The Energy Management Department in Cupertino, CA, invites applications for summer internship position from qualified PhD candidates. The internship project includes research on decentralized and transactive energy management in micro/power grids for optimization of distributed and renewable energy resources with energy storage utilizing smart contract framework of a blockchain technology. The successful candidate is expected to develop a transactive energy management framework based on sound modeling and theoretical foundation including power systems, graph modeling, or game theories to establish and solve a critical decentralized control problem of distributed energy resources. |
• PhD candidate in CS/EE or equivalent field
• Understanding of energy management systems (e.g. distributed energy resource, battery, power flow)
• Profound knowledge on transactive energy framework
• Solid understanding of concepts on distributed networks and systems
• Good programming (C++, Python, Java, etc.) and system design skills Desired Skills:
• Knowledge of blockchain technology, IoT, security, and cloud computing
• Data mining, graph modeling, and game theory skills are plus |
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