industry and government.
The partners said the hub will be used to support programs focused on electric vehicle adoption, road safety, transport emissions reduction and mobility policy development, with a stated emphasis on evidence-based research using real-world telematics data.
“The opening of the Geotab-Swinburne Transport Innovation Hub represents an exciting step forward in our vision for smarter, safer and more sustainable mobility,” said Alkan Ciftci, Business Development Manager, Geotab. “By combining Swinburne’s research expertise with Geotab’s AI and connected vehicle intelligence, we are creating an environment where new ideas can be tested, insights can be scaled, and the future of mobility can be shaped collaboratively. Australia has a significant opportunity to lead in AI-powered transport innovation, and this Hub is designed to help accelerate that future.”
Professor Hadi Ghaderi, Professor of Supply Chain Innovation & Decarbonisation at Swinburne University of Technology, said the hub would provide opportunities for researchers and students to work with industry technology and data, and would support research outcomes in sustainability, safety and connected mobility.
Geotab and Swinburne said the hub builds on a partnership announced in 2025 and represents the next phase of collaboration between the organisations.
