• Doctoral Thesis  Open Access

      Enabling smart homes using web technologies 

      Kamilaris, Andreas (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2013-01)
      Νέες τεχνολογικές ανακαλύψεις επιτρέπουν στο Διαδίκτυο (Internet) να διεισδύσει στον κόσμο των ενσωματωμένων υπολογιστικών μηχανών (embedded computing devices). Ο Ιστός των Αντικειμένων (Web of Things) διασυνδέει αυτές τις ...
    • Conference Object  

      Energy conservation through social competitions in blocks of flats 

      Kamilaris, Andreas; Kitromilides, G.; Pitsillides, Andreas (2012)
      Buildings are responsible for a large fraction of the world's total electrical consumption. Energy awareness of residents, by means of timely electrical consumption feedback through smart metering, aims to reduce the waste ...
    • Doctoral Thesis  Open Access

      Enhancing the primary frequency reserves with advanced underfrequency load shedding 

      Tofis, Yiannis N. (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018-05)
      Στα σύγχρονα συστήματα ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας χρησιμοποιούνται ως επί το πλείστον συμβατικά σχήματα αποκοπής φορτίου σε περιπτώσεις όπου υπάρχει έλλειμα παραγωγής. Αυτά τα συμβατικά σχήματα χρησιμοποιούν μια αρχιτεκτονική ...
    • Article  

      Failure identification in smart grids based on Petri net modeling 

      Calderaro, V.; Hadjicostis, Christoforos N.; Piccolo, A.; Siano, P. (2011)
      This paper presents a method to identify and localize failures in smart grids. The method is based on a carefully designed Petri net (PN) that captures the modeling details of the protection system of the distribution ...
    • Article  

      Survey in smart grid and smart home security: Issues, challenges and countermeasures 

      Komninos, N.; Philippou, E.; Pitsillides, Andreas (2014)
      The electricity industry is now at the verge of a new era - an era that promises, through the evolution of the existing electrical grids to smart grids, more efficient and effective power management, better reliability, ...
    • Conference Object  

      Towards interoperable and sustainable smart homes 

      Kamilaris, Andreas; Pitsillides, Andreas (IEEE Computer Society, 2013)
      In an idealized vision of a fully integrated smart home, all the operations of a house can be efficiently controlled by a unified smart ubiquitous application. However, we are far from realizing this scenario. A main barrier ...