ME/CCDC Seminar on "Optimization and Control Theory for Smart Grids" - Misha Chertkov
Speaker: Misha (Michael) Chertkov, Los Alamos National Laboratory, http://cnls.lanl.gov/~chertkov
Title: Optimization and Control Theory for Smart (Power) Grids
Abstract: Research project with this name has been started at LANL in Oct of
2009. In this talk I will report on the first results derived under the auspecies
of the project. In particular, I will discuss algorithms and phase
transition analysis for
switching over a distribution power grid, optimization of reactive flow in a
feeder line, analysis of
distance to failure in the space of fluctuating loads, and if time permits,
queuing scheme for scheduling of plug-in-electric vehicle charging.
Bio: Dr. Chertkov's areas of interest include statistical and mathematical
physics applied to information theory, computer science, hydrodynamics, optics,
communication and infrastructure networks.
Dr. Chertkov received his Ph.D. in physics from the Weizmann Institute of
Science in 1996,
and his M.Sc. in physics from Novosibirsk State University in 1990. After
his Ph.D., Dr. Chertkov
spent three years at Princeton University as a R.H. Dicke Fellow in the
Department of Physics. He joined Los Alamos National Lab in 1999, initially
as
a J.R. Oppenheimer Fellow in the Theoretical Division. He is now a technical
staff member in
the same division. Dr. Chertkov has published more than 90 papers in these
research areas and
is currently leading ``Physics of Algorithms" and ``Optimization and Control
Theory for Smart Grids"
projects at LANL.
Host: Francesco Bullo
