Datasourc - Digital Twin Academy

Project description

The client for this project is “The Digital Twin Academy”. The Digital Twin Academy is a joint project of Belgian, German and Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences (EMR stands for Eurogio Maas Rijn) and many companies that want to find the question on how to apply digital twin in their industry. They conduct many case studies and will offer education and seminars.

The project was executed by a fictional company called “Datasourc” established by a group of Fontys students. The goal of this project was to take the first step in making a digital city twin of different cities. The city that was focused on within this project was the city of Eindhoven. The first step was to find, analyse and then visualise correlations within available data on Eindhoven. To be able to do this, the connections between different datasets that say something about the quality of life in the city were researched.

Context

The context of the project was quality of life. Our project was the start in a bigger project that has the goal to make a digital city twin.

Results

The results of this project is that we have found multiple correlations between datasets provided by Eindhoven Open Data. These correlations have been visualized in a Power Bi dashboard.

Methodology

To conduct the study, strategies and methods from the DOT Framework were used. (Methods, 2018)

Library research is done to find out what has already been done and what guidelines and theories exist that could help one further with the design. Since the advent of the Internet, library research is also known as desk research.

Field research is done to explore the application context. A field strategy is used to get to know the end users, their needs, wants and constraints as organizational and physical contexts in which they use your product.

Lab research is done to test parts or concepts of the product, or those of the final product. One uses lab research to learn if things work as intended, or to test different scenarios.

Showroom research is done to test ideas in relation to existing work. Showing the prototype to experts can be a form of showroom research or clarifying how the product differs from the competition. Testing the product against general guidelines is also a form of showroom research.

Workshop research is done to explore possibilities. Prototyping, designing and co-creation activities are all ways to gain insight into what is possible and how things might work.

About the project group

Frits is a student with a background in Software Engineering and Cyber Security.
Nedim Kürk has a background in ICT Business & Management and Security.
Jasper Schmitt is a student with a background in Marketing (Commerciële Economie).