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Talk by Devendra Shelar

Title: Applications of Bilevel Mixed-Integer programs in Power System Resilience

Speaker: Doctoral Student, MIT, USA

Day and Date: Friday, 19 Jan, 2018 Time: 2.30 p.m.

Venue: Seminar Room, IEOR building 2nd floor

Abstract: We present an approach to improve the resilience of electricity distribution networks (DNs). We begin by motivating the N-k security problem in electricity DNs, and describing the DN vulnerabilities to a class of cyberphysical security (CPS) disruptions. We model these CPS scenarios as sequential interactions between the distribution system operator (SO) and an external adversary, which leads to a Bilevel Mixed-Integer optimization problems. Based on our quantitative framework, we present structural insights into the optimal attacker / SO strategies and how we can improve the resilient operation of radial electricity DNs.

Bio: Devendra Shelar is a Ph.D. student in Computational Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA. Prior to this, he received his B. Tech and M. Tech degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India (2012), and degree of MS in Transportation at MIT (2016). His research is in the resilient operation of electricity networks. His work involves modeling of cyber-physical disruptions and developing resilient control algorithms to minimize the impact of such disruptions on smart grid operations.

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