Cyber-Physical System Security of the Power Grid

Speaker

Chen-Ching Liu
American Electric Power Professor Emeritus and Research Professor at Bradley, Virginia Tech.

Title

"Cyber-Physical System Security of the Power Grid "

Abstract

The power grid today is a highly automated network, wherein a variety of communication networks and information systems are interconnected to the physical grid for the purpose of monitoring, protection, control, and market functions. The increased reliance on information and communications technology in the smart gird significantly increases the vulnerabilities with respect to various cyberattacks, such as falsification of control commands and measurement-based attacks.

The purpose of this presentation is to discuss new analytical and testbed-based methodologies for the integrated cyber-power systems. Cyber security of the power grid involves vulnerability assessment, anomaly detection, and mitigation for the substations and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. In the future, the fast-increasing deployment of grid edge devices will require a high security/privacy environment for distributed decision making by numerous agents.      

About Speaker

Chen-Ching Liu is American Electric Power Professor Emeritus and Research Professor at Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech. He is also an Emeritus Ful Professor of University College Dublin, Ireland. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, Dr. Liu served as Boeing Distinguished Professor at Washington State University from 2011-2017. During 1983-2011, he was on the faculty of University of Washington, Iowa State University, and University College Dublin, Ireland.

Professor Liu received an IEEE Third Millennium Medal and PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award. He received the Dale Douglass Award for Technical Achievement in 2024 and Attwood Associate Award in 2006, from the CIGRE U.S. National Committee. Dr. Liu received a Doctor Honoris Causa from Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania. He chaired the IEEE PES Fellow Committee and Technical Committee on Power System Analysis, Computing and Economics. Professor Liu is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and U.S. Member on CIGRE Study Committee D2: Information Systems, Telecommunication, and Cyber Security. He is a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.