Enhancing Cyber-resilience in Cyber-Physical Microgrids
Event details
| Date | 02.05.2025 |
| Hour | 11:00 › 12:00 |
| Speaker | Dr Mahdieh S. Sadabadi, Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, at the University of Manchester, UK |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
Summary
A reliable electrical power grid is the lifeblood of the economy and essential to every part of our society, from manufacturing and Internet banking to transportation systems and hospitals. Microgrids, as a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources, play a valuable role in energy systems, not only due to their alignment with the green transition but also due to their moderation for grid-supportive services. These interconnected systems, bridging cloud applications, external operators, and distributed generation, represent a sophisticated energy ecosystem. However, their networked architecture introduces complex cybersecurity vulnerabilities, necessitating advanced control and monitoring schemes. This talk focuses on the development of a resilient control framework for cyber-physical microgrids to ensure their normal operation under potential disruptive events. The proposed framework introduces an integrated control framework leveraging resilient unknown input observers and adaptive control schemes to enhance microgrid operational reliability. By implementing a multi-layer resilience architecture with state estimation and uncertainty compensation, the framework enables proactive identification and mitigation of potential system vulnerabilities. The talk summarizes the main challenges (from the control perspective) in dealing with cyber-resilience in microgrids.
Biography
Dr Mahdieh S. Sadabadi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, at the University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. She was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Engineering, at the University of Cambridge, and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Division of Automatic Control at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Linkoping University in Sweden. She received her Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland in 2016. She was a Visiting Scholar at the Electrical Engineering Department, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, QC, Canada, Janelia Research Campus in Virginia, USA, and Methods and Algorithms for Control (MAC) group, LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse, France. Dr. Sadabadi is affiliated with the Trusted Digital Systems Cluster, part of the University of Manchester’s Centre for Digital Trust and Society. Her research interests are generally centered on theoretical and applied research on robust, resilient, and scalable control strategies for cyber-physical energy systems.
A reliable electrical power grid is the lifeblood of the economy and essential to every part of our society, from manufacturing and Internet banking to transportation systems and hospitals. Microgrids, as a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources, play a valuable role in energy systems, not only due to their alignment with the green transition but also due to their moderation for grid-supportive services. These interconnected systems, bridging cloud applications, external operators, and distributed generation, represent a sophisticated energy ecosystem. However, their networked architecture introduces complex cybersecurity vulnerabilities, necessitating advanced control and monitoring schemes. This talk focuses on the development of a resilient control framework for cyber-physical microgrids to ensure their normal operation under potential disruptive events. The proposed framework introduces an integrated control framework leveraging resilient unknown input observers and adaptive control schemes to enhance microgrid operational reliability. By implementing a multi-layer resilience architecture with state estimation and uncertainty compensation, the framework enables proactive identification and mitigation of potential system vulnerabilities. The talk summarizes the main challenges (from the control perspective) in dealing with cyber-resilience in microgrids.
Biography
Dr Mahdieh S. Sadabadi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, at the University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. She was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Engineering, at the University of Cambridge, and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Division of Automatic Control at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Linkoping University in Sweden. She received her Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland in 2016. She was a Visiting Scholar at the Electrical Engineering Department, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, QC, Canada, Janelia Research Campus in Virginia, USA, and Methods and Algorithms for Control (MAC) group, LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse, France. Dr. Sadabadi is affiliated with the Trusted Digital Systems Cluster, part of the University of Manchester’s Centre for Digital Trust and Society. Her research interests are generally centered on theoretical and applied research on robust, resilient, and scalable control strategies for cyber-physical energy systems.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Professor Alireza Karimi
Contact
- chantal.demont@epfl.ch barbara.schenkel@epfl.ch