Titulo Estágio
Digital Twin for Marine Pollution Control (MPCS)
Áreas de especialidade
Sistemas de Informação
Engenharia de Software
Local do Estágio
DEI-FCTUC
Enquadramento
MPCS project main goal is to develop a cloud-based platform easily reachable through different platforms (mobile, tablet, or laptop), that allows the Game-Based Learning and performance evaluation of marine pollution control operations and coordination.
MPCS is a tool for Game-Based Learning (GBL) that allows:
Skills development of first-responder teams and management teams under complex multiplayer scenarios, based on a discrete event simulation methodology;
Exercising scenario-based approach that aims towards individual and collective experience and improvement of operational coordination in MPC scenarios;
Performance self-assessment by participants (executed versus expected/reference);
Development of Collective Competence using state of the art virtual environments;
Response Capacity Assessment of the actors involved in an incident-based scenario;
Marine pollution control training at three levels (incidents affecting a zone, port or small-scale, large incidents affecting different zones, regional/international escalations);
The creation of realistic simulation game scenarios with replayable potential is based on a systemic digital twin approach to modeling and simulation of real world phenomena (actors, organizational structures, environments, actions and resources, etc). A multiplayer architecture is defined and implemented, featuring generated UIs for multi-device interaction, and mixed-initiative editing of generated game scenarios.
The construction of meaning and performance assessment is facilitated with realistic simulations and VR interfaces for immersive explorations. By empowering participants with an adaptable perception-action paradigm, MPCS will enable continued and more efficient collective training and self-evaluation, when compared to real world week long physical exercises.
A digital twin, game editor, simulation model, UI generation, VR operations, and multiplayer server architecture will be featured in related internship proposals.
Objetivo
The thesis will have two main goals:
1. Evaluate how a digital twin can be used to represent marine pollution control, define requirements (e.g., data, digital twin elements, and interactions, decisions impact on the success of pollution control), and performance indicators;
2. Create a laboratory-scale digital twin with the potential to demonstrate its potential for pollution control training and performance evaluation. The digital twin will include the (1) ship(s), (2) equipment, (3) impact area, and (4) human resources, evaluating the performance in decision support.
The game definition, scenario editor, UI generation, VR operations, and multiplayer server architecture will be featured in related internship proposals.
Plano de Trabalhos - Semestre 1
1. Literature review on digital twins, marine pollution scenarios, and training tools for marine pollution control;
2. Define the digital twin conceptual model for training and evaluation of marine pollution control (e.g., data, KPIs)
3. Write an intermediate report
By the end of the first semester, the student will acquire the essential knowledge of digital twin design. This initial step will include testing tools for performance evaluation in simulators (e-simulation).
Plano de Trabalhos - Semestre 2
1. Develop the laboratory-scale digital twin to demonstrate the potential for training and performance valuation in marine pollution control;
2. Write a dissertation and scientific paper.
Digital twins are increasingly important in multiple sectors of the economy (e.g., aerospace, automotive, smart homes,…), allowing a master qualification with significant market applications.
Condições
The student will be integrated into the MPCS project team. A scholarship will be provided.
Orientador
João Barata; Licínio Roque
barata@dei.uc.pt 📩