Lola Botman

Research

AI applied to smart grids

Because of increasing awareness on and demands concerning climate change, efficient monitoring and control of a nation- and even continent-wide power grid system is a must. In this PhD, we start from the (massive big) data set of one of the Belgian power grid operators, to be fused with other data sets (like the daily weather past records and future forecast), first to model the power grid, and next to determine optimal, cost-efficient and reliable modi of operation, in which we model and predict demand and supply, safeguard the reliability and allow for optimal scheduling of maintenance. This PhD will be about big data, designing smart and fast algorithms (some of which have to calculate in real time) and ultimately implementing all results in a user-friendly operator module.

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