Risk and Resiliency of the Electric Power Grid: Mathematical and Statistical Challenges

随着新技术和新政策的实施，电网正在发生巨大变化。这些变化将影响输送给消费者的电力质量，并将带来新的风险，改变电网系统的弹性。为了理解和减轻这些风险并加强复原力，数学和统计技术将是非常宝贵的。该研讨会于2015年7月14日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿举行，目的是汇集电网工程、数学和统计界的代表，讨论电网中的一些挑战。研讨会的参与者来自学术数学和统计科学以及美国能源部（DOE）。能源部的电网专家将分享他们对当前和未来电网的知识、经验和愿景，特别是对大规模、真实的电网网络的看法。这将确保数学和统计界解决现实的电网挑战。研讨会将包括电网专家和数学家的几次演讲，他们研究了与电网相关的主题。主题包括稳定性分析，不确定性量化，模型简化，图形网络和网格的算法开发。将鼓励现场讨论，既为阐明这个领域的数学/统计研究人员新的问题，并讨论电网研究中的数学/统计方向。研讨会结束时，组织者将为各机构和与会者编写一份报告，总结会谈、讨论和可能的研究方向。

The electric power grid is dramatically changing as new technologies and policies are being implemented. These changes will affect the quality of delivered electric power to the consumer, and will pose new risks and alter the resiliency of the power grid system. To understand and mitigate these risks and to strengthen the resiliency, mathematical and statistical techniques will be invaluable. The goal of this workshop, held July 14, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia, is to bring together the representatives from the power grid engineering, mathematics, and statistics communities to discuss some of the challenges in the power grid.The workshop involves participants from the academic-based mathematical and statistical sciences and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Power grid experts from DOE will share their knowledge, experience, and visions of the current and future power grid, particularly for large-scale, real power grid networks. This will ensure that realistic power grid challenges are addressed by the mathematics and statistics communities. The workshop will include several talks from power grid experts and mathematicians who have investigated topics related to the power grid. Topics to be included are stability analysis, uncertainty quantification, model reduction, graph networks, and algorithmic development for the grid. Floor discussions will be encouraged, both for elucidating the problems to math/stats researchers new to this field and for discussing math/stats directions in power grid research. At the end of the workshop, the organizers will produce a report for the agencies and participants, summarizing the talks, discussions, and possible research directions.