About Me

 
 

Education:

Ph.D., Electrical engineering, McGill University, 2006

B.Eng. (Hons.) Electrical engineering, McGill University, 2000


Appointments:

Assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, 2010-present

Honorary Visiting Lecturer, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, UK, 2011-present

Lecturer, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, UK, 2006-2010

Faculty lecturer, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, 2004-2006


Languages:

French, English, Spanish


Memberships:

Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, ingénieur stagiaire

IEEE, member


Community involvement:

Editor, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Chair, IEEE Power & Energy Society System Economics Subcommittee

Member, IEEE Power & Energy Society Computer & Analytical Methods Subcommittee

Member, IEEE Power & Energy Society Power System Analysis, Computation and Economics Committee


Latest research projects:

Fast and robust identification of umbrella contingencies in large electricity networks, funded by the FQRNT, 2011-2013

ADDRESS, funded by the European Community’s 7th Framework Programme, 2008-2012

Supergen FlexNet, funded by the EPSRC, 2007-2011

Computational Identification of Umbrella Contingencies in Electricity Networks, funded by the Joule Centre, 2009-2010

Modelling Flexibility in the Generation-Load Balance, funded by EDF SA, 2007-2008


Teaching:

Fall 2011

    ECSE 361 Power Engineering

Winter 2012

    ECSE 563 Power System Operation & Planning

François Bouffard, Ph.D.


McGill University

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering


3480 University Street

Room 535

Montreal QC

H3A 0E9


T +1 514 398 2761

F +1 514 398 4470


Email: francois dot bouffard at mcgill dot ca


Keywords

Power system operation & planning

Renewable energy

Flexibility

Economics

Unit commitment

Demand-side integration

Operations research

Stochastic optimization

Mixed-integer linear programming


Links

  1. www.mcgill.ca/ece

  2. www.manchester.ac.uk/eee

  3. smartgridcc.org

  4. www.smartgrids.eu

  5. www.ieee-pes.org

  6. www.addresspf7.org

  7. www.supergen-networks.org.uk

  8. www.joulecentre.org

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