Energy informatics exploits the state-of-the-art ICT (information and communication technology) to tackle the global warming and climate change challenges. The scope of energy informatics includes computing and communications technologies and their applications for sustainable energy sectors - e.g., smart grid, solar, electric vehicles, and storage. This course lay the foundations to understand where and how computer engineering techniques apply in the energy systems.
After this course you have:
- knowledge about different energy systems - e.g., smart grid, electric vehicles, vehicle-to-grid, storage, transport, buildings
- knowledge about renewable energy resources - e.g., solar and wind, and their impacts on energy systems
- an understanding for smart grid concepts & components, including smart meters, advanced metering infrastructure, information networks, demand response, and pricing schemes
- an understanding of where and how computer science techniques - e.g., cloud computing, fog computing, 5G, software defined networking, big data, game theory, optimization, apply for future sustainable energy systems
- learned how to model power systems with software tools and real data sets to assess impact of smart grid concepts, integration of renewable resources, storage and electric vehicles
- met invited speakers from industry and understand the good connection between principles and their applications in real systems
This course has lectures, seminars, invited talks from both industry and other universities/institutes, group work, assignments. Specifically, we have
- seminars, 3 hours per week
- invited speakers from industry
- invited speakers from other universities or institutes
- project assignments and group work
- research articles reading and group work
- 1 presentation and group work Rules for mandatory assignments.
The first lecture is mandatory.
Oral examination that counts 60 % of the grade, Project assignments counting 20%; presentation counting 20% . All mandatory assignments have to be accepted in order to take the exam. All parts must be passed and all parts must be passed in the same semester.
No examination support material is allowed.
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.