Migrid: smart micro-grids

PhD student, N. Najem recently Published a MiGrid-relevant article in the last issue of the journal “Information”.

N.Najem paper: “Context-Aware Wireless Sensor Networks for Smart Building Energy Management System ”

PhD student, B. Et-taibi, presented a MiGrid-relevant paper at ICDS2020 Conference (International Conference on Intelligent Computing in Data Sciences),  in Fes, Oct, 21-23, 2020.

B. Et-taibi paper: “Smart Agriculture as a Cyber Physical System : A Real-World Deployment ”

MiGRID PhD student, S. Bourhnane, got a MiGrid-relevant paper accepted at AI2SD’20 (International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development), and will be presenting the paper  in Tangier, Dec, 21-26, 2020.

S. Bourhnane paper: “Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks, Microcontrollers, Wireless Communication Technologies, and Operating Systems for WSNs: a survey”

Ms. Lynnette Lusenaka and Dr. Anjali Kumar (Regional Advisor for Morocco at USAID-Washington) visiting the USAID Labs at AUI & UIR.

MiGRID PhD students, S. Boulmrharj and A. Elmouatamid, got two MiGrid-relevant papers accepted at IRSEC’17 (International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference), and will be presenting the papers  in Tangier, Dec, 4-7, 2017.

S. Boulmarhrj paper: “Modeling and Dimensioning of Photovolataic Systems”

M. Emmouatamid paper: “Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Photovoltaic Systems”

Dr. Bakhouya, and Dr. Abid, presented a Project-relevant poster at the 5th NAS (National Academy of Sciences) Arab-American Frontiers Symposium held in Rabat, Morocco (Nov 2-4, 2017)

The Symposium is mainly sponsored by USAID, NSF (National Science Foundation), and NASA.

This is the first semestral meeting in the current Academic year 2017-18. The meeting is held to discuss basic issues relevant to the progress of the project. The meeting agenda covered the following main points:

• Welcoming – by Dr. K. Zine-Dine
• Project Progress / Project Holistic Architecture – presented by Dr. Abid
• Ph.D Thematic#1: “Control”- presented by PhD student M. Elmouatamid
• Ph.D Thematic#2: “Storage”- presented by PhD student S.Boulmrharj
• Ph.D Thematic#3: “ICT”- presented by PhD student S.Bourhanne
• Progress Report @ UIR – presented by Dr. Bakhouya
• Towards Real-World Testbed deployment @ UIR – presented by Dr. M. Khaidar
• Towards Real-World Testbed deployment @ AUI – presented by Dr. R. Lghoul
• Current Issues / “What’s Next?” – moderator: Dr. M. Khaidar
• Wrapping Up: By Dr. K. Zine-Dine, and Dr. Abid

Dr. Abid presented a project-relevant paper, entitled “ICT for Renewable Energy Integration into Smart Buildings: IoT and Big Data Approach”, at the IEEE AFRICON’17 Conference (www.africon2017.org) Cape Town, South Africa, Sep 18-20, 2017

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