Conference Program
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Ultra-Large Scale Control and Communications in Energy Delivery Systems
Jeffrey D. Taft (CISCO)
Scaling Distributed Energy Storage for Grid Peak Reduction
Aditya Mishra (University of Massachusetts Amherst), David Irwin (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Prashant Shenoy (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Ting Zhu (Binghamton University)
Impact of Storage on the Efficiency and Prices in Real-Time Electricity Markets
Nicolas Gast (EPFL), Jean-Yves Le Boudec (EPFL), Alexandre Proutiere (KTH), Dan-Cristian Tomozei (EPFL)
DC Picogrids: A Case for Local Energy Storage for Uninterrupted Power to DC Appliances
Sunil Kumar Ghai (IBM Research, India), Zainul Charbiwala (IBM Research, India), Rajesh Kunnath (RadioStudio, India), Swarnalatha Mylavarapu (IBM Research, India), Deva P. Seetharam (IBM Research, India)
Hidden Costs of Power Cuts and Battery Backups
Deva P. Seetharam (IBM Research, India), A. Agrawal (IBM Research, India), Tanuja Ganu (IBM Research, India), Jagabondhu Hazra (IBM Research, India), Venkat Rajaraman (Solarsis India), Rajesh Kunnath (RadioStudio, India)
An Ensemble Model for Day-ahead Electricity Demand Time Series Forecasting
Wen Shen (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology), Vahan Babushkin (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology), Zeyar Aung (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology), Wei Lee Woon (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology)
A Cloud-Based Consumer-Centric Architecture for Energy Data Analytics
Rayman Preet Singh (University of Waterloo), S. Keshav (University of Waterloo), Tim Brecht (University of Waterloo)
Automatic Socio-Economic Classification of Households Using Electricity Consumption Data
Christian Beckel (ETH Zurich), Leyna Sadamori (TU Darmstadt), Silvia Santini (TU Darmstadt)
Computational Environmental Ethnography: Combining Collective Sensing and Ethnographic Inquiries to Advance Means for Reducing Environmental Footprints
Henrik Blunck (Aarhus University), Niels Olof Bouvin (Aarhus University), Johanne Mose Entwistle (Alexandra Institute A/S), Kaj Grønbæk (Aarhus University), Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard (Aarhus University), Matthias Nielsen (Aarhus University), Marianne Graves Petersen (Aarhus University), Majken Kirkegaard Rasmussen (Aarhus University), Markus Wüstenberg (Aarhus University)
A Greedy Algorithm for the Unforecasted Energy Dispatch Problem with Storage in Smart Grids
Giorgos Georgiadis (Chalmers University of Technology), Marina Papatriantafilou (Chalmers University of Technology)
A Multi-User Network Testbed for Wide-Area Monitoring and Control of Power Systems Using Distributed Synchrophasors
Matthew Weiss (North Carolina State University), Yufeng Xin (Renaissance Computing Institute), Aranya Chakrabortty (North Carolina State University)
An ICT-based Energy Management System to Integrate Renewable Energy and Storage for Grid Balancing
Diego Arnone (Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.), Massimo Bertoncini (Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.), Alessandro Rossi (Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A.), Fabrizio D’Errico (Mc Phy Energy SA), Carlos García-Santiago (TECNALIA Research & Innovation), Diana Moneta (Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A), Cristiano D’Orinzi (ENEL Distribuzione S.p.A.)
Towards Appliance Usage Prediction for Home Energy Management
Ngoc Cuong Truong (University of Southampton), Long Tran-Thanh (University of Southampton), Enrico Costanza (University of Southampton), Sarvapali Ramchurn (University of Southampton)
Smart Street Light System with Energy Saving Function Based on the Sensor Network
Noriaki Yoshiura (Saitama University), Yusaku Fujii (Gunma University), Akihiro Takita (Gunma University), Naoya Ohta (Gunma University)
BatNet: an implementation of a 6LoWPAN sensor and actuator
Jorge Martín (Technical University of Madrid), Igor Gómez (Technical University of Madrid), Eduardo Montoya (Technical University of Madrid), Jie Song (Technical University of Madrid), Jorge Olloqui (Technical University of Madrid), Rocío Martínez (Technical University of Madrid)
Efficient Computation of Shapley Values for Demand Response Programs
Gearoid O’Brien (Stanford University), Abbas El Gamal (Stanford University), Ram Rajagopal (Stanford University)
Efficient Demand Assignment in Multi-Connected Microgrid
Kirill Kogan (University of Waterloo), Sergey Nikolenko (Steklov Mathematical Institute), S. Keshav (University of Waterloo), Alejandro Lopez-Ortiz (University of Waterloo)
Energy Efficient Opportunistic Uplink Packet Forwarding in Hybrid Wireless Networks
Arash Asadi (IMDEA Network), Vincenzo Mancuso (IMDEA Network)
Flexible Loads in Future Energy Networks
Jay Taneja (University of California, Berkeley), Ken Lutz (University of California, Berkeley), David Culler (University of California, Berkeley)
‘Just enough’ sensing to ENLITEN: A preliminary demonstration of sensing strategy for the `ENergy LIteracy Through an Intelligent Home ENergy Advisor’ (ENLITEN) project
Tom Lovett (University of Bath), Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas (University of Bath), Sukumar Natarajan (University of Bath), Eamonn O’Neill (University of Bath), Julian Padget (University of Bath)
Lessons learned on home energy monitoring and management: Smartcity Málaga pilot
Jaime Caffarel (Technical University of Madrid), Igor Gómez (Technical University of Madrid), Guillermo del Campo (Technical University of Madrid), Rocío Martínez (Technical University of Madrid), Carmen Lástres (Technical University of Madrid)
