Digital twins give fresh insight into the world around us

Digital twins are computer-based models of an object or even a human organ, and the technology behind them is advancing at a rapid pace. EPFL will host a series of talks and seminars on this topic at its Digital Twin Days on 15 and 16 November. An ideal opportunity to learn more about the work researchers are doing in this pioneering field. In the end, it's all about making copies. Digital twins replicate an object or a human organ and work in parallel with - and just like - the original. In reality, they're a combination of data, algorithms and artificial intelligence, and they exist in a virtual world, like an avatar. Today digital twins are used in just about every industry: manufacturing, healthcare, architecture, transportation, communication systems and more.