BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260713T062338Z UID:C462B1FE-1D7D-4CF5-9C23-DD20C16406DE DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260812T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260812T170000 DESCRIPTION:Power systems around the world are being modernized to address environmental concerns\, reduce costs\, and guarantee access to electricit y all the time. Four main criteria for this upgrade are efficiency\, relia bility\, resiliency and sustainability. Recent advances in various technol ogies are the key enablers for this modernization. Nevertheless\, such phy sical systems are becoming overwhelmingly large scale and stochastic with highly complex dynamics\, coupled with millions of human interactions. The design and operation of these systems needs major innovations in computat ional techniques. In this talk\, we first discuss some major challenges be hind the modernization of power grids and explain why addressing them invo lves many different fields.\n\nThen\, we focus on three topics of optimiza tion\, learning\, and control for power systems\, which all need major rev olutions in computational techniques. We study how recent advances in AI a nd machine learning can assist with addressing some of these challenges. W e offer case studies on the grids for California\, Texas\, and different p arts of Europe.\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof. Javad Lavaei \n\nAgenda: \nThis event is open to all IEEE members and CCTA conference attendees\n\nRegistration is required for non-CCTA attendees and free\n\nArrival at 3:30pm\n\n- Reg istration at the CCTA 2026 registration desk\n- Networking with coffee and tea\n\nTalk Starts at 4:00pm\n\nTalk and Q&A Ends at 5:00pm\n\nLocation: Pavilion Ballroom at the 3rd floor of Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre\n\nRo om: Pavilion\, Bldg: Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre\, 1000 Burrard St\, Va ncouver\, BC V6Z 2S5\, Vancouver \, British Columbia\, Canada\, V6Z 2S5 LOCATION:Room: Pavilion\, Bldg: Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre\, 1000 Burra rd St\, Vancouver\, BC V6Z 2S5\, Vancouver \, British Columbia\, Canada\, V6Z 2S5 ORGANIZER:kihas@ieee.org SEQUENCE:170 SUMMARY:Computational Methods for the Design and Operation of Resilient and Sustainable Power Systems by Javad Lavaei\, UC Berkeley URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/567450 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">Power syst ems around the world are being modernized to address environmental concern s\, reduce costs\, and guarantee access to electricity all the time. &nbsp \;Four main criteria for this upgrade are efficiency\, reliability\, resil iency and sustainability. Recent advances in various technologies are the key enablers for this modernization. Nevertheless\, such physical systems are becoming overwhelmingly large scale and stochastic with highly complex dynamics\, coupled with millions of human interactions. The design and op eration of these systems needs major innovations in computational techniqu es. In this talk\, we first discuss some major challenges behind the moder nization of power grids and explain why addressing them involves many diff erent fields.&nbsp\;</span><br><br><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">Then\, we focus on three topics of optimization\, learning\, and control for powe r systems\, which all need major revolutions in computational techniques. We study how recent advances in AI and machine learning can assist with ad dressing some of these challenges. We offer case studies on the grids for California\, Texas\, and different parts of Europe.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p> &nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;"><e m><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sa ns-serif\;">This event is open to all IEEE members and CCTA conference att endees</span></em></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;"><em><spa n style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: arial\, helvetica\, sans-ser if\;">Registration is required for non-CCTA attendees and free</span></em> </span></p>\n<p>Arrival at 3:30pm&nbsp\;</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Registration at th e CCTA 2026 registration desk</li>\n<li>Networking with coffee and tea&nbs p\;</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Talk Starts at 4:00pm&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Talk and Q&amp\;A Ends at 5:00pm&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Location:&nbsp\;<span style="color: rgb(52\ , 73\, 94)\;"><strong>Pavilion Ballroom</strong></span> at the 3rd floor o f Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p >\n<p><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/eb6 e787a-13bf-4b16-b001-8a32e5fbfb51" width="1000"></p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR