MITACS Globalink Research Award
Patrick Mahon - [email protected]
Analysis of Ontario power grid demand condutcted by Patrick Mahon under the supervision of Dr Simon Bonner and Dr George Sugihara, in collaboration with Dr Matt Davison.
Bonner Lab (Western University)
Sugihara Lab (Scripps Institute of Oceanography)
Matt Davison (Western University)
Ontario's power grid is managed by the Independent Energy System Operator (IESO) of Ontario. Historical data is aquired from the IESO database. Weather and climate data is aquired from the Government of Canada and the NASA Power Project.
Empirical Dynamic Modelling is a set of state space reconstruction based methods for non-linear data analysis built upon Takens' Theorem. This project uses Empirical Dynamic Modelling packages (pyEDM, rEDM) to analyze Ontario power grid dynamics, specifically a statistical test for directional causality in non-linear time series called convergent cross mapping. Here is a video.