This program is tentative and subject to change.

Fri 10 Oct 2025 15:00 - 15:15 at DCIH 102 - Session 8: Runtime Models and Automation

Building Information Modeling (BIM) has advanced the construction industry from simple 2D/3D CAD to semantically rich, object-oriented, and visually intuitive modeling. However, unlike, e.g., the UML or SysML, BIM’s modeling formalisms lack universal applicability and full life cycle coverage, confining its use largely to architectural design. Key trades like building control remain insufficiently integrated, leading to inefficiencies and misaligned design and operational requirements. This paper presents an ecosystem of domain-specific modeling languages (DSML) integrated with BIM, to expand its capabilities to additional trades such as building control. By embedding operational requirements (cf.~the building control system installation) during the design phase by integrating them into the BIM model, the subsequent application of model-driven deployment ensures alignment with operational objectives. Validation in a Living Lab at the University of Innsbruck highlights the approach’s benefits, including faster commissioning and improved energy efficiency, representing a step toward comprehensive, BIM-based building design and operation.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Fri 10 Oct

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14:00 - 15:30
Session 8: Runtime Models and AutomationNew Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) / Research Papers / Journal-First at DCIH 102

Hybrid

14:00
15m
Talk
Paradigm shift in mechanical system design: toward automated and collaborative design with digital twin webIn Person
Journal-First
DOI
14:15
15m
Talk
Ambient Advisory Models: Augmenting Runtime Models into Distributed Reasoning AgentsIn Person
New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER)
Demetrius Hernandez The University of Notre Dame, Jane Cleland-Huang University of Notre Dame
14:30
15m
Talk
Run-time threat models for systematic and continuous risk assessmentRemote
Journal-First
Stef Verreydt DistriNet-KU Leuven, Dimitri Van Landuyt KU Leuven, Belgium, Wouter Joosen imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven
DOI
14:45
15m
Talk
Jidoka: Automation with a Human TouchRemote
Journal-First
DOI
15:00
15m
Talk
An Ecosystem of DSMLs for Building CommissioningArtifact Evaluated − FunctionalPT@RemoteArtifacts Available
Research Papers
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
15:15
15m
Talk
Complex Model Transformations by Reinforcement Learning with Uncertain Human GuidanceArtifact Evaluated − ReusableArtifact Evaluated − Functional@RemoteFTArtifacts Available
Research Papers
Kyanna Dagenais McMaster University, Istvan David McMaster University / McMaster Centre for Software Certification (McSCert)