Workshop on cyber-physical systems applications to power grid, Boston, MA, July 16-17, 2016

21世纪的电网正在转变为一个复杂的网络物理系统（CPS），在架构、技术、参与者和资产、控制、通信和市场机制方面具有前所未有的创新。虽然将CPS技术和理念应用于新兴智能电网的好处是不言而喻的，但人们越来越关注：a)相关的网络安全；B)可再生能源的整合；C)在将研究结果纳入关键基础设施领域（如电网）之前，对研究结果进行确认和验证；d)电力和能源领域下一代劳动力的准备和教育。这些都是电力系统工程领域研究兴趣的新课题，引起了学术界、政府和工业界的关注。与会者将包括来自工业界、政府和学术界参加IEEE PES会议的电力和能源领域的专家，以及一些选定的CPS一般领域的专家。该研讨会预计将在研究人员之间产生协同研究兴趣，同时帮助确定该领域未来研究资助的新主题。讲习班还将明确讨论将该领域的当前和最佳做法纳入未来劳动力教育的问题。该研讨会的好处与加强关键基础设施（即电网）和培养受过良好教育的劳动力密切相关。本次研讨会的目标和范围包括交流关于CPS技术在电力和能源系统中的应用的最佳实践、当前趋势和未来研究和教育主题的信息。未来电网的物理和网络安全至关重要。未来的电网也有望由比过去更清洁的发电来源提供动力，例如可能表现出固有随机性的可再生能源。必须开发工具和技术来评估这些新技术对电网的影响。这些领域的学术研究能否被广泛接受，取决于研究结果能否在现实环境中得到验证。进行此类验证研究并向行业提供高度可靠结果的推动因素之一是测试平台的使用。最后，上述所有主题都与培养训练有素的劳动力有关，这些劳动力将面临未来复杂网格的操作和管理挑战。

The electricity grid of the 21st century is transforming into a complex cyber-physical system (CPS) with unprecedented innovations in architectures, technologies, participants and assets, controls, communications, and market mechanisms. While the benefits of the application of CPS technologies and philosophy to the emerging Smart Grid are self-evident, there are rising concerns of: a) associated cybersecurity; b) integration of renewable energy sources; c) the validation and verification of results from research before incorporating them in a critical infrastructure domain such as the electricity grid; and, d) the preparation and education of the next generation workforce in the power and energy area. These are new topics of research interest in the area of electric power systems engineering and elicits attention from academia, government, and industry alike. The participants will include experts in the power and energy area from the industry, government, and academia that are attending the IEEE PES conference as well as some selected experts general areas of CPS. This workshop is expected to generate synergistic research interests among researchers, while helping identify newer themes for future research funding this area. The workshop will also explicitly address the integration of current and best practices in the area into the education of the future workforce. The benefits of this workshop are germane to the strengthening of a critical infrastructure, i.e., the grid, and the preparation of an educated workforce.The goal and scope of this workshop includes the exchange of information on best practices, current trends, and topics for future research and education in the application of CPS technologies to power and energy systems. The physical and cyber security of the future electricity grid of the future is paramount. The future grid is also expected to be powered by cleaner sources of generation than in the past, such as renewable energy source that may exhibit inherent stochasticity. It is imperative to develop tools and techniques for assessing the impact of these new technologies on the power grid. The wide acceptance of academic research in these areas is dependent on the validation of the results using realistic environments. One of the enablers for conducting such validation studies and presenting highly reliable results to the industry is the use of testbeds. Lastly, all of the above themes relate to the preparation of a highly-trained workforce that will face the challenges of operating and managing the complex grid of the future.