Researcher Profile

Field: Power System Digitalisation

Main Research: Analysis and design of multi-domain energy systems

Experience: Edmund Widl received an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Physics from the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, in 2004 and 2008 respectively. From 2003 to 2011 he worked for the Institute of High Energy Physics (HEPHY), Vienna, Austria, on several projects for the CMS Collaboration, one of the particle physics experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. In 2011 he joined the Complex Energy Systems group of the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), where he works on topics related to the modeling and simulation of cyber-physical energy systems (CPES). A special interest in this context is the analysis and design of multi-domain energy systems, such as hybrid thermal-electrical distribution grids. A substantial part of his work is dedicated to the development of new tools for simulation-based black-box optimization and co-simulation, focusing on methods and tools that are compliant to the Functional Mock-up Interface specification. Apart from work directly related to applications and tool development he is also actively promoting the topic of CPES, for instance as co-organizer of CPSWeek 2016 and publication chair of the MSCPES workshop series (since 2014).

• 2004-2011: PhD student / Postdoc
  Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for High Energy Physics (HEPHY) / Vienna, Austria

• 2009: Victor Hess Award (Austrian Physical Society)

• Simulating cyber-physical energy systems: challenges, tools and methods
  Author(s): P. Palensky, E. Widl, A. Elsheikh
  Journal: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 44 (2013)
• Modeling Intelligent Energy Systems: Co-Simulation Platform for Validating Flexible-Demand EV Charging Management
  Author(s): P. Palensky, E. Widl, M. Stifter, A. Elsheikh
  Journal: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 4 (2013)
• Interfacing Power System and ICT Simulators: Challenges, State-of-the-Art, and Case Studies
  Author(s): S. Müller, H. Georg, J. Nutaro, E. Widl, et al.
  Journal: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (2016)
• A new method for optimizing operation of large neighborhoods of buildings using thermal simulation
  Author(s): G. Zucker, F. Judex, M. Blöchle, M. Köstl, E. Widl, S. Hauer, A. Bres, J. Zeilinger
  Journal: Energy and Buildings, 125 (2016) ; 153-160
• Studying the potential of multi-carrier energy distribution grids: A holistic approach
  Author(s): Edmund Widl, Tobias Jacobs, Daniel Schwabeneder, Sebastien Nicolas, Daniele Basciotti, Sawsan Henein, Tae-Gil Noh, Olatz Terreros, Anett Schuelke, Hans Auer
  Journal: Elsevier Energy, 153 (2018) ; 519-529
• A method for technical assessment of power-to-heat use cases to couple local district heating and electrical distribution grids
  Author(s): Benedikt Leitner, Edmund Widl, Wolfgang Gawlik, René Hofmann
  Journal: Elsevier Energy, 182 (2019) ; 729-738
• Model-Based Virtual Components in Event-Based Controls: Linking the FMI and IEC 61499
  Author(s): Michael H. Spiegel, Edmund Widl, Bernhard Heinzl, Wolfgang Kastner, Nabil Akroud
  Journal: Applied Sciences, 10 (5) (2020)

• Requirements for real-time hardware integration into cyber-physical energy system simulation
  Author(s): M. Faschang, F. Kupzog, E. Widl, S. Rohjans, S Lehnhoff
  Conference MSCPES 2015, Seattle
• Using FMI Components in Discrete Event Systems
  Author(s): W. Müller, E. Widl
• On using FMI-based models in IEC 61499 control applications
  Author(s): M. Spiegel, F. Leimgruber, E. Widl, G. Gridling
  Conference MSCPES 2015, Seattle
• Simulation of multi-domain energy systems based on the Functional Mock-up Interface specification
  Author(s): E. Widl, W. Müller, D. Basciotti, S. Henein, S. Hauer, K. Eder
  Conference EDST 2015, Vienna
• FMI-based Co-Simulation of Hybrid Closed-loop Control System Models
  Author(s): Edmund Widl, Florian Judex, Katharina Eder, Peter Palensky
  Conference ICCSE 2015, Storrs, CT
• Co-simulation for control design - A case study for cross-domain collaboration
  Author(s): Katharina Eder, Edmund Widl, Conrad Gahler, Barbara Beigelböck, Florian Judex
  Conference SimBuild 2016, Salt Lake City, UT
• Optimization of multi-carrier energy systems using an FMI-based co-simulation approach
  Author(s): Edmund Widl
  Conference Energieinformatik 2016, Klagenfurt, Austria
• The optFUMOLA package: A simulation-based black-box optimization library and interface
  Author(s): Benedikt Pesendorfer, Edmund Widl
• Co-simulation and control of power-to-heat units in coupled electrical and thermal distribution networks
  Author(s): Benedikt Pesendorfer, Edmund Widl, Wolfgang Gawlik, René Hofmann
• ZerOBNL: A framework for distributed and reproducible co-simulation
  Author(s): Pablo Puerto, Edmund Widl, Jessen Page
• An FMI-compliant Co-simulation Approach for Smart Grid ICT Assessments
  Author(s): Edmund Widl, Timoleon-Panagiotis Mantafounis, Andreas Davros, Oliver Gehrke, Tue Vissing Jensen, George Kiokes, Nikos Hatziargyriou

• Organized conference MSCPES 2017
• Demos The FMI++ Library
• Demos The FMI++ Python Interface for Windows
• Demos The FMI++ TRNSYS FMU Export Utility
• Demos The FMI++ PowerFactory FMU Export Utility
• Demos The FMI++ MATLAB Toolbox for Windows
• Publications AIT publications database
• CV as pdf