Energy Informatics 2023 in Vienna -- Call for Papers

The EU aims to be climate-neutral by 2050 – an economy with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. This objective is at the heart of the European Green Deal and in line with the EU’s commitment to global climate action under the Paris Agreement. The transition to a climate-neutral society is both an urgent challenge and an opportunity to build a better future for all. Energy informatics support in solving many challenges of the energy transition, by providing solutions for intelligent management and operation of energy systems and their assets.

The objective of the DACH+ conference series on Energy Informatics is to promote research, development, and implementation of information and communication technologies in the energy domain and to foster the exchange between academia, industry, and service providers in the German-Austrian-Swiss region and its neighbouring countries (DACH+).

We seek high-quality original contributions addressing the design, adoption, operation and management of smart energy systems, the integration of intermittent renewable generation and energy efficiency gains through ICT, market approaches and mechanisms for ICT-enabled energy systems, and research on associated (decentralised) data-driven decisions. We welcome theoretical contributions as well as publications addressing system design, implementation, and experimentation. The list of topics of interest to the conference includes, but is not limited to:

• ICT for future energy systems, sector coupling and the integration of intermittent renewable generation
• Information and decision support systems for future energy markets and mechanisms
• Energy system modelling and (open) energy system data
• Protocols and architectures for IT systems in the energy sector
• Data analytics and machine learning for smart energy systems and decentralised decision-making, as well as platforms for data analysis
• Open data and software for energy research
• Management of distributed generation and demand side management
• ICT for (multi-) energy networks and micro-grids
• Energy-efficient mobility, charging management for electric vehicles, energy-aware traffic control, and smart grid integration of mobile storage
• Smart buildings, digital metering, occupant comfort, and user interaction
• Adoption of ICT in the energy sector
• Cross-cutting issues including cyber security and privacy protection, interoperability, verification of networked smart grid systems

Posters, Demos and Workshops

Submissions for posters, demos, and workshop suggestions are welcome, too. The topics of interest are the same as indicated above. Posters and demos require the submission of an extended abstract, which will be peer-reviewed. If accepted, the abstract will appear in the conference proceedings. Further details can be found on the conference website.

Submission and Publication

Submitted papers will be reviewed in a double-blind process. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the Springer Open Journal Energy Informatics (https://energyinformatics.springeropen.com). The conference language is English, and papers must be written in English. We solicit full research papers (max. 18 pages of content plus 2 additional pages for references) as well as short papers (max. 10 pages of content plus 2 additional pages for references). Templates and instructions will be made available at http://www.energy-informatics.eu/. Further information on the submission of posters and demos is also available on the website. The Open Access fee for the journal article is included in the registration fee.

Important dates

Apr 09, 2023:                     Submission of papers

May 16, 2023:                     Decision acceptance (assignment of shepherds) / rejection

May – Aug                          Incremental revision process between author and shepherd

Jul 02, 2023:                        Camera-ready deadline for poster abstracts for accepted contributions

Oct 04 2023:                      14th Doctoral Workshop Energy Informatics

Oct 05-06, 2023:                12th DACH+ Conference on Energy Informatics

Energy Informatics 2022 -- Call for Papers

Countries worldwide have strengthened their commitment to decarbonize the energy system at COP26 in Glasgow. This intent necessitates a massive increase in renewable power generation and the electrification of energy demand through sector coupling (e.g., heat and mobility). Over the last year, for example, the DACH countries have created roadmaps to establish hydrogen as an additional sustainable energy carrier. Energy informatics contributes to solving many of the challenges of this energy transition, by connecting various decentralized resources and by operating them intelligently.

The objective of the DACH+ conference series on Energy Informatics is to promote research, development, and implementation of information and communication technologies in the energy domain and to foster the exchange between academia, industry, and service providers in the German-Austrian-Swiss region and its neighbouring countries (DACH+).

We seek high-quality original contributions addressing the design, adoption, operation and management of smart energy systems, the integration of intermittent renewable generation and energy efficiency gains through ICT, market approaches and mechanisms for ICT-enabled energy systems, and research on associated (decentralised) data-driven decisions. We welcome theoretical contributions as well as publications addressing system design, implementation, and experimentation. The list of topics of interest to the conference includes, but is not limited to:

• ICT for future energy systems, sector coupling and the integration of intermittent renewable generation
• Information and decision support systems for future energy markets and mechanisms
• Energy system modelling and (open) energy system data
  
• Protocols and architectures for IT systems in the energy sector
• Data analytics and machine learning for smart energy systems and decentralised decision making, as well as platforms for data analysis
• Open data and software for energy research
• Management of distributed generation and demand side management
• ICT for (multi-) energy networks and micro-grids
• Energy-efficient mobility, charging management for electric vehicles, energy-aware traffic control, and smart grid integration of mobile storage
• Smart buildings, digital metering, occupant comfort, and user interaction
• Adoption of ICT in the energy sector
• Cross-cutting issues including cyber security and privacy protection, interoperability, verification of networked smart grid systems

Important Date

• Paper, poster & demo submission: Apr 8, 2022
• Notification: Jun 6, 2022
• Camera-ready paper due: Jun 24, 2022
• Doctoral Workshop: Sep 13-14, 2022
• Conference: Sep 15-16, 2022

Posters, Demos and Workshop

 
Submissions for posters, demos, and workshop suggestions are welcome, too. Details can be found on the conference website.

