Room # 282
Reitz Union
686 Museum Road,
University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL - 32611
The promise of a smarter electricity grid could significantly change how consumers use and pay for their electrical power, and could fundamentally change the current Industry. Gaining increasing interest and acceptance, Smart Grid technologies combine power generation and delivery systems with advanced communication systems to help save energy, reduce energy costs and improve reliability. Combined, these technologies enable new approaches for load balancing and power distribution, allowing for optimal runtime power routing and cost management.
Such unprecedented capabilities, however, also present a set of new problems and challenges at the technical and regulatory levels that must be addressed by Industry and the Research Community. The first workshop on “Systems and Optimization Aspects of Smart Grid Challenges” will bring together researchers, scientists and practitioners from related fields to discuss new ideas, solutions, and requirements for Smart Grid technologies.
With a comprehensive program addressing some of the key research topics in the field, the conference will promote an open forum for discussion, exchange of ideas and networking of scientists and engineers. Your participation is very important to help us fully realize the potential of this new and exciting technology.
Conference Organizers
Dr. Panos Pardalos
Distinguished Professor
Dept of Industrial & Systems Engg
University of Florida.
Dr. Marco Carvalho
Research Scientist
Institute for Human and Machine Cognition.
Vijay Pappu
PhD Candidate
Dept of Industrial and Systems Engg
University of Florida.
Plenary Speakers
Dr. Himanshu Khurana
Honeywell Technologies.
Title of the talk:
“Application-Driven Design for Resilient Electric Grid Systems”.
Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Title of the talk:
“Models, Optimization and Control of Collective Phenomena in Power Grids”.
University of Central Florida.
Title of the talk:
“Power Systems with Distributed Generation: Self Organizing Micro-Grids, Optimization, and Control”.
Florida International University.
Title of the talk:
“Dynamic Source Commitment Schemes and Wide Area Measurement Systems for AC Distribution Networks Involving Hybrid Renewable Energy Assets for Smart Power Grid Applications”.
Dr. Ganesh K Venayagamoorthy
Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Title of the talk:
“Plug-in Electric Vehicles – Smart Grid Integration and Operations”.
Istituto di Calcolo e Reti ad Alte Prestazioni.
Title of the talk:
“Online Classification of Data Streams for Sensor Networks”.
Advisory Board
Dr. Tim Anderson
Director of the Florida Energy Systems Consortium
University of Florida
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Texas A&M University
Dr. Petar Momcilovic
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Florida
School of Industrial Engineering and Management
Oklahoma State University
Dr. Vladimir Boginski
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Florida
Dr. Steffen Rebennack
Division of Economics and Business
Colorado School of Mines
Neng Fan
D-6 Risk Analysis and Decision Support Systems
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Florida
Dr. Pando Georgiev
Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Florida
