A Roadmap for a Digital Twin for Inland Waters

Описание: 🎤Speaker🎤
Dr Eloisa Vargiu
Senior researcher
CETaqua, Water Technology Center

💡Abstract💡
The Horizon Europe project IDEATION (https://ideation-euproject.eu) aims to prepare the development of the Digital Twin of the inland waters (rivers and estuaries, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, snow and ice, urban water, groundwater, coastal water, and transitional water). IDEATION is based on cross-border cooperation, involvement, and commitment of stakeholders at European level. Through a flexible and adaptable stakeholder engagement approach, stakeholders are currently engaged in the co-creation of the project solutions via Multi-Stakeholder Forums (MSF). In parallel, a comprehensive review, namely OpenKIWAS (Open Knowledge Inventory for Inland Water Systems) is under construction to make an inventory of current solutions in the field of inland waters, digital twin for water, and application of the Digital Twin Ocean (DTO). By systematically mapping requirements to existing functionalities and tools and addressing any identified gaps, IDEATION ensures a well-organised and efficient approach to the design of a reference architecture for the Digital Twin of Inland Waters. To determine the strengths and weaknesses of the results of IDEATION, as well as the opportunities and threats that the project faces, a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats analysis (SWOT) will be performed. The final objective of IDEATION is to deliver a roadmap for the integration of relevant existing assets and development of necessary digital functionalities for a digital twin for inland waters, interoperable with the DTO to ensure the consistency and continuity of water management, interoperable and avoiding duplication of inland water functionalities already available in existing twins of Destination Earth and EU data spaces initiatives.

✨About Dr Eloisa Vargiu✨
Eloisa Vargiu holds a Ph.D. degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering by the University of Cagliari (Italy). Currently, she is working at Cetaqua, Water Technology Center, as a specialist in public funding, collaborating on research in the field of Digital Water. Since June 2024, she is the coordinator of the Horizon Europe IDEATION project. She is also the leader of the Digital Water Systems Management Expert Group at Water Europe.
From 2013 to 2020, Eloisa managed the Integrated Care research line at the eHealth R&D Unit, Eurecat Centre Tecnòlogic de Catalunya. From April 2016 to December 2019, she was the technical coordinator of the EU project CONNECARE (H2020) that was evaluated as "outstanding" by the EC. From January 2012 to June 2015, she was the technical coordinator and main researcher of the EU project BackHome (FP7) that was evaluated with "Excellent" by the EC.
Eloisa is co-author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in international journals and conferences, as well as co-editor of 4 research books.