Submission and Publication

 
Submitted papers will be reviewed in a double-blind process. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the Springer Open Journal Energy Informatics https://energyinformatics.springeropen.com. The conference language is English, and papers must be written in English. We solicit full research papers (max. 18 pages of content plus 2 additional pages for references) as well as short papers (max. 10 pages of content plus 2 additional pages for references). Templates and instructions will be made available at https://www.energy-informatics.eu/. Further information on the submission of posters and demos is also available on the website. The Open Access fee for the journal article is included in the registration fee.

Meetup on Future Research Challenges in Energy Informatics

18 - 19 April 2018 @ University of Klagenfurt, Austria

Objective

This two-day event aims to bring together researchers that are working on the topic of energy informatics in academia. 

The focus of this meetup will be on Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM). Other relevant subtopics of energy informatics such as data analytics, energy management systems, or artificial intelligence in Smart Microgrids are warmly welcome.

Within a small group, participants will present their latest findings, share experiences, discuss current issues, and discover possible ways of future cooperation and collaboration. 

Researchers interested in joining are asked to apply with a talk title and abstract. Application deadline is March 19th. A committee will decide upon acceptance till March 22nd.

Apply now

Remarks

The organisers would like to highlight that the University of Klagenfurt cannot provide any funding for expenses such as travelling or accommodation. Students of the University of Klagenfurt are eligible to attend the Keynote and Session 1.

Find further information here.

Call for Papers on Optimization of Photovoltaic Power Systems

The Hindawi Jounral of Engineering is publishing a special issue on optimization of photovoltaic power systems. Journal of Engineering is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in several areas of engineering.

PV generation system is one of the most popular uses of direct solar energy and its installation is rapidly growing because it is considered as a clean and environmentally friendly source of energy. The primary obstacle to increased use of PV systems is their high initial cost. Currently, many research works are carried out focusing on optimization of PV systems in order to reduce the capital cost of the PV system without affecting its reliability. The optimization of a PV system means that the system parameters such as number of PV modules, capacity of storage battery, capacity of inverter, and PV array tilt angle must be selected optimally. In addition, diesel generator and wind turbine capacities must be optimized in case of hybrid PV systems. Moreover, the optimization term includes the electronic features that maximize the yield of these systems such as sun trackers, MPPT, and smart inverters.

This special issue aims to discuss the recent developed and contribution of photovoltaic system optimization science.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Modeling and characterization of photovoltaic systems
• Optimal sizing and installation of standalone photovoltaic system
• Optimal sizing of hybrid photovoltaic systems
• Optimal sizing of grid connected photovoltaic systems
• Optimal placement and management of photovoltaic systems in power system
• Power electronics for photovoltaic system
• Sun trackers
• MPPTs
• Solar inverters
• Solar chargers
• Photovoltaic field performance assessment
• Modeling of solar radiation

Authors can submit their manuscripts via the Manuscript Tracking System
Manuscript Due:    Friday, 29 January 2016
First Round of Reviews:    Friday, 22 April 2016
Publication Date:    Friday, 17 June 2016

Lead Guest Editor

Tamer Khatib, An-Najah National University, Nablus, State of Palestine

Guest Editors

Wilfried Elmenreich, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria
Azah Mohamed, National University of Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
Suvash Saha, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Hussein Kazem, Sohar University, Sohar, Oman

Call for Papers Conference on Innovative Smart Grids Technologies Latin American

October 5-6-7, 2015

Hotel Radisson Montevideo, Uruguay

isgtla.org

chairs@isgtla.org

Radisson Montevideo (CC-BY-3.0 Rodrigo uy)

The IEEE PES Conference on Innovative SMART GRID Technologies (ISGT-LA 2015) Latin American, sponsored by the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) and hosted by IEEE URUGUAY SECTION and PES local CHAPTER, will be held on OCT 5, 6 and 7th, 2015.

The Conference will be a forum for the participants to discuss state-of-the-art innovations in Smart Grid technologies, to attend tutorials and Industry Panels.

