Abstract
Smart Grid technologies have been revolutionizing the legacy power
grid through advanced sensor networks, two-way communication
capabilities, and immediate detection of outages. As a critical
part of the Smart Grid, the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
can provide fine-grained energy consumption data and report them to
a utility company, utilizing electrical smart meters. In regarding
the usage of smart meters in AMI, there is a primary concern about
how utility companies manage energy consumption data, particularly
with respect to consumer privacy. The fine-grained energy consumption
measurements can potentially reveal consumer sensitive information
due to opportunities of building a detailed energy profile. For instance,
the data can indicate consumer's working hours, which in fact can
be advantageous for burglars. At the same time, fine-grained energy
data can provide insight into energy efficiency and fraud detection
as well as contribute to discovering defective equipment. This talk
presents various challenges and solutions for secure and efficient
Smart Grid communication, protecting data confidentiality,
integrity, and consumer privacy.
Speaker's Biography
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Vitaly Ford is a PhD. candidate in Computer Science at Tennessee
Tech University. His research interests include smart grid
security and privacy, machine learning, data mining, fraud
detection, artificial intelligence applications in security,
and cybersecurity education. Currently he is serving as an
Instructor of Record for Computer Science Department at
Tennessee Tech. He is one of the founders and a current advisor
for the CyberEagles cybersecurity club at Tennessee Tech. Vitaly
serves as an Advisory Board member for the National Cybersecurity
Student Association that promotes cybersecurity education and
training. His dissertation topic is about developing an efficient
privacy-preserving advanced metering infrastructure supporting
fine-grained data analysis. He has participated in numerous
defensive/offensive cybersecurity competitions. In his free time,
he enjoys playing table tennis and chess.
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