Lecture: May 23, 2011
Sensing and Local Communications
Roland Acra, Arch Rock/CISCO
Bio
Roland Acra is Vice President in Cisco's Smart Grid Business Unit, following the acquisition of Arch Rock by Cisco in September 2010.
Roland was President and CEO of Arch Rock, a developer of IPv6-based wireless sensor networks, from its founding phases in 2005
until its acquisition by Cisco. Prior to Arch Rock, Roland was President and CEO of Procket Networks, in the Internet Routing space.
Roland previously held several general management and executive leadership at Cisco from 1991 until 2003, following several years
in software engineering and communication protocol development at 3Com and Interphase.
Roland holds graduate degrees in mathematics and physics from Ecole Polytechnique and in Electrical Engineering from ENST
(both in Paris, France) and an M. Sc. in Statistics from Texas A&M University.
Abstract
In this session, we will introduce the concept of "smart objects" and sensor networks in the context of the smart grid.
A requirement development process will be followed starting from the application and through to communications.
We will use several practical examples of current or emerging grid applications to demonstrate choices and trade-offs.
We will also review the state of standards-based communication architectures around the grid, along with existing
management and security challenges. We will conclude the presentation by positing areas for future innovation
"within entrepreneurial range", i.e., in the applied domain.
Lecture Notes
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