IDETWIN 2026 Workshop

About

IDETWIN 2026 is an international workshop on Industrial Digital Twins and Emerging Technologies, in conjunction with the 2026 IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC 2026), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 9-12 January 2026 .

Program Outline

The workshop will take place the 9^th of January 2026 at Laughlin II.

Morning Program: Manufacturing, IIoT & Industrial Digital Twins session
Chair: Roberto Cavicchioli

Afternoon Program: Infrastructure, communication & Digital Twin certification
Chair: Marcello Pietri

Journal Extension Opportunity

The best and tematically relevant papers presented at the workshop are invited to submit an extended versions to DT-CPS Special Issue of Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS), Elsevier (Q1, IF > 7), subject to standard peer-review.

Scope & Motivation

The use of Industrial Digital Twins is transforming the manufacturing, energy, logistics, and autonomous mobility sectors, enabling real-time monitoring, simulation, and optimization of complex physical systems. Combining Digital Twins with IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Edge Computing, and secure communications enables new applications to increase efficiency, reduce downtime, and improve decision-making in industrial contexts.

The IDETWIN 2026 workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners working on the development of architectures, enabling technologies, and real-world use cases for Industrial Digital Twins, with a focus on security, privacy, interoperability, and distributed learning.

Key Technical Topics

• Design and implementation of Industrial Digital Twins
• Integration of IoT and sensor networks in Digital Twin frameworks
• Cybersecurity challenges and solutions in Digital Twin & Cyber-Physical systems
• Blockchain applications for secure and transparent industrial processes and data exchange
• Decentralized and Federated Learning approaches in industrial settings
• Real-time data processing and Edge Computing for Digital Twins
• Case studies on Digital Twin deployment in manufacturing and production lines
• Architectures and real-world implementations of Digital Twins for industry
• IoT and sensor integration in industrial and mission-critical settings
• Gossip Learning, Federated Learning, and Edge AI in industrial operations
• Data-driven predictive maintenance and process optimization
• Digital Twins for supply chain monitoring, resilience, and automation
• Digital Twins in energy communities and smart energy systems
• Digital Twins in autonomous mobility infrastructures, ranging from urban transport to industrial AGVs, AMRs and smart logistics platforms
• Risk assessment and fault diagnosis in smart manufacturing
• Use cases from smart factories, energy, logistics, and robotics

Organizers

• Dr. Marcello Pietri (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
  Researcher at the Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering (DISMI), focusing on Digital Twins, IoT, Edge Computing and Cyber-Physical Systems security.
  Email: marcello.pietri@unimore.it
• Dr. Matteo Martinelli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
  Research fellow at DISMI, specializes in Digital Twins, Industrial IoT, edge computing, and interoperability.
  Email: matteo.martinelli@unimore.it
• Prof. Andreas Wortmann (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
  Head of ISW, expert in model-driven engineering, software languages, and Digital Twins.
  Email: wortmann[@]isw.uni-stuttgart.de
• Dr. Carsten Ellwein (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
  Research group leader focusing on control architecture, data-driven engineering, and digital twins.
  Email: ellwein[@]isw.uni-stuttgart.de
• Prof. JaeSeung Song (Sejong University, South Korea)
  Expert on beyond 5G/6G networks, AI-enabled IoT platforms, and interoperability.
  Email: jssong@sejong.ac.kr

Technical Program Committee

• Prof. Francis Bordeleau, University of Québec, Canada
• Prof. Alessio Bucaioni, Mälardalen University, Sweden
• Prof. Loek Cleophas, TU Eindhoven, Netherlands
• Prof. Joachim Denil, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• Dr. Enxhi Ferko, Jotne Connect, Sweden
• Dr. Angelo Furno, ENTPE-Université Gustave Eiffel, France
• Prof. Carlo Giannelli, University of Ferrara, Italy
• Prof. Cláudio Gomes, Aarhus University, Denmark
• Prof. Georg Grossmann, University of South Australia, South Australia
• Prof. Marco Mamei, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Dr. David Manrique Negrin, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
• Prof. Bentley Oakes, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
• Prof. Marco Picone, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Jerome Pfeiffer, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• Prof. Antonio Virdis, University of Pisa, Italy
• Prof. Philip Zech, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Important Dates

• Paper submission deadline: October 05th, 2025 October 19th (Firm Deadline)
• Paper notification deadline: November 03rd, 2025 November 10th, 2025
• Camera-ready submission deadline: November 16th, 2025 November 23rd, 2025
• Workshop date: 09th January, 2026

Call for Papers

The IDETWIN 2026 workshop invites high-quality original research and case studies on contributions advancing Industrial Digital Twins and related emerging technologies including IoT, AI, edge intelligence, blockchain, and secure communications.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Design and implementation of Industrial Digital Twins
• Integration of IoT and sensor networks in Digital Twin frameworks
• Cybersecurity challenges and solutions in Digital Twin & Cyber-Physical systems
• Blockchain applications for secure and transparent industrial processes and data exchange
• Decentralized, federated and gossip learning approaches in industrial settings
• Real-time data processing and edge computing for Digital Twins
• Data-driven predictive maintenance and process optimization
• Digital Twins in energy communities and smart energy systems
• Digital Twins in autonomous mobility and logistics (AGVs, AMRs, etc.)
• Human-in-the-loop and hybrid intelligence approaches in Industrial Digital Twins
• Risk assessment and resilience modeling in smart manufacturing

Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE CCNC 2026 Workshop Proceedings and included in IEEE Xplore.

