Dr.-Ing. Pablo Oliveira Antonino

Digital Twins and Physical AI: Engineering and Validating the Next Generation of Autonomous Systems

Bio: Dr. Pablo Oliveira Antonino is the head of the Virtual Engineering department at Fraunhofer IESE in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He earned his PhD in Computer Science from TU Kaiserslautern and brings extensive experience in the design, evaluation and integration of dependable embedded systems across diverse domains, including automotive, avionics, agricultural and construction machinery and the pharmaceutical industry. Under his leadership, the Virtual Engineering department develops the FERAL platform, which enables the creation of lightweight digital twins of embedded assets and simulation-based virtual prototypes, as well as the application of the Eclipse BaSyx middleware in the pharmaceutical domain. These initiatives contribute to advancing Physical AI — the convergence of physical systems, simulation models, and real-time digital twins to drive prediction, optimization, and continuous validation of complex systems. A further focus of his work lies in continuous engineering, combining simulation-based virtual validation, digital twins, and architecture-centric monitoring to shorten development cycles and enable systems to continuously adapt to change.