*_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. _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
