Digital Twin for Open RAN towards 6G

On 24th May 2023, as part the EPSRC-funded UKI-FNI initiative, the project team and partners came together at the 2023 annual workshop on digital twin at London Digital Twin Research Centre to disseminate the outcomes and discuss the latest developments in digital twin for Open RAN and transition between 5G and 6G networks. Prominent speakers from industry (Ericsson, HCL, Rakuten, Spirent) gave exciting talks and updates on the topic. The project teams then went on to visit the UKI-FNI partner 5G/6G Innovation Centre at University of Surrey and explore the facilities there for the project. Prof Nguyen and Ms Mahnoor Yaqoob als attended the ICC’23 in Rome to present the project outcomes. Here are some highlights from the event and activites.

Dr Mallik Tatipamula, CTO Ericsson Silicon Valley and advisor of LDTRC, present latest trends on 5G/6G and digital twin development
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Workshop update: Transforming industry and society with digital twins

On 24th May 2023, the project teams and partners came together at the 2023 annual workshop on digital twin at London Digital Twin Research Centre to disseminate the outcomes and discuss the latest developments in digital twin that is promising to transform society and industry. Apart from many talks on digital twin for Open RAN and 5G/6G, here are some other activities from the event.

Speakers and organisers of the workshop
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Going global partnerships: UK-Indonesia

On the mission of exploring Digital Innovation in HE in the UK, the Indonesian delegation facilitated by the British Council Indonesia and led by Prof. Tjitjik Sri Tjahjandarie from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (MOECRT), Indonesia, paid a visit to Middlesex University.

Indonesia delegation visits Middlesex University

The delegation attended the 2023 annual workshop on digital twin at London Digital Twin Research Centre on 24th May 2023. Prof. Tjitjik Sri Tjahjandarie delivered an opening speech at the workshop and restated the importance of collaboration between two countries, and in this particular case, between Middlesex University (UK) and Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia). The delegation also witnessed the project team presenting the outcomes and ongoing works to the hybrrid audience.

Meanwhile, Dr Yodi Mahendradhata, Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, and Dr Lutfan Lazuardi, Head of the Department of Health Policy and Management, the leading investigators from Universitas Gadjah Mada in our project “Digital Twin for Healthcare” paid a working visit to Middlesex University at the same time. Apart from the dissemination workshop above, several activities were carried out as part of project activities

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2023 Annual Workshop on Digital Twin (24th May)

Welcome to our 2023 Annual Workshop at London Digital Twin Research Centre!

Digital Twin has been identified as a top ten Gartner Trend in 2019 and its position at the convergence of economic drivers and underpinning technology maturation supports its use in a wide variety of domains. While DT technology originates from the manufacturing domain it now represents great potential to reshape the future across other diverse domains. The London Digital Twin Research Centre (LDTRC) at Middlesex University, London would like to extend an invitation to all the Digital Twin researchers and enthusiasts from industry and academia to attend our annual 2023 workshop which is on our campus in Hendon on 24th May 2023. This workshop on “Transforming Industry and Society with Digital Twins” brings together experts from industry and academia to share their valuable insights regarding the adoption of the Digital Twin technology across different industries.

The workshop programme is as follows:

Register to attend the event via Eventbrite link.

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