IN5410 – Energy Informatics

After having taken 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., machine learning, cloud computing, fog computing, Blockchain, data center, 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 understood the good connection between principles and their applications in real systems

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

3 hours of lectures, seminars and guest lectures per week.

There are mandatory programming assignments in the course which must be approved prior to the final exam. Read more about mandatory assignments and other hand-ins here.

The exams in the course consist of the following:

• 2 project assignments. Each assignment is worth 15% of the final grade.
• Oral exam, which is worth 70% of the final grade.

All parts of the exams must be passed, and must be passed in the same semester.

All mandatory assignments must be approved before you can take the oral exam.

It will also be counted as one of your three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: INF5870 - Energy Informatics (continued), INF9870 - Energy Informatics (continued), IN9410 - Energy Informatics