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Digital twins promise to revolutionize decision-making across domains, from helping doctors develop personalized treatment plans to optimizing city-wide transportation systems. But there are still challenges to overcome before the full potential of these technologies can be realized.
This project explores future directions for digital twin technologies—and how to support this emerging field. Read our recent report, register for upcoming events, and download new resources below.
Events
Opportunities for Digital Twins in the Built Environment
- June 13, 2024
- 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Symposium
- Past
The emerging technology of digital twins has the potential to revolutionize the design, construction and maintenance of facilities and infrastructure. A digital twin couples a real-world facility (and...
Digital Twins for Social and Behavioral Systems
- May 30, 2024
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
This session will explore the application of digital twins in social and behavioral settings and systems that may not have a physical counterpart. Panelists will highlight the nuances and opportunitie...
Human-Digital Twin Interactions
- May 23, 2024
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
Humans may play a range of roles in their interactions with digital twins, such as influencing the design of the digital twin, continuous support, and using digital twin output for decision-making. Sp...
Regulatory Challenges and Approaches for Deploying Digital Twins
- May 16, 2024
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
The personalized nature of digital twins and ability to inform or automate key decisions present novel regulatory and governance considerations. In this session, panelists will discuss these needs as...
Ethical Needs and Questions for Digital Twins
- May 9, 2024
- 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
Protecting individual privacy requires proactive consideration at every phase of development and within each element of the digital twin ecosystem. Making decisions based on information obtained from...
Foundational Research Gaps and Future Directions for Digital Twins Release Webinar
- December 15, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Webinar
- Past
Across multiple domains of science, engineering, and medicine, excitement is growing about the potential of digital twins to transform scientific research, industrial practices, and many aspects of da...
Digital Twins Information Gathering Session #4
- April 27, 2023
- 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM (ET)
- Past
This is an information gathering session where the committee will hear from speakers Tim Booher (Lockheed Martin) and Steve Dennis (the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley) on their w...
Digital Twins Information Gathering Session #3
- April 24, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Past
This is an information gathering session where the committee will hear from speakers Philip Huff (Department of Computer Science at UA Little Rock) and Alberto Ferrari (Model Based Digital Thread Cent...
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #17
- April 3, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Past
11:00 - 12:10* [CLOSED] Committee deliberation and report updates 12:10 - 12:30 [OPEN] Chaitanya Baru (NSF, TIP Directorate) briefs the committee** * all times in ET ** If you would like to join the c...
Digital Twins Information Gathering Session #2
- February 13, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Past
This is an information gathering session where the committee will hear from speaker Johannes Royset (Naval Postgraduate School) on his work and perspective on digital twins. The session will be open f...
Opportunities and Challenges for Digital Twins in Engineering - A Workshop
- February 7 - 9, 2023
- Workshop
- Past
The digital twin is an emerging technology that has tremendous potential across all domains of engineering, from aeronautics to renewable energy. The National Academies invite you to join us for a wor...
Digital Twins in Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainability Science - A Workshop
- February 1 - 2, 2023
- Workshop
- Past
The digital twin is an emerging technology that has the potential to revolutionize atmospheric, climate, and sustainability science. Digital twins can be used to create global-scale interactive models...
Opportunities and Challenges for Digital Twins in Biomedical Sciences - A Workshop
- January 30, 2023
- 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Workshop
- Past
The digital twin is an emerging technology that builds on the convergence of computer science, mathematics, and the life sciences. Digital twins have the potential to open up new capabilities across b...
Digital Twins Information Gathering Session #1
- December 12, 2022
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Past
This is a partly open meeting where the committee will hear from speaker George Karniadakis (Brown University) on his work and perspective on digital twins. OPEN 11:00 – Opening Remarks 11:05 – Georg...
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #5
- November 21, 2022
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Past
11:00 a.m. Opening Remarks Karen Willcox 11:05 a.m. Digital Twins and the essential, mathematical, statistical and computing research foundations Mark Girolami11:15 a.m. Presentation from Michael Maho...
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #4
- November 15, 2022
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Past
2:00 p.m. - 2:25 p.m. [OPEN]: The committee will hear from one speaker, Omar Ghattas (UT Austin). ** 2:25 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. [CLOSED]: This session is closed for committee deliberation. ** Please email...
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #24
- September 27, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The committee will discuss research gaps and findings listed in the report.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #23
- July 17, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The committee will discuss the report draft.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #22
- May 30, 2023
- 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The committee will discuss updates on the report writing.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #21
- May 22, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The Digital Twins committee will discuss updates on the report writing.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #20
- May 15, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The Digital Twins committee will discuss updates on the report writing.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #19
- April 17, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The Digital Twins committee will discuss updates on the report writing.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #18
- April 10, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The Digital Twins committee will discuss updates on the report writing. The meeting will also have a closed session about chapter 4 tomorrow between 8:30-9:30 am ET.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #16
- March 27, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
The Digital Twins committee will discuss updates on the report writing.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #15
- March 20, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a closed meeting in which the Digital Twins committee discussed updates on each report chapter.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #14
- March 13, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a closed meeting in which the Digital Twins committee discussed initial findings and recommendations for each report chapter.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #13
- March 6, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a closed meeting in which the Digital Twins committee discussed updates on each report chapter.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #12
- February 27, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a closed meeting in which the Digital Twins committee discussed the report and the outlines of each chapter, and heard presentations from Ruby Leung and Parviz Moin on their work and perspect...
