Partners

The experience of all partners obtained from diverse research projects enables the consortium to successfully achieve the objectives of AI4DG. The project partners complement each other ideally in their respective know-how. The combination of expertise in the areas of AI methods, resource-efficient cognitive edge architectures and RES integration into the electric grid in combination with a dynamic hardware grid simulation provides an ideal basis for defining and finding new, further innovative applications and opening additional markets. Within the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), Germany and France are two important partners in the european grid. Due to the joint work on the proposed project, Germany and France can take a pioneering role in the field of RES integration in the future DG with a high share of RES as well as its control using AI.

The research group “Cognitronics and Sensor Systems”, directed by Professor Ulrich Rückert, is part of CoR-Lab at Bielefeld University. Our common research goal is the systematic design and the demand-oriented implementation of innovative microelectronic circuits and systems. We focus on massively parallel and reconfigurable system architectures. Our realizations cover embedded processor architectures and energy efficient sensor nodes as well as scalable server platforms. On application level, we put special emphasis on distributed cognitive systems which are characterized by a decentralized organization utilizing architectures that autonomously adapt their system resources to changing environmental conditions or processing requirements. Prof. Rückert has more than 30 years experience in resource-efficient implementation of neural networks.

The Institute for Technical Energy Systems (ITES) of the HSBI contributes to the solution of inter- and transdisciplinary challenges of the technical and economic integration of decentralized energy systems. Professor Jens Haubrock is the vice chairman of the institute. The focus of his research activities is the intelligent integration of RES and controllable loads such as EVs into the electric grid. His main focus is the simulation of different electric grid structures with a focus on the DG and the use of AI. Several research projects are currently in progress concerning these topics. In the projects Fit2Load and Power2Load, the integration of EVs using AI-based intelligent charging control algorithms into a microgrid is investigated and validated in a hardware test system for a microgrid. In the joint project KI-Grid of the HSBI and the U BI, an AI-based system for the autonomous and grid reliable charge control of EVs is researched and developed. The methods are validated using a dynamic hardware grid simulation.

UGA is one of France’s leaders in higher education and research with 55,000 students and 100 research laboratories, supported by national and international funding. The university offers academic programs in all disciplines, and represents a major centre for research and innovation in the heart of Europe. With 9000 foreign students, half of the PhD students coming from all over the world, and more than 8000 researchers visiting every year, UGA is an internationally engaged university.UGA benefits from an international recognition: the university has placed 99th in the top 100 world universities in the 2020 Shanghai ranking ; 126th place in 2019 NTU ranking of scientific papers; top 30 in 2018 Reuters Europe’s Most Innovative Universities.In addition to 9 national organisms (CEA, CNRS, CEN/Météo-France, CRSSA, Inserm, INRA, Inria, IRD, Irstea), the city hosts 5 large international research facilities (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institut Laue Langevin, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Magnetic Field Laboratory, International Research Institute for Radio Astronomy), that attract thousands of researchers every year.

Worldgrid, an Eviden business (from Atos Group), is a global player in digital transformation in the energy and utilities sector with over 45 years’ experience in the entire energy chain, from the sensor to the end customer, whether for realization of the French Smart Grid Linky program for Enedis or the design of control systems for nuclear production centers in particular. Atos Worldgrid designs, develops and operates IT solutions that support key business processes in the energy sector. The company employs over 700 experts in France and 1,200 worldwide. The entity involved in the current project is located in France, in Grenoble.