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Timeliness of Information in Smart Grids Networks

Project description

Age of Information metric in smart grid networks

The novel Age of Information (Aol) metric is a valuable tool for measuring performance. It offers a new perspective on how systems should collect and process information. However, its practical value and impact in real time are still not clearly understood. The EU-funded TimeSmart project will investigate the applicability of the Aol metric in smart grid networks by applying it to a system in which the timing of collected data, currently measured through jitter or latency, profoundly impacts management and control. The project proposes a new approach offering an innovative way of improving the efficiency of renewable electrical energy supply and electrical loads by exploiting the available edge infrastructure.

Objective

TimeSmart project will investigate the applicability of the novel Age of Information metric in smart grid networks. While the metric has become a valuable tool for measuring the system's performance, its practical value and impact in the real-time system are left unanswered. This project seeks to remedy that by applying the metric to a system in which the timing of collected data, currently measured through jitter or latency, profoundly impacts management and control. The AoI offers a new perspective on how the system should collect and process information, as such decisions are also based on the context of processed information(their semantic nature). In turn, the new approach can offer an innovative way of improving the efficiency of renewable electrical energy supply and electrical loads by taking advantage of the available edge infrastructure. This project aims to adopt the AoI metric in smart grid networks to improve the energy transmission efficiency, achievable through more timely collected information, to save energy.

The proposed research will be conducted by dr. Jernej Hribar and supervised by prof. Mihael Mohorčič, and dr. Carolina Fortuna from Institut Jožef Stefan. The applicant will also undertake a non-academic placement at ComSensus under the supervision of dr. Andrej Čampa.

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Funding Scheme

HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01

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Coordinator

INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN
Net EU contribution
€ 214 249,20
Address
Jamova 39
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Region
Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska
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