Southern California Smart Grid Research Symposium Organization Position Name California Energy Commission Jeffrey Byron Commissioner California Energy Commission Mike Gravely Manager, Energy Systems California Institute of Technology Adam Wierman Assistant Professor, Computer Science California Institute of Technology Andreas Krause Assistant Professor, Computer Science California Institute of Technology Chee Wei Tan Postdoctoral Scholar, Computer Science California Institute of Technology John Seguí Telecommunication Systems Engineer California Institute of Technology Krister Jacobsson Postdoctoral Scholar, Computer Science California Institute of Technology Mani Chandy Professor, Computer Science California Institute of Technology Shripad Thite PhD Candidate, Information Science and Technology California Institute of Technology Steven Low Professor, Computer Science & Electrical Engineering California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Frank Smith Lecturer Emeritus, College of Engineering California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Marv Abrams California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Saeed Sean Monemi Professor and Graduate Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering California State University, Long Beach Hassan Mohamed‐Nour Electrical Engineering Dept. California State University, Long Beach Tulin Mangir Electrical Engineering Dept. Cisco Jeff Platon Senior Director, Utilities Cisco Lauren Larscheid Major Account Manager Cisco Scott Kirby Electric Power Research Institute Erfan Ibrahim Technical Executive, Smart Grid Electricité de France Richard Schomberg Vice President, Research North America EnerNex Jerry Melcher GE Research John Garrity Multilin Regional Manager Google Ed Lu Program Manager, Advanced Projects IBM Research Don Mak Partner, IBM Global Business Services IBM Research Ron Ambrosio Global Smart Grid Research Lead Itron Jeff Rowe Account Executive, Itron North America Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Nalu Kaahaaina Deputy Director National Aeronautics and Space Administration David Tralli Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Southern California Smart Grid Research Symposium Organization Position Name National Aeronautics and Space Administration Gerald Voecks National Aeronautics and Space Administration Harold Kirkham National Aeronautics and Space Administration Martin Feather Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Jeff Dagle Chief Electrical Engineer, Energy Technology Department Quanta Technology, LLC Edwin Liu Vice President, Strategy Initiatives Quanta Technology, LLC Jia Wang Senior Engineer Quanta Technology, LLC Luther Dow Senior Director San Diego Gas & Electric Alex Kim Director, Customer Innovations San Diego Gas & Electric David Berokoff Manager, Technology Development Southern California Edison Alex Morris Marketing Analyst, Electric Transportation Southern California Edison Allen Thiel Manager, Automation and Communications Southern California Edison Ardalan Kamiab Project Manager, Distributed Energy Resources Southern California Edison Christopher Clarke Power System Technologies Southern California Edison David Martinez Engineer Southern California Edison Ed Kjaer Director, Electric Transportation Southern California Edison Jeanne Boyce Manager Southern California Edison Jeff Lebow Project Manager, Business Development Southern California Edison Jennifer Tavaglione Project Manager Southern California Edison Jim Kelly Senior Vice President, Transmission & Distribution Southern California Edison Juan J. Castaneda Senior Electrical Engineer, Power System Technologies Southern California Edison Katerina Tsoucalas Project Analyst Southern California Edison Katherine P. Roth Corporate Communications Southern California Edison Marco Sands Project Manager, SmartConnect Southern California Edison Marshall Parsons Manager, SmartConnect Southern California Edison Nathan Todaro Project Analyst Southern California Edison Paul de Martini Vice President, Advanced Technology Southern California Edison Pedro Pizarro Executive Vice President, Power Operations Southern California Edison Percy Haralson Manager ‐ Technical Innovation Southern California Smart Grid Research Symposium Organization Position Name Southern California Edison Peter Disi Talent Management/Human Resources Southern California Edison Robert Yinger Consulting Engineer Southern California Edison Vanessa McGrady Media Relations Tech Coast Works Jeff Greenberg Chief Executive Officer The Robison Group Inc. Todd Robison President University of California, Irvine Alex Ihler Assistant Professor, Information Computer Science University of California, Irvine Allie Auld Graduate Student, National Fuel Cell Research Center University of California, Irvine Arthur Yang Zhang PhD Candidate, Integrated Nanosystems Research Facility University of California, Irvine Athina Markopoulou Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science University of California, Irvine Dennis Silverman University of California, Irvine Fabian Mueller Senior Scientist, Sustainable Energy Initiative University of California, Irvine Gene Tsudik Professor, Computer Science Department University of California, Irvine Goran Matijasevic Director, Research Development University of California, Irvine GP Li Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science University of California, Irvine Joshua Eichman Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, National