Dr. Edmund Widl

Function
Senior Scientist
Center
Energy
Competence Unit
Electric Energy Systems
Address
Giefinggasse 2, 1210 Vienna
Career
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)
Publications
- 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) - 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) - 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
Further Information
- 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