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Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Seminar

Speaker: Dr. Suvrajeet Sen, Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering & Director, Data-Driven Decisions Lab, Ohio State University

Talk Title: "Multi-scale Stochastic Optimization for Energy Systems Planning and Operations"

Abstract: Many energy systems planning models require that they be integrated with simulators. The latter are designed to operate at certain levels of granularity, whereas, operations planning may require a different time-scale. These types of multi-scale models are important for the integration of renewable resources (facing fine-grain uncertainty) into power grid operations (facing coarse-grain uncertainty). After introducing models for these emerging applications, we will discuss a multi-stage version of the Stochastic Decomposition (SD) algorithm. This algorithm, which works with sample paths, allows the integration of controllers based on Dynamic Programming (and ADP) for fine-grain simulation and control. Concurrently, SD produces operations plans that hedge against coarse-grain uncertainty.

Biography: Suvrajeet Sen is Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and Director of the Data-Driven Decisions Lab at the Ohio State University. Until recently, he also served as the Director of the College's Center for Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment. Prior to joining OSU, he served on the faculty at the University of Arizona, and he also served as a program director at NSF where he was responsible for the Operations Research, and the Service Enterprise Engineering programs. Professor Sen is a Fellow of INFORMS. He has served on the editorial board of several journals, including Operations Research as Area Editor for Optimization, and as Associate Editor in INFORMS Journal on Computing, Operations Research, and Journal of Telecommunications Systems. Professor Sen is the past-Chair of the INFORMS Telecommunications Section and founded the INFORMS Optimization Section.

Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum