A textbook titled "Critical Infrastructures Resilience: Policy and Engineering Principles" is authored by Auroop Ratan Ganguly (Collaborator on Smart Grids Big Data),Stephen E. Flynn, and‎ Udit Bhatia, should be available starting March 2018. Critical Infrastructures Resilience: Policy and Engineering Principles will be of interest to students of engineering and policy. Abstract: This text offers comprehensive and principled, yet practical, guidelines to critical infrastructures resilienc...

Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)’s Data Analytics Initiatives Tuesday, Nov. 28 | 2:00 p.m. EST SMUD implemented $350 million worth of smart grid projects that resulted in dramatic increases in the amount of available data. SMUD used the data to implement several initiatives in the areas of workforce and asset management, operational efficiencies, distributed energy resource management and customer programs. SMUD continues to use the data to improve grid performance and to develop...

Big Data Hubs Cyberinfrastructure Working Group Friday, Nov. 3 | 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET The goals of the Data Sharing and Cyberinfrastructure Working Group are to increase awareness and availability of CI and big data innovations for the national community by catalyzing people and initiatives; to identify gaps to foster further improvement to the national data research infrastructure; and to recruit and educate new communities, service providers, and data resources to expand the impact of the nat...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a webinar series on undergraduate data science education. 11/7/17 - Diversity, Inclusion, and Increasing Participation 11/14/17 - Two-Year Colleges and Institutional Partnerships Visit their website for more information. 

Monday, October 30, 2017 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET / 10:00 - 11:00 am PT To effectively address transportation safety issues requires the integration of multiple disparate data sources, some historic, some drawn from real time data, and in many cases, to integrate multiple technologies to analyze and understand crash data. This call focused on how we can address and solve these issues. To join the TDC Community Call: www.uberconference.com/westhub Dial in: 510-925-0403 | No PIN needed CALL AGEN...

Tatjana Dokic, a PhD student of Dr. Kezunovic, presented a paper at the Grid of the Future™ symposium in Cleveland, Ohio. Information about the symposium can be found here. Citation: T. Dokic, M. Kezunovic, “Real-Time Weather Hazard Assessment for Power System Emergency Risk Management,” CIGRE Grid of the Future 2017, Cleveland, OH, October 24, 2017. The Grid of the Future™ symposium is sponsored by the CIGRE US National Committee (USNC) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPR...

The 3rd TEXATA Big Data Analytics World Championships was hosted in Austin TX. It was a fun, educational and challenging online global competition for professionals and students looking to build and showcase their real-world skills in Big Data, Data Science, Machine Learning and Business Analytics. There were two Online Rounds (4 hours each) and Live Top 12 World Finals in Austin Texas.  Round 1 Online started on 30th September 2017. All participants received a certificate of participation. ...