Fuel Cell Research University of California, Irvine Kane Kim Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science University of California, Irvine Kimi Nanaeda Graduate Student University of California, Irvine Kwei‐Jay Lin Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science University of California, Irvine Lee Swindlehurst Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science University of California, Irvine Magda El Zarki Professor, Computer Science University of California, Irvine Mark Bachman Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science University of California, Irvine Mark Merlo PhD Candidate, NSF LifeChips Fellow University of California, Irvine Nalini Venkatasubramanian Professor, Information Computer Science University of California, Irvine Omid Rohani University of California, Irvine Payam Heydari Professor University of California, Irvine Richard Taylor Professor, Information Computer Science University of California, Irvine Scott Samuelsen Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center University of California, Irvine Sharad Nehrutra Professor Southern California Smart Grid Research Symposium Organization Position Name University of California, Irvine Stu Ross Assistant Director, Research Development, Calit2 University of California, Irvine Tim Brown Technology Manager, Advanced Power and Energy Program University of California, Irvine Venita De Souza Director of Research Development, Information Computer Science University of California, Los Angeles Andris Abele ITA Sr. Technology Strategist, UCLA School of Engineering University of California, Los Angeles Charles Chien Student University of California, Los Angeles Derek Cheung ITA Director, UCLA School of Engineering University of California, Los Angeles Eun Sook Student University of California, Los Angeles Gilda Sabet Master's Student, Electrical Engineering University of California, Los Angeles Izhak Rubin Distinguished Professor, Electrical Engineering Department University of California, Los Angeles Jun Wan Director, Office of Information Technology University of California, Los Angeles Lei He Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department University of California, Los Angeles Manuel Mazo PhD Candidate, Electrical Engineering Department University of California, Los Angeles Neven Karlovac Senior Technology Strategist, Institute for Technology Advancement University of California, Los Angeles Nicolai Munk Petersen Student University of California, Los Angeles Pedro Gomez Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering University of California, Los Angeles Rajit Gadh Professor, School of Engineering & Applied Science University of California, Los Angeles Shaun Ahmadian Master's Student, Computer Science University of California, Los Angeles Shlomi Regev Student University of California, Los Angeles Thomas Schmid Student, Networked & Embedded Systems Laboratory University of California, Los Angeles Viet Nguyen (Jon) Student, Aerospace Engineering University of California, Los Angeles William Hou PhD Candidate, California NanoSystems Institute University of California, Los Angeles Younghun Kim PhD Candidate, Electrical Engineering Department University of California, Los Angeles Ziruo Hong Materials Science and Engineering University of California, Office of the President Merwin Brown Director, R&D University of California, San Diego Rajesh Gupta Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of California, San Diego Ramamohan Paturi Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of California, San Diego Vish Krishnan Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara Dan Colbert Executive Director, Institute for Energy Efficiency Southern California Smart Grid Research Symposium Organization Position Name University of Southern California Amol Bakshi Research Asst Professor, EE‐Systems, USC University of Southern California Andy Molisch Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering University of Southern California Annavaram Murali Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering University of Southern California Chuck Wu Research Scientist, Department of Electrical Engineering/Electrophysics University of Southern California Clifford Neuman Director, Center for Computer Systems Security University of Southern California Massoud Pedram Professor and Chair, Computer Engineering University of Southern California Peter Will Fellow, Information Sciences Institute University of Southern California Rahad Jain Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering University of Southern California Robert Braden ISI Fellow University of Southern California Robert Neches Director, Distributed Scalable Systems University of Southern California Roger Ghanem Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering University of Southern California Sandeep Gupta Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering University of Southern California Sanya Philangam Student, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering University of Southern California Sridhar Gullapalli Project Manager, USC/Information Sciences Institute University of Southern California Tim Barrett Sr. Electrical Engineer University of Southern California Timothy Pinkston Professor University of Southern California Tsen‐Chung Cheng Lloyd F. Hunt Chair in Electrical Power Engineering University of Southern California Viktor Prasanna Professor, Electrical Engineering Systems