Production engineering

Modeling, Simulation and Digital Twins

This theme focuses on the integration of data-driven and model-based approaches for the analysis, design, optimization, and control of systems and systems-of-systems

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Major contributions are done in:

  • Theory of Modeling & Simulation and its integration with AI
  • Digital Twin engineering (design patterns, model inference, V&V)
  • Digital Twin-based systems engineering (design, maintenance, optimization, dynamic reconfiguration, etc.)

Key application areas are:

  • Industrial systems
  • Smart territories
  • Resilient supply chains
  • ENLIGHT THEMATIC NETWORK – DISRUPT (coordination)
  • ANR JN-ACT (coordination)
  • ANR REGECOS (partner)
  • PEPR PRAN – REGENEXUS (partner)
  • Region-FBU – SAF (coordination)
  • IIT Mumbaï (India – Prof. S. Jain)
  • University of Goëttingen (Germany – Prof X. Fu)
  • Ghent University (Belgium – Prof S. Gautama)
  • University of Exeter (UK – Prof. N. Mustafee)
  • UMT OLEODIGIT
  • EW2P Gascogne Bois

International Conference chairing

  • ANNSIM’2026 (CPS-DT track chair) – Orlando (USA)
  • PRO-VE (Special session Chair in 2024, 2025)

National

  • CT JNUM (Technical Comittee of the SAGIP – coordination)
  • ANRT expertises

Awards (best papers/presentations)

  • DigiTwin’2023
  • AMSTA’2022
  • IESA’2022
News

Latest news from the team

THESIS DEFENSE of Zeeshan ALI - December 18, 2025

Zeeshan ALI will defend his thesis on December 18, 2025 at 2:00 pm in the amphitheater JP. DOM of the IMS Laboratory, on the subject: “System Engineering Approach to the Development of Urban Digital Twin”.

Members

Staff

Meet the members of the research team

Amira AILANE
Sirajeddine AOUANI
Séverine BLANC SERRIER
Yaheng CUI
Vincent DELOS
Rishav DEVAL
Mama DIAKITE
Minh Phuoc DOAN
Yves DUCQ
Simon GORECKI
Olivier LABARTHE
Delphine LADEVEZE
Catherine MERLE
Pedram MOHAMMADI ESFARJANI
Milad POURSOLTAN
Mamadou Kaba TRAORE
Ilse URQUIA
Bruno VALLESPIR
Milad ZAHEDIYAMI
Résumé en français

Cette thématique s’intéresse à l’intégration d’approches fondées sur les données et sur les modèles pour l’analyse, la conception, l’optimisation et le pilotage de systèmes et de systèmes de systèmes

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