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Economics and Finance

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57
Citations
12121
World Ranking
951
National Ranking
596

Engineering and Technology

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65
Citations
14815
World Ranking
1538
National Ranking
503

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the integration of decisions and cooperative market mechanisms for adaptive multisource electrical power systems.
  • 2004 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • 2002 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to research and development in power system economics

Overview

Shmuel S. Oren is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily centers on engineering, with a strong focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Additional areas of study include control and systems engineering, economics and econometrics, mechanical engineering, and management science and operations research.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics in smart grid energy management, electric power system optimization, and optimal power flow distribution. Other notable research interests encompass microgrid control and optimization, power system optimization and stability, integrated energy systems optimization, and auction theory and applications.

Shmuel S. Oren has contributed to multiple papers published in various academic venues. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Toward carbon-neutral electricity and mobility: Is the grid infrastructure ready? (2021, Joule)
  • A stochastic distribution system planning method considering regulation services and energy storage degradation (2020, Applied Energy)
  • Merchant transmission in single-price electricity markets with cost-based redispatch (2021, Energy Economics)
  • Optimal operation of an ice-tank for a supermarket refrigeration system (2021, Control Engineering Practice)
  • Parallel computing for power system climate resiliency: Solving a large-scale stochastic capacity expansion problem with mpi-sppy (2024, Electric Power Systems Research)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as the Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Energy Systems, Energy Economics, IEEE Power and Energy Magazine, and arXiv (Cornell University).

Shmuel S. Oren collaborates regularly with several co-authors. Prominent frequent co-authors include Tomas Valencia Zuluaga, Georgios Patsakis, Ignacio Aravena, Hung-po Chao, and Hongbin Sun.

Their contributions to the field have been recognized through several awards. They became a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2016 for work related to integrating decisions and cooperative market mechanisms for adaptive multisource electrical power systems. Additionally, they were named a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in 2004 and an IEEE Fellow in 2002, recognized for contributions to research and development in power system economics.

Best Publications

  • Reserve Requirements for Wind Power Integration: A Scenario-Based Stochastic Programming Framework

    A. Papavasiliou;S. S. Oren;R. P. O'Neill

  • Electricity derivatives and risk management

    S.J. Deng;S.S. Oren

  • Optimal Transmission Switching With Contingency Analysis

    K.W. Hedman;R.P. O'Neill;E.B. Fisher;S.S. Oren

  • Co-Optimization of Generation Unit Commitment and Transmission Switching With N-1 Reliability

    Kory W Hedman;Michael C Ferris;Richard P O'Neill;Emily Bartholomew Fisher

  • Optimal licensing of cost-reducing innovation

    Morton I Kamien;Shmuel S Oren;Yair Tauman;Yair Tauman

  • Distribution Locational Marginal Pricing for Optimal Electric Vehicle Charging Management

    Ruoyang Li;Qiuwei Wu;Shmuel S. Oren

  • Multiarea stochastic unit commitment for high wind penetration in a transmission constrained network

    Anthony Papavasiliou;Schmuel S. Oren

  • Folk Theorems on Transmission Access: Proofs and Counterexamples

    Felix Wu;Pravin Varaiya;Pablo Spiller;Shmuel Oren

  • Economic Inefficiency of Passive Transmission Rights in Congested Electricity Systems with Competitive Generation

    Shmuel S. Oren

  • Proactive planning and valuation of transmission investments in restructured electricity markets

    Enzo E. Sauma;Shmuel S. Oren

  • Critical Mass and Tariff Structure in Electronic Communications Markets

    Shmuel S. Oren;Stephen A. Smith

  • Self-scaling variable metric (SSVM) algorithms,part I;Criteria and sufficient conditions for scaling a class of algorithms

    Shmuel S. Oren;David G. Luenberger

  • Distribution Locational Marginal Pricing Through Quadratic Programming for Congestion Management in Distribution Networks

    Shaojun Huang;Qiuwei Wu;Shmuel S. Oren;Ruoyang Li

  • Flow-Based Transmission Rights and Congestion Management

    Hung-po Chao;Stephen Peck;Shmuel Oren;Robert Wilson

  • Optimal Transmission Switching—Sensitivity Analysis and Extensions

    K.W. Hedman;R.P. O'Neill;E.B. Fisher;S.S. Oren

  • Optimal conditioning of self-scaling variable Metric algorithms

    Shmuel S. Oren;Emilio Spedicato

  • Modeling and Computing Two-Settlement Oligopolistic Equilibrium in a Congested Electricity Network

    Jian Yao;Ilan Adler;Shmuel S. Oren

  • Nodal prices and transmission rights: A critical appraisal

    Shmuel S. Oren;Pablo T. Spiller;Pravin Varaiya;Felix Wu

  • A review of transmission switching and network topology optimization

    Kory W. Hedman;Shmuel S. Oren;Richard P. O'Neill

  • Economic Criteria for Planning Transmission Investment in Restructured Electricity Markets

    E.E. Sauma;S.S. Oren

  • Co-optimization of generation unit commitment and transmission switching with N-1 reliability

    Kory Hedman;Michael Ferris;Richard O'Neill;Emily Fisher

  • Optimal transmission switching with contingency analysis

    Kory Hedman;Richard O'Neill;Emily Fisher;Shmuel Oren

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson Stanford University
Kory W. Hedman
Kory W. Hedman Arizona State University
Chris Marnay
Chris Marnay Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Afzal S. Siddiqui
Afzal S. Siddiqui Stockholm University
Ramteen Sioshansi
Ramteen Sioshansi Carnegie Mellon University
Benjamin F. Hobbs
Benjamin F. Hobbs Johns Hopkins University
Qiuwei Wu
Qiuwei Wu Technical University of Denmark
James Bushnell
James Bushnell University of California, Davis
Michael H. Rothkopf
Michael H. Rothkopf Pennsylvania State University
Michael C. Ferris
Michael C. Ferris University of Wisconsin–Madison

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