Conference TOPICS are:

- Renewable Energy Sources and Smart Grid (Hydro, Tidal, Wind, Solar and Electric Vehicles, Storage technologies), Wind Integration, Resources forecast (water, wind, weather), Environmental Impacts and Climate change mitigation,

- Energy and Distribution Management Systems, Wide Area Monitoring, Control and Operation (SCADA Systems), Call Center solutions for Smart Grid

- Computational methods and optimization techniques in Smart Grids; Big Data, Massive Grid Data, Data Mining of Smart Grid, Geographic information system (GIS) technology and Smart Grid, Multi-agent Based Applications for Smart Grids

- Smart Grid Impact on Electric Power Systems (Generation, Transmission and Distribution), Grid modeling, analysis and simulation, real time and co-simulation, Stability

- Demand Response, Demand side management, Customer aspects, user behavior and Flexible Demand,

- Smart Grids Information and Communications Technologies (I.C.T): Communications, System Architecture, Operations Support System (OSS), WANs and LANs Networks, 3G/4G networking. Control and Information Systems: Cyber Security Systems, Intelligent Monitoring and Outage Management

- Power System Instrumentation and Measurements, Metering Infrastructure and Instrumentation, Smart Meters, Components Reliability and Diagnostics, System and Components Asset Management

- Power Quality, Energy Efficiency and Smart Grid, Power Electronics Devices: modeling, application, control. FACTS: flexible alternating current transmission system power electronics and Smart Grid

- Protection in Energy Systems, PMUs and Wide Area Monitoring, IEC 61850, distributed IEDs, Synchrophasors in Distribution

- Smart Grids Interoperability, Regulation and Policies, Codes, Standards, Public Policies for implementation of Smart Grids, Testing and certification

-Integration of Distributed Energy Resources, Distributed Generation Islanded Systems and Microgrids: operation, control, monitoring and technologies, Low-voltage direct current (LVDC) distribution networks

- Home and Building Automation, Smart Cities, Cross Energy-domain solutions, Smart Sensors, Convergence of Smart Grid and the Internet of Things,

- Smart Grid Projects, Field Tests, large-scale demonstrations and deployment experiences, Future trends: technologies, researches, standards, incentives, opportunities

- Smart Grid Agenda; Smart Grid Roadmaps, Smart Grid Infrastructure Investments, Planning and Budgets, Cost and Benefits Analysis, Grant Programs,

- Smart Grids and Electricity Markets, Economics and incentive Regulations for Smart Grids, Impact of Smart Grids in Regulation and Energy Pricing, Smart Grids and Sustainable Developement,

- Smart Grid Utility Assets; Smart Grid Assets Management, urban enviroment, self-healing techniques, underground grids, Smart Wires, GIS for Smar Grid,Substation Equipment and Smart Grids; Transformers, Circuit Breakers, Switches

ISGT-LA Sample Papers;

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5mRMHjp1zrIa0NiTlVmZDJva0k/view?usp=sharing

Important Dates:

March 15, 2015 EXTENDED ABSTRACT Submission Deadline
June 15, 2015 Notification of paper ACCEPTANCE
August 15, 2015 Camera-ready / FINAL PAPER Submission Deadline
October 5-6-7, 2015 Conference at Radisson Montevideo Hotel

Call for Papers of the Fourth IFIP Conference on Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability

CALL FOR PAPERS

SustainIT 2015

Fourth IFIP Conference on Sustainable Internet and ICT for Sustainability

 2015, Madrid, Spain

http://www.networks.imdea.org/sustainit2015/index.html

All papers presented at SustainIT 2015 will be published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The best paper presented at the conference will receive a Best Paper Award.

Authors of papers of particular merit will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to the Elsevier Journal of Computer Communications Journal (COMCOM).

SCOPE AND OVERVIEW

The evolving information and communications (ICT) technologies present a unique opportunity to effect the transformation needed to move us towards the goal of sustainability by helping to reduce our carbon footprint, mitigate and adapt ill effects of climate change, reduce and repair environmental damage, provide effective disaster response and recovery, creatively manage overstressed infrastructures in crowded urban systems, and enhance use of planet friendly materials and technologies. ICT is already being integrated into many areas of our lives, such as smart management of city services, transportation, energy distribution and management, health care, etc., and this integration is expected to expand deeper and wider in the coming years and decades. Unfortunately, this ICT proliferation brings in its own challenges of increased carbon footprint, accelerating obsolescence of electronic equipment and its disposal issues, increased use of precious natural resources such as water and materials, etc. These twin problems of reducing the environmental impact of ICT and exploiting ICT for a more sustainable world form the underlying theme for SustainIT since its inception in 2010.

This year's SustainIT continues this theme by focusing on inter-disciplinary scientific challenges of enhancing the sustainability of ICT and via ICT. The goal of this conference is to bring together people from different research areas, and provide a forum to exchange ideas, discuss solutions, and share experiences among researchers, professionals, and application developers from both industry and academia.

Original papers addressing both theoretical and practical aspects of sustainability of ICT (including smart energy management) and innovative use of ICT to enhance human and societal sustainability are solicited.

