[Colloq] ECE Distinguished Speaker Series lecture by Dean H. Vincent Poor: Thursday, 9/18 at 4 PM

[Biron, Jessica]

Dear colleagues, 

Professor H. Vincent Poor, Dean of Engineering at Princeton University, will give the first ECE Distinguished Speaker Series lecture for 2014-2015: next Thursday, September 18, at 4 PM in Room 378, 140 The Fenway. The talk is also been supported by the IEEE Information Theory Society as a Distinguished Lecture. 

The title and abstract of the talk are below. The talk poster is attached. 

Dean Poor is a highly influential leader in education and technology. We look forward to a great presentation. Please encourage your students to attend. 

Thank you very much! 

ECE Distinguished Speaker Series Committee Members: 
Edmund Yeh
Mark Niedre
Matteo Rinaldi 




Smart Grid: The Role of the Information Sciences 



H. Vincent Poor 

Princeton University 



Abstract: 



Smart grid involves the imposition of an advanced cyber layer atop the physical layer of the electricity grid in order to improve the efficiency and lower the cost of power use and distribution, and to allow for the effective integration of variable energy sources and storage modes into the grid. This cyber-physical setting motivates the application of many techniques from the information sciences to problems arising in the electricity grid, and considerable research effort has been devoted to such application in recent years. This talk will illustrate this role through examples arising in demand-side management, sensing, communications, and related problems. 





Bio: 



H. Vincent Poor is the Michael Henry Strater University Professor at Princeton University, where is also Dean of the School or Engineering and Applied Science. His research interests are primarily in wireless communications, smart grid and related fields. Among his publications in these areas is the book Smart Grid Communications and Networking , published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. Dr. Poor is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, and is a foreign member of the Royal Society. Recent recognition of his work includes the 2014 URSI Booker Gold Medal, and honorary doctorates from several universities in Europe and Asia.