OwlSim: Revolutionizing National Energy Policies Through Technology COMP 410 in Collaboration with Citizens for Affordable Energy

Overview Introduction – The Class: COMP 410 – Our Customer: Citizens for Affordable Energy – Project Motivation – Our Mission Simulation Framework Energy Model and Plans Advanced Features Conclusion Questions

About COMP 410 “Software Engineering Methodology” Design class satisfying computer science Bachelors of Science Decree capstone requirement Warm-up project during first 3 weeks, then semester-long project … with a real customer! Student driven – no problem sets or lectures

Our Customer: Citizens for Affordable Energy CFAE is a national not-for-profit membership association Goal is to educate citizens and policymakers about non-partisan national energy solutions Leadership – John Hofmeister, Founder and CEO – Karen Hofmeister, Executive Director

Project Motivation U.S. has no long-term national energy policy CFAE believes this could be disastrous CFAE wants a software tool that can simulate the long term effects of policies (or lack thereof)

Our Mission Develop a simulation framework to predict the effects of policies Model U.S. electric power generation and distribution Create plans corresponding to best, average, and worst case scenarios Make the results accessible to the public

Overview Introduction Simulation Framework – Theoretical Design – System Capabilities Energy Model and Plans Advanced Features Conclusion Questions

Theoretical Design Modeling complex systems with mathematical functions Functions represented as modular “circuit elements” with inputs and outputs Functional modules can be “composited” – Encapsulate components of model – Allows composite modules with other modules inside. – Arbitrarily complicated models can be created – Diagram!

System Capabilities Supports many simultaneous users Scales with load Basic use case – View model, plan, precomputed results Authenticated use case – Edit plan, recompute results, save results Expert Authenticated use case (if working) System Administration use case (if working) – Publish results (if working)

Overview Introduction Simulation Framework Energy Model and Plans – Model Development – Viewing the Results – Worst, Average, and Best Case Scenarios Advanced Features Conclusion Questions

High-Level Model

Worst-Case Plan

Average-Case Plan

Best-Case Plan

Comparison with Other Models

Overview Introduction Simulation Framework Energy Model and Plans Advanced Features – Changing the Plans – Changing the Model – System Administration Conclusion Questions

Changing the Plans Edit Plan Recompute Results Save Results

Changing the Model

System Administration Adding Users Changing Privileges Publishing – Results – Plans – Models

Overview Introduction Simulation Framework Energy Model and Plans Advanced Features Conclusion – Future Work – The Teams – Acknowledgements Questions

The Teams User Interface Team – Jesus Cortez, Team Leader – Robyn Moscowitz – Tung Nguyen – Narae Kim Simulation Team – Ashrith Pillarisetti, Team Leader – Linge Dai – Mina Yao

The Teams Modeling Team – Irina Patrikeeva, Team Leader – Elizabeth Fudge – Ace Emil – Narae Kim Framework Team – Weibo He, Team Leader – Jarred Payne – Yunming Zhang – Xiangjin Zou

Command Squad Robert Brockman II – Project Manager James Morgensen – Architect Daniel Podder – Integration Master Elizabeth Fudge – Organization Master

Acknowledgements CFAE: John Hofmeister, Karen Hofmeister Professors: Dr. Steven Wong, Dr. Scott Rixner TAs: – Dennis Qian – Max Grossman – Milind Chabbi – Rahul Kumar Microsoft

Acknowledgements Smalley Institute: – Dr. Wade Adams – Dr. Carter Kittrell Dr. Richard Johnson Steven Wolff Jeffrey Bridge Jeffrey Hokanson Stamatios George Mastrogiannis

QUESTIONS

References EIA etc.