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #11
- February 6, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a closed meeting in which the Digital Twins committee reflected on the past two workshops, discussed the upcoming workshop, and discussed the report breakdown.
Digital Twins Biomedical Workshop Planning Meeting #8
- January 26, 2023
- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a planning meeting for the Digital Twins biomedical workshop. The team members continued discussing workshop logistics and guidelines for panelists.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #10
- January 23, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a closed meeting in which the Digital Twins committee discussed the upcoming workshops.
Digital Twins Biomedical Workshop Planning Meeting #7
- January 20, 2023
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a planning meeting for the Digital Twins biomedical workshop. The team members continued discussing the workshop agenda and logistics, and guidelines for panelists.
Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainability Workshop Planning Meeting #7
- January 20, 2023
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This is a workshop planning meeting for the Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainablity Sciences workshop. The team members met to discuss final changes to the workshop.
Digital Twins Engineering Workshop Planning Meeting #4
- January 13, 2023
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a planning meeting for the engineering workshop. The planning group discussed the workshop agenda and topics to cover.
Digital Twins Biomedical Workshop Planning Meeting #6
- January 10, 2023
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a planning meeting for the Digital Twins biomedical workshop. The team members continued discussing potential speakers and the workshop structure.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #9
- January 9, 2023
- 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a closed meeting in which the Digital Twins committee gave workshop updates, heard a presentation on what an Academies' proceedings of a workshop in brief looks like, discussed the report out...
Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainability Workshop Planning Meeting #6
- January 6, 2023
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This is a workshop planning meeting for the Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainablity Sciences workshop. The team members will begin drafting the workshop structure and topics of discussion.
Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainability Workshop Planning Meeting #5
- December 20, 2022
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This is a workshop planning meeting for the Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainablity Sciences workshop. The team members will begin drafting the workshop structure and topics of discussion.
Digital Twins Biomedical Workshop Planning Meeting #5
- December 16, 2022
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a planning meeting for the Digital Twins biomedical workshop. The team members continued discussing potential speakers and the workshop agenda.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #8
- December 13, 2022
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a closed meeting in which the Digital Twins committee gave workshop updates and heard presentations from two members, Derek Bingham and Julianne Chung, and discussed the presentations.
Engineering Workshop Planning Meeting #3
- December 9, 2022
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a planning meeting for the engineering workshop. The planning group discussed workshop speakers, use cases, and topics to cover.
Digital Twins Biomedical Workshop Planning Meeting #4
- December 9, 2022
- 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a planning meeting for the Digital Twins biomedical workshop. The team members continued discussing potential speakers and the workshop structure.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #7
- December 5, 2022
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a closed meeting in which the committee heard presentations from two members, Caroling Chung and Conrad Grant, and discussed use cases of Digital Twins.
Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainability Workshop Planning Meeting #4
- December 5, 2022
- 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This is a workshop planning meeting for the Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainablity Sciences workshop. The team members discussed key questions for each panel of the workshop.
Life Sciences Workshop Planning Meeting #3
- November 30, 2022
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a planning meeting for the Life Sciences workshop. The team members continued planning the workshop structure, topics of discussion, and potential speakers.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #6
- November 29, 2022
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a closed meeting in which the committee reflected on the three speaker presentations from last week's committee meeting; discussed the structure of the report; and shared workshop updates.
Engineering Workshop Planning Meeting #2
- November 21, 2022
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This is a planning meeting for the Engineering workshop. The team members considered the workshop structure, topics of discussion, and potential speakers.
Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainability Workshop Planning Meeting #3
- November 21, 2022
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This is a workshop planning meeting for the Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainablity Sciences workshop. The team members will begin drafting the workshop structure and topics of discussion.
Life Sciences Workshop Planning Meeting #2
- November 18, 2022
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a planning meeting for the Life Sciences workshop. The team members continued drafting workshop structure and discussing topics and potential speakers.
Engineering Workshop Planning Meeting #1
- November 17, 2022
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This is a planning meeting for the Engineering workshop. The team members considered the workshop structure, topics of discussion, and potential speakers.
Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainability Workshop Planning Meeting #2
- November 14, 2022
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This is a workshop planning meeting for the Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainablity Sciences workshop. The team members will begin drafting workshop structure and topics of discussion.
Life Sciences Workshop Planning Meeting #1
- November 11, 2022
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This was a planning meeting for the Life Sciences workshop. The team members began drafting workshop structure and topics of discussion.
Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainability Workshop Planning Meeting #1
- November 8, 2022
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This is a workshop planning meeting for the Atmospheric, Climate, and Sustainablity Sciences workshop. The team members will begin drafting workshop structure and topics of discussion.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #3
- November 7, 2022
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This meeting was a closed working session for committee members to discuss workshop planning and definitions of a digital twin.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting with Sponsors
- October 31, 2022
- 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. ET - This session is closed as the committee prepares for the sponsor discussion. 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET - During this session, the committee will hear from and ask questions of...
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #2
- October 26, 2022
- 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This meeting was an additional session for conflict and bias review and discussion of NASEM procedures for committee members who could not be present at meeting #1.
Digital Twins Committee Meeting #1
- October 14, 2022
- 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Past
This meeting was the internal kick-off for the study, conflict and bias review, and discussion of NASEM procedures.