9:00-10:00 Keynote 1: Iven Mareels

Title: Grid Futures: The View from the Last Mile

Consumer Targeting in Residential Demand Response Programmes

James C. Holyhead (University of Southampton); Sarvapali D. Ramchurn (University of Southampton); Alex Rogers (University of Southampton)

Distributed Multi-Period Optimal Power Flow for Demand Response in Microgrids

Paul Scott (ANU and NICTA); Sylvie Thiebaux (ANU and NICTA)

Peak-Aware Online Economic Dispatching for Microgrids

Ying Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Mohammad H. Hajiesmaili (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Minghua Chen (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Integrating Energy Storage in Electricity Distribution Networks

Aditya Mishra (Univesity of Massachusetts, Amherst); Ramesh Sitaraman (Univesity of Massachusetts, Amherst); David Irwin (Univesity of Massachusetts, Amherst); Ting Zhu (Univesity of Maryland Baltimore County)

14:45-16:00 Poster/Demo Session

A Participatory Sensing Approach for Personalized Distance-to-empty Prediction and Green Telematics

Chien-Ming Tseng (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology); Chi-Kin Chau (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology); Sohan Dsouza (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology); Erik Wilhelm (Singapore University of Technology and Design)

A Multi-Factor Battery Life Prediction Methodology for Optimal Battery Management

Valentin Muenzel (University of Melbourne); Julian deHoog (IBM Research); Marcus Brazil (University of Melbourne); Arun Vishwanath (IBM Research); Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (IBM Research)

A Distributed Anytime Algorithm for Real-time EV Charging Congestion Control

Jose Rivera (Technical University Munich); Christoph Goebel (Technical University Munich); Hans-Arno Jacobsen (Technical University Munich)

9:00-10:00 Keynote 2: Ashok Junjhunwala

Title: Leveraging decentralized Solar-DC towards enable 24 x 7 power to Indian Homes

Challenge: Advancing Energy Informatics to enable Assessable Improvements of Energy Performance in Buildings

Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen (University of Southern Denmark); Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard (University of Southern Denmark); Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (University of Southern Denmark); Hamid Reza Shaker (University of Southern Denmark); Christian Veje (University of Southern Denmark)

Challenge: Getting Residential Users to Shift Their Electricity Usage Patterns

Robert S. Brewer (Aarhus University); Nervo Verdezoto (Aarhus University); Mia Kruse Rasmussen (Alexandra Institute); Johanne Mose Entwistle (Alexandra Institute); Kaj Grønbæk (Aarhus University); Henrik Blunck (Aarhus University); Thomas Holst (Aarhus University)

Challenge: Resolving data center power bill disputes: the energy-performance trade-offs of consolidation

Angelos Chatzipapas (IMDEA Networks Institute, and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid); Dimosthenis Pediaditakis (University of Cambridge); Charalampos Rotsos (University of Cambridge); Vincenzo Mancuso (IMDEA Networks Institute and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid); Jon Crowcroft (University of Cambridge); Andrew Moore (University of Cambridge)

Challenge: Online Time Series Clustering for Demand Response: A Theory to Break the ‘Curse of Dimensionality’

Ranjan Pal (University of Southern California); Charalampos Chelmis (University of Southern California); Saima Aman (University of Southern California); Marc Frincu (University of Southern California); Viktor Prasanna (University of Southern California)

Bugs in the freezer: Detecting faults in supermarket refrigeration systems using energy signals

Shravan Srinivasan (Tata Consultancy Services); Arunchandar Vasan (Tata Consultancy Services Limited); Venkatesh Sarangan (Tata Consultancy Services); Anand Sivasubramaniam (Penn State)

PIMM: Packet Interval-Based Power Modeling of Multiple Network Interface-Activated Smartphones

Jonghoe Koo (Department of ECE and INMC Seoul National University, Korea); Wonbo Lee (Department of ECE and INMC Seoul National University, Korea); Yongseok Park (Digital Media & Communications R&D Center Samsung Electronics, Korea); Sunghyun Choi (Department of ECE and INMC Seoul National University, Korea)

Individual and Aggregate Electrical Load Forecasting: One for All and All for One

