Digital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities

Dr. Simon Elias Bibri is a Senior Researcher and Project Coordinator at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Institute of Computer and Communication Sciences (IINFCOM), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC). He has a diverse professional background, having served as Head of Computer Department, Software and IT Business Engineer, Project Manager, Green ICT and Environmental Sustainability Strategist, Research Associate, Consultant, and Assistant Professor. He serves as an Expert in Artificial Intelligence and Applied Machine Learning for Climate Action for the UNFCCC, an International Expert in Sustainable Cities for UNIDO, and an Expert for the Focus Group on Smart Sustainable Cities, Digital Twin, and Environmental Sustainability for the ITU. Simon is also the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Environmental Studies at the Taylor & Francis Group. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering and an Advanced Management Program degree, as well as multiple master's degrees from esteemed Swedish universities, including Lund University, West University, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Stockholm University, Malmö University, and Mid–Sweden University. He received his PhD in Computer Science from NTNU, specializing in Computational Technology and Urban Informatics, with a focus on data-driven smart sustainable cities. He is a prolific author with over 150 journal articles, 8 authored books, 3 edited books, and 10 co‑edited books to his credit. His work has been cited over 16750 times, resulting in an h‑index of 50. His impact is further underscored by his recognition by Stanford and Elsevier as one of the top 1% of scientists globally for five consecutive years. He has also been listed by ScholarGPS in 2022 as the #1 highly ranked scholar in sustainable cities, #4 in big data, and #8 in sustainability in the world.Tan Yigitcanlar is an eminent researcher with international recognition and impact in urban studies and planning. He is a Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Along with this post, he is an Honorary Professor at the School of Technology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, and the Founding Director position of the Australia-Brazil Smart City Research and Practice Network. His research is clustered around three interdisciplinary themes: Smart technologies, communities, cities, and urbanism; Sustainable and resilient cities, communities, and urban ecosystems; Knowledge-based development of cities and innovation districts. His research findings are disseminated in over 250 articles published in high-impact journals and 18 key reference books. Amongst urban and regional planning scholars, 2020 Science-wide Author Databases of Standardised Citation Indicators ranked him as #1 highly cited researcher in Australia and #7 worldwide. Jeffrey Huang is the Director of the Institute of Architecture and the City at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland (EPFL). He is also the Head of the Media x Design Laboratory and a Full Professor in Architecture and Computer Science at EPFL. He holds a DiplArch from ETH Zurich, and Masters and Doctoral Degrees from Harvard University, where he was awarded the Gerald McCue medal for academic excellence. Prior to EPFL, he was a researcher at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and Associate Professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He was also a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s d.school, a Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield, and a Berkman Fellow and Faculty Associate at Harvard. In collaboration with Muriel Waldvogel, he founded and co-heads Convergeo, an award-winning, international strategic design firm.

• Part 1: Integrating Digital Twins and Circular Metabolism in Urban Environments1. Introduction to Digital Twins for Smart Metabolic Circular Cities: Foundations, Technologies, Practices, and Emerging Trends2. Modelling Urban Metabolism as a Complex Heterogeneous Graph to Incentivize Environmentally Sustainable Practices3. Creating a Universal Semantic Material Bank: Integrating Digital Twins and Semantic Web Technologies for Circular Urban Mining4. Application of Computational Technologies in Smart Metabolic Circular Cities5. Catalyzing Smart Urban Metabolism through Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Infrastructures: A Regional Approach to Planning and ImplementationPart 2: Digital Twins for Sustainable Urban Planning and Climate Resilience6. Leveraging Digital Twins for Zero-Energy Building Ratings in Sustainable Smart Cities: A Comprehensive Review and Novel Framework7. Utilizing City Digital Twins to Understand and Mitigate Climate Change Risks: A Roadmap8. Geospatial Digital Twins: Applications in Sustainable Urban Planning9. Urban Digital Twin for Resilient Urban Planning: Opportunities and Challenges in the Global South10. Urban Heat Island Mitigation with the Urbesgg Digital Twins Platform: A Case Study of Praça XV de Novembro, Florianópolis-SC, Brazil