[Mitarbeiter.zoologie] Fwd: [MEMBERS] THIS WEEK: Volker Grimm, Researcher at the UFZ at the seminar series

[Robert Paxton]

Dear All,

The iDiv talk by Volker Grimm of the UFZ, detailed below, may interest many.

Robert


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> From: "Reiche, Anne" <anne.reiche at idiv.de>
> Subject: [MEMBERS] THIS WEEK: Volker Grimm, Researcher at the UFZ at the seminar series
> Date: 27 November 2023 at 08:16:15 CET
> To: "all at idiv.de" <all at idiv.de>, "members at idiv.de" <members at idiv.de>, "assoc.members at idiv.de" <assoc.members at idiv.de>, "seminar at idiv.de" <seminar at idiv.de>
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> Dear all,
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> This week, we looking forward to welcome Volker Grimm, Professor, researcher and iDiv member form the UFZ at the seminar series. The talk will be moderated by Zachary Hajian-Forooshani from the research group Biodiversity Synthesis.
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> Wednesday, 29 November 2023 at 1 pm
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> Leipzig core centre – Beehive
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> Title: „Digital twins for biodiversity research: towards dynamic model-data fusion“
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> Abstract: Digital twins (DTs) are mechanistic or statistical computer models that mimic a real system with a high degree of realism. They have long been used in manufacturing and logistics. Their defining characteristic is that the model’s predictions and parameterisations are regularly updated with data from the real system. This concept of regular „model-data fusion“ has recently become the basis of the European Commission’s „Destination Earth“ programme, which is based on the vision of developing DTs for climate, oceans and biodiversity. The UFZ is involved in several projects of this programme. For biodiversity, we are involved in the development of DTs for ecological systems, including grasslands, pollinators and invasive species (https://www.biodt.eu/). While there is great potential in developing DTs, there may also be misleading expectations, as the real counterparts of biodiversity DTs are not constructed by engineers, but by nature, intertwined with social and political systems. Our understanding of processes is therefore limited, as is the availability of data. While DTs have the potential to change the status quo of biodiversity research and ecology in general as part of their digital transformation, it is important to avoid misguided developments by managing expectations about DTs. DTs are not just big models of everything, incorporating big data and machine learning. Rather, the strength of DTs lies in the combination of data, models and domain knowledge, and their continuous alignment with the real world at large scales and high resolution. I will report on our first experiences in the BioDT project and explain why I believe that DTs are particularly relevant for iDiv.
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> Link for remote participation:
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> https://uni-leipzig.zoom.us/j/68872327424?pwd=bUNYbis4YkhGQWZHVXFPR3JLT2wzdz09
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> Meeting ID: 688 7232 7424
> Passcode: 471973
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> Best wishes,
> Anne
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