Are Digital Twins Becoming Our Personal (Predictive) Advisors?: ‘Our Digital Mirror of Who We Were, Who We Are and Who We Will Become’

Christel De Maeyer; Panos Markopoulos

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_19

Are Digital Twins Becoming Our Personal (Predictive) Advisors? ‘Our Digital Mirror of Who We Were, Who We Are and Who We Will Become’

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Abstract

In this paper we look at the notion of a Digital Twin and what it could entail for an aging population. A Digital Twin refers to a digital replica of potential and actual physical assets (physical twin), processes, people, places, systems and devices that can be used for various purposes. Today’s evolution of smart devices, mobile application used in different domains, could be ways of nurturing a Digital Twin. Moreover, these smart device and mobile applications are often equipped with NUI’s (Natural User Interfaces), which make them more affordable for an aging population in terms of usability. In this paper we focus on the affordance and appropriation of these assistive digital technologies. We first do a literature review on related work on ‘Aging in Place’ in combination with ‘Digital Twin’ theory. Furthermore, we conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with boomers (1946–1964) 60+ and 70+, mixed gender and mixed education, but predominately higher educated boomers living in Belgium. In addition we conducted in-depth interviews with stakeholders active in a medical environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging
Subtitle of host publication	6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part II
Editors	Qin Gao, Jia Zhou
Publisher	Springer
Pages	250-268
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-50249-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-50248-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_19
Publication status	Published - 10 Jul 2020
Event	22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2020: HCI International 2020 - Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 19 Jul 2020 → 24 Jul 2020

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12208 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2020
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	19/07/20 → 24/07/20

Keywords

Aging population
Data selves
Digital Twins
Personal informatics
Quantified Self

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10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_19

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De Maeyer, C., & Markopoulos, P. (2020). Are Digital Twins Becoming Our Personal (Predictive) Advisors? ‘Our Digital Mirror of Who We Were, Who We Are and Who We Will Become’. In Q. Gao, & J. Zhou (Eds.), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging: 6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part II (pp. 250-268). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12208 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_19

De Maeyer, Christel ; Markopoulos, Panos. / Are Digital Twins Becoming Our Personal (Predictive) Advisors? ‘Our Digital Mirror of Who We Were, Who We Are and Who We Will Become’. Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging: 6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part II. editor / Qin Gao ; Jia Zhou. Springer, 2020. pp. 250-268 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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De Maeyer, C & Markopoulos, P 2020, Are Digital Twins Becoming Our Personal (Predictive) Advisors? ‘Our Digital Mirror of Who We Were, Who We Are and Who We Will Become’. in Q Gao & J Zhou (eds), Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging: 6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12208 LNCS, Springer, pp. 250-268, 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, 19/07/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_19

Are Digital Twins Becoming Our Personal (Predictive) Advisors? ‘Our Digital Mirror of Who We Were, Who We Are and Who We Will Become’. / De Maeyer, Christel ; Markopoulos, Panos.
Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging: 6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part II. ed. / Qin Gao; Jia Zhou. Springer, 2020. p. 250-268 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12208 LNCS).

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De Maeyer C , Markopoulos P. Are Digital Twins Becoming Our Personal (Predictive) Advisors? ‘Our Digital Mirror of Who We Were, Who We Are and Who We Will Become’. In Gao Q, Zhou J, editors, Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging: 6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part II. Springer. 2020. p. 250-268. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_19