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Short Introduction of Participants

Dagstuhl Seminar on Smart Buildings and Smart Grids February 23, 2015

Florian Allerding

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany allerding@kit.edu

Background: Energy Smart Home Lab at KIT Organic Smart Home: Energy management platform for Smart buildings Energy flow optimization in intelligent buildings Current research interests: Software architectures for Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) focused on optimization and control

Looking for:

• Discussions on software architectures for BEMS: integration of heterogeneous

components (appliances and devices) into a comprehensive system

• People interested in research collaborations on BEMS
• Industrial research collaboration in the context of BEMS

Birger Becker

FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Germany birger.becker@fzi.de

Background: Energy Smart Home Lab at KIT Interactive Building Energy Management FZI Living Lab smartEnergy (in FZI House of Living Labs) Current research interests: Software architectures for Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) focused on interaction and configuration

Looking for:

• Discussions on software architectures for BEMS (smart integration of appliances

and devices, user interaction, configuration) to identify and use flexibility

• People interested in research collaborations on BEMS
• Applied research based on development and presentation platform

FZI House of Living Labs

Bert Claessens, Vito

Hermann de Meer, Universität Passau

Victor del Razo

Technische Universität München, Germany victor.del-razo-sarmina@tum.de

Background: Electric and communications engineering, work in telecom industry as project and product manager, since 2012 PhD candidate. Current research interests: Electric vehicle charging in cities and highways, thermal loads as virtual storage

Looking for:

• Discussion on technology alternatives for facilitating renewable integration
• People interested in research collaborations, prototyping or pilots in EV charging

(particularly highways) or thermal load management

• Feedback on current research work
• Possible short term stays with potential collaborators

Christoph Doblander

Technische Universität München, Germany christoph.doblander@in.tum.de

Background: Computer Science, Information Systems Current research interests: Messaging systems, Publish/Subscribe Simulation infrastructure

Looking for:

• Computational intensive problems in the smart grid which require low latency

processing

• Discussions on smart grid simulation; How detailed should we model individual

components? in which granularity do we need the results? How much of a concern are communication latencies?

Frank Eliassen

University of Oslo, Norway frank@ifi.uio.no

Background: Computer Science, in particular Distributed Systems and Middleware, Service-Oriented Computing, Self-Adaptive Software Systems, Wireless Sensor Networks (CPS/IoT) Current research interests: Smart Grid Middleware; Architecture, control and management

• f smart grids, micro grids, and distributed resources (Smart

Grid as a Service)

Looking for:

• Discussions on flexible, scalable, and

adaptive smart grid middleware and services

• People interested in research collaborations
• n the above
• Applicants for new professorship in Energy

Informatics at University of Oslo, Department of Informatics

Christoph Goebel

Technische Universität München, Germany christoph.goebel@tum.de

Background: Computer Science, in particular Information Systems and Energy Informatics Current research interests: Distributed energy storage and flexible loads in power systems and electricity markets

Looking for:

• Discussions on smart infrastructures for achieving higher energy efficiency and

integration of renewable energy sources

• People interested in research collaborations on grid integration of energy storage
• Free datasets and models to share: Electricity demand in various environments,

wind and solar power traces, grid data, battery lifetime models, weather data, vehicle traces, etc.

Manuel Görtz

AGT International, Germany mgoertz@agtinternational.com

Background: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering in particular Information Systems, Computer and Communication Networks Current research interests: Smart City and Smart Energy Analytics

Looking for:

• Energy disaggregation approaches
• Gamification concepts leading to energy savings
• Cooperation opportunities around Smart Cities and Smart Energy

Kai Heussen

Technical University of Denmark (DTU) kh@elektro.dtu.dk

Background: Control & automation; systems engineering; power systems Current research interests: Energy-flexibility models, flexibility services, aggregators; Active Distribution Grids - Requirements modeling and conflict analysis for control systems

Looking for:

• General Discussions on smart/critical infrastructures and related interdisciplinary

research - Smart Grid? Smart Energy? Quo vadis?

