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Workshop 04 - 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm

Digital twins: the revolution is underway
Chaired by Pierre Louat, Senior Principal Application Engineer, Ansys and Cyril Baudry, Expert Senior HPC & Architecte SI Scientifique, EDF

Build, Monitor, and Run a Digital Twin with Scientific Visualization Tools
By François Mazen, Director for the Scientific Visualization team, Kitware

Today, numerical simulation is at the heart of digital twins, where information from the real world is fed into models, which then provide new information through appropriate predictions. In this context, scientific visualization tools increase tenfold the possibilities of representation and interaction with data generated by the real world and the twin. In particular, they can interface with a wide range of technologies and aggregate massive scientific data for real-time interaction.

In this presentation, we will demonstrate scientific visualization as a central component of a digital twin, from its conception and development to its real-time execution. The aim is to enhance the perception of a system in permanent interaction with the twin, based on artificial intelligence prediction, photo-realistic rendering or virtual reality.

Biography : François Mazen is the Director for the Scientific Visualization team at Kitware Europe. Throughout his career, François has focused on developing software solutions for scientific communities from research to industry. This topic includes numerical simulation methods, performance, Artificial Intelligence and large software architectures. In 2008, François received his engineering degree at IFMA (French Institute for Advanced Mechanics) in Clermont-Ferrand where he was nominated for TOP 10 students. The same year, he also received a Master of Science at Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand) where he specialized in Rigid Body. Before joining Kitware, his previous 13 years of experience included 4 years at Ansys as a Software Developer to customize the Ansys Workbench application for specific customer requirements. He also worked for more than 6 years at Siemens PLM as Project Leader and Software Architect, where he integrated Robot’s Path Planning Technology in large applications like Siemens NX, Dassault Catia and Tecnomatix Process Simulate. François is an open source enthusiast as he has been contributing to several open source softwares since 2007. Currently, he is an active member of the Debian Operating System development team. Since 2021 he has led Kitware’s European Scientific Visualization team, including team management, strategy, technical expertise, operational excellence and business development.

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