Smarter Energy

Hongjian Sun is a Lecturer in smart grids with the University of Durham, UK. He has made one contribution to the IEEE 1900.6a Standard and published four book chapters and more than 60 papers in refereed journals and conferences. His recent research interests include smart grids, wireless communications, and signal processing. Nikos D. Hatziargyriou is Chairman and CEO of the Hellenic Distribution Network Operator and is Professor in Power Systems at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the National Technical University of Athens. He is chair of the EU Technology Platform on SmartGrids and author of one book and of more than 180 journal publications and 500 conference proceedings papers. H. Vincent Poor, FREng, ForMemRS, is the Michael Henry Strater University Professor at Princeton University. His research interests are in wireless communications, smart grid, and related fields. He holds a Ph.D. in EECS from Princeton, and honorary degrees from a number of universities. In 2016, he received the John Fritz Medal. Laurence Carpanini leads the development of Smart Energy Solutions for IBM in Europe. He has over 30 years' experience in the sector, providing strategic leadership, subject matter expertise and an infectious enthusiasm for smarter energy solutions driving industry transformation. Miguel Angel Sánchez Fornié is Director of Global Smart Grids at the Spanish utility company IBERDROLA and Professor in the postgraduate course of energy in the University of Comillas. He is a member of the UTC Board of Directors and President of its European division, member of the Advisory Committee of the European platform "SMART GRIDS", and member of the Advisory Committee of the Smart Grids Task Force (DG Energy).

Chapter 1: Smart energy - smart grid research and projects overview
Part I: Smart metering

Chapter 2: Privacy-preserving data aggregation in smart metering systems
Chapter 3: Smart price-based scheduling of flexible residential appliances
Chapter 4: Smart tariffs for demand response from smart metering platform



Part II: Smart grid modeling, control and optimization

Chapter 5: Decentralized models for real-time renewable integration in future grid
Chapter 6: Distributed and decentralized control in future power systems
Chapter 7: Multiobjective optimization for smart grid system design
Chapter 8: Frequency regulation of smart grid via dynamic demand control and battery energy storage system
Chapter 9: Distributed frequency control and demand-side management
Chapter 10: Game theory approaches for demand side management in the smart grid



Part III: Smart grid communications and networking

Chapter 11: Cyber security of smart grid state estimation: attacks and defense mechanisms
Chapter 12: Overview of research in the ADVANTAGE project
Chapter 13: Big data analysis of power grid from random matrix theory
Chapter 14: A model-driven evaluation of demand response communication protocols for smart grid
Chapter 15: Energy-efficient smart grid communications