<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-">Please submit inquiries to Dr Vasilis Vlachokyriakos (<a href="mailto:Vasilis.Vlachokyriakos1@newcastle.ac.uk">Vasilis.Vlachokyriakos1@newcastle.ac.uk</a>) and myself (Georgios Chalkiadakis -<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gehalk@cs.intelligence.tuc.gr" class="gmail-">gehalk@intelligence.tuc.gr</a> )</div><div class="gmail-">Deadline for applications : January 29, 2018</div><div class="gmail-"><header class="gmail-pageTitle"><h1 class="gmail-">P2P Energy: Clean energy decentralised production, consumption and distribution</h1><p class="gmail-intro">Key Words: peer-to-peer; energy sharing; energy commons; multi-agent decision making</p></header><div class="gmail-textEditorArea gmail-containAsides gmail-contentSeparator"><a name="d.en.728857" class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;float:none"></span><h2 class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">Summary</h2><p class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><strong class="gmail-">Lead Supervisor:</strong><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/people/profile/vasilisvlachokyriakos1.html#publications" class="gmail-">Dr Vasilis Vlachokyriakos</a></p><p class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><strong class="gmail-">Project Studentship Code:</strong><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>IFS014</p><p class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><strong class="gmail-">Programme Code:</strong><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>8050F</p><p class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><strong class="gmail-">To apply you must follow the<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sustainability/funding/studentships/" class="gmail-">'How to Apply'</a><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>instructions. ( </strong><b class="gmail-"><a href="http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sustainability/funding/studentships/" class="gmail-">http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sustainability/funding/studentships/</a> )</b></p><p class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">The objective of the proposal is to attempt to address some of the subsequent targets of the Sustainable Development Goals related with energy infrastructures and clean energy consumption, production and distribution through the employment of (algorithmically) efficient and (socially) just systems. This research topic stems from the observation that in a decentralised clean energy architecture, which is more and more possible due to recent developments in technology and engineering (e.g. distributed ledger etc.), there is an opportunity to develop commons-based and peer-to-peer approaches to the governance, ownership and in general the economics of energy production, consumption and distribution. Such a vision addresses at least three of UN’s SDGs, indicatively: (7) Affordable and clean energy; (9) Industry, innovation and infrastructure; and (12) Responsible consumption and production.</p><p class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">For such a commons-based approach to be achieved, it is of paramount importance to design and develop algorithms which enclose decision-making models and negotiations methods between human and artificial agents that guarantee the protection of such a common resource (i.e. clean energy), enable all affected parties to part take in its governance in an equal manner, provides resilience through the decentralisation of energy production, and ensures the fair distribution of the value extracted from this process.</p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div>----<br><br><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;float:none">Georgios Chalkiadakis</span><br class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;float:none">Associate Professor</span><br class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;float:none">Electrical and Computer Engineering</span><br class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;float:none">Technical University of Crete</span><br class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><a href="http://www.intelligence.tuc.gr/~gehalk/" class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">http://www.intelligence.tuc.gr/~gehalk/</a></div>