Event Details

Applications of Network Science: From Communication Networks to Power Grids

Presenter: Dr. Ali Tizghadam - Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Supervisor: IEEE Victoria Section

Date: Fri, January 28, 2011
Time: 11:00:00 - 00:00:00
Place: ECS 660

ABSTRACT

Abstract

Network Science is a newly emerging scientific discipline that investigates common attributes and differences (static and dynamic) among diverse physical and engineered networks, such as social networks, biological networks, Internet, and communication networks. Generally speaking, Network Science is the combination of Graph Theory, Control Theory, and cross-discipline applications.

In this talk we focus on the application of Network Science in different networking technologies. The first part of the talk is a brief discussion of our theoretical findings in network science. In particular, we explain the notion of network criticality as a measure of network robustness. In the second part of the talk, we discuss the application of network criticality in network planning and traffic engineering for communication networks. The third part of the talk is dedicated to the application of network criticality in the design of robust sparse power grids.

In particular, the problem of near real-time visualization in a geographic context is considered for the case of displaying layer data coming also from other non-acoustic sensors. The dedicated data compression techniques are presented for optimal transmission of data acquired by a multibeam sonar system.

Biography

Dr. Ali Tizghadam is currently a Post Doctoral research fellow in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto (UofT) and a part-time instructor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). He is also managing the Network Architecture Lab (NAL) in the Communications group at UofT. He received his PhD in 2009 from University of Toronto in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was in the telecom industry for 10 years before pursuing his PhD studies. His research interests span the areas of Network Science, Wireless Networks, Smart Grid Communications, Cloud Computing, Green Networking, Network Resource Management, Optimization Theory, and their applications in different networking areas.

For further information please contact:
Dr. Amirali Baniasadi (250) 721-8613 / email: abaniasa@ece.uvic.ca