DIMACS Workshop on Algorithmic Decision Theory for the Smart Grid

October 25 - 27, 2010
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University

Organizers:

K. R. Krishnan, Telcordia, krk at research.telcordia.com

Linda Ness, Telcordia, lness at telcordia.com

Tom Reddington, Bell Labs, treddington at research.bell-labs.com

Workshop Program:

Monday, October 25, 2010

 8:00 -  8:30  Breakfast and Registration - Sign in and pick up
               folders, parking permits and name badges

 8:30 -  9:00  Introduction and Overview of Algorithmic Decision Theory
               Fred Roberts, DIMACS

 9:00 - 12:15  Session 1.1  THE SMART GRID: OVERVIEW, ISSUES, AND CHALLENGES 
               (Fred Roberts, DIMACS)

 9:00 -  9:45  Research Challenges for the Smart Grid
               Massoud Amin, University of Minnesota

 9:45 - 10:30  Smart Grid Challenges: Standards, Measurements and Security
               David Wollman, NIST

10:30 - 10:45  Morning Break 

10:45 - 11:30  Communications and Electric Power Sectors - 
               Need for Common Operating Picture and Tools for Situational Awareness 
               Daniel Hurley, Jr., Dept. of Commerce

11:30 - 12:15  Cyber-physical Systems Security
               Nabil Adam, DHS

12:15 -  1:30  Lunch Break 

 1:30 -  3:00  Session 1.2  COMPUTATIONS FOR OPTIMIZATION, CONTROL, AND DATA ANALYSIS
               (Warren Powell, Princeton University)

 1:30 -  2:00  Computational Challenges in Large-Scale Optimization for Grid Operations and Planning
               Jean-Paul Watson, Sandia National Laboratories

 2:00 -  2:30  Optimal Power Flow Problems
               Steven Low, Caltech

 2:30 -  3:00  Some New Methodologies for Numerical Analysis of Network Data
               Peter Jones, Yale

 3:00 -  3:30  Coffee Break 

 3:30 -  5:00  Session 1.3  PANEL DISCUSSION: THE VIEW FROM INDUSTRY, UNIVERSITIES AND 
               RESEARCH LABS, AND GOVERNMENT 
               (Marek Rusinkiewicz, Telcordia)
               Suggested issues for discussion

               Challenges of Generation from Renewable Energy for Transmission and Distribution Operations
               Jim Reilly, Reilly Associates

               Accelerating Standards to Support Smart Grid Interoperability
               David Wollman, NIST

               Jean-Paul Watson, Sandia Laboratories

               Cyber Sub-Systems
               Sami Ayyorgun, Telcordia Technologies

               Nabil Adam, Department of Homeland Security 

               Dave Waltz, Columbia University

5:00           Dinner

 
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

 8:30 -  9:00  Breakfast and Registration 
               
 9:00 - 12:15  Session 2.1 CONFIGURATION AND SECURITY 
               (Tom Reddington, Bell Labs)

 9:00 -  9:45  Towards a science of infrastructure configuration
               Sanjai Narain, Telcordia Technologies

 9:45 - 10:30  Multi-vendor Penetration-Testing in the Advanced Metering
               Infrastructure: Identifying Future Challenges
               Steve McLaughlin (substituting for Patrick McDaniel), Penn State University:

10:30 - 10:45  Morning Break 

10:45 - 11:30  A Secure Decentralized Data-centric Information Infrastructure for Smart Grid
               Marina Thottan, Bell Labs

11:30 - 12:15  Cryptographic Tools for Smart Grid Privacy
               Vladimir Kolesnikov, Bell Labs

12:15 -  1:30  Lunch Break 

 1:30 -  3:00  Session 2.2 CONTROL AND RESILIENCE
               (Steven Low, Caltech)

 1:30 -  2:00  Optimization and Control Theory for Smart (Power) Grids
               Michael Chertkov, Los Alamos Laboratories 

 2:00 -  2:30  Application-Driven Design for Resilient Electric Grid Systems
               Himanshu Khurana, University of Illinois

 2:30 -  3:00  Cascading Failure in Power Networks: a Percolation-Based Analysis
               Edmund Yeh, Yale University 

 3:00 -  3:30  Coffee Break 

 3:30 -  4:30  Session 2.3  ROLE OF DATA IN THE SMART GRID
               (Linda Ness, Telcordia)

 3:30 -  4:00  Real-time Data for System Protection and System Restoration
               Jim Reilly, Reilly Associates

 4:00 -  4:30  Using historical and real-time data to optimize reliability for power distribution
               Dave Waltz, Columbia University

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

 8:30 -  9:00  Breakfast and Registration 
 
 9:00 - 12:15  Session 3.1 SECURITY AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION
               (Petros Mouchtaris, Telcordia)

 9:00 -  9:45  Non-invasive Security Evaluation of Smart Grid
               Ehab Al-Shaer, University of North Carolina 
 
 9:45 - 10:30  Continuing work on power grid vulnerability assessment
               Dan Bienstock, Columbia University

10:30 - 10:45  Morning Break 

10:45 - 11:30  Optimization, control, and monitoring for smart grid consumers
               Tariq Samad, Honeywell

11:30 - 12:15  Stochastic optimization in energy systems analysis
               Warren Powell, Princeton University

12:15 -  1:30  Lunch Break 

 1:30 -  3:00  Session 3.2 PROJECT REPORTS
               (Stanley Pietrowicz, Telcordia)

 1:30 -  2:00  Cybersecurity, Modeling, and Optimization for Smart Grid
               Sami Ayyorgun, Telcordia Technologies

 2:00 -  2:30  Viewpoint of an Electrical Power Engineer
               Francisco De Leon, New York University

 2:30 -  3:00  Con Edison's Smart Grid: Applying Emerging Technologies to Improve the Electrical System
               John Giacona, Consolidated Edison

 3:00 -  3:30  Coffee Break 

 3:30 -  5:00  Session 3.3 PANEL DISCUSSION: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT STEPS
               (Fred Roberts, DIMACS)

               Next Steps for Smart Grid Standards, Measurements and Security
               David Wollman, NIST

               Methodologies and Algorithms for the Analysis of Network Traffic
               Peter Jones, Yale University

               Recommendations for Future Research
               Francisco De Leon, New York University

               Michael Chertkov, Los Alamos Laboratories

 5:00 -  5:15  CONCLUDING REMARKS 
               Fred Roberts, DIMACS

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