Name: 3rd In-Person Workshop: Foundation Models for the Electric Grid
Start: 2025-02-11T08:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-02-13T12:00:00-06:00
Location: TCS Conference Center

3rd In-Person Workshop: Foundation Models for the Electric Grid

from Tuesday, February 11, 2025 (8:30 AM) to Thursday, February 13, 2025 (12:00 PM)

Monday, February 10, 2025
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
8:30 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks - Kibaek Kim (Argonne National Laboratory)
Welcome and Opening Remarks
- Kibaek Kim (Argonne National Laboratory)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Room 1416
9:00 AM Vision and Progress Towards GridFM - Hendrik Hamann (IBM) Thomas Brunschwiler (IBM Research)
Vision and Progress Towards GridFM
- Hendrik Hamann (IBM)
- Thomas Brunschwiler (IBM Research)
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Room 1416 Foundation models (FMs), pre-trained on large datasets and adapted to a broad set of applications, are revolutionizing the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Powerful FMs for language and weather have recently emerged, proving that such models can understand complex physical systems. In this presentation we review a moonshot concept, which are FMs for the electric grid (GridFMs). In an initial implementation, we introduce a GridFM pretrained on load flow data. We show good reconstruction performances and demonstrate that a GridFM pretrained on various grid topologies generalizes well to new grids. Finally, we discuss downstream applications, future development, roadmaps and opportunities of GridFM.
9:30 AM Presentations
Presentations
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Room 1416
Contributions

9:30 AM Adoption of AI for power systems at Hydro-Québec - Sylvain Nadeau (Hydro-Quebec)

9:50 AM Digital Twins Enabling the Transition into the Grid of Tomorrow - Abder Elandaloussi (Southern California Edison)

10:10 AM Leveraging Digital Twins for Managing Grid Complexity - Clifton Black (Southern Company)

10:30 AM Grid AI in Practice: Balancing the Roles of General and Narrow Models for Grid - Norayr Matevosyan (ComEd)

10:50 AM From research to utility operations – Realizing value in the Era of Foundation Models and Generative AI - Bryan Sacks (IBM)

11:10 AM The Grid Is Not An Island - Sriharsha Veeramachaneni (NextEra Analytics)
11:30 AM Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Room 1416
12:00 PM TBD
TBD
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Room 1416
Contributions

12:00 PM Keeping Data Private While Learning Together: Advances in Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning for the Grid - Kibaek Kim (MCS)
1:00 PM Presentation
Presentation
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: Room 1416
Contributions

1:00 PM Leveraging the Sparse Data for Large Power Transmission Blackouts with Generative Statistical Models - Ian Dobson (Iowa State University)

1:20 PM Creating Realistic Synthetic Electric Grids to Promote Open Science in Power Engineering - Adam Birchfield (Texas A&M University)

1:40 PM Power System Decarbonization Modeling Using the Argonne Low-carbon Electricity Analysis Framework (A-LEAF) - Jonghwan Kwon (Argonne National Laboratory)

2:00 PM Towards the development of a Digital Twin of the European Energy Infrastructure - Antonello Monti (Fraunhofer FIT and RWTH Aachen University)
2:30 PM Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Room 1416

3:00 PM Group Photo
Group Photo
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

3:15 PM Data Challenges
Data Challenges
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Room 1406/1407

Grid Use Cases and Needs
Grid Use Cases and Needs
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Room 1404/1405

4:45 PM Adjourn
Adjourn
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

6:00 PM Group Dinner (optional)
Group Dinner (optional)
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: Building 460
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
8:30 AM Research Highlights from Mathematics and Computer Science Division - Valerie Taylor (MCS)
Research Highlights from Mathematics and Computer Science Division
- Valerie Taylor (MCS)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Room 1416
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Room 1416
Contributions

9:00 AM AI Initiatives and Decision Making at Scale - Francis Alexander (Argonne National Laboratory)
9:30 AM Break
Break
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM
9:40 AM Presentations
Presentations
9:40 AM - 11:30 AM
Room: Room 1416
Contributions

9:40 AM AuroraGPT - Sam Foreman (Argonne National Laboratory)

10:00 AM Globus: Enabling an Interoperable Ecosystem for AI in Science - Kyle Chard (University of Chicago)

10:20 AM Edge to Power (E2P): Enhancing Energy Systems through Edge and AI Innovations - Vincent Choiniere (Hydro-Quebec)

10:40 AM Foundation Models for Time Series Prediction in Electric Power Grids - Russell Bent (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

11:00 AM Scalable Multi-Period AC Optimal Power Flow Utilizing Gpus - Mihai Anitescu (Argonne National Laboratory)
11:30 AM Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Room 1416
12:00 PM TBD
TBD
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Room 1416
Contributions

12:00 PM We Built GridFM 0.5 – From Concepts to Our First Working Foundation Model - Jonas Weiss (IBM)
1:00 PM Presentations
Presentations
1:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Room: Room 1416
Contributions

1:00 PM Foundation models for weather and climate - Johannes Schmude (IBM)

1:20 PM Grid and Energy Sector Resiliency to Hydrological and Meteorological Extreme Events: Foundational Models for Resiliency with AI Models - Rao Kotamarthi (Argonne National Laboratory)

1:40 PM The Interplay between AI and Power Systems - Le Xie (Harvard University)

2:00 PM Physics-informed Learning and Analytics for Power System Risk Assessment and Control with High Penetration of Inverter-based Resources - Junbo Zhao (University of Connecticut)

2:20 PM Building smarter grids with AI: Insights from EU projects - Ricardo Bessa (INESC TEC)
2:40 PM Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Room 1416

3:00 PM Tour: Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
Tour: Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

3:30 PM AI Models and Architecture
AI Models and Architecture
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 1406/1407

Computations in AI/Grid
Computations in AI/Grid
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Room 1404/1405

5:00 PM Adjourn
Adjourn
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Thursday, February 13, 2025
8:30 AM Research Highlights from Energy Systems and Infrastructure Analysis Division - Henry Huang (Argonne National Laboratory)
Research Highlights from Energy Systems and Infrastructure Analysis Division
- Henry Huang (Argonne National Laboratory)
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Room 1416
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Room: Room 1416
Contributions

9:00 AM Panelists - Alexandre Parisot (Linux Foundation Energy) Ed Kovler (PJM Interconnection) Henry Huang (Argonne National Laboratory) Jack White (EPRI) Saba Khalid (ARPA-E)
9:45 AM Break
Break
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Room 1416
10:00 AM Roadmap to Collaboration: Building GridFM Together - Thomas Brunschwiler (IBM Research) Kibaek Kim (MCS)
Roadmap to Collaboration: Building GridFM Together
- Thomas Brunschwiler (IBM Research)
- Kibaek Kim (MCS)
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: Room 1416 This interactive session will bring the workshop to a productive close by collecting insights and planning the path forward. Breakout leads will present their proposed roadmaps to address challenges and opportunities in building foundation models for the electric grid. A focused presentation will outline governance strategies to ensure sustained collaboration. The session will conclude with a collaborative action planning discussion, where participants will identify immediate next steps, establish or refine working groups, and set timelines for follow-ups, ensuring momentum continues beyond the workshop.
11:45 AM Adjourn
Adjourn
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Room 1416

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