Workshop of Innovation: Digital Transformation in Finance, Accounting and Legaltech
The Cyber Secure Digital Token Platform project (CSDT) of the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute (INCIBE) and the University of Salamanca is organizing the Innovation Workshop: Digital Transformation in Finance, Accounting, and Legaltech, next December 3rd and 16th, to discuss topics such as the impact of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and Tokenization in the financial and legal sectors.
As part of the event, on December 3rd the Spanish Chapter of IEEE CIS hosts the special participation of Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy, an IEEE member at Clemson University, who will speak about Distributed Artificial Intelligence in Smart Grids.
Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy is a leading authority at the intersection of electrical systems, artificial intelligence, and smart grids. His extensive research highlights the crucial need for new technologies to be not only innovative but also efficiently sustainable.
Much of his most influential work focuses on applying computational intelligence (brain-like intelligence and neural networks) to manage complex systems, directly addressing sustainability challenges. Specifically, he researches how to integrate emerging technologies, such as clean energy sources and flexible loads, into the power grid, developing operational and management systems whose main goals are cost optimization and emissions reduction, thus demonstrating that economic viability and environmental responsibility must go hand in hand in the development of the energy infrastructures of the future.
Therefore, this Innovation Workshop represents an opportunity to delve into the technologies that are redefining the future of the financial, legal, and energy sectors, where attendees will be able to understand how Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and technological sustainability converge to build more efficient and responsible systems.
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- C/Espejo, 2
- Salamanca, Castilla y Leon
- Spain 37007
- Building: Edificio I+D+i USAL
- Room Number: Sala de Presentaciones
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Kumar of Clemson University
Distributed Artificial Intelligence in the Future of Smart Grids
The smart grid is the transformation of the traditional power system to one that is conscious, intelligent, distributed, and flexible. Such an electric power grid architecture can facilitate the distributed and secure flow of power from renewable energy sources including solar and wind. Smart grid operations and control is complex, now dealing with variable power and energy sources, bidirectional power flows, and uncertainty in forecasting and real-time availability of generation, loads, energy storage and other operational resources. Furthermore, smart grid operations will involve flexible loads and energy storage including electric vehicles. This talk will address the potentials and promises of Distributed Artificial Intelligence (AI) for smart grid operations and control. AI has evolved over the last 50 years to impact complex systems operations and control in a meaningful way. Examples of distributed AI technologies for stable, secure, reliable, and efficient operations and control in for the evolving smart grid will be presented..
Biography:
G. Kumar Venayagamoorthy is the Duke Energy Distinguished Professor of Power Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University since January 2012. Prior to that, he was a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), Rolla, USA where he was from 2002 to 2011. Dr. Venayagamoorthy is the Founder and Director of the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory at Clemson University. Dr. Venayagamoorthy holds the position of an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Dr. Venayagamoorthy received his PhD and MScEng degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. He received his BEng degree with a First-Class Honors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria. He holds an MBA degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Clemson University, USA.
Dr. Venayagamoorthy is a recipient of 2004 U.S. NSF CAREER award and 2007 U.S. Office of the Naval Research Young Investigator Award. His research interests are in the development and innovation of power systems, smart grids and artificial intelligence technologies. He is an inventor of technologies for scalable computational intelligence for complex systems and dynamic stochastic optimal power flow. Dr. Venayagamoorthy has published over 600 refereed technical articles which are cited over 25,000 times with a h-index of 73 and i10-index of > 300. Professor Venayagamoorthy has given over 500 technical presentations (including over 30 keynotes and plenaries) in over 50 countries to date.
Dr. Venayagamoorthy is the Chair and Founder of the IEEE PES Working Group on Intelligent Control Systems and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Task Force on Smart Grid. He has served/serves as Editor/Associate Editor/Guest Editor of several IEEE Transactions and Elsevier Journals. He is the Editor for the IEEE Press Series on Power and Energy Systems. Dr. Venayagamoorthy is a Fellow of the IEEE, IET (UK), the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) and Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), and a Senior Member of the International Neural Network Society (INNS). He is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE CIS, IAS, IES and PES. Dr. Venayagamoorthy is the INNS Vice-President for Industry Relations and a Member of its Board of Governors. He was a 2024 U.S. Fulbright Scholar to South Africa. He is the General Chair for 2027 INNS-IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks.