In this invited talk, the term Dynamic Digital Twins will be introduced as an adaptive digital representation of systems capable of reflecting structural and contextual changes in a given environment to enable intelligent adaptations and operations beyond mere data updates. Unlike the traditional Digital Twin concept, which is primarily used to observe and control data flows, Dynamic Digital Twins can adapt to dynamically evolving environments, enabling more agile and autonomous system behavior. In addition, foundational artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities are explored, including classification, recognition, prediction, and generation, and how these capabilities can address the needs of various applications is shown. Concrete examples will be drawn from Design Thinking, conceptual modeling, and IoT-based environments, all of which can significantly benefit from integrating AI support. The talk will conclude by outlining emerging research directions, including the ambition to enhance human-AI collaboration and shape the next generation of intelligent, self-adaptive systems.

Speaker

Prof. Dimitris Karagiannis is an Emeritus professor at the University of Vienna. Since 1993, he has led the Research Group Knowledge Engineering. His main research interests include modelling methods, meta-modelling, knowledge engineering, business process management, enterprise architecture management, and artificial intelligence. Besides his engagement in national and EU-funded research projects, Dimitris Karagiannis is the author of research papers and books on Knowledge Databases, Business Process Management, and Knowledge Management.
He is the initiator and coordinator of the OMiLAB Book Series on Domain-Specific Conceptual Modelling. Concepts, Methods and ADOxx Tools. He serves as an expert in various international conferences and is on the editorial board of several international journals. The industrial application of his meta-modelling research was demonstrated within the BOC Group, a European software and consulting company founded in 1995.
The scientific applications of his research are applied in the OMiLAB (Open Models Initiative Laboratory), an open collaborative environment for modelling method engineering, which he is the founder of and the scientific lead of its international educational platform, the NEMO Summer School Series, and the NEMO Innovation Camps.