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After his B.Tech (Electrical Engineering) and M.Tech (Computer
Science) degrees from IIT Madras, Prof. Krithi Ramamritham
went on to receive his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the
University of Utah. After working at the University of Massachusetts,
from 1981-2001, he is currently at IIT Bombay as the Vijay
and Sita Vashee Chair Professor in the Department of Computer
Science and Engineering. During 2006-2009, he served as Dean
(R&D) at IIT Bombay. Prof. Ramamritham's research explores
timeliness and consistency issues in computer systems, in
particular, databases, real-time systems, and distributed
applications. His recent work addresses these issues in the
context of sensor networks, embedded systems, mobile environments
and smart grids. During the last few years he has been interested
in the use of Information and Communication Technologies for
creating tools aimed at socio-economic development. Prof.
Ramamritham is a Fellow of the IEEE, ACM, Indian Academy of
Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India, and the Indian
National Academy of Engineering. Twice he has received the
IBM Faculty Award. He is also a recipient of the Distinguished
Alumnus Award from IIT Madras and the Doctor of Science (Honoris
Causa) from the University of Sydney. Prof. Ramamritham has
been associated with the editorial board of various journals.
These include Real-Time Systems Journal (Editor-in-Chief),
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE
Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions
on Mobile Computing, IEEE Internet Computing and the VLDB
(Very Large Databases) Journal. Moreover, he has served on
the Board of Directors of Persistent Systems, Pune, on the
Board of Trustees of the VLDB Endowment, and on the Technical
Advisory Board of TTTech, Vienna, Austria, Microsoft Research
India, and Tata Consultancy Services. Of the two startups
that he has co-founded, Agrocom offers award-winning information
and communication technology-based real-time decision-support
tools to farmers and organizations enabling progressive farming
while Nex Robotics delivers high quality products in robotics
and embedded systems.
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Title: Smart
Energy -- The Role of Data: Timely Monitoring, Dissemination,
Analytics
Abstract:
Smart grids have been heralded as the key enabler of cleaner,
cheaper and more reliable energy. They incorporate diverse
energy sources, advanced monitoring, demand-side management
and the ability to “self heal”. The success of
smart grids lies in the development of effective solutions
for a) Demand-supply management incorporating intermittent,
renewable, energy sources; b) Monitoring and sensing to understand
energy generation and consumption patterns; and c) Distributed
information management and control strategies. The talk will
cover these topics and show how timely data analytics plays
a crucial role in addressing these problems.
http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/krithi/
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