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Though my recent work is in energy systems, my past papers are generally in the area of tetherless computing, simulation, ATM networking, traffic management, congestion control and flow control. I have also dabbled in pricing, fuzzy systems, low-bitrate video encoding and telepresence. 

Energy systems

Vision

• S. Keshav and C. Rosenberg, On Load Elasticity, in IEEE Comsoc MMTC-E letter, #8, Vol. 7 Nov. 2012.

• S. Keshav and C. Rosenberg, How Internet Concepts and Technologies Can Help Green and Smarten the Electrical Grid, Proc. ACM SIGCOMM Green Networking Workshop, August 2010. Also in CCR Jan 2011.

Electric Vehicles

• T. Carpenter, S. Keshav, and J.W. Wong, Sizing Finite Population Vehicle Pools, IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Volume PP issue 99, Jan 2014.

• T. Carpenter, A. R. Curtis, and S. Keshav, The Return On Investment For Taxi Companies Transitioning To Electric Vehicles, Transportation, June 2013.

• H. Zarkoob, S. Keshav, and C. Rosenberg, Optimal Contracts For Providing Load-Side Frequency Regulation Service Using Fleets of Electric Vehicles, To Appear, J. Power Sources.

• O. Ardakanian, C. Rosenberg, and S. Keshav, Distributed Control of Electric Vehicle Charging, Proc. ACM e-Energy 2013, May 2013.

• O. Ardakanian, C. Rosenberg, and S. Keshav, Real Time Distributed Congestion Control for Electrical Vehicle Charging (invited paper), Proc. ACM SIGMETRICS Greenmetrics Workshop, June 2012; also in Performance Evaluation Review, Volume 40 Issue 3, December 2012.

• T. Carpenter, A. R. Curtis, and S. Keshav, The Return On Investment for Taxi Companies Transitioning to Electric Vehicles, University of Waterloo Technical Report CS-2011-20, August 2011.

Distribution network

• K Kogan, S. Nikolenko, S. Keshav, and A. Lopez-Ortiz, Efficient Demand Assignment in Multi-Connected Microgrids, Extended Abstract, Proc. SustainIT, October 2013.

• S. Alamdari, T. Biedl, T. M. Chan, E. Grant, K.R. Jampani, S. Keshav, A. Lubiw and V. Pathak, Smart-grid Electricity Allocation via Strip Packing with Slicing, Proc. WADS 2013, August 2013.

• K. Kogan, S. Nikolenko, S. Keshav, and A. Lopez-Ortiz, Efficient Demand Assignment in Multi-Connected Microgrids, Proc. e-Energy 2013, May 2013. (Poster)

• S. Alamdari, T. Biedl, T. M. Chan, E. Grant, K.R. Jampani, S. Keshav, A. Lubiw and V. Pathak. Smart-grid Electricity Allocation via Strip Packing with Slicing, Proc. EuroCG, March 2013.

• O. Ardakanian, C. Rosenberg, and S. Keshav, On the Impact of Storage in Residential Power Distribution Systems, Proc. Greenmetrics Workshop, June 2012; also in Performance Evaluation Review, Volume 40 Issue 3, December 2012.

• O. Ardakanian, S. Keshav, and C. Rosenberg,On the Use of Teletraffic Theory in Power Distribution Systems, Proc. e-Energy, May 2012.

Demand Response

• A. Adepetu, E. Rezaei, D. Lizotte, and S. Keshav, Critiquing Time-Of-Use Pricing in Ontario, Proc. IEEE SmartGridComm Symposium 2013, Vancouver, October 2013.

• S. Keshav and C. Rosenberg, On Load Elasticity, in IEEE Comsoc MMTC-E letter, #8, Vol. 7 Nov. 2012.

• P. Srikantha, S. Keshav, C. Rosenberg, Distributed Control for Reducing Carbon Footprint in the Residential Sector, IEEE SmartGridComm, November 2012.

• S. Singla, S. Keshav, Demand Response through a Temperature Setpoint Market in Ontario, IEEE SmartGridComm, November 2012.

• S. Keshav and C. Rosenberg, Direct Adaptive Control of Electricity Demand, CS Technical Report CS-2010-17, September 2010.