Digital Twin & Cyber Security Lab

The focus of the Digital Twin & Cyber Security Lab (DTCS) is on the analysis and experimental validation of new solutions and techniques for the modeling and orchestration of devices within the framework of Cyber-Physical Systems

The adoption of Digital Twins as intermediaries between systems using the devices and the devices themselves not only decouples the interacting parts but also models their behavior to verify the correctness of the interactions.

The DTCS Lab is involved in several scientific research projects funded through public grants and collaborates with various companies, including Alstom Ferroviaria, OCEM Airfield Technology, Carpigiani Group, and SACMI.

The DTCS Lab also has solid expertise in the analysis and experimental validation of techniques to prevent from, identify, and counterattack cyber-threats and cyber-attacks, especially in IoT devices and industrial environments.

By adopting cybersecurity techniques and tools, Digital Twins can be equipped with the ability to prevent, identify, and implement mitigation measures against cyber-attacks. This approach cohesively considers aspects of networking, Quality of Service management, and adaptive management of network and computational resources. 

Academic collaborations

Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC)

Pensacola, FL, USA 

TNO - Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

Groeningen, Netherlands

Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics (FKIE

Bonn, Germany

Industrial partnerships

Alstom Ferroviaria

Bologna, Italy

BI-REX

Bologna, Italy

Carpigiani Group

Bologna, Italy

Industria Italiana Autobus

Bologna, Italy

OCEM Airfield Technology

Anzola dell'Emilia (BO), Italy

SACMI

Imola (BO), Italy

Highlights

Speaker in talk 

"Cybersecurity: macchine connesse e sicure" at the event "Viaggio nelle Smart Factories

by Logikamente srl

10 May 2024 | Ferrara, Italy

Extended paper published in Journal

IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (OJ-COMS) 2024

Among Best papers from ICC 2023 

28 May – 01 June 2023 | Rome, Italy

IST Panel - Early Career Scientist Award

International Conference on Military Communications and Information Systems (ICMCIS 2023)

16 - 17 May 2023 | Skopje, Macedonia

Patent 

"Blockchain-based Health Monitoring System" 

2021

Former co-founder

Stoorm5

2015 | Bologna, Italy 

The Digital Twin & Cyber Security Lab team with the Coordinator, Prof. Carlo Giannelli.