Engaging the Public in Scientific Research to Enhance Digital Twins of the Ocean and Their Practical Applications

Luigi Ceccaroni; Jay Pearlman; Dror Angel; Johann Dreo; Dori Edelist; Carlos Freitas; Todor Ganchev; Charalampos Ipektsidis; Firdaus Kruniawan; Claire Laudy; Valentina Markova; Daniel Nkosana Mlandu; Hugo Paredes; Marco Amaro Oliveira; Pauline Simpson; Valentijn Venus; Firman Wahyudi; Stephen Parkinson

doi:10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104591

Engaging the Public in Scientific Research to Enhance Digital Twins of the Ocean and Their Practical Applications

Luigi Ceccaroni
, Jay Pearlman
, Dror Angel
, Johann Dreo
, Dori Edelist
, Carlos Freitas
, Todor Ganchev
, Charalampos Ipektsidis
, Firdaus Kruniawan
, Claire Laudy
, Valentina Markova
, Daniel Nkosana Mlandu
, Hugo Paredes
, Marco Amaro Oliveira
, Pauline Simpson
, Valentijn Venus
, Firman Wahyudi
, Stephen Parkinson

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Abstract

Integrating citizen science with digital twin technology represents a significant development in oceanographic research and marine management. This paper examines how the Iliad project has successfully developed a comprehensive suite of digital twins of the ocean (DTOs) that leverage citizen science contributions to enhance data coverage, improve modelling accuracy, and foster public engagement with marine ecosystems. Through innovative technological solutions, including semantic interoperability frameworks, mobile applications, knowledge graphs, and gamification approaches, the project demonstrates the reciprocal benefits between citizen scientists, scientific research and digital twin ecosystems. The developments presented in this work illustrate how engaging the public in scientific research not only broadens the data foundation for digital twins but also creates pathways for citizens to gain valuable insights from these sophisticated digital representations of ocean environments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	OCEANS 2025 Brest, OCEANS 2025
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798331537470
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104591
State	Published - 2025
Event	OCEANS 2025 Brest, OCEANS 2025 - Brest, France Duration: 16 Jun 2025 → 19 Jun 2025

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Name	Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)
ISSN (Print)	0197-7385

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Conference	OCEANS 2025 Brest, OCEANS 2025
Country/Territory	France
City	Brest
Period	16/06/25 → 19/06/25

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© 2025 IEEE.

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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

citizen science
digital twin
engagement
ocean

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oceanography
Ocean Engineering

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Ceccaroni, L., Pearlman, J., Angel, D., Dreo, J., Edelist, D., Freitas, C., Ganchev, T., Ipektsidis, C., Kruniawan, F., Laudy, C., Markova, V., Mlandu, D. N., Paredes, H., Oliveira, M. A., Simpson, P., Venus, V., Wahyudi, F., & Parkinson, S. (2025). Engaging the Public in Scientific Research to Enhance Digital Twins of the Ocean and Their Practical Applications. In OCEANS 2025 Brest, OCEANS 2025 (Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANS58557.2025.11104591

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Engaging the Public in Scientific Research to Enhance Digital Twins of the Ocean and Their Practical Applications

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