INF5870 – Energy Informatics
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
Energy informatics exploits the state-of-the-art ICT (information and communication technology) to tackle the global warming and climate change challenges. The scope of energy informatics includes computing and communications technologies and their applications for sustainable energy sectors - e.g., smart grid, solar, electric vehicles, and storage. This course lay the foundations to understand where and how computer engineering techniques apply in the energy systems.
Learning outcome
After this course you have:
- knowledge about different energy systems - e.g., smart grid, electric vehicles, vehicle-to-grid, storage, transport, buildings
- knowledge about renewable energy resources - e.g., solar and wind, and their impacts on energy systems
- an understanding for smart grid concepts & components, including smart meters, advanced metering infrastructure, information networks, demand response, and pricing schemes
- an understanding of where and how computer science techniques - e.g., cloud computing, fog computing, 5G, software defined networking, big data, game theory, optimization, apply for future sustainable energy systems
- learned how to model power systems with software tools and real data sets to assess impact of smart grid concepts, integration of renewable resources, storage and electric vehicles
- met invited speakers from industry and understand the good connection between principles and their applications in real systems
Admission
Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Prerequisites
Recommended previous knowledge
This course covers necessary knowledge related to ICT tools and energy systems. The students should have basic ICT knowledge. The related courses can be INF3190, INF1060 and INF2220.
Overlapping courses
10 credits overlap with INF9870 – Energy Informatics (continued)
Teaching
This course has lectures, seminars, invited talks from both industry and other universities/institutes, group work, assignments. Specifically, we have
- seminars, 3 hours per week
- invited speakers from industry
- invited speakers from other universities or institutes
- project assignments and group work
- research articles reading and group work
- 1 presentation and group work Rules for mandatory assignments.
The first lecture is mandatory.
Examination
Oral examination that counts 60 % of the grade, Project assignments counting 20%; presentation counting 20% . All mandatory assignments have to be accepted in order to take the exam. All parts must be passed and all parts must be passed in the same semester.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Explanations and appeals
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass the original examination.
Withdrawal from an examination
It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
Special examination arrangements
Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.