Month: May 2025

Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 3-4 May 2025 – As part of the Digital Twin Stroke Care Network and StrokeDT project activities, landmark events were successfully held in Indonesia: a Networking Session (3 May) and a Hybrid Workshop & Visiting Professor Programme (4 May) hosted by Department of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada and supported by The London Digital Twin Research Centre, Middlesex University London and Bach Mai Hospital Vietnam. 

  The Network brings together researchers, clinicians, and industry leaders to drive innovation, share best practices, and foster interdisciplinary partnerships across the UK, Vietnam, and Indonesia. These May events mark an important step in strengthening regional cooperation and accelerating the use of AI-driven digital twins in stroke care.

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Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, May 2025 – Professor Huan X. Nguyen, UK lead of the StrokeDT: Early Intervention for Minor Stroke Patients project and the related Digital Twin for Stroke Care networking initiative, recently visited Đà Nẵng Hospital to engage with the hospital leadership and stroke unit team.

During the visit, Prof. Nguyen met with Dr. Lê Đức Nhân, General Director of the hospital, and the stroke unit clinicians and staff. The meeting focused on reviewing ongoing project activities, exploring collaboration strategies, and aligning on next steps to integrate digital-platform tools into stroke care workflows.

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London Digital Twin Research Centre is proud to present four Special Awards at 2025 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF 2025) Special Awards Ceremony in recognition of outstanding high-school student projects that reflect our core mission: to advance science, technology, and sustainability through innovation and inclusivity.  The ISEF 2025 is organised from May 10-16, 2025 in Columbus, Ohio, USA, celebrating ISEF’s 75^th anniversary. It is a celebration of vision, passion, and the boundless potential of young scientific minds from around the world.

Our Centre is dedicated to advancing cutting-edge technologies for the digital transformation of real-world environments and shaping a future where technologies help us better understand, simulate, and improve the real world – from health sciences to sustainable futures. And while we celebrate innovation at every level, we are especially committed to supporting and uplifting the work of young researchers from underrepresented and underserved regions – places where science and technology too often play catch-up to the developed world.

This year, we are delighted to honour the following categories:

1. 1. The Biomedical Engineering Excellence Award – $1,000: Presented to a project that demonstrates outstanding innovation in the application of engineering principles to advance medical devices, diagnostics, or therapeutic systems.
   2. ⁠The Sustainable Futures Award – $1,000: Awarded to a visionary project that proposes transformative, science-based solutions for building a more sustainable and equitable future – whether in environmental, social, or technological domains.
   3. ⁠The Innovative Materials & Biochemistry Award – $1,000: This award honours a project that creatively integrates materials science with biochemical approaches to address real-world challenges in medicine, energy, or the environment.
   4. ⁠The Health Sciences Discovery Award – $2,000: This award recognises impactful research in the health sciences that deepens our understanding of disease mechanisms, treatment strategies, or patient care solutions

These awards are a tribute to the determination, creativity, and global perspective that this new generation of researchers brings to the challenges we all share.

Update: List of winners here; and video of the award presentation here (from 1:06:12 to 1:08:30).

 

From 29th April to 4th May 2025, LDTRC team paid a visit to our Indian partners as part of our UKI-FNI project  activities. Huan Nguyen, Purav Shah and Tuan Le visited Shiv Nadar University, IIT Delhi, HCL Noida and IIIT Hyderabad. The visit included talks, research discussion and a workshop.

On 1^st May 2025, a “Workshop on Networks and Systems” was held at Shiv Nadar University (SND), Delhi, India. The workshop brought together academics and researchers from the UK and India to share their views and recent results on wireless communications, ORAN, and quantum technologies in the context of 5G and 6G networks, with a specific focus on security challenges in OpenRAN (O-RAN). The workshop hosted over 30 attendees, in person, from India and the UK. Dr Shankar Gosh and Prof Vinod Sharma hosted the event.

On 2^nd May 2025, Prof. Huan Nguyen, Dr. Purav Shah and Dr. Tuan Le visited the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi). The team was hosted by Prof. Brejesh Lall and his team (including Professors Debasish Mitra and Mandal)  at Bharti School of Telcom Technology and Management, IIT Delhi. Prof. Huan Nguyen and Prof. Brejesh Lall presented the research activities and interests currently being carried out at LDTRC and ITT Delhi. The meeting was concluded with several mutual research interests for future collaborations.

By Dr. Ramona Trestian

I recently had the exciting opportunity to present our research on “Enhancing Employability and Engagement in a Student-Centred Learning Environment: Insights from the MDX Internship Scheme” at EDUCON 2025 in London, a leading global conference dedicated to engineering education and innovation. This collaborative work with my colleagues Dr. Homeira Shayesteh, Jack Tims, and Dr. Purav Shah explores how Middlesex University is addressing three of higher education’s most pressing challenges: student employability, engagement, and financial accessibility.

Today’s graduates are expected to enter the workforce with more than just academic knowledge. Employers seek professionals who can solve real-world problems, collaborate effectively, and adapt quickly in fast-changing environments. But socio-economic barriers, lack of experience, and limited access to industry networks often leave students underprepared.

In an increasingly competitive job market, universities must go beyond traditional classroom instruction. Student-centred, employability-focused initiatives like the MDX Internship Scheme not only enhance graduate outcomes but also foster a more inclusive and applied learning environment. This approach is particularly crucial in engineering, where experiential learning, international research, and industry engagement are key to building future-ready professionals. Importantly, the internships also aligned with the MDX Graduate Competency Framework, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the future-facing priorities of Industry 5.0 , that is preparing students to be both technologically agile and human-centric in their approach to innovation.

Presenting at EDUCON 2025 was an enriching experience, offering the chance to connect with fellow educators, researchers, and industry leaders who share a commitment to bridging the gap between academia and the real world.

This initiative, part of the UKIERI-SPARC project “DigIT—Digital Twins for Integrated Transportation Platform”, demonstrates what’s possible when academic institutions reimagine student engagement in practical, scalable, and inclusive ways.

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