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  • Editorial
  • Open Access
5 Citations
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Digital Humanism, formulated in 2019, is an explicit demand for the development and application of human-centred technology, that is, for “pulling” a humanised and humane digitalisation instead of “pushing” it for merely econo...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 2021 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,498 Views
5 Pages

The main purpose of sustainable interaction design is to meet global challenges in society, the economy, and the environment to an extent that goes beyond the well-being of human beings and attempts to promote the well-being of all beings. This paper...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 2021 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information)
  • Article
  • Open Access
669 Views
18 Pages

Digital Human Capital as a Determinant of Digital Transformation Capacity in European Economies

  • Beata Sofrankova,
  • Maria Matijova and
  • Dagmara Ratnayake Kascakova

The main objective of the paper is to assess the importance of selected components of digital human capital in shaping the digital transformation capacity of European countries, measured through the Network Readiness Index. The focus is on basic digi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Transformation in Europe: Economic and Policy Implications)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
3,160 Views
4 Pages

The ongoing digitalization presents a great challenge for the philosophical concept of humanism as it leads to many risks, including those that arise out of the assumption that computers can outperform humans in any task or job. Still, it is argued t...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 2021 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
847 Views
26 Pages

9 February 2026

Forestry operations expose workers to a high risk of health constraints, accidents, and injuries. We are trying to protect them and implement many effective countermeasures; nevertheless, the development of new forestry machines remains a long proces...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Operations and Engineering)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
91 Citations
10,841 Views
21 Pages

Digital Twin-Driven Human Robot Collaboration Using a Digital Human

  • Tsubasa Maruyama,
  • Toshio Ueshiba,
  • Mitsunori Tada,
  • Haruki Toda and ,
  • Yui Endo,
  • Yukiyasu Domae,
  • Yoshihiro Nakabo,
  • Tatsuro Mori and
  • Kazutsugu Suita
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

10 December 2021

Advances are being made in applying digital twin (DT) and human–robot collaboration (HRC) to industrial fields for safe, effective, and flexible manufacturing. Using a DT for human modeling and simulation enables ergonomic assessment during wor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Twins, Sensing Technologies and Automation in Industry 4.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,261 Views
17 Pages

Heritage Education in the Digital Age: An Analysis of Public Perceptions of the Documentary Amato Lusitano: Science and Humanism

  • Fátima Regina Jorge,
  • Ana Sofia Marcelo,
  • Carlos Reis,
  • Neel Naik and ,
  • Isabel Marcos,
  • António Pais,
  • Madalena G. Ribeiro,
  • Ricardo J. Nunes da Silva,
  • Paulo Afonso and
  • Paul Melia
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

4 February 2026

Communicating heritage to contemporary audiences, especially younger generations, is a central challenge in Heritage Education. This study aims to analyse audience perceptions of the documentary Amato Lusitano: Ciência e Humanismo—a cultu...

(This article belongs to the Section Cultural Heritage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,093 Views
18 Pages

Digital Competencies, Human Resource Management, and Culture as Strategic Drivers of Sustainable Digital Transformation in SMEs of Lima

  • Lorena Espina-Romero,
  • Raúl Marcelo Ferrer-Dávalos,
  • Doile Rios Parra,
  • Jorge Izaguirre Olmedo and
  • Renee Sarmiento

22 December 2025

This study examines how digital competencies, digital human resource management, and organizational culture influence the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Lima, Peru. A quantitative, non-experimental, cross-secti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Business Strategy in the Digital Age: Empowering SMEs for Sustainable Growth)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
5,732 Views
19 Pages

Digitalization in the Human Capital Management

  • Nikola Štaffenová and
  • Alžbeta Kucharčíková

2 July 2023

Countries of the EU are trying to create a single digital market. Therefore, this article aims to evaluate the current situation in the field of readiness of economic entities in Slovakia for challenges in the field of human capital management (HCM)...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems Practice in Social Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,477 Views
20 Pages

31 October 2025

Industry 4.0 is steadily advancing a reality of deepening integration between humans and technology, a phenomenon aptly described by the metaphor of the “technologically augmented human”. This study identifies the digital and personal fac...

