Publications
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Organizing Open Social Innovation for Grand Challenges: Unlocking the Potential of Open Spaces
Open Social Innovation (OSI) is gaining increasing attention in discourses among scholars and practitioners as a new approach to addressing grand challenges. However, little is known about how to organize such OSI efforts. To address this gap, this article explores the role of open spaces, especially fabrication laboratories (fab labs), in orchestrating and scaling OSI […]
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MHeedra: Putting Duplication-Enabled Task Scheduling Within Heterogeneous Multi-User Edge-Cloud Platforms to Work
Meeting task performance requirements within edge-cloud computing platforms is difficult due to heterogeneous processing, transmission capabilities, and the multiplicity of optimization opportunities. Edge-cloud platforms fill the computing continuum gap and alleviate data-locality performance issues from offloading tasks. Indeed, additional computing resources disseminated across the network but close to the data source help decouple the inherent […]
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Optimization of Maintenance, Production Planning, and Quality Control in Lithium-ion Battery Manufacturing Line
In the context of environmental challenges related to global warming, lithium-ion batteries have emerged as a strate- gic solution to replace thermal energy sources in vehicles, while also serving as an efficient means of energy storage. However, this transition towards electromobility presents significant challenges for the battery industry, particularly with regard to industrialization and the […]
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Human-Humanoid collaboration in manufacturing opportunities and challenges in the context of industry 5.0
The introduction of humanoid robots in industry represents an important aspect of the industry 5.0 enhance resilience of productin and represents a real change in the manner of dealing with the technology assistance for human operators, where the smart system will be able to execute similar tasks as the humans. This paper presents a concise […]
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BI2PV Simulator for Optimized BIPV Design in Industrial Buildings
The integration of photovoltaics (PV) into industrial buildings remains inhibited by the lack of unified tools that reconcile architectural constraints, energy performance, and economic viability. We present Industrial Building Integrated PV (BI²PV) simulator, an interactive simulator developed with MATLAB App Designer, encompassing the entire workflow: import and interpolation of NSRDB (National Solar Radiation Database) data […]
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Sparse space-heterogeneous, physics-constrained PDE reconstruction for defect identification through low-frequency mechanics
This contribution explores an application of automatic PDE identification for nondestructive testing. Defect localization is traditionally performed via the identification of the spatial distribution of a well-chosen physical property, which is assumed to be impacted by the defect in question. Defects whose impact on physical properties is unclear may thus cause the identification approach to […]
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Towards Eco-Efficient AI: Hybrid Data Strategies for BIPV Energy Prediction
Accurate prediction of energy production from building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems is essential for optimizing building energy use and supporting decarbonization strategies. Synthetic data provides a valuable foundation for model development, particularly when real measurements are limited, but validation on operational systems remains critical for reliable deployment. In this study, we propose a hybrid data approach, […]
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Potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Knowledge-Based Predictive Maintenance for Aircraft Engines
Predictive maintenance based on remaining useful life (RUL) estimation is widely recognized as a promising strategy for monitoring the health of critical systems such as aircraft engines, anticipating failures, and optimizing maintenance planning. A variety of approaches have been proposed in the literature, including data-driven, physics-based, and knowledgebased methods. Among them, deep learning-based methods have […]
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Industrial Metaverse Architecture in the Automotive Sector
The transition from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0 aims to develop production systems that are more people-centered, sustainable, and resilient. An emerging concept that supports this evolution is the Industrial Metaverse, which integrates technologies such as the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Big Data, and virtual environments to bridge physical and digital worlds. As this […]
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A Hybrid Approach to Building Thermal Modeling Using Physics-Based Machine Learning
Buildings account for approximately 30% of primary energy consumption, mainly due to Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems. Reactive controllers can be used to manage these systems optimally, however, their performance depends strongly on the accuracy of building thermal models. In this study, a hybrid physics-informed machine learning (PIML) approach is proposed to improve […]
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On-Policy vs. Off-Policy HVAC Control: Comparing PPO and SAC–Gumbel in EnergyPlus
We compare two reinforcement learning methods for HVAC control in a university amphitheater simulated in EnergyPlus: Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO, on-policy) and SAC-Gumbel (off-policy). We run two experiments. First, a weekly adaptation test trains each agent for 50 episodes using the first week of January in Luxembourg. Second, a year-long generalization test trains on a […]
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Combining Client-Based Anomaly Detection and Federated Learning for Energy Forecasting in Smart Buildings
In today’s interconnected world, energy consumption forecasting faces challenges due to client-side anomalies in time-series data. Federated Learning (FL) offers a decentralized solution by forecasting without directly accessing user data. However, the effectiveness of the global model can decline if local anomalies are not properly managed. We propose our lightweight framework EIF-FL: Elliptic envelope and […]