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Nov 18

Shift2DC stops in Chicago to be part of CIRED 2024 Workshop 

The Shift2DC project travelled to Chicago between November 7 and 8 to present at CIRED Chigago Workshop 2024, one of the main international European electricity distribution community meeting points, that was held for the first time in the USA under the topic “Resilience of Electric Distribution Systems”. 

Since 2008, CIRED workshops have been organized in Europe every two years . Building on the success of these workshops, CIRED has then decided to extend its geographic coverage by organizing workshops outside the continent.  

In this edition the Shift2DC paper “Forecasting Needs for Improving Grid Resilience in ShorePower Infrastructures” authored by Herbert Amezquita, Pedro Costa, Guilherme Paraíso, Carlos Cardoso, Carlos Castro, Lucas Pereira and Hugo Morais was accepted and presented by the Shift2DC researcher from the Interactive Technologies Institute (ITI), Lucas Pereira.  

The paper focused on forecasting needs for port electrification, exploring both the challenges and opportunities of port electrification for grid resilience, emphasizing the importance of developing accurate probabilistic forecasting models that can be deployed at scale.  

The work brought a unique computational sustainability perspective, particularly in machine learning, which was very well received by an audience centered on electric distribution systems. In addition, I presented two other related papers. The first introduced a framework for multi-variate probabilistic forecasting, which aims to improve grid resilience through advanced forecasting techniques. The second discussed federated learning forecasting and its role as an enabler of flexibility markets for enhancing grid resilience against disruptions like cyber-attacks”, shared Lucas Pereira. 

More about the event here.