Lecture: May 2, 2011
Data Networking and Computation
Dr. Shmuel Shaffer, Senior Director, Smart Grid, Cisco Systems
Bio
Dr. Shaffer has extensive experience leading development teams from inception through numerous product releases. Prior to joining Smart Grid, he was responsible for the development of Cisco’s Radio Over IP Interoperability (RoIP) and Collaboration System, Self Service, and the low and mid market Call Center applications. Before joining Cisco in 1999, Dr. Shaffer held managerial positions at Siemens ROLM where he headed the Voice over IP (VoIP) development, the U.S. Hardware organization, and the Embedded SW development. Dr. Shaffer received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in the area of Adaptive Self Optimizing Systems. He also holds two Masters Degrees from Stanford in Electrical Engineering and in Statistics. Dr. Shaffer has authored over 250 US patents.
Abstract
The smart grid is fundamental to our ability to meet the growing energy needs of our society. IP communication is one of the key components of the smart grid. In addition to providing a means for communication the CPUs of routers and switches can perform some of the smart grid algorithms. In essence, the communication network can also serve as a distributed computation platform.
While current research has mainly focused on the development of optimization algorithms executed centrally in the headend, it is proposed that future research be focused on the development of algorithms which can be factored and executed on the distributed computation platform provided by the IP network. While current research has focused on the HOW to optimize, new research should also focus on WHERE to compute the various components of each algorithm.
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