• Collaboration and sharing - datasets, models, algorithms: Who is interested in

domestic energy use, forecasting, control? (we have full-scale labs…)

• In-depth exchange on requirements modeling, statistical methods for

testing/validation/verification, control-as-a-service, flexibility models & standards, co-simulation techniques, AI (classic planning & machine learning) …

Hanno Hildmann

NEC Research Labs Europe, Heidelberg hanno.hildmann@neclab.eu

Background: Artificial Intelligence, Nature-Inspired Optimization, Intelligent Infrastructure / Building Management Systems Current research topics: Using simple local mechanisms to control (large) populations

• f sensor and actuators to make them do interesting stuff

Looking for:

• Open minds and new ideas
• People involved with – or interested in – smart city projects / massive sensor

networks / “Internet of Things” / ….

Longbo Huang

IIIS @ Tsinghua University, China longbohuang@tsinghua.edu.cn

Background: Electrical Engineering, in particular Control and Optimization

• f Stochastic Networked Systems

Current research interests: Energy management for systems with storage, renewable, and flexible loads

Looking for:

• Discussions on constraints and limitations of practical energy management

algorithms for buildings, grid, and vehicular networks

• People interested in research collaborations on energy storage for buildings, power

grid, and other systems

• Free datasets, power system simulator, and state-of-the-art information about

battery, e.g., lifetime, charge/discharge limits, vehicle traces, human driving/mobility logs.

Hans-Arno Jacobsen

Application & Middleware Systems Research Group

Data Management Distributed Systems

In terms of smart grids, smart buildings, & energy informatics 1998: RBMO Project @ LBNL (OOPSLA’98) 2009/10: Grad course on “Green Middleware” 2015: Disaggregation 2014: Consumption prediction 2013/4: Use of PEV for load shifting

MIDDLEWARE SYSTEMS RESEARCH GROUP MSRG.ORG

Big Data Publish/Subscribe Matching algorithms

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Randy H. Katz

University of California, Berkeley randy@cs.Berkeley.edu http://www.cs.Berkeley.edu/~randy

Background: Networking, Operating and Distributed Systems Current Interests: Software-defined Buildings (http://sdb.cs.berkeley.edu), Data Analytics (http://amplab.cs.Berkeley.edu), Smart Cities

Looking for: Information technology challenges in Smart infrastructures, such as Grid, Transportation, Buildings, and Cities. System challenges inherent in real-time monitoring, detection, and control of city-scale activities, as well as predictive model extraction for control as well as planning purposes.

• S. Keshav

University of Waterloo, Canada keshav@uwaterloo.ca

Background: Computer Science, in particular Computer Networking, Distributed Systems, and Operating Systems Current research interests: The impact of solar energy, energy storage, and the Internet

• f Things on energy systems and smart buildings: specific

projects are on solar integration, grid defection, electric bicyles, non-cash incentives, and personal thermal comfort

Looking for:

• Discussions on impact of solar, storage, and IoT on smart infrastructures for

achieving higher energy efficiency

• Research collaborations on electric bikes (WeBike) and personal thermal comfort

(SPOT)

• New ideas

Jean-Yves Le Boudec

EPFL, I&C, Lausanne, Switzerland jean-yves.leboudec@epfl.ch

Background: Communication networks, performance evaluation Current research interests: Real time control of electrical distribution networks to support integration of renewables

Looking for:

• Discussions on smart infrastructures for achieving integration of renewable

energy sources

• People interested in research collaborations on : reliability of real-time software;

smart grid cyber-security

• Free datasets and models to share: high frequency measurements on EPFL

campus network on smartgrid.epfl.ch

Florian Michahelles

Siemens Corporation, Berkeley/USA florian.michahelles@siemens.com

Background: Computer Science, Information Systems, Communication Current research interests: Applying semantic technologies to machine – machine communication in order to ease engineering of systems and allow for autonomous decisions

Looking for:

• Discussions on modeling and describing components in smart infrastructures for

achieving higher energy efficiency, robustness and and integration of renewable energy sources

• Decentralized approaches of managing grid infrastructure
• People interested in research collaborations on predicting demand by integrating

mesh ups of data

Milan Milenkovic

Intel, Internet of Things Group, Santa Clara, USA milan@intel.com

Background: Computer Science, distributed systems, operating systems, system design & implementation Current research interests: Internet of things platforms (e2e architecture), interoperability of data and meta-data, smart buildings, smart cities, user-centered system and service design

