SGI 2016 - Symposium on Signal and Information Processing for Smart Grid Infrastructures

The marriage of information and communication technologies with traditional energy production, delivery and distribution systems aims to create a more reliable, efficient, environmentally friendly and resilient smart grid. Energy system stakeholders expect greater consumer-centricity and more open and flexible business models. At the heart of many of the technological challenges underlying this vision for a smarter grid is the need for optimization and information processing. New problems are arising that require the use of big data analytics to process continuous streams of data coming from sources such as smart meters, smart building sensors, phasor measurement units, and weather stations at geographically dispersed locations. Classical signal and information processing problems are adapting to support changing system requirements and grid characteristics. By the same token, the increased penetration of renewable energy generation, distributed storage, and controllable loads such as plug-in electric vehicles, calls for novel optimal resource management methods that respect user privacy while yield customer-centric and system-wide benefits. Moreover, computational and physical constraints within this new technical landscape must be assessed. This symposium aims to bring together researchers and practitioners in the field of signal and information processing for the optimization of smart grid infrastructures.
Submissions are welcome on topics including:
Optimal power flow problems and extensionsUnit commitment and generator schedulingGrid component placement & transmission system planningInformation processing for security and resilienceStochastic optimal control for energy systems & pricingOnline optimization for energy management in smart gridsEnergy management for efficient and carbon-neutral data centersDemand-response and real-time pricingRobust and stochastic optimization methods for renewable energy managementLoad and renewable energy forecastingPower system state estimationPower system dynamics and transient analysisLoad modeling and monitoringMeasurement-based power system analysisPhasor Measurement Units and cyber-securitySmart meters and energy theft detection and mitigationInformation processing for optimizing coupled smart grid infrastructures, e.g., smart grids and water networks