We are pleased to announce a new CEG-IST seminar.

• 14th March 2022, 2.30 p.m. – Online (via Zoom)
• Speaker: Dr António Vieira(University of Évora, PT).
• Title: “Systems Engineering Perspectives on the Challenges of Modeling and Simulation as a Digital Twin”.
• From a systems engineering perspective, an efficient way to materialize the Digital Twin as a virtual representation of a real system can be achieved through the use of simulation. As such, simulation models can represent the real activities of a given system, while also allowing users to take into account uncertainties and randomness to test alternative scenarios. This way, the digital twin becomes a solid decision-support tool. However, despite the potential benefits that simulation has in designing Digital Twins, several modeling challenges can be identified. In light of this, the purpose of this seminar is twofold. First, it intends to describe a set of engineering projects in which simulation was the main applied method. Traffic management, logistics and production environments were the main domains that were addressed in these projects. The second purpose of the seminar is to discuss some of the insights obtained from these projects, as modelling challenges, for simulation in the pursuit of the Digital Twin. In this regard, some of the aspects to consider include simulation worldviews, animation, modeling approach, data integration, model generation and real-time features. By using a variety of project domains and modelling approaches, this seminar fosters a discussion over the main challenges that entails the development of Digital Twins from a systems engineering perspective.
• More information.