Looking for:

• Discussions on smart buildings, cities and grid – interactions and people

engagement

• Impact of IOT on legacy control and automation systems
• Collaboration opportunities with academia and industry on above and on

interoperable data and meta-data formats

Johanna Myrzik

Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany Johanna.myrzik@tu-dortmund.de

Background: Electrical Power Engineering, Power Electronics, Current research interests: Energy Efficiency, Urban Energy Supply, Power Electronics, Power Quality, RES Integration

Looking for:

• Discussions on smart urban infrastructures/smart cities for achieving higher

energy efficiency and integration of renewable energy sources

• Discussions on socio-technical aspects for efficiency in districts
• Discussions on heat and electrical storages
• Integration of multifunctional and efficient power electronics
• Discussions on future power quality aspects
• People interested in research collaborations for new projects and data exchange

Peter Noglik

ABB Corporate Research Center Germany peter.noglik@de.abb.com

Background: SCADA systems, Smart Grids Current research interests: Energy management in Micro Grids, Integrating of distributed energy resources into distribution grids

Looking for:

• Discussions on how to integrate buildings as active component in Smart Grids
• How to ensure IT security and privacy in Smart Buildings?
• Communication is for IoT the crucial factor, but how to identify, locate and

connect thousands of devices in a Smart Building?

Mario Paolone

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, Switzerland mario.paolone@epfl.ch

Background: Power systems, electromagnetics, signal processing Current research interests: Power systems with particular reference to real-time monitoring and

• ptimal operation, protections, dynamics and transients

Looking for:

• Theoretical developments in planning and operation of electrical and energy

systems

• Data analysis and computation for power and energy systems
• Integrated operation of information and communication technologies (ICT) in

electrical and energy systems

Anthony Papavasiliou

Assistant professor, GDF-Suez Chair Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium anthony.papavasiloiu@uclouvain.be

Background: Operations research, electricity markets, power systems engineering Current research interests: Aggregator business models (priority service of residential demand response), deferrable demand integration,

• ptimization under uncertainty, resource adequacy, high

performance computing

Looking for:

• Consortia for Horizon 2020 projects
• Industrial collaborators (TSOs, DSOs, EMS vendors, utilities)
• Stimulating research problems at the intersection of operations research and

smart grids

Yvonne-Anne Pignolet

ABB Corporate Research, Baden, Switzerland yvonne-anne.pignolet@ch.abb.com

Background: Computer Science, in particular Networking, Distributed Computing and Real-Time Systems Current research interests: ICT infrastructure for Smart Buildings and Microgrids, dynamic graph models and algorithms

Looking for:

• Discussions on where computer scientist can contributed to more intelligent and

reliable infrastructure

• Architectures and algorithms for continous and discrete problems
• People interested in research collaborations on microgrids, smart buildings and

automation in general

Jose Rivera

Technische Universität München, Germany j.rivera@tum.de

Background: Electrical Engineering, in particular Automatic Control and Energy Informatics Current research interests:

• Distributed optimization for planning and control in power

systems

• Smart grid Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

Looking for:

• Discussions on distributed computation/optimization for smart grid systems
• People interested in research collaborations on GIS and distributed computing

for the smart grids

• Datasets on real power network/system assets and ideas on how to

collect/crowdsource them

Jiri Rojicek

Honeywell Prague Laboratory jiri.rojicek@honeywell.com

Background: Mathematical engineering, control theory, data analysis Current research interests: Virtual power plants, smart grids, demand response, building

• ptimization

Looking for:

• Discussions on virtual power plants role in commercial, industrial and residential

sector.

• Links between efficient building operation, smart grids and virtual power plants.
• Demand response optimization, including load characterization and clustering.

Mischa Schmidt

NEC Laboratories Europe, Heidelberg, Germany schmidt@neclab.eu

Background: Computer Science, in particular ICT Systems, Communication Standards and building related energy management Current research interests: Improved efficiency of building related resource management through ICT

Looking for:

• Discussions on smart infrastructures and systems for higher resource use

efficiency – in particular for buildings and facilities.

