ITG's office Washington DC, USA
Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Work with ITG
I've recently been doing some work with ITG, an IT and management consulting firm based in Washington DC, specialising in Real Estate IT. ITG has also been working in the field of non-intrusive load monitoring and is in the process of building an energy monitoring system. I was happy to provide a program of presentations and discussions to bring them up to speed with my experiences in the field. I really enjoyed the time I spent working with ITG, and hope I have the chance to return in the future.
Friday, 7 November 2014
Energy disaggregation at BuildSys 2014
I attended the BuildSys 2014 conference over the last two days, which was held on 5-6 November in Memphis, TN, USA. I was really impressed at the amount of NILM research in the main conference track, including a dedicated session on Thursday morning focusing entirely on energy disaggregation. This prompted some great discussions during the breaks, mostly centred around the potential for a third party evaluation tool and/or a NILM competition, similar to the one organised by Belkin. Both are very difficult problems and are probably worthy of their own blog post, which I'll hopefully write in the next few days.
I presented a demo of NILMTK v0.2, our latest release of the open source toolkit, which adds support for data sets which are too large to fit into memory, as well as providing support for a common data set schema via the NILM Metadata project. The demo was really well received, and ended up winning the best demo award. I presented the demo using an iPython notebook, similar to the demo that Jack Kelly presented at the NILM 2014 conference, which is available for all to view at the following URL:
http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/nilmtk/nilmtk/blob/master/notebooks/BuildSys_2014_demo.ipynb
Update (12.11.2014): Jack Kelly has written an excellent proposal for an MSc group project covering the range of issues which a third party validation tool / disaggregation competition must address.
I presented a demo of NILMTK v0.2, our latest release of the open source toolkit, which adds support for data sets which are too large to fit into memory, as well as providing support for a common data set schema via the NILM Metadata project. The demo was really well received, and ended up winning the best demo award. I presented the demo using an iPython notebook, similar to the demo that Jack Kelly presented at the NILM 2014 conference, which is available for all to view at the following URL:
http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/nilmtk/nilmtk/blob/master/notebooks/BuildSys_2014_demo.ipynb
Update (12.11.2014): Jack Kelly has written an excellent proposal for an MSc group project covering the range of issues which a third party validation tool / disaggregation competition must address.
Monday, 6 October 2014
List of NILM conferences
This post aims to collect a number of NILM-specific workshops and conferences which have taken place over the past few years. As always, please feel free to suggest any I might have missed, and I'll do my best to keep this post updated.
The first international workshop on non-intrusive load monitoring was organised by Mario Bergés and Zico Kolter, and took place on 7 May 2012 at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The workshop attracted roughly 50 attendees from academia, industry, government and not for profits. The workshop agenda followed a traditional academic style, in which accepted 2 page extended abstracts were presented across 4 sessions. The workshop also included a poster session and a session of presentations from 3 NILM companies.
The Electrical Power Research Institute hosted a workshop on non-intrusive load monitoring on 12-13 November 2014 in Palo Alto, CA, USA. The workshop was organised by Chris Holmes, Cody Taylor, Krish Gomatom and Ashley Kelley-Cox, and consisted of a mixture of presentations and discussion sessions on high-level topics such as standardisation and use cases. The event brought together roughly 40 attendees from mostly utilities and NILM companies, although the workshop was also attended by a few academics. Since the workshop consisted of invited talks and discussions sessions, there were no formal proceedings.
The second international workshop on non-intrusive load monitoring was again organised by Mario Bergés and Zico Kolter, and took place on 3 June 2014 at the University of Texas, Austin, USA. The workshop attracted roughly 100 attendees with an interest in NILM from a wide range of sectors. Proceedings of the workshop consisted of peer reviewed 4 page papers, which were presented as either 15 minute talks or 1 minute lightning talks. The agenda followed a less dense format than that of NILM 2012, with more time allocated to coffee breaks and networking. In addition to the poster session, the workshop also included a keynote talk from Shankar Sastry and a demo of NILMTK by Jack Kelly. The workshop was co-located with the International WikiEnergy Data Conference, which was held on 4 June.
The first European NILM workshop was organised by Oliver Parson, Peter Davies and Jack Kelly, and took place on 3 September 2014 at Imperial College London, UK. The workshop brought together roughly 20 academics and industry experts for a combination of high level talks and discussion sessions, for which the slides are available online. The meet up concluded that there is sufficient demand for a regular European NILM venue, the next of which will likely take place in March 2015 in London. The meet up was followed by a NILMTK masterclass given by Jack Kelly.
The second European NILM workshop was also organised by Oliver Parson, Peter Davies and Jack Kelly, and took place on 8 July 2015 at Imperial College London, UK. The workshop was attended by about 65 people from academia and a range of disaggregation companies, and was also streamed live online. Videos of all talks are available as a playlist on YouTube.
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) hosted a NILM workshop on 13 November 2015 in Orlando, FL, and was attended by disaggregation vendors, utilities, universities, a U.S. Department of Energy National Lab and research organisation. The workshop covered topics such as current EPRI research, use cases, utility and consultant experiences with NILM and product labelling (see full slide deck). One of the key outcomes of workshop was the recognition of gaps related to NILM metrics and how to address them as an industry through collaborative efforts.
The third international workshop on non-intrusive load monitoring was organised by Stephen Makonin, and will take place on 14-15 May 2016 at the Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Proceedings of the workshop consisted of peer reviewed 4 page papers, which were presented as either 15 minute talks or 1 minute lightning talks. Keynote talks will be given by Lyn Bartram and George Hart.