TOPICS OF INTEREST include but are not limited to:

1) Sustainable communication substrates:
Energy-efficient networking technologies and architectures
Energy-efficient wired and wireless communications protocols
Cross-layer optimizations for sustainable networking
Novel standards and metrics for green communications

2) Energy-efficient operation of computing infrastructure:
Energy-efficient management of computing, storage, and network resources
Managing carbon footprint of data centers and increasing its energy efficiency
Algorithms to reduce the energy consumption of ICT infrastructure
Trade-offs between energy efficiency, Quality of Service, and reliability
Adaptation of computing and communications infrastructure to variable renewable energy supply
Emerging computing/storage technologies for energy efficient operation

3) Achieving sustainability through the application of ICT:
Application of ICT to increase the energy efficiency of smart homes, smart buildings, and smart cities
ICT for sustainable mobility, transport, and logistics
ICT for energy-efficient industrial environments and processes
ICT for smart power grids and novel data processing in smart energy systems
ICT for water distribution systems including leaks, theft, contamination, and attacks.
ICT for agriculture, food distribution/logistics, waste reduction, tracking/provenance, etc.
ICT for healthcare (health monitoring & healthy lifestyle support systems, disease detection/monitoring, assistive technologies, health care information systems, etc.)
ICT for underwater (e.g., oceanic) monitoring and communications
ICT for waste water and waste monitoring, handling and reduction
ICT in disaster monitoring, rescue and recovery, including emergency networking and exploitation of social media
ICT for monitoring and conservation of biodiversity
ICT for geohazard monitoring (e.g., landslides, earthquakes, etc.)
Crowdsourcing solutions for sustainability
Urban Sustainability

4) Practical issues in sustainable communication systems
Security and privacy in ICT applications for sustainability
Energy consumption measurements, models, and monitoring tools
Measurement and evaluation of the Internet's sustainability
Test-bed and prototype implementations of sustainable ICT systems

5) Science of Sustainability
Metrics for sustainability and their evaluation
Modeling of human behavior regarding sustainability choices (e.g., reduction in energy consumption, engagement of power management features, etc.)
Ecosystem modeling (perturbations and equilibria)

PAPER SUBMISSION

All submissions must describe original research, not published or currently under review for another workshop, conference, or journal. Manuscripts must be limited to 8 pages and must strictly adhere to the IEEE conference publication format (e.g., 10pt font, single spacing, double column) in US Letter size with all fonts embedded. Detailed instructions for manuscript preparation and submission are available on theconference website.

Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format through EDAS.

Submission implies the willingness of at least one author to register and attend the conference to present the paper. The organizers reserve the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference if the paper is not presented at the conference.

Call for Papers 1st Workshop on Middleware for a Smarter Use of Electric Energy

CALL FOR PAPERS

MidSEE 2015

1st Workshop on Middleware for a Smarter Use of Electric Energy

in conjunction with NetSys 2015, Cottbus, Germany

https://www.netsys2015.com/workshops-tutorials/midsee/

MOTIVATION & WORKSHOP SCOPE

Smart energy meters are increasingly installed in newly constructed buildings worldwide, as regulated by, e.g., the European Union's Energy Services Directive. Their combination with the vision of an Internet of Things, in which billions of embedded devices will continually monitor the environment, enables the fine-grained monitoring of household and office energy usage and hence a large range of novel services. While many such functions have been devised so far (e.g., advice how to save energy or the disaggregation of electricity bills), these solutions commonly rely on the availability of hard- and software systems by a single manufacturer. Interoperability, including the potential to integrate new energy metering devices, is mostly unsupported due to the wide variety of (non-compatible) standards and communication protocols.

This workshop provides a platform to present current research activities in communications and processing of energy consumption data, with its primary focus on electric energy usage. The scope of the workshop includes contributions that address the integration of energy metering equipment from different manufacturers into a single middleware system which operates on a building level, as well as novel means to collect, process and visualize these data. Accepted papers will not only present novel research results in these domains, but also comprise an evaluation in which their merits are assessed.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Novel energy metering hardware designs and experiences
• Data collection and command distribution protocols for energy  management systems
• Middleware systems for energy data, including novel local data processing algorithms
• Control of alternative energy sources to increase their production efficiency
• Innovative tools to model and visualize energy expenditure and production
• Sensing and actuation of electrical loads
• Privacy and security in energy management middleware systems
• User interfaces for energy display, management and control

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit papers of up to 6 pages in IEEE two-column format. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this workshop. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. More details about the ubmission process can be found on the website.