Minimizing Building Electricity Costs in a Dynamic Power Market: Algorithms and Impact on Energy Conservation
Dawei Pan (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Harbin institute of technology), Dan Wang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Jiannong Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Yu Peng (Harbin Institute of Technology), Xiyuan Peng (Harbin Institute of Technology)
Missing Data Handling for Meter Data Management System
Ru-Sen Jeng (National Taiwan Normal University), Chien-Yu Kuo (National Taiwan Normal University), Yao-hua Ho (National Taiwan Normal University), Ming-Feng Lee (Industrial Technology Research Institute), Lin-Wen Tseng (Industrial Technology Research Institute), Chia-Lin Fu (Industrial Technology Research Institute), Peo-Fang Liang (Industrial Technology Research Institute), Ling-Jyh Chen (Academia SInica)
Mobile Location Sharing: An Energy Consumption Study
Ekhiotz Jon Vergara (Linköping University), Mihails Prihodko (Linköping University), Simin Nadjm-Tehrani (Linköping University)
Smart Metering using Application-Tailored Networks
Hans Wippel (KIT), Sören Finster (KIT)
Sustainable Performance in Energy Harvesting - Wireless Sensor Networks
Xenofon Fafoutis (Technical University of Denmark), Alessio Di Mauro (Technical University of Denmark), Nicola Dragoni (Technical University of Denmark)
Using Clustering Mechanisms for Defining Consumer Energy Services
Frank Feather (Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs), Dayu Huang (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Marina Thottan (Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs), Katherine Farley (EPB)
Thursday, May 23, 2013
The Nimble Distribution Grid: Challenges and Vision
Alexandra von Meier (California Institute for Energy and Environment)
Distributed Control of Electric Vehicle Charging (Winner of Best Paper Award)
Omid Ardakanian (University of Waterloo), Catherine Rosenberg (University of Waterloo), S. Keshav (University of Waterloo)
Real-Time Deferrable Load Control: Handling the Uncertainties of Renewable Generation
Lingwen Gan (Caltech), Adam Wierman (Caltech), Ufuk Topcu (University of Pennsylvania), Niangjun Chen (Caltech), Steven H. Low (Caltech)
Constrained Tatonnement for Fast and Incentive Compatible Distributed Demand Management in Smart Grids
Shweta Jain (Indian Institute of Science), Balakrishnan Narayanaswamy (IBM Research, India), Y. Narahari (Indian Institute of Science), Saiful Hussain (Universiti Brunei Darussalam), Nyuk Yoong Voo (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Dynamic Provisioning in Next-Generation Data Centers with On-site Power Production
Jinlong Tu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Lian Lu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Minghua Chen (The Chinese University of Hong Kong), Ramesh K. Sitaraman (University of Massachusetts Amherst, Akamai Technologies)
MultiGreen: Cost-Minimizing Multisource Datacenter Power Supply with Online Control
Wei Deng (Huazhong University of Science & Technology), Fangming Liu (Huazhong University of Science & Technology), Hai Jin (Huazhong University of Science & Technology), Chuan Wu (The University of Hong Kong), Xue Liu (McGill University)
Modelling and Real-trace-based Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Coalescing for Energy Efficient Ethernet
Angelos Chatzipapas (Institute IMDEA Networks, UC3M), Vincenzo Mancuso (Institute IMDEA Networks, UC3M)
Inferring Connectivity Model from Meter Measurements in Distribution Networks
Vijay Arya (IBM Research, India), T. S. Jayram (IBM Research, India), Soumitra Pal (IIT Bombay), Shivkumar Kalyanaraman (IBM Research, India)
Malicious False Data Injection in Hierarchical Electric Power Grid State Estimation Systems
Yangyue Feng (Royal Holloway, U. of London), Chiara Foglietta (University Roma Tre), Alessio Baiocco (Royal Holloway, U. of London), Stefano Panzieri (University Roma Tre), Stephen Wolthusen (Royal Holloway, U. of London)
eBond: Energy Saving in Heterogeneous R.A.I.N
Marcus Hähnel (Dresden University of Technology), Björn Döbel (Dresden University of Technology), Hermann Härtig (Dresden University of Technology), Marcus Völp (Dresden University of Technology)
The Energy Consumption of TCP
Raffaele Bolla (UNIGE), Roberto Bruschi (CNIT), Olga Maria Jaramillo Ortiz (UNIGE), Paolo Lago (UNIGE)
Visions of an Energy Future: 2025 and beyond
Panelists: Chris Somerville (University of California, Berkeley), Jonathan Koomey (Stanford University), Robert Kostecki (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Srinivasan Keshav (University of Waterloo)
Moderator: David E. Culler (University of California, Berkeley)Friday, May 24, 2013
A New Industrial Revolution for a Sustainable Energy Future
Arun Majumdar (Google Inc.)
How to Auto-Configure Your Smart Home? High-Resolution Power Measurements to the Rescue
Frank Englert (TU Darmstadt), Till Schmitt (TU Darmstadt), Sebastian Kößler (TU Darmstadt), Andreas Reinhardt (TU Darmstadt), Ralf Steinmetz (TU Darmstadt)
Smart Air-Conditioning Control by Wireless Sensors: An Online Optimization Approach
Muhammad Aftab (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology), Chi-Kin Chau (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology), Peter Armstrong (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology)
SPOT: A Smart Personalized Office Thermal Control System
Peter Xiang Gao (University of Waterloo), S. Keshav (University of Waterloo)
An Opportunistic Activity-sensing Approach to Save Energy in Office Buildings
Marija Milenkovic (Eindhoven University of Technology), Oliver Amft (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Please note that papers will be made available during the conference to the attendees.