Sambaran Bandyopadhyay (IBM Research); Harshad Khadilkar (IBM Research); Tanuja Ganu Bapat (IBM Research); Vijay Arya (IBM Research)

Evaluating the Value of Flexibility in Energy Regulation Markets

Bijay Neupane (Aalborg University); Torben Bach Pedersen (Aalborg University); Bo Thiesson (Aalborg University)

Recouping Energy Costs from Cloud Tenants: Tenant Demand Response Aware Pricing Design

Cheng Wang (Penn State University); Neda Nasiriani (Penn State University); George Kesidis (Penn State University); Bhuvan Urgaonkar (Penn State University); Qian Wang (Penn State University); Yiyu Chen (IBM Research Zurich); Aayush Gupta (IBM Research Almaden); Robert Birke (IBM Research Zurich)

Auc2Charge: An Online Auction Framework for Electric Vehicle Park-and-Charge

Qiao Xiang (McGill Unviersity); Fanxin Kong (McGill Unviersity); Xi Chen (McGill Unviersity); Linghe Kong (McGill Unviersity); Xue Liu (McGill Unviersity); Lei Rao (General Motors Research Lab)

9:00-10:00 Keynote 3: Bruce Nordman

Title: Local Power Distribution with Nanogrids

Timely query processing in Smart Electric Grids: Algorithms and Performance

Kedar Khandeparkar (IIT Bombay); Krithi Ramamritham (IIT Bombay); Rajeev Gupta (IBM Research); Anil Kulkarni (IIT Bombay); Gopal Gajjar (IIT Bombay); S. A. Soman (IIT Bombay)

HAMS: A Memory-Efficient Representation of Power Grids using Hierarchical and Multi-Scenario Graphs

Amith Singhee (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center); Mark Lavin (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center); Ulrich Finkler (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center); Fook-Luen Heng (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center); Jun Mei Qu (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center); Steven Hirsch (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center)

Using Analytics to minimise errors in the connectivity model of a power distribution network

Vijay Arya (IBM Research); Rajendu Mitra (IBM Research); Heather Storey (DTE Energy); Richard Mueller (DTE Energy); Brian Sullivan (DTE Energy); Gerard Labut (DTE Energy)

OS|Plug: Open Platform for Smart Plugs

Muhammad Aftab (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology); Amalfi Darusman (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology); Israa A. Al Qassem (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology); Majid Khonji (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology); Chi-Kin Chau (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology)

Demonstration of Using Sensor Fusion for Constructing a Cost-Effective Smart-Door

Vivek Chil Prakash (IIT Bombay); Anand Krishnan Prakash (IIT Bombay); Uddhav Arote (IIT Bombay); Vitobha Munigala (IIT Bombay); Krithi Ramamritham (IIT Bombay)

Brownout Energy Distribution Scheme for Mitigating Rolling Blackouts

Samrudha Kelkar (IIT Bombay); Nimish Kothari (IIT Bombay); Krithi Ramamritham (IIT Bombay)

UrJar: A device to address energy poverty using E-waste

Vikas Chandan (IBM Research-India); Mohit Jain (IBM Research-India); Harshad Khadilkar (IBM Research-India); Zainul Charbiwala (IBM Research-India); Anupam Jain (IBM Research-India); Sunil Ghai (IBM Research-India); Rajesh Kunnath (Radio Studio); Deva P. Seetharam (IBM Research-India)

Energy Optimization in Commercial Buildings: From Monitoring to Savings Realization

Amarjeet Singh (Zenatix Solutions Pvt. Ltd. India); Shubham Saini (IIIT Delhi India); Sanchit Sharma (Zenatix Solutions Pvt. Ltd. India); Priyank Trivedi (Zenatix Solutions Pvt. Ltd. India)

Combining multiple forecast for improved day ahead prediction of wind power generation

Milan Jain (IIIT Delhi); Amarjeet Singh (IIIT Delhi)

Online energy management strategy for Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Lok To Mak (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Minghua Chen (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Guanglin Zhang (Donghua University); Longbo Huang (Tsinghua University); Haibo Zeng (Virginia Tech)

