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Talk with Texas RE: Artificial Intelligence in the Electric Industry
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Webex Only
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Wednesday, 11 June 2025
10:00 AM
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Wednesday, 11 June 2025
11:30 AM
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Event Details
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Large, hyperscale data centers used to facilitate artificial intelligence are becoming more common in the United States. This emerging technology has potentially revolutionary applications across a variety of industries, including the Bulk Electric System. Join Texas RE and special guests from the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the University of Texas as they discuss the potential for artificial intelligence in the energy sector.
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Thomas Spencer is a member of the Energy Modelling Office of the International Energy Agency (IEA), where he leads in the analysis of the implications of climate mitigation for the global energy sector and on the interactions between energy and artificial intelligence. Thomas Spencer has a masters in carbon management, focusing on energy economics and regulation, from the University of Edinburgh. He has 15 years’ experience in the fields of energy and climate change policy in Europe, China, and India. He was director of the energy and climate change program at the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) in Paris, France. He was a member of the French delegation that organised COP21 in 2015, which resulted in the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Between 2017 and 2021, he was a fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi, India, where his work focused on modelling the expansion and operation of the Indian electricity system under increasing shares of variable renewables. |
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Javad Mohammadi is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) senior member and an assistant professor in the civil architectural and environmental engineering department at The University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include optimization and machine learning in networked cyber-physical systems including smart grid-interactive buildings, energy networks, and electrified transportation systems. He received his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2016. He is the recipient of the AFOSR Young Investigator Award in 2023, the Best Poster Presentation at INFORMS Security in 2024, and the NSF CAREER award in 2025.
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