Cyber Infrastructure for the Smart Grid

Dr. Anurag K. Srivastava, Dr. Carl Hauser, and Dr. Dave Bakken,

Course Intro

Contact Information
Anurag Srivastava

Email: asrivast@eecs.wsu.edu, Phone: 509-335-2348, Office: EME 31,

Carl Hauser

Email: hauser@eecs.wsu.edu, Phone: 509-335-6470, Office: EME 53,

David Bakken

Email: bakken@wsu.edu, Phone: 509-335-2399, Office: EME 55,

Course Overview
Prerequisites: EE 491
Goals:
Fundamentals of smart grid operation and control
Smart grid technologies including sensors,
communication networks, computation, data
management and cyber security
The interdisciplinary nature of the smart grid and the
interdependencies between the components

Course Overview
Development of smart grid requires interdisciplinary expertise
Objective of this course is to allow you to critically analyze the
interdependencies of related infrastructure in the smart grid
needed to sense, communicate, compute and control in secure
way
There will be few topics which will look like basic knowledge to
you and few topics will look hard to you
Class website: https://lms.wsu.edu/ (zzusis/ blackboard)

Text Book
Smart Electric Grid:

Lecture Materials and Web Material

Communication:

Lecture Materials and Web Material

Data Management and Computing:

George Coulouris, Jean Dollimore, Tim Kindberg and

Gordon Blair, Distributed Systems: Concepts and
Design Fifth Edition, published by Addison Wesley, May
2011 (Chapters 1-2 and available from Cougar Copies)

Cyber Security:

Lecture Materials and Web Material

Course Topics
Smart Electric Grid Overview
Module 1: Overview and Introduction to Smart grid
Module 2: Sense, communicate, compute and control in
secure way

Module 3: Performance objective, SCADA, NERC/FERC,

operational standards

Communication
Module 1: Layered communication model, physical & link
layers, network layer
Module 2: Transport layer: datagram and stream protocols;
Glue protocols: ARP, DNS, Routing
Module 3: MPLS; Power system application-layer protocols:
SCADA, ICCP, IEC 61850, C37.118; multi-cast and its uses

Course Topics
Power System Data Management and Computation

Module 1: Utility IT infrastructures; control center structure &

software; CIMs, IEC 61850 and 61970
Module 2: Fault-tolerant computing basics; distributed computing
basics

Module 3: Distributed computing architectures; middleware; WAMS

data delivery requirements and mechanisms
Cyber security
Module 1: Basic concepts and applications of cryptography, software
vulnerabilities
Module 2: Malware, network attacks, web security, Stuxnet
Module 3: Network protection, security testing, security practices,
governmental efforts

Linking all topics together

Overall system architecture, WAMS, NERC CIP, Case studies

Grading
Based on:
4 assignments (15%),
2 quizzes (20%),
1 mid term take home (22.5%)
1 final take home exam (22.5%)
Online active participation (5%),
1 final project (15%).

Course Policies
You are highly encouraged to ask questions leading
to discussions online.
Class attendance is encouraged and necessary for
success.
Timely submission of homework is required. Make
an effort to understand the procedures and
solutions.
Be aware of EECS and WSU policies on academic
integrity