IMPORTANT DATES

Submission:   Sep. 26th, 2014
Notification: Nov. 17th, 2014
Camera Ready: Dec. 10th, 2014
Workshop:     Mar. 12th, 2015


WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS

Andreas Reinhardt, The University of New South Wales, Australia
Christian Renner, Universität zu Lübeck, Germany
Delphine Christin, University of Bonn & Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Matteo Ceriotti, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Alexander De Luca, LMU München, Germany
Paul Dunphy, Newcastle University, UK
Wilfried Elmenreich, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria
Stefan Fischer, Universität zu Lübeck, Germany
Hannes Frey, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
Stefan Katzenbeisser, TU Darmstadt, Germany
Marco Ortolani, University of Palermo, Italy
Oliver Parson, University of Southampton, UK
Daniele Puccinelli, SUPSI, Switzerland
Christian Steger, TU Graz, Austria
Volker Turau, TU Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Sebastian Zöller, TU Darmstadt, Germany

Call for Papers IEEE SmartGridComm 2014

IEEE SmartGridComm 2014 - IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications
Venice, Italy, November 3-6, 2014
http://sgc2014.ieee-smartgridcomm.org

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CALL for SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS: Deadline March 2, 2014
CALL for PAPERS: Deadline April 20, 2014
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The IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm) 2014 will be held in Venice, Italy, at the Hilton Molino Stucky Hotel on  November 3-6, 2014. The program will include workshops, technical sessions, keynote talks from industrial leaders and renowned academics, panel discussions, and expositions. It will be centered on all aspects of smart grid communications covered by the symposia:

1. Communications and Networks to Enable the Smart Grid
2. Cyber Security and Privacy
3. Architectures, Control and Operation for Smart Grids, Microgrids and Distributed Resources
4. Demand Response and Dynamic Pricing
5. Data Management and Grid Analytics

Thematic Workshops will be held on November 3, 2014.

The program will be completed with a number of social events that will allow the participants to enjoy exclusive networking opportunities and the beauty of the marvelous historical city of Venice.

CALL for SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS

The conference will include special sessions on highly specialized topics reporting technical trends and breakthroughs within the scope of IEEE SmartGridComm 2014. Special sessions will be part of each symposium technical program. Special sessions are organized at the initiative of one or more individuals, who must adhere to the procedures published in the Call for Special Sessions.

Important Dates

Deadline for special session proposal: March 2, 2014
Notification of proposal acceptance: March 9, 2014
Submission deadline for special session papers: April 20, 2014
Final notification of session and papers acceptance: July 12, 2014
Camera ready paper submission: August 4, 2014
Author registration: August 4, 2014


CALL for PAPERS

Prospective authors are invited to submit original contributions (standard two column IEEE format, up to six pages) on all aspects of smart grid communications covered by the five conference symposia. Submission guidelines can be found in the Call for Papers.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline: April 20, 2014
Notification of acceptance: July 12, 2014
Camera ready paper due: August 4, 2014
Author registration deadline: August 4, 2014

Energy Aware Software-Engineering and Development (EASED@BUIS)

2. Workshop on Energy Aware Software-Engineering and Development (EASED@BUIS)

25.04.2013

Oldenburg (Oldb.)
Kulturzentrum PFL
Peterstraße 3

The EASED workshop will be held in conjunction with the 5th BUIS-Days: IT-based resource and energy management.
Utilization of mobile and embedded devices, and thus their induced energy consumption, is constantly increasing. Reducing the energy consumption of such devices will not only improve the carbon footprint of contemporary mobile IT usage, but will also extend the device lifetime, improve user acceptance and reduce operational costs.
Next to serious and ongoing efforts in hardware design and on operating system level, software engineering techniques will also contribute to optimize energy consumption by improving software design and software quality. The EASED@BUIS workshop, which follows up the Workshop on Developing Energy Aware Software Systems (EEbS 2012), held at the annual GI Conference in September 2012, provides a broad forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss ongoing works, latest results, and common topics of interest regarding the improvement of software induced energy consumption.
Intensive discussions at the first workshop identified a major challenge in optimizing energy efficiency, which is to precisely measure energy consumption of software regarding user behavior.
Thus, the follow workshop EASED@BUIS will focus on the following topics:

• approaches and techniques to estimate or measure the energy consumption of software components,
• approaches to define standardized usage scenarios of applications on mobile devices to provide repeatable measurement of energy consumption in concrete application settings,
• approaches to model the energy consumption of software components, and
• experiences on measuring and improving the energy consumption of software components. 

Well elaborated and standardized measurement means will provide an important foundation to detecting sources of wasting energy caused by software systems and will enable validation means to verify energy savings by software improvements.
EASED@BUIS will be organized as a one day discussion-intensive workshop to provoke intensive collaborations among the participants. It is intended to initiate collaborative works on standardizing (static and dynamic) measuring techniques for energy consumption.
To further stimulate these discussions, authors are invited to submit position papers one on the        workshop´s topics. Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and will be published in Softwaretechnik-Trends.
EASED@BUIS is supported by the GI special Interest groups Software Technology and Environmental Informatics.