(This article belongs to the Section Social Psychology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
10,435 Views
16 Pages

4 March 2019

Digital humanities has a Shakespeare problem; or, to frame it more broadly, a canon problem. This essay begins by demonstrating why we need to consider Shakespeare’s position in the digital landscape, recognizing that Shakespeare’s promin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Shakespeare and Digital Humanities: New Perspectives and Future Directions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
6,844 Views
19 Pages

30 June 2023

This work presents a digital-twin-based framework focused on orchestrating human-centered processes toward Industry 5.0. By including workers and their digital replicas in the loop of the digital twin, the proposed framework extends the traditional m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Sensor and Digital Twin Technologies for Industrial Process Control and Monitoring)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
115 Citations
48,318 Views
18 Pages

Human-computer interaction (HCI) has contributed to the design and development of some efficient, user-friendly, cost-effective, and adaptable digital mental health solutions. But HCI has not been well-combined into technological developments resulti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Human-Computer Interaction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
9,298 Views
24 Pages

The Impact of Digitalization on the Formation of Human Capital at the Regional Level

  • Olga Zaborovskaia,
  • Olga Nadezhina and
  • Ekaterina Avduevskaya

Human capital becomes the most competitive and unique resource in the modern context of development of high-tech industries and formation of the digital economy. The ongoing digitalization processes have an impact on the formation and development of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
81 Citations
11,978 Views
28 Pages

27 December 2024

Human-centricity, a cornerstone of Industry 5.0, emphasizes the central role of human needs and capabilities in the technological landscape of modern manufacturing. As Digital Twins (DTs) become a core technology of Industry 4.0, the evolution toward...

  • Article
  • Open Access
168 Views
26 Pages

15 October 2026

Digital transformation increasingly requires employees to combine digital competence with adaptive, collaborative, and learning-related capabilities. This study examines how these resources coexist within employees, whether developmental support is a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Resilience by Design: Digital Skills, Soft Skills and Leadership for the Next Generation of Organizations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,668 Views
15 Pages

Developing a Digital Twin for Human Performance Assessment in Human–Machine Interaction

  • Erik Novak,
  • Aljaž Javernik,
  • Iztok Palčič and
  • Robert Ojsteršek

19 March 2026

Digital twins are becoming essential tools in smart, human-centric manufacturing, yet validated approaches that integrate real human behavior into digital twin models remain limited. This study develops and experimentally validates a digital twin as...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human-Centered Manufacturing in the Era of Industry 5.0: Toward Personalized and Intelligent Collaborative Production Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,838 Views
13 Pages

In this essay, we are interested in investigating some of the possible relations between design and digital humanities. In particular, we analyze the contribution that communication and interface design can bring to digital humanities. In a scene cur...

  • Review
  • Open Access
105 Citations
15,914 Views
35 Pages

Digital Twin for Human–Robot Collaboration in Manufacturing: Review and Outlook

  • Aswin K. Ramasubramanian,
  • Robins Mathew,
  • Matthew Kelly,
  • Vincent Hargaden and
  • Nikolaos Papakostas

10 May 2022

Industry 4.0, as an enabler of smart factories, focuses on flexible automation and customization of products by utilizing technologies such as the Internet of Things and cyber–physical systems. These technologies can also support the creation o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Robotics Applications in Industry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
428 Views
23 Pages

From Simulation to Shop Floor: A Human-Centered Digital Twin Methodology for Industry 5.0

  • Francesco Biondani,
  • Luigi Capogrosso,
  • Francesco Tosoni,
  • Nicola Dall’Ora and ,
  • Enrico Fraccaroli and
  • Franco Fummi
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 August 2026

Recent advances in Digital Twin technology focus on visualization, operator training, and real-time machine simulation, aligning with the Industry 4.0 paradigm. However, the transition toward Industry 5.0 demands human-centric approaches that integra...

