Guest speakers from industry and other universities are also scheduled periodically throughout the semester. Throughout the course, probabilistic approaches are emphasized. This seminar-style course covers a wide variety of advanced topics concerning computational issues and nonlinear power system dynamics. On the computational side, efficient linear and nonlinear system solvers and techniques that exploit sparsity are considered, as well as model reduction through singular perturbation. In terms of system dynamics, voltage stability phenomena and bifurcation analysis are discussed.
Assignments are largely computer-oriented.
In addition, the students are required to present a paper or topic in an area of interest.