1. Smart Grids and Complexity
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Professor Jacek Brodzki
Mathematics, University of Southampton
SIMM
Southampton Initiative in
Mathematical Modelling 1

2. SIMM Southampton Initiative in Mathematical Modelling
Funded in 2009 to create a new research platform to unify modelling activities and expertise in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Statistics and OR
SIMM brings together about 40 staff members across all the disciplines, and about 25 postdocs and PhD students
SIMM activities are supported by EPSRC (about £1.5M in grants since 2010) and comprise a varied portfolio of projects in energy, networks, modern data analysis
An important part of SIMM’s activities is complexity research

3. Smart grids as complex networks
The functional structure of the grid depends on the scale at which it is viewed
An exciting challenge in complexity research
Regular graphs
Random graphs

4. Scale-dependent analysis
Various features of the grid come into focus as the scale of observation changes
from large scale (a whole country or even continent)
to small scale-single towns, streets, or even individual homes.

5. Smart grids as sensor networks Global information from local data
Sensor placement
Network coverage
Modern discrete mathematics
Applied topology
Modern statistics