DarTwin Project Team

We are looking for new PhD students, Postdocs, and Master students to join the team (see openings) !

The DarTwin project is a collaboration between Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) and the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Our team combines expertise in model-driven engineering, digital twin systems, cyber-physical systems, and software evolution.

Project Team

Stefan Klikovits

Co-Principal Investigator, Post-doctoral Researcher, JKU Linz

  • Post-doctoral researcher at Johannes Kepler University Linz

  • PhD, CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Expertise in model-driven digital twin engineering, quality assurance, and testing of complex systems

  • Co-organizer of the Engineerable Digital Twins Community

Joachim Denil

Co-Principal Investigator Professor, University of Antwerp

  • Associate Professor at University of Antwerp, Cosys-Lab - Electronics-ICT

  • Member of the Flanders Make research network

  • Expertise in model validation, validity frames, simulation workflows, and co-simulation

Manuel Wimmer

Project Partner, Professor, JKU Linz

  • Professor at Johannes Kepler University Linz

  • Over two decades of experience in modeling, metamodeling, and model transformations

  • Leading researcher in model-driven engineering and search-based software engineering

Joost Mertens

Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Antwerp

  • Post-doctoral researcher at University of Antwerp

  • Focus on digital-twin co-evolution and continuous validation

  • Contributor to the DarTwin notation for continuous evolution of digital twins