[Tccc] Post-Doc Position in Paris, France - Internet of Things principles applied to Smart Energy / Smart Grid systems
Catherine Rosenberg
cath
Fri Feb 10 08:35:33 EST 2012
*_Post-Doc Position in Paris, France_*
*_at the Laboratory of Information, Network and Communication Sciences
(LINCS_*
**
*Subject: *Internet of Things principles applied to Smart Energy / Smart
Grid systems
*Proposed by: *Prof. Daniel Kofman, Telecom ParisTech**
Prof. Catherine Rosenberg; University of Waterloo
*Description*
Home/building automation enables advanced energy control applications,
both for residential users and enterprises. The benefits of these
applications are even larger in the context of smart-grid systems at the
neighborhood scale. Energy companies are analyzing the potential impact
of these applications on their business as well as on the performances
of their infrastructure control and management systems. They evaluate
the pertinence of deploying an "energy box" at customers' premises (a
device that will embed a smart meter and provide a broad set of advanced
capabilities). The post-doc activities will contribute to an initiative
launched with Electricite de France, one of the major energy companies
worldwide.
The targeted system will enable end users to define their policies for
energy management. Self-organization principles will be applied to
enforce the policies. These energy applications require the autonomous
discovery of the various appliances available in home and building
environments (sources, storages and consumers of energy; remark: as an
example a refrigerator capable of making ice during the low load hours
to cool food during the high load hours is considered here as a storage
capability), as well as other self-organization capabilities. The
extension to smart-grid at neighborhood scale will be facilitated by a
distributed control plane of the various clients' environments. Cloud
computing principles will also be applied to facilitate the management
of the large amount of data that will be processed and one the key
questions will be how to distribute the system intelligence among the
various components, from cloud to things through the energy box.
A PhD. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Electrical
Engineering, is required. A prior knowledge of energy systems, Internet
of things principles, and/or data analysis would be an asset. Strong
communications skills in English are also required.
Applicants should submit a cover letter, a resume, and the names of two
references to both Profs. Kofman and Rosenberg via email. Please note
that the topic line should start with Smartgrid-IoT POSTDOC.
This position is for a minimum of 12 months and a maximum of 18 months.
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