message from the sgre 2015 technical program chairs - IEEE Xplore

MESSAGE FROM THE SGRE 2015 TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS On behalf of the Technical Program Committee of the First Workshop on Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (SGRE2015), it is our pleasure to present the proceedings of this workshop held in Doha, Qatar. Not only is Qatar the richest country in the world, enjoying the highest GDP per capita worldwide, Qatar has also taken major initiatives to achieve its 2030 national vision, which is to establish a knowledge-based economy. To this end, Qatar has established the Qatar Foundation, which fosters a number of key world universities to offer education and research that is equivalent to what is offered on the mother campuses of those universities. Within Qatar Foundation, the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) funds cutting-edge research with participants from all over the world. Each year, QNRF invests more than $150 million in research. In terms of infrastructure, the Doha City is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities. Currently, there are more than 15,000 hotel rooms, and many more will be built in the next few years in preparation for hosting the World Cup 2022. We are proud to tell you that SGRE2015’s program committee put together an outstanding program, including two keynote and three panel sessions and five parallel panel sessions and featuring 40 talks given by international and local expert scientists covering all aspects of the smart grid: power, communications, cybersecurity and economics. More than 100 technical experts from all over the world participated in the peer-review process. Based on the results of a rigorous peer review process, 29 best papers were selected for poster presentation and publication in SGRE 2015 Proceedings, resulting in a 57 percent acceptance rate. The technical program of SGRE 2015 would not have been possible without the tremendous efforts of the entire SGRE 2015 technical program committee and organizing committee. We are most grateful to the authors who submitted their work to SGRE 2015, the workshop chairs who have worked so hard to organize the workshop, the technical program committee members, the reviewers who have so diligently supported the peer review process, the technical program chairs, and everyone else who helped to put together this remarkable program for their time, dedication and hard work.

Mariusz Malinowski

Adel Gastli

Omar Ellabban

Technical Program Chair

Technical Program Co-chair

Technical Program Co-chair

Institute of Control and Industrial Electronics

Associate Dean for Academic Assistant Research Scientist, Affairs, Professor & Kahramaa- Member of the TEES Smart Siemens Chair in Energy Grid Center Extension in Qatar Efficiency Texas A&M University at

Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar

Qatar, Qatar