Submissions and important Dates
Authors are encouraged to submit their position papers (2 pages in two column form) not later than March 15, 2013 through easychair.
paper submission deadline: March 15, 2013
author notification: March 25, 2013
camera-ready deadline: April 1, 2013
Organizing Committee
Christian Bunse (University of the Applied Sciences Stralsund)

Stefan Naumann (University of the Applied Sciences Trier, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld)

Andreas Winter (Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg)

Program Committee
Colin Atkinson (University Mannheim)
Paris Avgeriou (University of Groningen)
Holger Eichelberger (University Hildesheim)
Sebastian Götz (TU Dresden)
Theo Härder (TU Kaiserslautern)
Mirco Josefiok (OFFIS, Oldenburg)
Ákos Kiss (University of Szeged)
Sonja Klingert (University Mannheim)
Patricia Lago (VU University Amsterdam)
Thierry Leboucq (KaliTerre, Nantes)
Birgit Penzenstadler (TU München)
Giuseppe Scanniello (University of Basilicata)
Maximilian Schirmer (Bauhaus-University Weimar)
Gunnar Schomaker (OFFIS Oldenburg)
Joost Visser (Software Improvement Group, Amsterdam)
Claas Wilke (TU Dresden)
Alexandru Telea (University of Groningen)
Local Organization
Marion Gottschalk (Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg)
Andreas Winter (Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg)

Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems 2013

Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems 2013

May 20 2013, Berkeley CA

http://www.palensky.org/mscpes/

Modern energy systems combine information technology, electrical and thermal infrastructure, autonomous roles and interact with other systems like markets and regulations. Existing modeling and simulation tools are not capable to cover such systems in all of their aspects, new languages, methods and tools are necessary. A combination of universal modeling languages like Modelica and established, specialized tools like grid simulators and telecommunication simulators is necessary. This leads to modeling and co-simulating hybrid systems where for instance a multi-agent framework and an electric grid simulator are combined to investigate smart electric vehicle charging algorithms. It is especially the potential size of such systems that constitute a challenge for modeling and simulation. Implementing these future CPS are another substantial challenge. The designed algorithms need to be compact, computationally inexpensive, potentially self-organizing and intrinsically stable if applied to real energy systems. New methods and alternative ways are necessary to overcome these challenges.

This workshop is a platform for researchers and developers to exchange ideas to the following (not exhaustive) list of topics:

-    Hybrid modeling and simulation

-    Co-Simulation

-    High-performance computing

-    Analytics of system data

-    Ontologies for energy systems

-    Applications of cyber-physical energy systems

-    Distributed algorithms and control

-    Standards in interfacing components

-    Numerics for hybrid and co-simulation

-    Formal languages for energy systems

-    Smart Grid modeling

-    Demand response and power quality

-    Information and communication technology for intelligent energy systems

Submitted papers are peer-reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Workshop language is English. Proceedings will be published by Springer.

Full paper submission: January 31, 2013

Notification of acceptance: February 20, 2013

Your workshop chairs,

Peter Palensky (Austrian Institute of Technology)

Edward A.Lee (University of California Berkeley)

1st International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems

CALL FOR PAPERS

1st International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems

SMARTGREENS
http://www.smartgreens.org/
19 - 20 April, 2012
Porto, Portugal

In collaboration with EDP, SIEMENS, Schneider Electric and Efacec
Sponsored by INSTICC
INSTICC is Member of WfMC and OMG
Media Partner: SmartGrid Carrers.com

IMPORTANT DATES:
  Regular Paper Submission: January 23, 2012 (deadline extended)
  Authors Notification (regular papers): February 22, 2012
  Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: March 6, 2012

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Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind review process. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and CD-ROM support. JSEF
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP and EI (Elsevier Index).
Best paper awards will be distributed during the conference closing session. Please check the website for further information (http://www.smartgreens.org/BestPaperAward.aspx).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/). SciTePress is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/).

We would like to highlight the presence of the following keynote speakers: Charles Sheridan (Intel Labs Europe, Ireland) and Nikos Hatziargyriou (National Technical University, Greece). More names will be announced soon at the SMARTRGREENS 2012 conference website (http://www.smartgreens.org/KeynoteSpeakers.aspx).

Workshops, Special sessions, Tutorials as well as Demonstrations dedicated to other technical/scientific topics are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. Workshop chairs and Special Session chairs will benefit from logistics support and other types of support, including secretariat and financial support, to facilitate the development of a valid idea.

Please check further details at the SMARTRGREENS 2012 conference web site. There you will find detailed information about the conference structure and its main topic areas. This conference is co-located with CSEDU 2012 (4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - http://www.csedu.org/), CLOSER 2012 (2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - http://closer.scitevents.org/) and WEBIST 2012 (8th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - http://www.webist.org). Registration to SMARTGREENS will enable free attendance to any sessions of CSEDU, CLOSER and WEBIST 2012 as a non-speaker.

