Engineering Digital Twins (EDT)

A French nationwide research program advancing the science and engineering of digital twins.

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Digital Twin Concept - Physical and Digital Layers

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CATALYST: the Reliable Hybrid Model Forge

Developing systematic approaches for combining physical models and data-based models through standardized interfaces and hybridization operators in digital twins

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Developing modular Digital Twin architectures that enable flexible composition, federation, and interoperability through systematic approaches and semantic web technologies

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Developing specialized methodologies, development life cycles, and domain-specific languages for engineering digital twins with AI integration and collaborative approaches

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Addressing bidirectional data flows between physical and digital twins with focus on reliability, security, and real-time synchronization for effective digital coupling

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Developing interactive systems for human-digital twin interaction through VR, AR, collaborative environments, and immersive visualization technologies

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Recent Events

Contract signed with ANR !

March 6, 2026

EDT programme contract signed with ANR on 6 March 2026 under France 2030 (ANR-25-APJN-0001)

UC workshop

January 7, 2026

The first seminar bringing together EDT Use Case providers and scientific partners was held on 6–7 January 2026 at ENS Lyon, with around thirty Use Cases presented to nearly one hundred participants.

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Recent Publications

Challenges in Enabling Industrial End-Users to use AR and VR for 3D Authoring of Digital Twins for the Factory of the Future

Clémence Cunin, Thierry Duval et al. • 2025

conference • 4th IEEE VR 2025 Workshop on 3D Reconstruction, Digital Twinning, and Simulation for Virtual Experiences

Engineering Digital Twins: A Research Roadmap

Benoît Combemale, Pascale Vicat-Blanc et al. • 2025

conference • EDTconf 2025 - 2nd International Conference on Engineering Digital Twins

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Open Positions

Technical Lead – Digital Twin Platform (Responsable Technique EDT)

EDT Program Others

France • Expected Start: At the earliest

PhD Position - Distributed Abductive Reasoning for Self-Explaining Digital Twins

PC1 PhD

Nice, France • Expected Start: October 2026

PhD Position - Compositional Hybrid Digital Twins for Fermented Microbial Ecosystems

PC1 PhD

France • Expected Start: October 2026

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