Developing and using software in a Smart Grid | Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Developing and using software in a Smart Grid (17.ESI071)

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Power Software Engineering (Year: 4, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Theoretical-methodological
Scientific or art field	Primenjeno softversko inženjerstvo
ECTS	6

Acquiring basic knowledge regarding a development of mission-critical software intensive systems. Introduction to the main characteristics of a Smart Grid and its architecture. Acquaintance with the Internet of Things (IoT) and Web of Things paradigms, and the importance of IoT platform to manage a vast number of smart devices. Introduction to the semantic layer that boosts communication capabilities of devices. Getting the basics of Big Data technologies as well as machine learning approaches to handle huge amounts of data.

Knowledge of the major aspects of mission-critical software systems, and how they drastically differ from the classical ones. Introduction to the ubiquitous/pervasive and edge computing paradigms, and technologies for producing massively scalable distributed solutions. Getting basic knowledge in the domain of Big Data technologies, and how machine-learning may help classify and predict consumption and production. Acquaintance with RDF and OWL as major semantic technologies.

Fundamental items of mission-critical software systems, including formal methods and safety arguments. Several Big Data technologies and machine-learning algorithms for classification and prediction. A concrete IoT platform to manage devices. RDF and OWL as well as a SPARQL query language. The use in smart grid software model. Algorithms overview and data model in smart grids. Numeric calculations in smart grids.

Lectures; Auditory Practice; Consultations.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Dominique D. Guinard, Vlad M. Trifa	Building the Web of Things: With examples in Node.js and Raspberry Pi	2016	Manning	English
Friedman Hill, E.	Jess The Rule Engine for the Java Platform	2008	Sandia National Laboratories	English
Gruhn, V., Striemer, R.	The Essence of Software Engineering	2018	Springer, Cham	English
Francis daCosta, Byron Henderson	Rethinking the Internet of Things: A Scalable Approach to Connecting Everything	2013	Apress	English
Nick Jenkins , Akihiko Yokoyama , Jianzhong Wu , Kithsiri Liyanage , Janaka Ekanayake	Smart Grid: Technology and Applications	2012	John Wiley & Sons	English
James A. Momoh	Smart Grid: Fundamentals of Design and Analysis	2012	Wiley-IEEE Press	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Theoretical part of the exam	No	Yes	20.00
Test	Yes	Yes	10.00
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	30.00
Exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Project task	Yes	Yes	30.00