(This article belongs to the Section Human–Computer Interactions)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,404 Views
12 Pages

The Digitization of Human Skeletal Collections: New Challenges and Perspectives

  • Maria Giovanna Belcastro,
  • Rita Sorrentino,
  • Davide Mameli,
  • Annalisa Pietrobelli and ,
  • Teresa Nicolosi,
  • Valentina Mariotti,
  • Carla Figus,
  • Elisa Lodolo,
  • Laura Forni and
  • Milena Fini
  • + 13 authors+ 8 authors

19 November 2025

Human skeletal remains are a crucial source for understanding biocultural and evolutionary processes. Yet, their study and management are challenged by social, religious, and political factors, placing them in a ‘grey area’ within cultura...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue History, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6,254 Views
12 Pages

12 August 2018

The rapid extension of what has become known as the Digital Humanities has resulted in an array of online resources for researchers within the subdiscipline of Victorian Studies. But the increasingly acquisitive nature of these digital projects poses...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Victorian Art of Murder)
  • Review
  • Open Access
64 Citations
8,735 Views
20 Pages

30 March 2024

With the intent to further increase production efficiency while making human the centre of the processes, human-centric manufacturing focuses on concepts such as digital twins and human–machine collaboration. This paper presents enabling techno...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,843 Views
35 Pages

With advancements in technology, digital humans are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with their application scope widening to include interactions with real people. However, research on expressions that facilitate natural engagement in interactio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Human-Robot Interaction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,554 Views
21 Pages

9 January 2025

This article engages in a philosophical dialogue with Nietzsche’s views on the discourse of power, examining the rising concerns surrounding the digitization and algorithmization of society in the context of advancements in robotics and AI. It...

(This article belongs to the Section Philosophy and Classics in the Humanities)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,760 Views
18 Pages

Digital Technologies to Provide Humanization in the Education of the Healthcare Workforce: A Systematic Review

  • María Gonzalez-Moreno,
  • Carlos Monfort-Vinuesa,
  • Antonio Piñas-Mesa and
  • Esther Rincon

Objectives: The need to incentivize the humanization of healthcare providers coincides with the development of a more technological approach to medicine, which gives rise to depersonalization when treating patients. Currently, there is a culture of h...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Future of Healthcare: Biomedical Technology and Integrated Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,420 Views
28 Pages

30 December 2023

The rapid development of digital technology has injected new vitality into green technological innovation within manufacturing enterprises. Proper application of digital technology during the innovation process can propel global sustainable developme...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Strategic Management in Digital Transformation Era)
  • Article
  • Open Access
342 Views
42 Pages

2 October 2026

The deep synergy between artificial intelligence and human capital facilitates enterprise green innovation transformation. Adopting the TOE framework, this paper constructs theoretical hypotheses and uses the panel data of Chinese listed firms to exp...

(This article belongs to the Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)
  • Review
  • Open Access
74 Citations
20,580 Views
69 Pages

25 February 2022

Digital 3D modelling and visualization technologies have been widely applied to support research in the humanities since the 1980s. Since technological backgrounds, project opportunities, and methodological considerations for application are widely d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,244 Views
22 Pages

A Digital Twin-Based Framework for Biomechanical Ergonomics Assessment in Human–Robot Collaboration

  • Jörg Miehling,
  • Matthias Guertler,
  • Marc Carmichael,
  • Richardo Khonasty and ,
  • Louis Fernandez,
  • Sandro Wartzack and
  • Christopher Löffelmann
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

17 June 2026

In today’s manufacturing industry, work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) remain among the most prevalent occupational health issues. Collaborative robots (cobots) represent a promising technology to address this challenge. Consequently...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
6,681 Views
17 Pages

ROSSIO Infrastructure: A Digital Humanities Platform to Explore the Portuguese Cultural Heritage

  • Gonçalo Melo da Silva,
  • Ana Celeste Glória,
  • Ângela Sofia Salgueiro,
  • Bruno Almeida and ,
  • Daniel Monteiro,
  • Marco Roque de Freitas and
  • Nuno Freire
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

21 January 2022

The ROSSIO Infrastructure is developing a free and open-access platform for aggregating, organising, and connecting the digital resources in the Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities provided by Portuguese higher education and cultural institutions. T...

