Prof. Tsiropoulou

Traditional control systems for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants rely on rigid, wired architectures that are costly to install and maintain, difficult to scale, and struggle with real-time operational demands. This talk introduces a transformative framework that leverages Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and advanced wireless communication technologies to create intelligent, autonomous, and resilient solar energy systems. The talk introduces HELIOCOMM, a holistic, SDN-based architecture that decouples the network's control logic from the physical hardware, enabling centralized management and programmability. This approach addresses critical challenges in large-scale solar fields, including interference management, energy efficiency, and low-latency data transmission. By replacing complex cabling with a flexible wireless infrastructure, this framework significantly reduces costs, enhances scalability, and improves operational efficiency, paving the way for the next generation of sustainable solar power.

Biography:

Dr. Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou is an Associate Professor with the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering at Arizona State University. She obtained her Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from National Technical University of Athens in 2008 and her MBA in techno-economics from the same institute in 2010.  She graduated with a Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from National Technical University of Athens in 2014. Her group works on game theory and reinforcement learning for decision making in complex systems. Five of her papers received the Best Paper Award at IEEE WCNC in 2012, ADHOCNETS in 2015, IEEE/IFIP WMNC 2019, INFOCOM 2019 by the IEEE ComSoc Technical Committee on Communications Systems Integration and Modeling, and IEEE/ACM BRAINS 2020. She was selected by the IEEE Communication Society - N2Women - as one of the top ten Rising Stars of 2017 in the communications and networking field. She received the NSF CRII Award in 2019, the Early Career Award from the IEEE Communications Society Internet Technical Committee in 2019, the Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, School of Engineering, University of New Mexico in 2018, and the Research and Creative Works Leader Award, UNM, 2023. Her research is mainly supported by the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and industry. She is an Area Editor for IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking, IEEE Networking Letters, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE IT Professional, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, and IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. She is a co-chair of the N2 Women Community.