Two PhD Scholarships in Privacy-Aware and ML-Supported Electricity Market Designs
Application link: https://lnkd.in/dmv6prV Deadline: August 10, 2021<mailto:uai@engr.orst.edu> The Centre for Electric Power and Energy (CEE) at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) invites applications for two fully funded 3-year PhD positions in privacy-aware and ML-supported electricity market design. Both positions will be started before the end of year 2021. Both PhD students will join the Energy Analytics & Markets (ELMA) research group of CEE. The ELMA group (https://lnkd.in/dNBFxrc) offers a very international, diverse, and friendly atmosphere, encouraging creativity, empathy and team working within the group and beyond. The ELMA group has a strong multi-disciplinary research focus on energy markets, advanced optimization and game-theoretic algorithms, AI and energy analytics. Many former ELMA members are currently very successful scientists either in academia or in industry. PhD students at ELMA have a great opportunity to build strong networks with internationally known researchers at DTU and other universities as well as industrial partners. They will take several relevant courses (30 ECTS in total) aligned with their PhD project either in DTU or other universities. They will also have a chance to attend several international conferences and other scientific events as well as a research stay for 3-6 months in a well-known research group outside Denmark. They are also welcome to contribute to supervision and teaching activities. PhD position 1: Privacy-aware market design for energy communities The PhD student will join the FLEX-CEC project, which has recently been granted funding from Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP). The FLEX-CEC project partially funds this PhD scholarship, and the rest will be funded by DTU Electrical Engineering Department. The research goal of this PhD project is to design a market for local energy communities that provably guarantees the privacy of market participants (i.e., community members) in terms of their data integrity. This privacy-aware market design is expected to encourage more prosumers and end-consumers to join local energy communities and provide diverse flexibility services to the power system. This market design is expected to be demonstrated in several pilots in Denmark. The student will be in close collaboration with industry, in particular Enyday, Energi Danmark, BY&HAVN and EWII, and participate in dialogues with, i.e., regulators on necessary permissions and exceptions needed for executing the experiments. Some of research aspects are: * Designing a market for energy communities built upon non-cooperative and cooperative game theory * Developing privacy-aware market-clearing algorithms using recently developed methods in computer science, e.g., differential privacy * Validating the level of privacy preservation using inference tools such as inverse optimization, Bayesian inference, or machine learning algorithms * Designing a fair allocation mechanism for distributing the potential increased operational cost of the community among market participants based on their privacy preferences PhD position 2: AI for modern electricity market design This PhD scholarship is fully funded by DTU Electrical Engineering Department. This is a unique PhD position, since the student will have an opportunity to conduct “fundamental” research. Some of potential research aspects are: * Exploring how AI, in particular advanced machine learning algorithms, can help us design more efficient electricity markets in terms of increased social welfare and reduced computational complexity. For this research aspect, the successful applicant will first investigate in the literature the success of AI in designing generic markets and markets for other commodities, and will then focus on designing AI-based electricity markets. There will be a special focus on continuous electricity markets. * Designing a data market for power systems: Recent tremendous developments in machine learning bring the opportunity for electricity market participants to use high-quality labeled data for training their forecasting and decision-making models. However, one can expect that it will be very difficult for an electricity market participant to achieve such high quality data as it is distributed and belong to other participants. Market participants are in general reluctant to share their own data, e.g., wind power forecasts, due to privacy issues and the fact that other participants are their competitors in the electricity market. To incentivize data exchange, this PhD project will view data as a tradable commodity and aims at designing a mechanism for “data trading” in electricity markets. Data trading is a very young research field and has never been explored extensively in the energy sector. Qualifications You must have a two-year master's degree (120 ECTS points) or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a two-year master's degree. A good candidate will have a solid background in most of the following points: * Knowledge of power systems and electricity markets * Knowledge of convex optimization, game theory and machine learning techniques * Knowledge of programming tools such as Julia and Python * Excellent use of the English language * Ability to present results in technical reports, and prepare scientific papers for publication in international conferences and journals * For position 1, knowledge of Danish language is an advantage, as the student is expected to be in close collaboration with utilities and regulatory authorities, and the research will take place under a regulatory framework defined in Danish. Approval and Enrolment The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes at DTU. For information about our enrolment requirements and the general planning of the PhD study programme, please see the DTU PhD Guide<http://www.dtu.dk/english/Education/PhD/Rules/PhDguide>. Assessment The assessment of the applicants will be made by Associate Professor Jalal Kazempour (DTU). For position 1, Project Manager Christoffer Greisen will also be in the assessment committee. We offer DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility. Salary and appointment terms The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. The period of employment is 3 years. You can read more about career paths at DTU here<http://www.dtu.dk/english/about/job-and-career/working-at-dtu/career-paths>. Further information Further information may be obtained from Associate Professor Jalal Kazempour, sey...@elektro.dtu.dk<mailto:sey...@elektro.dtu.dk>. You can read more about DTU Electro at www.elektro.dtu.dk/english<http://www.elektro.dtu.dk/english> and CEE at www.cee.elektro.dtu.dk/<http://www.cee.elektro.dtu.dk/>. If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark<https://www.dtu.dk/english/about/job-and-career/moving-to-denmark>. Application procedure Please submit your online application at your earliest convenience but not later than 10 August 2021 (Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply online", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include: * A letter motivating the application. In this letter, please clarify whether you apply for position 1 or 2 or both. In addition, please elaborate on your relevant scientific and programming competences for the position(s) you apply for, and explain why you fit well into this specific position. * Curriculum vitae * Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma * Excel sheet with translation of grades to the Danish grading system (see guidelines and Excel spreadsheet here<http://www.dtu.dk/english/Education/phd/Applicant/Pre_acceptance-1->) * Contact details of two individuals that can provide a letter of reference You may apply prior to obtaining your master's degree but cannot begin before having received it. All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. DTU Electrical Engineering educates students within electrical engineering technologies. We offer studies at BEng, BSc, MSc and PhD levels, and participate in joint international programmes. We conduct state-of-the-art research within antenna and microwave technology, robot technology, power and physical electronics, acoustic environment, electro-acoustics, electric power and energy. Our department has more than 200 members of staff. Technology for people DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear vision to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That vision lives on today. DTU has 12,900 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world. Best regards, Jalal [http://www.dtu.dk/-/media/DTU_Generelt/Andet/mail-signature-logo.png] Jalal Kazempour Associate Professor Mob. +45 26 35 99 55 sey...@elektro.dtu.dk<mailto:sey...@elektro.dtu.dk> Elektrovej Building 325, Room 142 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark www.jalalkazempour.com<http://www.jalalkazempour.com/>
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