(This article belongs to the Section Information and Communications Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,549 Views
20 Pages

Can the Digital Economy Outperform the Oil Economy in Terms of Achieving Human Development?

  • Nashwa Mostafa Ali Mohamed,
  • Kamilia Abd-Elhaleem Ahmed Frega and
  • Jawaher Binsuwadan

13 June 2024

The digital economy is reshaping the global economic landscape, with advancements in artificial intelligence, robotics, and virtual reality revolutionizing industries and transforming how people work and live. While the digital economy has promise in...

(This article belongs to the Collection Digital Economy and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
  • Best Paper Award
54 Citations
12,143 Views
22 Pages

Metaverse & Human Digital Twin: Digital Identity, Biometrics, and Privacy in the Future Virtual Worlds

  • Pietro Ruiu,
  • Michele Nitti,
  • Virginia Pilloni,
  • Marinella Cadoni and ,
  • Enrico Grosso and
  • Mauro Fadda
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Driven by technological advances in various fields (AI, 5G, VR, IoT, etc.) together with the emergence of digital twins technologies (HDT, HAL, BIM, etc.), the Metaverse has attracted growing attention from scientific and industrial communities. This...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
8,038 Views
17 Pages

6 December 2022

With the expansion of the digital environment and the metaverse, and the intervention of artificial intelligence, interaction in the virtual world is becoming more active. Humans are discussing the social reality of the user experience in this virtua...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue State-of-the-Art in Human Factors and Interaction Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,463 Views
25 Pages

Emerging digital technologies are increasingly embedded in consumer-facing financial services, reshaping how users experience, evaluate, and engage with AI-mediated interactions. This paper investigates how the perceived sociality of AI Digital Human...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Digital Technologies and Consumer Behavior)
  • Article
  • Open Access
577 Views
24 Pages

20 July 2026

Digital infrastructure enables green transformation, but its impact on renewable energy innovation depends critically on the availability of human capital. This study examines whether human capital acts as a mediator or moderator in the relationship...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,458 Views
17 Pages

29 October 2022

The demand for a conversational system with digital humans has increased with the development of artificial intelligence. Latency can occur in such conversational systems because of natural language processing and network issues, which can deteriorat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue User Experience for Advanced Human-Computer Interaction II)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,308 Views
28 Pages

A Survey on Machine Learning Approaches for Personalized Coaching with Human Digital Twins

  • Harald H. Rietdijk,
  • Patricia Conde-Cespedes,
  • Talko B. Dijkhuis,
  • Hilbrand K. E. Oldenhuis and
  • Maria Trocan

4 July 2025

Human Digital Twins are an emerging type of Digital Twin used in healthcare to provide personalized support. Following this trend, we intend to elevate our virtual fitness coach, a coaching platform using wearable data on physical activity, to the le...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Status, Prospects and Future)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,331 Views
30 Pages

Ontology-Driven and Human-Centric Digital Twins in Hospitality: A Survey and Research Agenda

  • Desiree Manzano-Farray,
  • Moises Segura-Cedres,
  • Carmen Lidia Aguiar-Castillo,
  • Victor Guerra-Yanez and
  • Rafael Perez-Jimenez

29 April 2026

Digital Twins (DTs) are increasingly explored in tourism and hospitality as enabling technologies for smart destinations, service optimization, and data-driven decision-making. Yet these environments are inherently human-centered. Existing DT impleme...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue IoT-Enabled Applications for Smart Cities)
  • Review
  • Open Access
118 Citations
20,811 Views
19 Pages

The evolution of digital technologies has resulted in the emergence of diverse interaction technologies. In this paper, we conducted a review of seven domains under a human-centric approach user interface design, human-centered web-based information...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,480 Views
25 Pages

With increasing air traffic, the workload of air traffic controllers (ATCOs) and their limited number is again a restricting factor for the evolution of airspace management. Currently, possibilities to apply artificial intelligence for improving the...

