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An Exponentially Converging Particle Method for the Mixed Nash Equilibrium of Continuous Games

We consider the problem of computing mixed Nash equilibria of two-player zero-sum games with continuous sets of pure strategies and with first-order access to the payoff function. This problem arises for example in game-theory-inspired machine learning app ...

2025

Maintenance and optimization of the TCV power supply

Damien Fasel, Ugo Siravo, Jérémie Dubray

The TCV tokamak is powered by a flywheel generator to supply the magnetic coils and the auxiliary heating systems. The generator has just undergone its fourth major overhaul to make it ready for the next ten years, after more than thirty years of almost tr ...

Elsevier Science Sa2024

Study of flexible operating conditions in variable-speed hydraulic turbines : advanced models and experimental validation

Martin Seydoux

The global imperative to transition from fossil fuel-based energy sources to renewable alternatives has become increasingly urgent in the pursuit of sustainable and renewable power generation. This paradigm shift necessitates innovative approaches to manag ...

EPFL2024

Quantifying the biomimicry gap in biohybrid robot-fish pairs

Francesco Mondada, Vaios Papaspyros

Biohybrid systems in which robotic lures interact with animals have become compelling tools for probing and identifying the mechanisms underlying collective animal behavior. One key challenge lies in the transfer of social interaction models from simulatio ...

2024

Functional-Basis Analysis of Non-Stationary Signals in Modern Power Grids: Theory and Implementation in Embedded Systems

Alexandra Cameron Karpilow

Situational awareness strategies are essential for the reliable and secure operation of the electric power grid which represents critical infrastructure in modern society. With the rise of converter-interfaced renewable generation and the consequent shift ...

EPFL2024

Unified Harmonic Power-Flow and Stability Analysis of Power Grids with Converter-Interfaced Distributed Energy Resources

Johanna Kristin Maria Becker

Modern power distribution systems are experiencing a large-scale integration of Converter-Interfaced Distributed Energy Resources (CIDERs). Their presence complicates the analysis and mitigation of harmonics, whose creation and propagation may be amplified ...

EPFL2024

Contact Tip Trajectory in Steady-State Regime Prediction Using Deep Learning for Piezoelectric Actuators

Yves Perriard, Paolo Germano, Marjan Ghorbani, Xinxin Liao, Marc Michel Charles Favier

Including friction modeling in simulation can be challenging and requires time domain simulation, which is time consuming. We propose to separate the friction modelling from the FEA (Finite Element Analysis). The approach is defined for UCM (Ultrasonic Cer ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.2024

An artificial neural network approach to bifurcating phenomena in computational fluid dynamics

Jan Sickmann Hesthaven, Federico Pichi

This work deals with the investigation of bifurcating fluid phenomena using a reduced order modelling setting aided by artificial neural networks. We discuss the POD-NN approach dealing with non-smooth solutions set of nonlinear parametrized PDEs. Thus, we ...

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD2023

Analytical Computation of Power Grids’ Sensitivity Coefficients with Voltage-Dependent Injections

Mario Paolone, Sherif Alaa Salaheldin Fahmy

With the increasing need of real-time regulation in power systems, grid-aware-control-frameworks are relying more often on sensitivity coefficients (SCs) to formulate and efficiently solve optimal control problems. As known, SCs are the derivatives of cont ...

IEEE2021

Privacy-Preserving Image Acquisition for Neural Vision Systems

Pascal Frossard, Yamin Sepehri

Preserving privacy is a growing concern in our society where cameras are ubiquitous. In this work, we propose a trainable image acquisition method that removes the sensitive information in the optical domain before it reaches the image sensor. The method b ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2023

Impact of battery energy storage systems on the dynamic behavior of low-inertia power grids

Yihui Zuo

The extensive deployment of non-synchronous generation determines lower level of grid inertia resulting in deteriorated frequency containment performance and abnormal frequency excursions in case of contingency. This calls for identifying assets, controls, ...

EPFL2021

Sparse Attacks for Manipulating Explanations in Deep Neural Network Models

Pascal Frossard, Seyed Mohsen Moosavi Dezfooli, Michail Vlachos

We investigate methods for manipulating classifier explanations while keeping the predictions unchanged. Our focus is on using a sparse attack, which seeks to alter only a minimal number of input features. We present an efficient and novel algorithm for co ...

Ieee Computer Soc2023

Siting and Sizing of Energy Storage Systems: Towards a Unified Approach for Transmission and Distribution System Operators for Reserve Provision and Grid Support

Mario Paolone, Fabrizio Sossan

This paper presents a method to determine the optimal location, energy capacity, and power rating of distributed battery energy storage systems at multiple voltage levels to accomplish grid control and reserve provision. We model operational scenarios at a ...

Elsevier2020

Bayesian Error-in-Variables Models for the Identification of Distribution Grids

Giancarlo Ferrari Trecate, Pulkit Nahata, Jean-Sébastien Hubert Brouillon

The increasing integration of renewable energy requires a good model of the existing power distribution infrastructure, represented by its admittance matrix. However, a reliable estimate may either be missing or quickly become obsolete, as distribution gri ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2023

NeuroAI: If grid cells are the answer, is path integration the question?

Alexander Mathis, Mackenzie Mathis, Markus Frey

Spatially modulated neurons known as grid cells are thought to play an important role in spatial cognition. A new study has found that units with grid-cell-like properties can emerge within artificial neural networks trained to path integrate, and develope ...

CELL PRESS2023

Protection Coordination in Marine DC Power Distribution Networks

Seongil Kim

The increasing penetration of renewable energy sources, energy storage systems (ESSs), and DC loads has opened the door to DC technology to pave its way into future grids. The shift has been more obvious in the marine domain supported by track records of i ...

EPFL2020

Data-Driven Distributed Reactive Power Sharing in Microgrids

Alireza Karimi, Seyed Sohail Madani

In this paper, reactive power sharing for Photovoltaic (PV) units in islanded microgrids has been formulated as a robust control design problem and is solved using convex optimization method. In addition to reactive power sharing, the disturbance rejection ...

IEEE2020

Teaching optics to a machine learning network

André-Pierre Blanchard-Dionne, Olivier Martin

In this Letter, we demonstrate how harmonic oscillator equations can be integrated in a neural network to improve the spectral response prediction for an optical system. We use the optical properties of a one-dimensional nanoslit array for a practical impl ...

2020

Deexcitation Characterization for Power Supply Protection in DC Shipboard Power Systems

Drazen Dujic, Seongil Kim

The deexcitation of a synchronous machine has been used for the protection of the power supply based on a diode rectifier in marine dc power distribution networks. The fault current from the generator can be eliminated with the protection method utilizing ...

IEEE2020

A scalable, line-independent control design algorithm for voltage and frequency stabilization in AC islanded microgrids

Giancarlo Ferrari Trecate, Michele Tucci

We propose a decentralized control synthesis procedure for stabilizing voltage and frequency in AC Islanded microGrids (ImGs) composed of Distributed Generation Units (DGUs) and loads interconnected through power lines. The presented approach enables Plug- ...

2020