DT4DRS 2026: The 2nd International Workshop on Digital Twins for Systems Dependability, Resilience, and Security

Website: https://dt4drs2026.dieti.unina.it/

Digital Twins (DTs) are key enabling technologies to strengthen the dependability, resilience, and security of complex and interconnected Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs). By maintaining evolving virtual counterparts of physical assets and processes, DTs enable continuous observation, simulation-driven analysis, optimization, and forecasting, ultimately supporting improved assurance of critical CPS quality attributes throughout their lifecycle.

The 2nd International Workshop on Digital Twins for Systems Dependability, Resilience, and Security (DT4DRS) aims to gather researchers, practitioners, and industrial stakeholders to investigate novel methods, tools, and applications leveraging DTs to enhance these essential quality dimensions across multiple CPS domains.

The workshop will address a broad set of topics, including (but not limited to):

• Design of DT frameworks for dependable CPSs
• Predictive DT-based models and techniques for CPS resilience reinforcement
• Fault diagnosis, anomaly detection, and recovery mechanisms in DT-driven CPSs
• Adaptive, autonomous, and self-healing decision-making supported by DTs
• Preserving privacy, integrity, and trustworthiness of DT data and pipelines
• DT-based monitoring, protection, and assurance of critical CPS infrastructures
• Real-time risk assessment and what-if analysis through DT-based simulation
• Trust management, explainability, and auditability in DT-CPS ecosystems
• Testing, verification, and validation approaches for DT in CPS
• Case studies and industrial experiences on DTs for CPSs
• Cyber threat intelligence (CTI) integration in DT-based monitoring

Through these topics, DT4DRS aims to stimulate research and innovation on DT-enabled CPS assurance, fostering collaboration to address emerging challenges in modern CPSs while improving their dependability, resilience, and security.

DT4DRS Workshop General and PC Chairs:

Vittorio Orbinato, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Alessandra Somma, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Alessandra De Benedictis, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
Mauro Pezzè, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland; Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy