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Overview

Danny Raz is a researcher affiliated with Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. Their work primarily focuses on the field of engineering, with a specialization in electrical and electronic engineering as well as control and systems engineering. The research contributions of Danny Raz span several core areas, including optimal power flow distribution, smart grid energy management, microgrid control and optimization, smart grid security and resilience, and power system optimization and stability.

Their publication record includes articles in various scientific journals and venues, demonstrating a multi-disciplinary approach within electrical power systems and energy management. Notable recent papers include:

  • Fairness algorithm for emergency demand response operation in distribution networks (2022, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems)
  • An Operational Approach to Multi-Objective Optimization for Volt-VAr Control (2020, Energies)
  • An Operational Approach to Multi-Objective Optimization of Volt-VAr Control (2020, Preprints.org)
  • State solutions for distribution systems and switching event using a neural network (2021, IET Generation Transmission & Distribution)

Danny Raz has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, reflecting interdisciplinary and cooperative research efforts. These collaborators include Yuval Beck, Yael Jacubowicz, Arbel Yaniv, and Avi Lin. The highest number of collaborations have been with Yuval Beck.

The venues of publication where their work appears regularly include:

  • International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
  • Energies
  • Preprints.org
  • IET Generation Transmission & Distribution

The research topics covered consistently focus on improving power system operations and optimization, including work on smart grid infrastructures and related control systems. Their studies on optimal power flow distribution and microgrid control address both operational efficiency and reliability aspects. Contributions related to smart grid security and resilience highlight an engagement with the challenges of modern electrical grids, including cybersecurity and system robustness.

Best Publications

  • IDMaps: a global internet host distance estimation service

    Paul Francis;Sugih Jamin;Cheng Jin;Yixin Jin

  • Near optimal placement of virtual network functions

    Rami Cohen;Liane Lewin-Eytan;Joseph Seffi Naor;Danny Raz

  • The cache location problem

    P. Krishnan;Danny Raz;Yuval Shavitt

  • Understanding TCP fairness over wireless LAN

    S. Pilosof;Ramachandran Ramjee;D. Raz;Y. Shavitt

  • On the placement of Internet instrumentation

    S. Jamin;Cheng Jin;Yixin Jin;D. Raz

  • Constrained mirror placement on the Internet

    S. Jamin;Cheng Jin;A.R. Kurc;D. Raz

  • A simple efficient approximation scheme for the restricted shortest path problem

    Dean H. Lorenz;Danny Raz

  • An efficient approximation for the generalized assignment problem

    Reuven Cohen;Liran Katzir;Danny Raz

  • Approximating total flow time on parallel machines

    Stefano Leonardi;Danny Raz

  • A Stable Network-Aware VM Placement for Cloud Systems

    Ofer Biran;Antonio Corradi;Mario Fanelli;Luca Foschini

  • Approximating total flow time on parallel machines

    Stefano Leonardi;Danny Raz

  • Efficient reactive monitoring

    M. Dilman;D. Raz

  • Constrained mirror placement on the Internet

    E. Cronin;S. Jamin;Cheng Jin;A.R. Kurc

  • On the effect of forwarding table size on SDN network utilization

    Rami Cohen;Liane Lewin-Eytan;Joseph Seffi Naor;Danny Raz

  • Global optimization using local information with applications to flow control

    Y. Bartal;J.W. Byers;D. Raz

  • Approximating min-sum k-clustering in metric spaces

    Yair Bartal;Moses Charikar;Danny Raz

  • Approximation algorithms for the NFV service distribution problem

    Hao Feng;Jaime Llorca;Antonia M. Tulino;Danny Raz

  • The Internet Dark Matter - on the Missing Links in the AS Connectivity Map

    R. Cohen;D. Raz

  • Adaptive re-ordering of data packet filter rules

    P. Krishnan;Danny Raz;Binay Sugla

  • Cost-aware live migration of services in the cloud

    David Breitgand;Gilad Kutiel;Danny Raz

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuval Shavitt
Yuval Shavitt Tel Aviv University
Joseph (Seffi) Naor
Joseph (Seffi) Naor Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Sugih Jamin
Sugih Jamin University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ariel Orda
Ariel Orda Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Alex Galis
Alex Galis University College London
Yair Bartal
Yair Bartal Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Avinatan Hassidim
Avinatan Hassidim Bar-Ilan University
John W. Byers
John W. Byers Boston University
David Harel
David Harel Weizmann Institute of Science
Prasun Sinha
Prasun Sinha Google (United States)

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