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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Focused Projects

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Platform

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Use Cases

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Publications

28

Open Positions

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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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PC2: DTCOMPOSE

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

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PC3: TWINOPS

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

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PC4: SYNCHRONIC

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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PC5: GENUINE

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

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Recent Events

Seminar - Building Blocks - OpenFlexo

September 1, 2026

Building Block OpenFlexo presentation by Sylvain Guerin (IMT Atlantique). September 1, 2026, 5:30-6:30 PM CEST.

1st Scientific Workshop

July 6, 2026

1st EDT Scientific Workshop at Inria Centre Rennes, from July 6 (noon) to July 8 (after lunch), 2026.

Seminar - Building Blocks - CGAL

June 2, 2026

Building Block CGAL presentation by Pierre Allez (Inria). June 2, 2026, 5:30-6:30 PM CEST.

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Recent Publications

La Fabrique des Jumeaux Numériques: verrous scientifiques, technologiques et perspectives du programme EDT

Pascale Vicat-Blanc, Benoit Combemale et al. • 2026

Journal Article • La Revue de l'électricité et de l'électronique

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

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Open Positions

Technical Lead – Digital Twin Platform (Responsable Technique EDT)

General Others

France • Expected Start: At the earliest

Distributed Abductive Reasoning for Self-Explaining Digital Twins

PC1 PhD

Nice, France • Expected Start: October 2026

Compositional Hybrid Digital Twins for Fermented Microbial Ecosystems

PC1 PhD

France • Expected Start: October 2026

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