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CONFERENCE CHAIR:
Joaquim Filipe,  Polytechnic Institute of Setubal / INSTICC, Portugal

PROGRAM CO-CHAIR:
Brian Donnellan, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
Joao Peças Lopes, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Joao Martins, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal


TOPIC AREAS:

AREA 1: SMART GRIDS

    - Architectures for Smart Grids
    - Smart Grids Modeling
    - Smart Grid Specific Protocols
    - Scalable Infrastructures for Smart Grids
    - Standards for Smart Grids
    - Load Balancing in Smart Grids
    - Smart Grid Security and Reliability
    - Smart Grids and Renewable Technologies
    - Sensors for Smart Grids
    - Real-Time Systems
    - Fault Tolerance and Disaster Recovery in Smart Grids
    - Integration of Smart Appliances
    - Smart Cities
    - Smart Homes (Domotics)


AREA 2: ENERGY-AWARE SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES

    - Optimization Techniques for Efficient Energy Consumption
    - Economic Models of Energy Efficiency
    - Greener Systems Planning and Design
    - Energy-Efficient Transmission Technologies
    - Energy Monitoring
    - Virtualization for Reducing Power Consumption
    - Scheduling and Switching Power Supplies
    - Performance Evaluation of Green Computing Systems
    - Energy Profiling and Measurement
    - Renewable Energy Resources
    - Embedded Sensor Networks
    - Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
    - Energy Management Systems (EMS)


AREA 3: SUSTAINABLE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS

    - Algorithms for Reduced Power, Energy and Heat
    - Qos and Green Computing
    - Green Software Engineering Methodologies and Tools
    - Virtualization Impact for Green Computing
    - Pervasive Computing for Energy Efficiency
    - Green Data Centers
    - Green Architectures for Grids, Clouds and Clusters
    - Green Computing Models, Methodologies and Paradigms
    - Green Communications Architectures and Frameworks
    - Sustainable Wireless Communication
    - Energy Efficient Network Hardware
    - Energy-Efficient Communication Protocols
    - Teleworking and Remote Collaboration
    - Education on Green Computing and Communications
    - Case Studies on Green Computing and Communications

CfP: IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Engineering (SGE’12)

27-29 August, 2012

University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)

2000 Simcoe St. N.

Oshawa, ON, L1H 7K4

The Smart Grids are electricity networks that promise to enhance the operational efficiency of nationwide power supply via distributed generation with bi-directional electricity flow. This objective is achieved by allowing intelligent monitoring and control of different components within the distribution and transmission lines as well as other systems from utilities on one side to the end user on the other side, while maintain the power quality, security, reliability and safety with minimum environmental impacts. Governments around the world are investing heavily in this technology to ensure optimum energy use and supply, enable better planning for outage responses and recovery, and facilitate the integration of heterogeneous technologies around the grid, such as renewable energy systems, electrical vehicle networks, and smart homes. Smart Grids present enormous engineering challenges in the design and integration of electrical grid with communication and network technologies, along with substantial questions around required security and privacy of different components within the grid. The SGE’12 conference aims to provide an opportunity to discuss various engineering challenges of smart grid design and operation, by focusing on advanced methods and practices for designing different components and their integration within the grid, and to provide a forum for researchers from academia and professionals from industry, as well as government regulators, to tackle these challenges and to discuss and exchange knowledge and best practices about design and implementation of Smart Grid.

Topics of interest include (but not limited to) the following:

• Grid infrastructures design, planning, operation and management
  
• Power systems design and applications
  
• Sensors, communications and network
  
• Grid modeling, simulation, and data management
  
• Engineering design of grid applications
  
• Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) systems
  
• Grid protection, reliability, power quality and maintenance
  
• Smart metering, measurement, instrumentation, and control
  
• Customer information security and privacy
  
• Transmission & distribution lines
  
• Renewable energy and distributed generation within microgrids
  
• Computation and optimization
  
• Smart homes
  
• Standardization and interoperability
  
• Pricing, policies, and energy planning
  

Important Dates

Abstract Submission: 1-Nov-2011
First Notification: 15-Dec-2011
Full Paper Submission: 1-Feb-2012
Acceptance Notice: 1-Apr-2012
Camera-Ready Due: 1-May-2012
Conference dates: 27-29 August, 2012

e-Energy 2012: where energy, computing and communication meet

Call for Papers

Third International Conference on Future Energy Systems

May 9-11, 2012 -- Madrid, Spain

http://e-energy2012.networks.imdea.org/

e-Energy is the conference on future energy systems, where energy, computing and communication meet. The first e-Energy conference was held in April 2010, in Passau (Germany), and the second took place in May/June 2011 at Columbia University, in New York City (USA).

e-Energy 2012 invites submission of two categories of paper: full papers and discussion papers. Full papers should be no longer than 10 pages and discussion papers should be no longer than 4 pages. All papers must present original theoretical and/or experimental research that has not been previously published, accepted for publication, or is not currently under review by another conference or journal. Submissions must be in PDF-format using the double-column ACM format given at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates Further submission information can be accessed via http://events.networks.imdea.org/content/e-energy-2012/paper-submission Proceedings will be published by ACM and appear in the ACM library and IEEE Xplore (subject to agreement by ACM and the IEEE).

