Digital Twin
A digital twin is a digital replica of a living or non-living physical entity, whose technology can be adopted to build a vehicle-to-cloud framework.
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Committee Chair: Ziran Wang
Assistant Professor, Purdue University, USA
Dr. Ziran Wang is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the Purdue University College of Engineering, part of the Autonomous and Connected Systems Initiative and the Lyles School of Civil Engineering. He leads the Purdue Digital Twin Lab, which aims to build digital replicas of real-world entities based on AI, big data, cloud/edge computing, and mixed reality. Prior to joining Purdue, Dr. Wang worked for Toyota R&D in Silicon Valley as Principal Researcher of Digital Twin. He also serves as Founding Chair of IEEE Technical Committee on Internet of Things in Intelligent Transportation Systems, and Associate/Guest/Handling Editor of five academic journals. His achievements were demonstrated on Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and acknowledged by four best paper awards, the First Prize in IEEE Shape the Future of ITS Competition, and the U.S. Department of Transportation Dissertation Award. Dr. Wang is an author of 40+ refereed publications and 50+ patent applications. He received the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Riverside.
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