Third International Workshop on Semantic Digital Twins (SeDiT 2022)

Co-located with the 19th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2022)

Hersonissos, Greece - 29 May 2022

See Call for Papers

Call for Papers

The concept of digital twins, as virtual replicas of physical entities, has gained significant traction in recent years in a range of domains such as industry, construction, energy, health or transport. Digital Twins can be used to view the status of the twinned physical object, without the need to interrogate the object itself. The digital twin can be queried by other software without the need to query the device itself thus relieving pressure on devices, which typically have very limited computational capabilities. Digital twins can also be used for monitoring and diagnostics to optimize device performance without impacting on the physical device.

Digital twins require unambiguous descriptions of both the entity and its digital counterpart, as well as the ability to integrate data from heterogeneous sources of information (including real-time data) and to interact with the physical world. Given these requirements, semantic technologies can play a significant role in the real-world deployment of digital twin technology.

The aims of the SeDiT workshop are twofold. Firstly, to drive the discussion about current trends and future challenges of semantic digital twins. Secondly, to support communication and collaboration with the goal of aligning the various efforts within the community and accelerating innovation in the associated fields.

Topics

  • Semantics and digital twins
  • Semantic descriptions of digital twins and their context
  • Interaction with semantic digital twins
  • Synchronization between an entity and its semantic digital twin
  • Simulation and models of semantic digital twins
  • Validation of semantic digital twins
  • Analytics and visualization for semantic digital twins
  • Scalability of semantic digital twins
  • Self-awareness of semantic digital twins
  • Semantic digital twin ecosystems
  • Security and trust for semantic digital twins
  • Privacy and ethics for semantic digital twins
  • Semantic digital twins in industry
  • Semantic digital twins in construction
  • Semantic digital twins in health
  • Semantic digital twins in transport
  • Semantic digital twins in the energy sector
  • Semantic digital twins in smart cities
  • Semantic digital twins for people

Author Guidelines

Format

Submissions must be in PDF, formatted in the CEURART style using one column. For details on the CEURART style, see CEURART paper style.

Contributions

  • Full research papers (8-12 pages)
  • Papers presenting negative results (8-12 pages)
  • In Use and Experience papers (8-12 pages)
  • Position and vision papers (6-8 pages)
  • Short research papers (4-6 pages)
  • System/demo/in practice papers (4-6 pages)

Review and Publication

All papers and abstracts have to be submitted electronically via EasyChair.

We will follow an open review process where:

  • PC members will be asked to allow for their reviews to be publicly posted on the workshop website for accepted papers. They may opt-out of public posting of their reviews.
  • PC members will remain anonymous.
  • After notification, authors of accepted papers can opt-in to allowing the reviews of their submission published.

The accepted contributions will be published in the proceedings of the workshop.

At least one author of each accepted paper has to register for the main conference and for the workshop and each accepted paper needs to be presented by one of the authors at the workshop.

Proceedings

The workshop proceedings are available online as the Volume 3291 of CEUR Workshop Proceedings.

Program

Keynote

The invited keynote speaker for this edition of the SeDiT workshop is Evgeny Kharlamov, Senior Expert in “AI methods for Semantic Digital Twins and Knowledge Graphs” at the Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence and an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo.

Schedule

Session 1 (14:00 - 15:30)

  • 14:00 - 14:10 Welcome
  • 14:10 - 15:05 Keynote: Evgeny Kharlamov
    Semantic Digital Twins: Trends and Shortcomings
    In this talk you will learn about the current practices and trends in development and use of semantic digital twins with examples from industry. We will also discuss limitations of existing solutions and requirements for next generation semantic digital twins.
  • 15:05 - 15:30 Research paper
    A RESTful Interaction Model for Semantic Digital Twins - Daniel Schraudner and Andreas Harth

15:30 - 16:00 coffee break

Session 2 (16:00 - 17:30)

  • 16:00 - 16:20 Position paper
    Decentralized Digital Twins of Circular Value Networks - A Position Paper - Eva Blomqvist, Mikael Lindecrantz, Fenna Blomsma, Patrick Lambrix, and Ben De Meester
  • 16:20 - 16:40 Research paper
    Representing the Virtual: Using AAS to Expose Digital Assets - Coen van Leeuwen, Cornelis Bouter, Rick Hindriks, and Robert Wilterdink
  • 16:40 - 17:00 Research paper
    Saving Energy with Comfort: A Semantic Digital Twin approach for Smart Buildings - Orfeas Eleftheriou, Asimina Dimara, Konstantinos Kotis, and Christos-Nikolaos Anagnostopoulos
  • 17:00 - 17:20 Research paper
    A Digital Twin Platform generating Knowledge Graphs for construction projects - Kyriakos Katsigarakis, Georgios N.Lilis, Dimitrios Rovas, Salvador González-Gerpe, Socorro Bernardos, Andrea Cimmino, María Poveda-Villalón, and Raúl García-Castro
  • 17:20 - 17:30 Discussion and closing

Important dates

9 March, 2022

Paper submission (extended)

Submit your paper.

28 March, 2022

Notifications

The notification and reviews from our Program Committee will be available.

11 April, 2022

Submission camera ready

Time to have your paper ready for being published. All the accepted papers will be published in the proceedings.

29 May, 2022

Event

Keynote, papers presentations, demo jam and a lot of discussion. Remember! If your contribution is accepted, it needs to be presented by one of the authors at the event.

Organizers

Raúl García-Castro

Associate Professor, UPM

John Davies

Chief Researcher, BT

Program Committee

  • Alistair Duke, BT Research
  • Iker Esnaola-González, Tekniker
  • Ilias Tachmazidis, University of Huddersfield
  • María Poveda-Villalón, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Pieter Pauwels, Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Salvador González, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Sebastian Bader, Fraunhofer IAIS

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