A Multi-objective Optimisation Approach for Energy Efficiency of Backhaul Traffic in Mobile Networks

Tao Lin (University of Melbourne); Tansu Alpcan (University of Melbourne); Kerry Hinton (University of Melbourne); Arun Vishwanath (IBM Research Australia)

Towards Virtual Sensors for Estimating the Electricity Consumption of Networked Appliances

Patrick Lieser (TU Darmstadt); Frank Englert (TU Darmstadt); Alaa Alhamoud (TU Darmstadt); Daniel Burgstahler (TU Darmstadt); Doreen Boehnstedt (TU Darmstadt)

Towards NILM for Industrial Settings

Emil Holmegaard (University of Southern Denmark); Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard (University of Southern Denmark)

The SPOT* System for Flexible Personal Heating and Cooling

Alimohammad Rabbani (University of Waterloo); S. Keshav (University of Waterloo)

Enabling Practical Demand Response in Highly-Stressed Grids using Aashiyana

Zohaib Sharani (SysNet Research Lab, National University of Computer & Emerging Science, Islamabad, Pakistan); Noman Bashir (SysNet Research Lab, National University of Computer & Emerging Science, Islamabad, Pakistan); Khushboo Qayyum (SysNet Research Lab, National University of Computer & Emerging Science, Islamabad, Pakistan); Affan Syed (SysNet Research Lab, National University of Computer & Emerging Science, Islamabad, Pakistan)

E-Adivino: A Novel Framework for Electricity Consumption Prediction based on Historical Trends

Shubham Saini (IIIT Delhi); Pandarasamy Arjunan (IIIT Delhi); Amarjeet Singh (IIIT Delhi); Ullas Nambiar (EMC Corporation)

Towards a Categorization Framework for Occupancy Sensing Systems

Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard (University of Southern Denmark); Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (University of Southern Denmark); Muhyiddine Jradi (University of Southern Denmark)

Curtailment Estimation Methods for Demand Response: Lessons Learned by Comparing Apples to Oranges

Charalampos Chelmis (University of Southern California) Muhammad Rizwan Saeed (University of Southern California) Marc Frincu (University of Southern California) Viktor K. Prasanna (University of Southern California)

On the utility of occupancy sensing for managing HVAC energy in large zones

Srinarayana Nagarathinam (Tata Consultancy Services); Shiva R. Iyer (Tata Consultancy Services); Arunchandar Vasan (Tata Consultancy Services); P Venkata Ramakrishna (Tata Consultancy Services); Venkatesh Sarangan (Tata Consultancy Services); Anand Sivasubramaniam (Pennsylvania State University)

A Framework for Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Instrumentation in Smart Home Systems

Seema Nagar (IBM Research); Sandhya Aneja (Universiti Brunei Darussalam); Harshad Khadilkar (IBM Research); Sampath Dechu (IBM Research); Zainul Charbiwala (IBM Research)

Locating and Sizing Smart Meter Deployment in Buildings

Anand Krishnan Prakash (IIT Bombay); Vivek Chil Prakash (IIT Bombay); Uddhav Arote (IIT Bombay); Pallab Kumar Sahu (IIT Bombay); Krithi Ramamritham (IIT Bombay); Bhavin Doshi (IIT Bombay)

The Energy Cost Of Your Netflix Habit

Oche Ejembi (University of St Andrews); Saleem Bhatti (University of St Andrews)

Let there be light: Dissecting how PRIME networks work based on actual traffic traces

Miguel Seijo (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid); Gregorio López (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid); Javier Matanza (ICAI School of Engineering); José Ignacio Moreno (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid); Fernando Martín (Unión Fenosa Distribución); Sadot Alexandres (ICAI School of Engineering); Carlos Rodríguez-Morcillo (Institute for Research in Technology)

Enabling Automated Dynamic Demand Response: From Theory to Practice

Marc Frincu (University of Southern California); Charalampos Chelmis (University of Southern California); Rizwan Saeed (University of Southern California); Viktor Prasanna (University of Southern California); Saima Aman (University of Southern California); Vasilis Zois (University of Southern California); Carol Fern (University of Southern California); Aras Akbari (Smart Utility Systems & LA DWP Contractor)