Accepted Papers

After a careful revision process, selected papers for the workshop are:

1. M. Pietri, M. Martinelli, F. Turazza, G. Bertacchini, M. Picone, M. Mamei, Digital Twins and Federated Learning in Industrial IoT: Worker-Centric Safety Perspectives (Digital Twin; IoT; Industrial IoT; Federated Learning; VRU)
2. Y. Taniguchi, Y. Taenaka, K. Tsukamoto, Applicability Evaluation of Semantic Communication towards User-Context-Aware Adaptive Content Delivery (Semantic Communication; Content Delivery; Geo-Centric Information Platform)
3. Y. Taniguchi, Y. Taenaka, K. Tsukamoto, Applicability Evaluation of Semantic Communication towards User-Context-Aware Adaptive Content Delivery (Semantic Communication; Content Delivery; Geo-Centric Information Platform)
4. M. F. Monir, N. Tripathi, J. Reed, Z. Hassan, I. Ahmed, T. Ahmed Characterizing the Performance Limits of OAI-Based O-RAN Digital Twin (O-RAN; Virtualization; RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC); OpenAirInterface (OAI); FlexRIC; Video streaming)
5. M. Hossfeld, A. Morozov, A. Wortmann, Towards Formless Production with Skill-Based Industrial Digital Twins (Digital Twins; Skill-Based Manufacturing)
6. F. Franco, L. Lamazzi, M. Picone, M. Savarese, C. A. Grazia, L. Bedogni, Customizing Human Machine Interfaces leveraging Digital Twins and Large Language Models (Digital Twin; Human Digital Twin; Human Machine Interface; Industry 5.0)
7. M. Pietri, M. Martinelli, F. Turazza, R. Cavicchioli, M. Picone, M. Mamei Dynamic Certification of Industrial Digital Twins via Blockchain for Trusted Lifecycle Management (Digital Twin (DT); Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT); Blockchain; Edge Computing; Trust and Certification)
8. S. Homma, T. Abe, H. Suzuki, Study on an Automatic Correction Mechanism for Urban Infrastructure Location Information Based on Operational and Movement Data (Digital Twin; Clustering Algorithms; DBSCAN)
9. S. Ajdinovic, A. Metovic, N. Maisch, A. Lechler, A. Wortmann, O. H. Riedel, Industrial Semantics-Aware Digital Twins: A Hybrid Graph Matching Approach for Asset Administration Shells (Digital Twins; Asset Administration Shell; Semantic Graph Matching)
10. U. Hamid, D. Sung, D. Commey, G. V. Crosby, Resource-Aware Clustered Federated Learning for Industrial Digital Twins: A Reproducible Benchmark on Fashion-MNIST (Digital twins, clustered federated learning, edge computing, non-IID data, communication cost, benchmark)

The review process of the submitted contributions confirmed the acceptance rate at 69%, reflecting both the competitiveness of the selection process and the high quality of the submitted contributions.

Submission and Format

Submissions must follow IEEE CCNC formatting guidelines:

• All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of six (6) pages (10-point font) including figures
• Maximum three (3) additional pages are allowed, with over length page charge of USD100 if accepted
• Papers exceeding nine (9) pages will not be accepted by EDAS
• Double-column IEEE format, 10pt font, US letter size. More information about the accepted format here. Download standard IEEE conference templates (LaTeX format) here
• Submission via IEEE CCNC EDAS system. Call for workshop papers is available here. Link to the Edas system for the paper submission is available here

The paper must be presented at the conference by one of its authors, unless the TPC Chair has granted prior permission for a substitute presenter who is suitably qualified to both deliver the presentation and respond to questions (e.g., in cases of visa issues or similar circumstances). Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one FULL or LIMITED registration is valid for up to 3 papers. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE CCNC 2026 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®.

Registration

An author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the FULL or LIMITED (member or non-member) rate. Papers not presented or not registered will be excluded from the proceedings.

Contact & Website

For questions and correspondence, please write to: {matteo.martinelli|marcello.pietri} [@-AT] {unimore.it}

Official workshop website: https://idetwin.dipi.unimore.it
Also visit: https://dipi.unimore.it