EDTConf 2024
Mon 23 - Tue 24 September 2024 Linz, Austria
co-located with MODELS 2024
Mon 23 Sep 2024 16:55 - 17:10 at HS 18 - Session 4: Digital Twins in Application 2 Chair(s): Paula Muñoz

Enhancing agricultural productivity while maintaining ecological balance amidst climate change is a looming challenge. The future of resilient farming and food security will depend upon the effectiveness of collecting, interpreting, and acting on data. An agricultural digital twin (DT) can provide a feedback loop which improves both farm management and the computer system which informs it through integrating right-time sensor data, process-based models (PBMs), data-driven models (DDMs), and hybrid approaches. Three demonstrator DTs for farm ecosystems are currently under development, utilizing extensive datasets from three instrumented research farms at the North Wyke Farm Platform in Devon, UK to drive and evaluate the accuracy of models in simulating key agroecosystem processes, such as soil nutrient cycling, water balance, and crop performance. The implementation process will involve data collection and processing, model integration, and visualization. Key measurements are gathered up to every 15 minutes. PBMs along with DDMs and hybrid models will be utilized in an ensemble to enhance predictive accuracy and robustness. The DT architecture consists of three tiers. A client tier focuses on creating a user-friendly web frontend and API. An analysis and retrieval tier will facilitate the orchestration of services by a container registry and Kubernetes master node. A simulation tier will handle intensive data processing and model simulations with Apache Spark and high-performance computing nodes. We expect the DTs to improve decision-making, enhance system resilience against biotic and abiotic stresses, and pave the way for sustainable agricultural innovation.

Mon 23 Sep

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16:00 - 17:30
Session 4: Digital Twins in Application 2Technical Track at HS 18
Chair(s): Paula Muñoz ITIS Software, University of Malaga
16:00
20m
Paper
A DevOps Framework for the Engineering of Digital Twins for Build Assets
Technical Track
Sara Aissat École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Jonathan Beaulieu École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), Francis Bordeleau École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS), Julien Gascon-Samson , Erik A. Poirier ETS, Ali Motamedi École de Technologie Supérieure
16:20
15m
Short-paper
Digital twin architecture for the AEC Industry : A case study in collective robotic construction
Technical Track
Lior Skoury Department for Computing in Architecture, Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart, Samuel Leder Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart, Achim Menges Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart, Thomas Wortmann Department for Computing in Architecture, Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart
16:35
20m
Paper
A Modeling Methodology for Crop Representation in Digital Twins for Smart FarmingNominated for Best Paper
Technical Track
Pascal Archambault Université de Montréal, Houari Sahraoui DIRO, Université de Montréal, Eugene Syriani Université de Montréal
DOI Pre-print
16:55
15m
Short-paper
Towards A Framework For Farm Scale Digital Twin
Technical Track
Ireoluwa Fakeye Rothamsted Research, Ellen Maas Rothamsted Research, Paul Harris Rothamsted Research, Bader Oulaid Rothamsted Research, Chris Baker Rothamsted Research
17:20
10m
Day closing
Announcements
Technical Track