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ACM e-Energy 2014 General Chairs' Welcome
Jon Crowcroft (University of Cambridge)

Richard Penty (University of Cambridge)

ACM e-Energy 2014 Program Chairs' Welcome
Jean-Yves Le Boudec (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Prashant Shenoy (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)

ACM e-Energy 2014 Organization

ACM e-Energy 2014 Sponsor & Supporters

Keynote 1 Session 4: Building Energy Management
Session 1: Energy Storage and Renewables Session 5: Smart Grid
Session 2: Data Centers Energy Management Demo and Poster Session
Session 3: Energy in Communication Networks Session 6: Electric Vehicles
Keynote 2 Session 7: Energy Monitoring and Sensing
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Keynote 1

Computational Carbon Capture (Page 1)
Berend Smit (University of California, Berkeley)

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Session 1: Energy Storage and Renewables

An EROI-Based Analysis of Renewable Energy Farms with Storage (Page 3)
Yashar Ghiassi-Farrokhfal (University of Waterloo)

Srinivasan Keshav (University of Waterloo)

Catherine Rosenberg (University of Waterloo)

Control of Systems That Store Renewable Energy (Page 15)
Neda Edalat (National University of Singapore)

Mehul Motani (National University of Singapore)

Jean Walrand (University of California, Berkeley)

Longbo Huang (Tsinghua University)

Modeling and Online Control of Generalized Energy Storage Networks (Page 27)
Junjie Qin (Stanford University)

Yinlam Chow (Stanford University)

Jiyan Yang (Stanford University)

Ram Rajagopal (Stanford University)

Windy with a Chance of Profit - Bid Strategy and Analysis for Wind Integration (Page 39)
Sagar Kurandwad (Tata Consultancy Services)

Chandrasekar Subramanian (Tata Consultancy Services)

Venkata Ramakrishna P (Tata Consultancy Services)

Arunchandar Vasan (Tata Consultancy Services)

Venkatesh Sarangan (Tata Consultancy Services)

Vijaysekhar Chellaboina (Tata Consultancy Services)

Anand Sivasubramaniam (The Pennsylvania State University)

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Session 2: Data Centers Energy Management

Reducing Electricity Demand Charge for Data Centers with Partial Execution (Page 51)
Hong Xu (City University of Hong Kong)

Baochun Li (University of Toronto)

A Measurement-Based Analysis of the Energy Consumption of Data Center Servers (Page 63)
Jordi Arjona Aroca (University Carlos III of Madrid)

Angelos Chatzipapas (IMDEA Networks Institute & University Carlos III of Madrid)

Antonio Fernández Anta (IMDEA Networks Institute)

Vincenzo Mancuso (IMDEA Networks Institute & University Carlos III of Madrid)

Balance Your Bids Before Your Bits: The Economics of Geographic Load-Balancing (Page 75)
Jose Camacho (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Ying Zhang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Minghua Chen (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Dah Ming Chiu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

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Session 3: Energy in Communication Networks

Understanding the Environmental Costs of Fixed Line Networking (Page 87)
Louise Krug (BT PLC)

Mark Shackleton (BT PLC)

Fabrice Saffre (BT PLC)

When Mice Consume Like Elephants: Instant Messaging Applications (Page 97)
Ekhiotz Jon Vergara (Linköping University)

Simon Andersson (Linköping University)

Simin Nadjm-Tehrani (Linköping University)

Experimental Evaluation and Comparative Study on Energy Efficiency of the Evolving IEEE 802.11 Standards (Page 109)
Stratos Keranidis (University of Thessaly & CERTH)

Giannis Kazdaridis (University of Thessaly & CERTH)

Nikos Makris (University of Thessaly & CERTH)

Thanasis Korakis (University of Thessaly & CERTH)

Iordanis Koutsopoulos (Athens University of Economics and Business & CERTH)

Leandros Tassiulas (University of Thessaly & CERTH)

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Keynote 2

Energy Demand Forecasting: Industry Practices and Challenges (Page 121)
Mathieu Sinn (IBM Research)

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Session 4: Building Energy Management

Hot, Cold and in Between: Enabling Fine-Grained Environmental Control in Homes for Efficiency and Comfort (Page 123)
Neil Klingensmith (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Joseph Bomber (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Suman Banerjee (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

An Occupant-Participatory Approach for Thermal Comfort Enhancement and Energy Conservation in Buildings (Page 133)
Abraham Hang-yat Lam (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Building Integration Perfection Ltd. & MEGA Automation Ltd.)