NILM 2012
The first international workshop on non-intrusive load monitoring was organised by Mario Bergés and Zico Kolter, and took place on 7 May 2012 at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The workshop attracted roughly 50 attendees from academia, industry, government and not for profits. The workshop agenda followed a traditional academic style, in which accepted 2 page extended abstracts were presented across 4 sessions. The workshop also included a poster session and a session of presentations from 3 NILM companies.
EPRI NILM 2013
The Electrical Power Research Institute hosted a workshop on non-intrusive load monitoring on 12-13 November 2014 in Palo Alto, CA, USA. The workshop was organised by Chris Holmes, Cody Taylor, Krish Gomatom and Ashley Kelley-Cox, and consisted of a mixture of presentations and discussion sessions on high-level topics such as standardisation and use cases. The event brought together roughly 40 attendees from mostly utilities and NILM companies, although the workshop was also attended by a few academics. Since the workshop consisted of invited talks and discussions sessions, there were no formal proceedings.
NILM 2014
The second international workshop on non-intrusive load monitoring was again organised by Mario Bergés and Zico Kolter, and took place on 3 June 2014 at the University of Texas, Austin, USA. The workshop attracted roughly 100 attendees with an interest in NILM from a wide range of sectors. Proceedings of the workshop consisted of peer reviewed 4 page papers, which were presented as either 15 minute talks or 1 minute lightning talks. The agenda followed a less dense format than that of NILM 2012, with more time allocated to coffee breaks and networking. In addition to the poster session, the workshop also included a keynote talk from Shankar Sastry and a demo of NILMTK by Jack Kelly. The workshop was co-located with the International WikiEnergy Data Conference, which was held on 4 June.
EU NILM 2014
The first European NILM workshop was organised by Oliver Parson, Peter Davies and Jack Kelly, and took place on 3 September 2014 at Imperial College London, UK. The workshop brought together roughly 20 academics and industry experts for a combination of high level talks and discussion sessions, for which the slides are available online. The meet up concluded that there is sufficient demand for a regular European NILM venue, the next of which will likely take place in March 2015 in London. The meet up was followed by a NILMTK masterclass given by Jack Kelly.
EU NILM 2015
The second European NILM workshop was also organised by Oliver Parson, Peter Davies and Jack Kelly, and took place on 8 July 2015 at Imperial College London, UK. The workshop was attended by about 65 people from academia and a range of disaggregation companies, and was also streamed live online. Videos of all talks are available as a playlist on YouTube.
EPRI NILM 2015
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) hosted a NILM workshop on 13 November 2015 in Orlando, FL, and was attended by disaggregation vendors, utilities, universities, a U.S. Department of Energy National Lab and research organisation. The workshop covered topics such as current EPRI research, use cases, utility and consultant experiences with NILM and product labelling (see full slide deck). One of the key outcomes of workshop was the recognition of gaps related to NILM metrics and how to address them as an industry through collaborative efforts.
NILM 2016
The third international workshop on non-intrusive load monitoring was organised by Stephen Makonin, and will take place on 14-15 May 2016 at the Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Proceedings of the workshop consisted of peer reviewed 4 page papers, which were presented as either 15 minute talks or 1 minute lightning talks. Keynote talks will be given by Lyn Bartram and George Hart.
Friday, 5 September 2014
Post NILM 2014 @ London
On Wednesday 3 September we held the NILM 2014 @ London meet up at Imperial College London. The aim of the meet up was to provide a local forum for European energy disaggregation researchers to get to know each other and discuss their work. The agenda included introductions of the attendees, an overview of NILM events to date, a presentation of energy disaggregation at DNO level, an overview of the NILMTK project, as well as many discussion around data collection and evaluation. The meet up was attended by representatives from AlertMe, British Gas, Green Running, Greeniant, Navetas, ONZO and Wattgo, as well as academics from Imperial College London, University of Klagenfurt and University of Southampton. Slides from the presentations are now online via the meet up website, while photos from the day are available via Jack Kelly's flickr album.
It became clear from the meet up that there's real enthusiasm for a regular NILM event hosted in Europe. Currently, we're planning to host the next event in London around February-March 2015, so please get in touch if you'd like to attend.
Special thanks to Peter Davies of Green Running for sponsoring the event and Jack Kelly of Imperial College London for the local organisation.
It became clear from the meet up that there's real enthusiasm for a regular NILM event hosted in Europe. Currently, we're planning to host the next event in London around February-March 2015, so please get in touch if you'd like to attend.
Special thanks to Peter Davies of Green Running for sponsoring the event and Jack Kelly of Imperial College London for the local organisation.
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
NILM 2014 @ London update
With 1 week to go until the meet up, I wanted to give an update on the recent developments. We currently have attendees signed up from 7 companies and 4 academic institutions, and will continue to accept registrations up until the day before the event. The location for the meet up has also been confirmed as a lecture room at Imperial College London. Finally, we'll likely hold a NILMTK hackday the following day (Thursday 4th September 2014) for anyone who is interested.
I look forward to seeing you there!
I look forward to seeing you there!
Friday, 15 August 2014
50 day access to my Artificial Intelligence article
The published version of my recently accepted paper in Artificial Intelligence is now available online for free for 50 days. However, after the 4 October 2014, access to the published version will require a subscription to the journal, although a pre-print of the article will always be available via the University of Southampton ePrints repository.
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
NILM 2014 @ London, UK
Peter Davies and I would like to invite you to a meetup on the topic of non-intrusive load monitoring, to be hosted in central London on 3 September 2014. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a forum to share common research goals and identify common themes for collaboration. The workshop will be free to attend, although registration via the meetup web page is required. Further details can be found at:
We look forward to seeing you there!
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