Disputation: Sara Mohammadi

Doctoral candidate Sara Mohammadi at the Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, is defending the thesis Local Energy Trading Markets with Prosumers Considering Fairness and Security for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor.

Picture of the candidate

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The PhD defence will be partially digital, in Kristen Nygaards sal (5370), Ole-Johan Dahls hus and streamed directly using Zoom. The host of the session will moderate the technicalities while the chair of the defence will moderate the disputation.

 

Ex auditorio questions: the chair of the defence will invite the attending audience at Kristen Nygaards sal to ask ex auditorio questions. 

Trial lecture

 

"Cyber Security in Smart Grid: Prevention-based vs. Detection-based approaches"

Time and place: March 11, 2024 13:15 PM, Kristen Nygaards sal (5370), Ole-Johan Dahls hus/ Zoom

 

Main research findings

The emergence of renewable energy resources such as solar energy from individuals’ solar panels enables individuals to generate energy not only to meet their own needs but also to sell to their neighbours. With microgrid technology, individuals can engage in P2P energy trading in a local energy market without a need for a third party.
However, P2P energy trading also raises new challenges on security and fairness. The P2P energy trading involves bi-directional network communication, making it vulnerable to cyberattacks. P2P energy trading also involves individuals with different preferences and load demands, hampering the fair distribution of energy and benefits.
This dissertation investigates possible security threats, such as false data injection attacks, in the local P2P energy trading markets and their impacts on the markets. Moreover, this thesis proposes machine learning based techniques to detect false data injection attacks in the local P2P energy trading markets. Regarding the fairness challenge, the dissertation investigates energy sharing in multi-unit buildings and then proposes new fair energy sharing models.

Adjudication committee:

  • Professor Damla Turgut, University of Central Florida, USA
  • Professor Hoai Phuong Ha, UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet, Norway
  • Professor Özgü Alay Erduran, Department of Informatics, UIO, Norway

Supervisors:

  • Professor Frank Eliassen, Department of Informatics, UiO
  • Professor Yan Zhang, Department of Informatics, UiO

Chair of defence:

Professor Carsten Griwodz

Contact information at Department: Mozhdeh Sheibani Harat

Published Feb. 26, 2024 12:40 PM - Last modified Mar. 8, 2024 1:13 PM