Michael Grieves

Michael Grieves is an American scientist, best known for originating the Digital Twin concept.
Education and career
Michael Grieves attended the St. Francis Cabrini Catholic school and has attended the University of Detroit. In 1971, Grieves graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (BSCE) from Michigan State University. In 1979, Grieves completed his MBA from Oakland University and received his doctorate in May 2000. Grieves began his career at University of Detroit in the computer industry. After completing his graduation, Grieves became ACTS’ Director of Timesharing Systems. Grieves was involved in projects, such as the first supercomputer, the Illiac IV. In 2002, At an SME conference, Grieves first introduced the Digital Twin Model concept which was referred as the “Underlying Premise for Product Lifecycle Management". In 2006, Grieves published book on Product Lifecycle Management. In 2007, He became a consultant to NASA. Grieves gave different names for the Digital Twin concept and Later NASA's John Vickers originated the Digital Twin term and used it in the NASA Roadmap 2010. Grieves created the Digital Twin Institute in 2018.
Publications
* Grieves, M., Product Lifecycle Management: Driving the Next Generation of Lean Thinking. 2006, New York: McGraw-Hill. 319.
* Grieves, M. Digital Twin: Manufacturing Excellence through Virtual Factory Replication (White Paper). 2014
* Grieves, M. and J. Vickers, Digital Twin: Mitigating Unpredictable, Undesirable Emergent Behavior in Complex Systems, in Trans-Disciplinary Perspectives on System Complexity, F.-J. Kahlen, S. Flumerfelt, and A. Alves, Editors. 2017, Springer: Switzerland. p. 85-114.
* Grieves, M., Virtually Intelligent Product Systems: Digital and Physical Twins, in Complex Systems Engineering: Theory and Practice, S. Flumerfelt, et al., Editors. 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. p. 175-200.

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