Ivona Brandić is a Full Professor at TU Wien, recognized for her expertise in sustainable information technology. She earned her Ph.D. from Vienna University of Technology in 2007 and was honored with the Distinguished Young Scientist Award in 2011 for her groundbreaking work on Holistic Energy Efficient Hybrid Clouds. In 2015, she received the prestigious FWF START prize, Austria's highest recognition for early-career researchers. Her current research is at the forefront of Computational Sustainability, where she is pioneering foundational concepts of transprecision and code-offloading in hybrid systems. Additionally, she is advancing the development of digital twins for both man-made and biological systems, with the aim of fostering sustainable practices and solutions.

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How Digital Twins are Shaping a Sustainable Tomorrow

Our current IT systems consume vast amounts of water and electricity, especially for cooling data centers and producing digital content. My research is focusing on sustainable IT by leveraging digital twins—virtual replicas of real-world systems—to drastically improve energy and resource efficiency. I am developing digital twins of data centers to simulate critical scenarios, and using AI to model river systems and predict pollutant spread. These innovations aim to revolutionize how we manage resources and protect the environment.