Yi Yuan (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Dan Wang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University & Shenzhen Research Institute)

An In-Depth Study of Forecasting Household Electricity Demand Using Realistic Datasets (Page 145)
Chien-Yu Kuo (National Taiwan Normal University)

Ming-Feng Lee (Industrial Technology Research Institute)

Chia-Lin Fu (Industrial Technology Research Institute)

Yao-Hua Ho (National Taiwan Normal University)

Ling-Jyh Chen (Academia Sinica)

The Cost of Virtue: Reward as Well as Feedback Are Required to Reduce User ICT Power Consumption (Page 157)
Yi Yu (University of St Andrews)

Saleem N. Bhatti (University of St Andrews)

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Session 5: Smart Grid

Impact of Demand-Response on the Efficiency and Prices in Real-Time Electricity Markets (Page 171)
Nicolas Gast (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Jean-Yves Le Boudec (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Dan-Cristian Tomozei (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

iDR: Consumer and Grid Friendly Demand Response System (Page 183)
Vikas Chandan (IBM Research India)

Tanuja Ganu (IBM Research India)

Tri Kurniawan Wijaya (École Polytechnique Fédéralede Lausanne)

Marilena Minou (Athens University of Economics and Business)

George Stamoulis (Athens University of Economics and Business)

George Thanos (Athens University of Economics and Business)

Deva P. Seetharam (IBM Research India)

Cascading Failures in Power Grids - Analysis and Algorithms (Page 195)
Saleh Soltan (Columbia University)

Dorian Mazauric (Laboratoire d'Informatique)

Gil Zussman (Columbia University)

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Demo and Poster Session

SoftUPS: Eliminating the Need and Cost of Battery Backups in the Developing World (Page 207)
Zohaib Sharani (SysNet, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences)

Khushboo Qayyum (SysNet, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences)

Noman Bashir (SysNet, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences)

Affan Syed (SysNet, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences)

METIS: A Two-Tier Intrusion Detection System for Advanced Metering Infrastructures (Page 209)
Vincenzo Gulisano (Chalmers University of Technology)

Magnus Almgren (Chalmers University of Technology)

Marina Papatriantafilou (Chalmers University of Technology)

Poster: Reducing the Electricity Consumption of Large Outdoor LED Advertising Screens (Page 211)
Frank Englert (TU Darmstadt)

Ahmad El'Hindi (TU Darmstadt)

Daniel Burgstahler (TU Darmstadt)

Alaa Alhamoud (TU Darmstadt)

Ralf Steinmetz (TU Darmstadt)

SmartD: Smart Meter Data Analytics Dashboard (Page 213)
Aylin Jarrah Nezhad (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Tri Kurniawan Wijaya (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Matteo Vasirani (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

Karl Aberer (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

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A Social Approach for Predicting Distance-to-Empty in Vehicles (Page 215)
Chien-Ming Tseng (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology)

Sohan Dsouza (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology)

Chi-Kin Chau (Masdar Institute of Science and Technology)

Self-Configurable and Scalable Utility Communications Enabled by Software-Defined Networks (Page 217)
Young-Jin Kim (Bell-Labs/Alcatel-Lucent)

Keqiang He (University of Wisconsin)

Marina Thottan (Bell-Labs/Alcatel-Lucent)

Jayant G. Deshpande (Bell-Labs/Alcatel-Lucent)

NITOS Mobile Monitoring Solution: Realistic Energy Consumption Profiling of Mobile Devices (Page 219)
Stratos Keranidis (University of Thessaly & CERTH)

Giannis Kazdaridis (University of Thessaly & CERTH)

Virgilios Passas (University of Thessaly & CERTH)

Giannis Igoumenos (University of Thessaly & CERTH)

Thanasis Korakis (University of Thessaly & CERTH)

Iordanis Koutsopoulos (Athens University of Economics and Business & CERTH)

Leandros Tassiulas (University of Thessaly & CERTH)

Predicting Peak-Demand Days in the Ontario Peak Reduction Program for Large Consumers (Page 221)
Yuheng Helen Jiang (University of Waterloo)

Ryan Levman (University of Waterloo)

Lukasz Golab (University of Waterloo)

Jatin Nathwani (University of Waterloo)

Comparing Apples to Oranges: Energy Benchmarking of Supermarkets with Limited Data (Page 223)
Maathangi Sankar (Tata Consultancy Services)

Venkata Ramakrishna P (Tata Consultancy Services)

Shiva R. Iyer (Tata Consultancy Services)

Venkatesh Sarangan (Tata Consultancy Services)