Full papers should include a detailed description of research either in progress or completed. A discussion paper describes innovative and novel ideas that have not yet been fully explored, but have the potential to influence the research community. A discussion paper could, for example, expose a new problem, advocate a new approach, re-frame or debunk existing work, report unexpected results from a deployment, or propose new evaluation methodologies. We especially encourage submissions of early-stage work and enticing but unproven ideas.

Papers are to be submitted via EDAS: http://edas.info/N11357

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Energy-efficient networking and protocols:
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-energy-efficient network architectures
-high-capacity optical transport
-access networks (wired and wireless)
-energy-efficient network components (switches, routers, transceivers, amplifiers, etc.)
-peer-to-peer networking and overlays
-energy, performance, quality of experience trade offs
-sensing techniques and sensor networks for energy efficiency
-energy-efficient data transmission
-security challenges in energy-efficient networking
-instrumentation and measurement of energy-efficient networking

Energy-efficient computing:
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-cloud computing and virtualization
-energy-efficient data centers
-energy-efficient application design
-energy-efficient terminal design
-security challenges in energy-efficient computing
-energy and performance trade offs
-design methodologies and tools for energy-efficient services
-instrumentation and measurement of energy-efficient computing

ICT for energy efficiency:
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-energy-demand reduction techniques
-demand management in industrial applications
-demand management in domestic applications
-energy monitoring and management
-smart metering and dynamic pricing
-energy-efficient transport and logistics
-energy-efficient buildings

Smart Grids:
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-network architecture for future power networks
-networking and computing issues in smart grids
-reliability and power management
-service design and management
-electric vehicles and smart grids
-virtual power plants, distributed generation, microgrids, renewables and storage
-field trials

Important Dates
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Full paper due: January 10, 2012
Notification of acceptance: March 25, 2012
Final version due: April 13, 2012

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Smart Grid Communications Series

The IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) has inaugurated a new series on communications for Smart Grid. “Smart Grid” refers to the modernization of the electric grid to enable more efficient generation, transmission, distribution, and usage of energy, resulting in sustainable energy production and consumption with reduced adverse effects on the environment and increased power reliability. While advances in renewable energy and network control are needed, advances in communication technologies, data fusion and mining, and scheduling and optimization are also crucial for realizing this vision. It is anticipated that many of the same communications technologies that have revolutionized our way of life in the past few decades will have direct applicability to Smart Grid, for example, the use of wireless communications in a single distribution network to collect and exchange information about quality, consumption, and pricing of electricity. While many off-the-shelf communications technologies can be deployed today in the Smart Grid, their use may lead to numerous inefficiencies, especially if energymanagement-specific features are not included in data compression and the data collection infrastructure. Moreover, allowing multiple distribution networks to operate side-by-side, interface to customer equipment, and share information in a secure and reliable fashion poses a number of difficult communications challenges that remain unanswered in the context of Smart Grid.

This series focuses on identifying the numerous communication challenges posed by the Smart Grid and exploring research avenues for addressing them. Original contributions that are unpublished and not currently under review by any other journal are solicited in relevant areas of Smart Grid communications including but not limited to the following:

• Physical and MAC layer protocols for Smart Grid applications
• Spectrum sharing, coexistence and interference mitigation in Smart Grid communications
• Network control for the power grid
• Smart Grid sensor data fusion and mining models
• Communications to support demand-response, load, and pricing management
• Smart Grid cyber-physical network modeling and performance analysis
• Measurement data from Smart Grid testbeds and field trials
• Architecture and network topology for Smart Grid applications
• Cyber and physical vulnerabilities and Smart Grid security

Prospective authors should prepare their submissions in accordance with the rules specified in the ‘Information for Authors’ section of the JSAC guidelines (http://www.jsac.ucsd.edu/Guidelines/info.html). Each submission will be reviewed by at least three experts and evaluated by an editorial board dedicated to the area of communications for Smart Grid. All manuscripts should be submitted in PDF format via email to Dr. Nada Golmie, nada.golmie@nist.gov. While manuscripts can be submitted at any time, they should be submitted according to the following timetable to be considered for the inaugural July 2012 issue:

Manuscript submission: September 15, 2011
First reviews complete: December 15, 2011
Second reviews complete/all acceptance letters sent: March 1, 2012
Materials to publisher: April 1, 2012
Publication: July 2012

Series Editorial Board
Dr. Nada Golmie, Editor-in-Chief, JSAC Smart Grid Communications Series, NIST
Prof. Anna Scaglione, University of California Davis
Prof. Lutz Lamp, University of British Columbia
Prof. Ian Hiskens, University of Michigan