TCIPG Seminars

The monthly TCIPG Seminar Series on Technologies for a Resilient Power Grid presents speakers who are experts on topics in the broad area of research, development, and design for secure and resilient systems related to the power grid. The scope includes all power grid systems, from traditional systems involved in generation, transmission, and distribution to emerging systems dealing with distributed generation, renewable integration, and demand-response.

Talks are presented on the University of Illinois campus and streamed live on the Web. Email csoliday [at] illinois [dot] edu to be added to the mailing list for seminar announcements.

Upcoming Seminars | See Past Seminars

The TCIPG Seminar Series will take a break over the summer and resume on September 7th.

Friday, September 7, 2012
1PM CT, NCSA Auditorium & Webcast
Title: TBA
Presenter: TBA

Friday, October 5, 2012
1PM CT, NCSA Auditorium & Webcast
Title: TBA
Presenter: TBA

Friday, November 2, 2012
1PM CT, NCSA Auditorium & Webcast
Title: TBA
Presenter: TBA

Friday, December 7, 2012
1PM CT, NCSA Auditorium & Webcast
Title: TBA
Presenter: TBA

Past Seminars | See Upcoming Seminars

Most video files below require Quicktime. Trouble viewing videos? See note below.

Friday, May 4, 2012
1PM CT, NCSA Auditorium & Webcast
Title: Ground Truth Competency Assessment for Smart Grid Cyber Security
Presenter: Michael Assante, President & CEO, and David Tobey, Director of Research, National Board of Information Security Examiners
Abstract and Biography
| Quicktime Video Archive | Download PDF of Slides

Friday, April 6, 2012
1PM CT, NCSA Auditorium & Webcast
Title: Computation of Margins to Power System Loadability Limits Using Phasor Measurement Unit Data
Presenter: Pete Sauer, Grainger Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Abstract and Biography
| Quicktime Video Archive | Download PDF of Slides

Friday, March 2, 2012
Title: ERDC-CERL Microgrids at Fixed Installations: Security and Economics
Presenter: Melanie Johnson, U.S. Army Engineer, Research & Development Center, CERL
Abstract and Biography
| Quicktime Video Archive | Download PDF of Slides

Friday, February 3, 2012
Title: Power Grid Impacts Resulting From Unintentional Demand Response
Presenter: Jeff Dagle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Abstract and Biography | Quicktime Video Archive | Download PDF of Slides

Friday, January 6, 2012
Title: Making Sound Design Decisions Using Quantitative Security Metrics
Presenter: William H. Sanders, Donald Biggar Willett Professor of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Computer Science Department, Information Trust Institute, and Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Abstract and Biography | Quicktime Video Archive | Download PDF of Slides

Friday, December 2, 2011
Title: Power system driven hardware in the loop simulations at Florida State University's Center for Advanced Power System
Presenter: Michael "Mischa" Steurer, Florida State University, FREEDM Systems Center
Abstract and Biography | Quicktime Video Archive | Download PDF of Slides

Friday, November 11, 2011
Title: Cyber-Physical Security for the Smart Grid
Presenter: Deepa Kundur, Texas A & M University, NERC Smart Grid Task Force
Abstract and Biography | Quicktime Video Archive* | Download PDF of Slides
*Please accept our apologies for some audio distortion for a portion of the presentation.

Friday, October 7, 2011
Title: Wide-Area Modeling, Monitoring and Control of Large Power Systems Using Phasor Measurement Technology
Presenter: Aranya Chakrabortty, North Carolina State University, FREEDM Systems Center
Abstract and Biography | Quicktime Video Archive | Download PDF of Slides

Friday, September 2, 2011
Title: TCIPG Highlights: Past, Present, and Future
Presenter: Bill Sanders, TCIPG Principal Investigator
Abstract and Biography | Quicktime Video Archive

Friday, May 6, 2011
Title: Dealing with Your Smart Grid Insecurities
Presenter: Jeffrey S. Katz, Chief Technology Officer of the Energy and Utilities industry at IBM
Abstract and BiographyVideo/slide archives are not available for this presentation.

Friday, April 1, 2011
Title: Secure Control of Cyber-Physical Systems
Presenter: Bruno Sinopoli, Carnegie Mellon University
Abstract and Biography | Quicktime Video Archive*
*Due to a technical glitch, the first few minutes are not recorded. Audio will begin shortly after video begins playing.

Friday, March 4, 2011
Title: The Genesis of the August 14th 2003 Blackout: The Grid, Math, Humans, and Trees
Presenter: Tom Overbye, TCIPG, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Quicktime Video Archive | Alternate Video Archive

Friday, February 4, 2011
Title: Cyber Security for Smart Grid Devices
Presenter: Dr. Annarita Giani, University of California, Berkeley
Download PDF of SlidesDue to a technical malfunction, a recording of this talk is not available.

Friday, December 3, 2010
Title: The Changing Threats to Power Metering
Presenter: Robert Former, Itron, Inc.
Quicktime Video Archive | Alternate Video Archive

Friday, November 5, 2010
Title: An Inside View of the NIST Interagency Report 7628
Presenter: Alan M. Greenberg, Boeing, and Mark Enstrom, Neustar
Quicktime Video Archive | Alternate Video Archive

Friday, October 1, 2010
Title: Cybersecurity Challenges as Learned Working with NERC CIP Requirements
Presenter: Matthew E. Luallen, Encari
Quicktime Video Archive | Alternate Video Archive

Friday, September 10, 2010
Title: Cyber-Physical Systems Security of Power Grid: Risk Modeling and Mitigation
Presenter: Prof. Manimaran Govindarasu, Iowa State University
Quicktime Video Archive | Alternate Video Archive

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