AWS in Automotive with Stefano Marzani, Part 1 of 2 | Ep4

In a special two-part episode with guest Stefano Marzani, the WW Tech Lead for Software Defined Vehicles from AWS, we discuss the importance of cloud technology as applied to vehicles. In this episode, Part 1, we meet Stefano, learn about his important role at AWS and cover the first two topics: Data and Compute In Part 2, which will be published soon, we will continue the conversation and discuss the final three topics Prototyping, Machine Learning and Analytics, and ADAS/Autonomous Driving. Links referenced in the show:

• AWS Automotive homepage: www.aws.com/automotive
• AWS All Things Automotive Podcast: https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/all-in-series/all-things-automotive/?all-in-livestream-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortDate&all-in-livestream-cards.sort-order=desc&awsf.products=*all&awsf.tech-category=*all
• AWS Case study with BMW https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/bmw-group-case-study/
• Valeo Demo from CES 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0j7-CpJN5M

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Overview
• 00:29 - Introduction
• 00:50 - Meet Stefano Marzani
• 04:02 - Stefano’s role at AWS
• 06:03 - Importance of the cloud to Automotive?
• 09:21 - Five cloud topics across Part 1 and Part 2
• 09:48 - Topic 1: Data in the cloud
• 11:09 - Rich data types from vehicles
• 12:59 - Importance of targeted data capture
• 14:17 - Using data to improve vehicles
• 15:22 - More meaningful data, but less data overall
• 17:48 - Multiple intelligences in vehicles
• 18:42 - Software defined components
• 19:41 - Examples of AWS customers’ use of data
• 21:42 - Topic 2: Compute in the cloud
• 22:53 - Different compute instance types at AWS
• 25:20 - AWS Graviton
• 26:33 - Summary of Part 1