ECE Distinguished Lecture – April 13 10:30 am in Simrall 104
April 7, 2023
ECE Distinguished Lecture
April 13, 2023 at 10:30 am (Simrall Hall 104)
AI and Power Grid
Dr. Anurag K. Srivastava
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department
West Virginia University
Abstract: Availability of data from massive sensor deployment in the cyber-physical electric grid enables new monitoring and control applications. Advancement in artificial intelligence provides an opportunity to develop data-driven techniques utilizing these datasets. Some possible applications include early alarm and diagnosis, predictive analysis, and distributed and decentralized control. New applications must consider physics-induced limits and high-performance requirements in a dynamic environment. Availability of additional sensor data brings challenges, including anomalies, real-time processing, data fusion, data management, and cyber-security management. Differentiating between data anomalies, cyber events, and physical system events can be challenging due to the similar signatures. This talk will focus on AI basics, limits of AI for dynamic power grid applications, examples of possible applications, including real-time cyber-power data analytics to enhance situational awareness, and associated challenges and opportunities.
Biographical Notes: Anurag K. Srivastava is a Raymond J. Lane Professor and Chairperson of the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department at the West Virginia University. He is also an adjunct professor at the Washington State University and senior scientist at the Pacific Northwest National Lab. He received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2005. His research interest includes data-driven algorithms for power system operation and control, including resiliency analysis. In past years, he has worked in a different capacity at the Réseau de transport d´électricité in France; RWTH Aachen University in Germany; PEAK Reliability Coordinator, Idaho National Laboratory, PJM Interconnection, Schweitzer Engineering Lab (SEL), GE Grid Solutions, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Mississippi State University in USA; Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in India; as well as at Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. He is serving as co-chair of the microgrid working group, vice-chair of power system operation SC, chair of PES voltage stability working group, chair of PES synchrophasors applications working group, co-chair of distributed optimization application in the power grid, vice-chair of tools for power grid resilience TF, past-chair of the IEEE Power & Energy Society’s (PES) PEEC committee, and member of CIGRE C4C2-58 Voltage Stability, C4.47/ C2.25 Resilience WG, D2.52 AI for Power Grid. Dr. Srivastava is serving or served as an editor of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, and Elsevier Sustainable Computing. He is an IEEE Fellow, IEEE PES/ IAS Distinguished Lecturer, and the author of more than 300 technical publications including a book on power system security and 3 patents.
For further information, contact: Dr. Samee Khan | skhan@ece.msstate.edu | 662.325.0167