1st IEEE/IFIP International Workshop on
the Management of the Smart Grid

In colocation with IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS2010)
April 23, 2010 - Osaka, Japan

Scope

In light of current worldwide efforts to increase energy efficiency, increase usage of renewable energy sources, and reduce CO2 emissions, current electricity networks face many challenges stemming from an increasing demand for electrical energy and increasingly variable and distributed production (e.g. caused by renewable sources). Hence, an evolution to so-called Smart Grids is inevitable. The Smart Grid consists in overlaying the power delivery system with an ICT layer that allows a utility provider and its consumers to constantly monitor and adjust electricity use.

Worldwide science foundations and governments currently support the development and planned deployment of Smart Grids. However, many interesting research questions still need to be answered. A number of focus domains are distinguished: (i) smart metering: monitoring and customer involvement in energy usage, (ii) demand side and demand response management and real time pricing, (iii) a Home Energy controlling box (Internet box like), (iv) ICT readiness for Mobile Electricity Consumers (e.g. pluggable hybrid electrical vehicles, PHEV), (v) efficient management of energy sources (conventional such power plants and green such as wind/solar as well as excess power generated by the customers and sold to providers), and (vi) management of transmission networks and distribution networks (including the main grid as well as micro grids such as municipal or regional grids).

The workshop addresses the mentioned focal points, and targets the definition of the required underlying ICT architectures, monitoring and management technologies for smart energy grids. In addition, results from socio-technical studies are solicited to provide insight in the user interactions and behavioral response to the envisaged systems, together with business modeling studies to propose the market models enabled/driven by smart energy ICT.

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit original contributions in PDF format through the JEMS system, soon available. We are seeking submissions for full papers (max. 8 pages on 2-column IEEE style) and short papers presenting position statements or preliminary results on relevant work (up to 4 pages on 2-column IEEE style). All accepted papers will be published in IEEEXplore.

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