Pirathayini Srikantha
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Engineering
University of Western Ontario
Canada
Biography
Dr. P. Srikantha is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Western University. She received her B.A.Sc. degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2009 and her M.A.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the same institute in 2013. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto in 2017. She is a certified Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario. Her main research interests are in the areas of large-scale optimization and distributed control for enabling adaptive, sustainable and resilient power grid operations. Her work has been published in premier smart grid journal and conference venues. Her research efforts have received recognitions that include the best paper award (IEEE Smart Grid Communications) and runner-up best poster award (ACM Women in Computing). She is also actively involved in professional and social activities. She has served as the Session Chair and Technical Program Committee member in IEEE conferences. She is a reviewer in numerous IEEE transactions journals.
Research Interest
Large-scale optimization and distributed control for enabling adaptive, sustainable and resilient power grid operations.
Publications
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Srikantha P, Keshav S, Rosenberg C. Distributed control for reducing carbon footprint in the residential sector. InSmart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2012 IEEE Third International Conference on 2012 Nov 5 (pp. 115-120). IEEE.
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Srikantha P, Kundur D. Distributed optimization of dispatch in sustainable generation systems via dual decomposition. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 2015 Sep;6(5):2501-9.
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Srikantha P, Rosenberg C, Keshav S. An analysis of peak demand reductions due to elasticity of domestic appliances. InProceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Future Energy Systems: Where Energy, Computing and Communication Meet 2012 May 9 (p. 28). ACM.