(This article belongs to the Collection Air Transportation—Operations and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,676 Views
21 Pages

20 March 2023

Human capital is a key factor in the economic growth and sustainable development of a country. However, the impact of digitalization on human capital accumulation and the urban-rural human capital gap in China is seldom a focus in the literature. Thi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Transformation of Agriculture and Rural Areas)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,681 Views
18 Pages

8 October 2024

The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered changes in modern dance education. This study investigates the application of diffusion-based modeling and virtual digital humans in dance instruction. Utilizing AI and digital technologi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Techniques, Platforms and Applications of E-Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
13,885 Views
14 Pages

21 March 2022

The global employment landscape will continue to change due to new technologies, in particular automation, online collaboration tools, and artificial intelligence. The shortage of skilled workers and the growing jobs of e-tourism employees are a chal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in People Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
894 Views
31 Pages

From AI Leadership to Innovation Efficiency: The Sequential Roles of Digital Capability Development and Human Capital Transformation

  • Vuk Mirčetić,
  • Aleksandar Ignjatović Pertini,
  • Stefan Milojević,
  • Aleksandra Vujko and
  • Ilija Životić

30 July 2026

Artificial intelligence is increasingly transforming organizational decision-making, yet the mechanisms through which AI Leadership contributes to innovation outcomes remain insufficiently understood. Drawing on dynamic capabilities theory, this stud...

  • Review
  • Open Access
169 Citations
22,106 Views
27 Pages

12 April 2023

The last decade saw the emergence of highly autonomous, flexible, re-configurable Cyber-Physical Systems. Research in this domain has been enhanced by the use of high-fidelity simulations, including Digital Twins, which are virtual representations co...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,471 Views
13 Pages

Methodology for Enablement of Human Digital Twins for Quality Assurance in the Aerospace Manufacturing Domain

  • Christopher Lee Colaw,
  • Garrett Madison,
  • Bill Tseng,
  • Grayson Michael Griser and ,
  • Gage Truelson,
  • Adam Gallo and
  • Yildirim Hurmuzlu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

27 May 2025

This paper will examine a methodology to enable the usage of Human Digital Twins (HDTs) for Quality Assurance in the aerospace manufacturing domain. Common-place hardware and infrastructure, including cloud-based facility security cameras, cloud-base...

(This article belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,350 Views
5 Pages

Social evolution has reached a point at which the continuation of human life is even at stake. The reason why that is the case lies in dysfunctionalities of the organization of social systems. Those dysfunctionalities came to the fore when hominizati...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 2021 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,198 Views
21 Pages

In recent decades, the everyday working environment has increasingly shifted into the digital realm. Accordingly, the assessment of human working performance has become strongly influenced by the level, frequency, and mode of interaction with the dig...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human-Computer Interaction: Current Opportunities and Future Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
1,676 Views
23 Pages

Towards Sustainable Personalized Assembly Through Human-Centric Digital Twins

  • Marina Crnjac Zizic,
  • Nikola Gjeldum,
  • Marko Mladineo,
  • Bozenko Bilic and
  • Amanda Aljinovic Mestrovic

11 September 2025

New trends in industry emphasize green and sustainable production on the one hand and personalized or individualized production on the other hand. Introducing new manufacturing technologies and materials to integrate the customer’s specific req...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Intelligent System Engineering for Smart Sensor Applications)

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