Engineering Digital Twins for AI-Based Design Space Exploration: Case of Plasma-Enhanced Deposition
Scientific discovery increasingly demands methods that can cope with complex systems and high-dimensional experimental spaces. Traditional iterative approaches—rooted in hypothesis, experimentation, and modeling—struggle to scale under such conditions. This paper introduces a conceptual framework that combines two digital twins to accelerate and systematize the scientific discovery process. The first, a Phenomenon Digital Twin, simulates the physical system under investigation. The second, a Scientific Discovery Digital Twin, uses Generative Flow Networks (GFlowNets) to intelligently explore the experimental design space and prioritize informative experiments. This dual-DT architecture enables iterative refinement of models while optimizing data collection under budget constraints. The framework is demonstrated through an illustrative case study on plasma-enhanced deposition, a materials science domain characterized by poorly understood phenomena and large configuration spaces. While the proposed approach is still in its conceptual stage, it outlines a pathway toward adaptive, AI-assisted scientific exploration applicable across disciplines.
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15:30 - 17:30 | Poster SessionPosters at DCIH 1st Floor (open space) Note this is a poster session, so there is no real order to the individual items. All presenters will be required to be at their posters for the complete session and reviewers will go around the room. In-person | ||
15:30 10mPoster | The DESIRE Methodology for Early Pre-Verification of Digital System Architectures via Estimation and Back-Annotation Posters Christian Seifert Graz University of Technology, Christian Steger Graz University of Technology, Tiberio Fanti NXP Semiconductors Austria GmbH Co&KG | ||
15:40 10mPoster | Twin2Clouds: Cost-Aware DT Engineering and Deployment in the Cloud Posters Philipp Gritsch University of Innsbruck, Deniz Pierer University of Innsbruck, Luca Berardinelli Johannes Kepler University Linz, Marco Cotrotzo University of Innsbruck, Klaus Kaserer University of Innsbruck, Robert Sicher LieberLieber Software GmbH, Danilo Valerio Siemens AG, Michael Felderer German Aerospace Center (DLR) & University of Cologne, Sashko Ristov University of Innsbruck | ||
15:50 10mPoster | Engineering Digital Twins with Statecharts: A Smart Home Application Posters Sahil Salma Toronto Metropolitan University, Zenan Zha Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada, Protik Mukherjee Toronto Metropolitan University, Sadaf Mustafiz Toronto Metropolitan University | ||
16:00 10mPoster | Streamlined Integration of GR(1) Synthesis and Reinforcement Learning for Optimizing Critical Cyber-Physical Systems Posters Eric Roslin Wete Poaka Leibniz Universität Hannover, Joel Greenyer FHDW Hannover, Tom Yaacov Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Daniel Kudenko L3S Research Center, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany, Wolfgang Nejdl Leibniz Universität Hannover | ||
16:10 10mPoster | Modal Abstractions for Smart Contract Validation Posters Javier Godoy Departamento de Computacion. FCEyN. UBA, Margarita Capretto IMDEA Software Institute and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Martin Ceresa Input Output -- IMDEA Software Institute, Juan Pablo Galeotti Universidad de Buenos Aires, Diego Garbervetsky Universidad de Buenos Aires, César Sánchez IMDEA Software Institute, Sebastian Uchitel Universidad de Buenos Aires / Imperial College | ||
16:20 10mPoster | DesCartes Builder: A Tool to Develop Machine-Learning Based Digital Twins Posters Eduardo de Conto Nanyang Technological University; CNRS@CREATE, Blaise Genest IPAL - CNRS - CNRS@CREATE, Arvind Easwaran Nanyang Technological University, Nicholas Ng CNRS@CREATE, Singapore, Shweta Menon CNRS@CREATE, Singapore Pre-print Media Attached | ||
16:30 10mPoster | Engineering Digital Twins for AI-Based Design Space Exploration: Case of Plasma-Enhanced Deposition Posters Kévin Delcourt Université de Montréal, Houari Sahraoui DIRO, Université de Montréal, Léo Prevost-Nottelet Université de Montréal, Luc Stafford Université de Montréal | ||
16:40 10mPoster | Model-Driven Quantum Code Generation Using Large Language Models and Retrieval-Augmented Generation Posters Nazanin Siavash University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS), Armin Moin University of Colorado Colorado Springs | ||
16:50 10mPoster | An Ecosystem of DSMLs for Building Commissioning Posters Philipp Zech University of Innsbruck, Austria, Emanuele Goldin University of Innsbruck, Christoph Zallinger University of Innsbruck, Sascha Hammes University of Innsbruck - Unit of Energy Efficient Building, Philipp Pobitzer University of Innsbruck, Judith Michael University of Regensburg, Ruth Breu University of Innsbruck Pre-print | ||
17:00 10mPoster | A Real-Time Multi-modal Framework for Human-Centric Requirements Engineering in Autonomous Vehicles Posters Farzaneh Kargozari Ontario Tech University - Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science - Electrical-Computer & Software Engineering, Sanaa Alwidian | ||
17:10 10mPoster | DTInsight: A Tool for Explicit, Interactive, and Continuous Digital Twin Reporting Posters Kérian Fiter Polytechnique Montréal, Louis Malassigné-Onfroy École d'Ingénieurs du Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Bentley Oakes Polytechnique Montréal Pre-print | ||
17:20 10mPoster | Model-driven Digital Twins for AECO Posters Philipp Zech University of Innsbruck, Austria, Simon Senoner University of Innsbruck, Austria, Emanuele Goldin University of Innsbruck, Christoph Zallinger University of Innsbruck, Sascha Hammes University of Innsbruck - Unit of Energy Efficient Building, Judith Michael University of Regensburg Pre-print | ||