Arunchandar Vasan (Tata Consultancy Services)

Anand Sivasubramaniam (The Pennsylvania States University)

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SURF and SURF-PI: A File Format and API for Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring Public Datasets (Page 225)
Lucas Pereira (Madeira-ITI, University of Madeira)

Nuno Nunes (Madeira-ITI, University of Madeira)

Mario Bergés (Carnegie Mellon University)

Efficient PMU Data Dissemination in Smart Grid (Page 227)
Kedar Khandeparkar (IIT Bombay)

Pratik Patre (IIT Bombay)

Swadesh Jain (IIT Bombay)

Krithi Ramamritham (IIT Bombay)

Rajeev Gupta (IBM Research)

Designing Sensor Sets for Capturing Energy Events in Buildings (Page 229)
Tom Lovett (University of Bath)

Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas (University of Bath)

Sukumar Natarajan (University of Bath)

Matthew Brown (University of Bath)

Julian Padget (University of Bath)

A Novel Heuristics-Based Energy Management System for a Multi-Carrier Hub Enriched with Solid Hydrogen Storage (Page 231)
Rosario Proietto (Onyx Technology s.r.l.)

Diego Arnone (Engineering I.I. S.p.A.)

Massimo Bertoncini (Engineering I.I. S.p.A.)

Alessandro Rossi (Engineering I.I. S.p.A.)

Diego La Cascia (Università degli Studi di Palermo)

Rosario Miceli (Università degli Studi di Palermo)

Eleonora Riva Sanseverino (Università degli Studi di Palermo)

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Household Electricity Demand Forecasting - Benchmarking State-of-the-Art Methods (Page 233)
Andreas Veit (Technische Universität München)

Christoph Goebel (Technische Universität München)

Rohit Tidke (Technische Universität München)

Christoph Doblander (Technische Universität München)

Hans-Arno Jacobsen (Technische Universität München)

Appliance Usage Profiling for Energy Management and Healthcare (Page 235)
Simeng Jia (University of Bristol)

Ayomi Bandara (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd.)

Tim Lewis (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd.)

Mahesh Sooriyabandara (Toshiba Research Europe Ltd.)

Putting Smart Meters to Work - Beyond the Usual (Page 237)
Kartik Palani (IIT Bombay)

Nabeel Nasir (IIT Bombay)

Vivek Chil Prakash (IIT Bombay)

Amandeep Chugh (IIT Bombay)

Rohit Gupta (IIT Bombay)

Krithi Ramamritham (IIT Bombay)

Unobtrusive Power Proportionality for HPC Frameworks (Page 239)
Arka Bhattacharya (University of California, Berkeley)

David Culler (University of California, Berkeley)

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Session 6: Electric Vehicles

Is the Grass Greener? Mining Electric Vehicle Opinions (Page 241)
Tommy Carpenter (University of Waterloo)

Lukasz Golab (University of Waterloo)

Sohail Javaad Syed (University of Waterloo)

Online Welfare Maximization for Electric Vehicle Charging with Electricity Cost (Page 253)
Zizhan Zheng (The Ohio State University)

Ness B. Shroff (The Ohio State University)

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Session 7: Energy Monitoring and Sensing

NILMTK: An Open Source Toolkit for Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (Page 265)
Nipun Batra (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology)

Jack Kelly (Imperial College London)

Oliver Parson (University of Southampton)

Haimonti Dutta (Columbia University)

William Knottenbelt (Imperial College London)

Alex Rogers (University of Southampton)

Amarjeet Singh (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology)

Mani Srivastava (University of California, Los Angeles)

Algorithms for Upgrading the Resolution of Aggregate Energy Meter Data (Page 277)
Harshad Khadilkar (IBM India Research Lab)

Tanuja Ganu (IBM India Research Lab)

Zainul Charbiwala (IBM India Research Lab)

Lim Chee Ming (Universitiy of Brunei Darussalam)

Sathyajith Mathew (Universitiy of Brunei Darussalam)

Deva P. Seetharam (IBM India Research Lab)

EnergyLens: Combining Smartphones with Electricity Meter for Accurate Activity Detection and User Annotation (Page 289)
Manaswi Saha (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi)

Shailja Thakur (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi)

Amarjeet Singh (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi)

Yuvraj Agarwal (Carnegie Mellon University)

Deltaflow: Submetering by Synthesizing Uncalibrated Pulse Sensor Streams (Page 301)
Meghan Clark (University of Michigan)

Bradford Campbell (University of Michigan)

Prabal Dutta (University of Michigan)