What Global Initiatives have been put in place to advance the development and adoption of Virtual Human Twins?
In a recent interview, ELEM Biotech CTO Mariano Vázquez highlighted two examples of initiatives contributing to the adoption of Virtual Human Twins: public investment in computational infrastructure and private innovation in cloud technologies.
Public Investment in High-Performance Computing (HPC)
“When developing you need massive resources. If you don’t develop your tool you will not be able to do neither a business, nor a real impact on patients out of it“
In this clip ELEM CTO Mariano Vazquez explains how governments in Europe, the US, China, and Japan are making significant investments in High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems to support the development of Virtual Human Twins.
These investments aim to provide both public and private sectors with the computational power needed for large-scale simulations, accelerating innovation while keeping costs manageable.
In Europe, initiatives such as multi-million euro “AI factories” are helping companies (especially in the virtual human twin sector) to efficiently develop AI-based tools.
Private Innovation and the Role of Cloud Infrastructure
Alongside government initiatives, the private sector is also playing a critical role in enabling the next generation of biomedical simulations.
According to Mariano Vázquez, commercial cloud providers are increasingly adapting their platforms to support the computational demands of Virtual Human Twin applications.
Commercial cloud providers (e.g. Amazon Web Services) are:
- Adapting their business models to to support HPC-intensive Virtual Human Twin applications
- Collaborating closely with hospitals to better understand real clinical needs
- Supporting healthcare institutions in meeting patient data, privacy, and regulatory requirements
- Providing secure, scalable, and cost-effective environments for simulation and data processing
These capabilities make it possible to run complex simulations at scale while ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and data protection standards.
“Together, governmental investment and private innovation are helping move forward the development and adoption of Virtual Human Twins.”
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