Digital Twins
RFID-driven modeling, live asset state, and cyber-physical synchronization.
IEEE Council on RFID Technical Committee
RFID-Driven Digital Twins & Smart Connected Systems
Advancing RFID-enabled cyber-physical systems for infrastructure, logistics, robotics, sensing, standards, and real-world digital twin deployments.
2025-2026
conference and community momentum
8
technical focus areas
3
bridges: academia, industry, public infrastructure
Mission
Build the RFID foundation for connected physical systems.
The committee promotes research, development, and deployment of RFID-enabled digital twins and smart connected systems. It connects researchers, practitioners, standards communities, infrastructure owners, logistics providers, municipalities, and small-to-midsize businesses.
Core activities include knowledge exchange, tutorials, workshops, reproducible testbeds, standards discussion, and practical frameworks for moving RFID-IoT systems from concept to field deployment.
Scope
Areas of Interest
Hybrid Sensing
RFID with LoRaWAN, LPWAN, cameras, mmWave, sensors, and robotics.
Smart Infrastructure
Monitoring for bridges, dams, utilities, warehouses, and public assets.
Edge & Cloud Systems
Connected RFID architectures, data pipelines, and deployment patterns.
Robotics-Assisted RFID
Inspection, inventory, localization, mapping, and operational correction.
AI-Enhanced Sensing
Adaptive calibration, anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance.
Interoperability
Standards, reproducibility, testbeds, and shared deployment frameworks.
Scalable RFID-IoT
Low-cost systems for SMB logistics, utilities, and regional infrastructure.
Activity Portfolio
Community building through demos, sessions, and sponsorship.
GS1 US RFID Discussion Group Demo
KSU and GS1 US demonstrated how RFID, EPCIS, SSCC++ identity, and robotic inspection can validate shipments before they leave the dock.
Location-Aware Empowered Systems
A special session connecting localization, motion capture, robotics, automation, wireless sensing, and physical-digital awareness.
Wide-Spectrum & Digital-Twin-Enabled RFID Sensing
A venue for RFID sensing, multimodal fusion, digital-twin modeling, AI-assisted calibration, and testbed research.
Multi-modal Sensing with RFID
A special session focused on localization, tracking, motion capture, SLAM, long-range backscatter, and robot positioning.
Launchpad
Near-term venues for collaboration
Workshops & Tutorials
Practical programming for RFID digital twins, EPCIS-based validation, hybrid sensing, AI calibration, and reproducible deployment playbooks.
Testbeds & Demos
Shared demonstrations for smart infrastructure, warehouses, robotic inspection, digital-twin synchronization, and standards-based data flows.
Standards Discussion
Forums for interoperability, field deployment lessons, data exchange, and practical guidance for RFID-IoT systems.
Leadership
Proposed committee structure
Co-chairs
- Jian Zhang
- Shiwen Mao
- Shiva Nageswaran
- Xiangyu Wang
- Jermery Liu
Advisory Board
- Justin Patton
- Senthilkumar CG Periaswamy
- Christopher M. Turner
Get Involved
Join the RFID digital-twin and smart systems community.
The TC welcomes researchers, standards contributors, industry partners, public infrastructure stakeholders, students, and practitioners interested in deployable RFID-connected systems.