DOME 4.0: 9 Showcases Dissemination Workshop
On October 16th, the much-anticipated 9 Showcases Dissemination Workshop took place online, gathered participants from diverse industries, research institutions, and stakeholders across Europe. Moderated by Adrien Scheuer from Siemens Software, the workshop provided an in-depth look at the DOME 4.0 project and its collaborative efforts, setting the stage for future breakthroughs in digital and sustainable manufacturing.
A Collaborative Opening and Introduction of the CODEX Cluster
The workshop began with a warm welcome from Adrien Scheuer, who set the tone for a day full of insightful presentations and live demonstrations. Adrien introduced Nikos Chondrogiannis, the Dissemination and Communication Expert for the DOME 4.0 project, who then took the stage to highlight the formation of the CODEX Cluster. This innovative cluster unites the efforts of DOME 4.0 with several other key European projects, facilitating collaboration, knowledge exchange, and technological advancements.
Nikos Chondrogiannis explained how CODEX enables industries to work together more effectively by sharing data, tools, and resources, ultimately promoting efficiency and sustainability across sectors. The projects included in the CODEX Cluster are:
- Open Model: Focuses on advancing materials modeling, enabling industries to simulate processes and predict material behavior, presented by Noel Vizcaino from STFCRALSC.
- MUSICODE: Simplifies complex materials modeling for the electronics industry, allowing non-experts to engage in the modeling process, accelerating innovation in areas like organic electronics.
- CHARISMA: Presented by Nicola Marzari from EPFL, this project enhances real-time material analysis through Raman spectroscopy, benefiting industries such as chemical processing and food safety.
- OntoTrans: Assists manufacturers in understanding material behavior during production, using a data-driven approach to reduce costs and improve production efficiency, introduced by Silvia Chiacchiera.
- NanoCommons: Focuses on testing materials at the nanoscale, which is particularly relevant for the aerospace and automotive industries, helping to ensure safety and performance.
- Much Maker: Utilizes machine learning to aid in the development of sustainable materials, focusing on low-carbon solutions that reduce waste and emissions in industries like construction and energy.
Nikos emphasized that CODEX breaks down the traditional silos between industries, paving the way for greater innovation in material science and sustainable manufacturing.
DOME 4.0 Platform Overview by Adham Hashibon
After the CODEX Cluster presentation, Adham Hashibon from UCL presented an overview of the DOME 4.0 platform, a Digital Open Marketplace Ecosystem. The platform serves as a central hub connecting data consumers and providers, supporting interoperability, and integrating multiple platforms to enable seamless data sharing.
Adham outlined the key features of DOME 4.0, explaining how it allows industries to work more efficiently by streamlining data exchange, enabling integration across various digital platforms, and fostering cross-industry collaboration. He also highlighted the platform’s fair data principles and its capacity to handle complex materials modeling, promoting sustainability across manufacturing sectors.
9 Showcases: Driving Innovation in Digital Manufacturing
The heart of the event was the detailed presentations of the 9 showcases integrated within the DOME 4.0 project. Each showcase, presented by its respective project leader, demonstrated how the platform is driving innovation in a variety of industries:
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Showcase 1 – Assessing Marine Emissions' Impact on Local Air Quality
- Presented by: Chong Ting Lao from CMCL Innovations
- This showcase focuses on air quality monitoring in port cities using real-time data from ships and environmental models. It leverages DOME 4.0 to integrate ship location data, weather models, and pollutant dispersion models, providing insights for urban planning and marine engine manufacturing.
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Showcase 2 – Determining Material Data for Engineering Simulations
- Presented by: Jörg Hohe from 5 Oak (Hanover Institute for Mechanics of Materials)
- This showcase highlights the recombination of experimental, simulated, and literature data to improve material predictions in engineering. DOME 4.0 enables the seamless integration of material data from different sources, improving prediction accuracy and reducing testing time.
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Showcase 3 – Polymer Additives for Corrosion Protection
- Presented by: Mihai Lovantu from ReFREM
- Focuses on corrosion protection using polymer additives. The DOME platform combines external data sources like PubChem and CAMO, with advanced AI-driven simulations, to predict the performance of polymer coatings.
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Showcase 4 – Predicting Fatigue Life of Structural Adhesives
- Presented by: Vinicius Finishes from Siemens Software and Citrine Informatics
- This showcase demonstrates the use of hybrid machine learning models to predict the fatigue life of structural adhesives. By integrating data from previous tests with predictive models, DOME allows users to forecast the long-term performance of adhesives in various applications.
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Showcase 5 – Market 4.0: Enhancing Manufacturing Equipment Data
- Presented by: Costas from Intrasoft
- Market 4.0 integrates with DOME 4.0 to allow for seamless data exchange about manufacturing equipment, benefiting manufacturers looking for detailed equipment data to optimize production processes.
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Showcase 6 – Quantum Mechanical Simulations of Material Properties
- Presented by: Nicola Marzari from EPFL and PSI
- This showcase focuses on advanced quantum mechanical simulations of material properties, using the OPTIMADE universal API. Through DOME 4.0, industries can access extensive databases of materials and run simulations that predict key properties for sectors like aerospace and electronics.
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Showcase 7 – Chemical Substances in Industrial Processes
- Presented by: Noel Vizcaino from STFCRALSC
- This showcase automates the extraction of chemical data from multiple sources, including PubChem and CAMO, providing comprehensive information about chemical substances used in industrial processes.
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Showcase 8 – Corporate Intelligence and Welding Data
- Presented by: Evgeny Kharlamov from Bosch
- Bosch’s showcase integrates corporate intelligence and manufacturing data, leveraging DOME 4.0 to analyze data related to welding processes, suppliers, and competitors, providing valuable insights for industrial decision-making.
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Showcase 9 – Custom-Tailored Composite Materials for Injection Molding
- Presented by: Sabic and Siemens Software
- This showcase demonstrates the use of machine learning to create custom composite materials with specific mechanical properties. By predicting the outcomes of various material combinations, DOME 4.0 helps manufacturers optimize material usage without costly experiments.
Live Demonstrations and Interactive Discussions
Each showcase included a live demonstration of the DOME 4.0 platform, showcasing the real-world applications of the project’s technology. The interactive features allowed participants to witness how the platform facilitates data sharing, predictive modeling, and collaborative problem-solving across industries.
The event concluded with an engaging Q&A session, allowing participants to delve deeper into the technical details of the platform and its showcases. The diverse range of industries represented, from air quality monitoring to quantum mechanics, underscored DOME 4.0’s role in driving innovation and efficiency across the European manufacturing sector.
Moving Forward with DOME 4.0
The DOME 4.0 Dissemination Workshop successfully demonstrated the project’s potential to transform the way industries collaborate, share data, and innovate. With its robust platform and the formation of the CODEX Cluster, the project is set to lead the future of digital and sustainable manufacturing, promoting openness, interoperability, and efficiency across multiple sectors.