The 3rd edition of the Engineering Digital Twins Conference (EDTConf) features the Extended Abstracts track for vision, new ideas and short research papers to be published as extended abstracts.
Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:
- Modeling concepts and languages, methods, and tools for developing DTs
- AI for DTs/DTs for AI
- DevOps for DTs/DTs for DevOps
- Quality assurance for and evaluation of DTs
- DT modeling, simulation, and co-simulation of CPS
- Deployment and operation of DTs
- Model consistency, management, and evolution of engineering models
- Uncertainty and fidelity in DTs
- DT reliability, trust, and security
- Architectural patterns for DTs
- Virtual commissioning based on DTs
- DTs for continual learning and continuous improvement
- Combining models and data in DTs
- DTs for dynamic (re)configuration and optimization
- Evolution and compositionality of DTs
- Case studies, experience reports, comparisons in various application domains
- Empirical studies of DT development and use
- Teaching and education of DT skills
There are three ways to contribute to the Extended Abstracts track: 1. Vision and New Ideas 2. Exemplars, and 3. Demo Papers. All three ways have a page limit of 4+1 pages.
Vision and New Ideas
These papers present new ideas and research directions in the engineering of digital twins, which may not yet be full developed or evaluated. Papers must clearly explain the challenge, describe an engineering-based solution idea, and explain the difference to the current state of the art as well as the expected benefits of realizing the solution idea.
Exemplars
Implementations or detailed specifications of DTs in different application domains. These papers must include details about the engineering approach taken in developing the DT; that means they cannot simply describe what the DT does but must include details of how the DT was developed. They should also include lessons learned that have the potential of being transferred to other DT engineering projects. We strongly recommend that these papers come with an appendix with screenshots and / or a short video / screencast illustrating the DT, as well as possibly providing links to online material or further information about the DT.
Tool demonstration papers
These papers focus on the tooling aspects of engineering DTs. A good tool paper focuses on practical insights that are likely to be useful to other implementers or users of DTs in the future. Any of the aforementioned topics of interest are appropriate areas for tool demonstrations. For reviewing purposes, these papers must include an appendix (which will not be published) with a demo outline / screenshots and/or a short video/screencast illustrating the tool, as well as possibly providing links to online material.
Submission Guidelines
EDTConf 2026 Extended Abstracts follows a single-anonymous review process in which author names are identified to reviewers and do not need to be removed from the paper. Papers must be submitted electronically through the EDTconf 2026 EasyChair webpage.
Papers must not exceed 4 pages for the main text, including all figures, tables, appendices, etc. One more page containing only references are permitted. All submissions must be in PDF format. The page limit is strict; it will not be possible to purchase additional pages at any stage of the process.
Formatting instructions are available at https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template for both LaTeX and Word users. LaTeX users must use the provided acmart.cls and ACM-Reference-Format.bst without modification, enable the conference format in the preamble of the document (i.e., \documentclass[sigconf,review]{acmart}), and use the ACM reference format for the bibliography (i.e., \bibliographystyle{ACM-Reference-Format}). The review option adds line numbers, thereby allowing referees to refer to specific lines in their comments.
Submission must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere while under consideration. Submissions that do not adhere to the stated page limits or violate the formatting guidelines will be desk-rejected without review. Accepted papers will be published in the conference companion proceedings of MODELS 2026 published by ACM.
By submitting your article to an ACM Publication, you are hereby acknowledging that you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM’s new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of your paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.
Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID, so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper.
Submission via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=edtconf26