• Research collaborations for improved resource efficiency through ICT e.g.

controlling grid integration of renewables, thermal / power demand management, energy demand prediction, water and waste management…

Hans-Peter Schwefel

Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien – FTW, Austria Aalborg University, Denmark schwefel@ftw.at Background: Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, specifically resilience of communication networks and service platforms Current research interests: Communication solutions and information management for low/medium-voltage (LV/MV) grid control, see www.smartc2net.eu Looking for:

• Discussions and result exchanges on interplay between communication network

performance and future distributed control approaches in the LV/MV grid

• Research collaborations on field tests for LV Smart Grid control (Eranet Smart

Grid Plus in April , H2020 EE in June)

• Discussions on the interplay between Smart Grids and intelligent industrial

production systems

Thorsten.Staake@uni-bamberg.de

Energy Efficient Systems, Uni Bamberg, Germany Bits to Energy Lab, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Background Electrical Engineering, Information Management, Energy Informatics Research interests Generating value from consumption data:

• Machine learning applied to load traces & mobility data
• Behavioral interventions based on consumption data

Looking for:

• An exchange of ideas on using consumption data for demand side management,

energy services, impact assessments, etc.

• People interested in combining data analytics and behavioral economics

Offering:

• Datasets and research platforms to share: Electricity demand in various

environments, vehicle traces, tools for behavioral interventions on heat usage, etc.

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai Strunz

TU Berlin, Germany, kai.strunz@tu-berlin.de

Background:

• Chair of IEEE PES Subcommittee on Distributed Generation and Energy

Storage

• Chair of IEEE PES Subcommittee on Research in Energy Education
• Convener of CIGRE Task Force C6.04.02 on Benchmark Systems for Network

Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources

• Chair of IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe 2012, Berlin,

more than 700 attendees Looking for:

• Discussions on smart infrastructures for very high penetration of renewable energy sources
• Cooperative projects such as those in Horizon 2020
• Offering Smart Grid laboratory resources; offering benchmark network data

Current research:

• SuSTAINABLE (EU FP7): Smart Distribution System Operation (TU Berlin, Energias Portugal (lead),

UP Comillas, U Manchester, INESC Porto, NTU Athens, HEDNO, …)

• E-Highway2050 (EU FP7): Modular Development Plan of the Pan-European Transmission System

2050 (TU Berlin, RTE (lead), Swissgrid, KU Leuven, Amprion, REN, RSE, …)

• OVANET (BMWi): Acceptance-friendly Overlay Grids (TU Berlin (lead), 50 Hertz, TenneT, …)
• OptNetzE (BMWi): Optimal DSO-TSO Operation (TU Berlin (lead), E.DIS, Stromnetz Berlin, Bosch,…)
• Smart Grid Alliance Berlin-Adlershof (BMWi) (TU Berlin (lead), Siemens)

Verena Tiefenbeck

ETH Zurich, Switzerland vtiefenbeck@ethz.ch

Background:

• Mechanical engineering and management, specializing in

sustainable energy systems and control theory

• Ph.D. at the intersection of information technology and

human behavior (behavioral economics, information systems research) Current research interests: Using information systems as a versatile tool for behavioral economics research and to reduce energy consumption in real-world applications

Looking for:

• Discussions on smart metering and behavioral interventions in the energy sector
• People interested in research collaborations on behavioral interventions, real-

time feedback, and smart metering studies

• Free datasets and models to share: Measurement and survey data from field

studies that target hot water consumption

Anwar Ul Haq

Technische Universität München, Germany anwar.haq@tum.de

Background: Electrical Engineering, in particular Networks Current research interests: Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM), Building to building(B2B) /grid (B2G) integration

Looking for discussions on:

• Smart infrastructures (homes and buildings) and integration of renewable energy

sources

• Load aggregation for local DR among smart buildings
• Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM)
• Building-to-building communication infrastructure

Holger Ziekow

AGT International, Darmstadt, Germany hziekow@agtinternational.com

Background: Computer Science, in particular Information Systems, Event Stream Processing, and Big Data Current research interests: Real-time analytics for high resolution energy data and smart home sensors

Looking for:

• Partners for joined research or pilots
• Discussion on novel analytics approaches, particularly at the intersection of IoT

and energy informatics

• Discussions on requirements and future use cases for smart building technology

and energy sensors