EVOLVE: Electric Vehicles Point Location Optimisation via Vehicular Communications
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Abstract
Recent developments in the Electric Vehicles (EV) technologies have made great strides to offer new modes of smart green urban mobility, where EVs are used as the main transportation mode replacing the conventional diesel and petrol powered vehicles. EVs are expected to play a key role in achieving ambitious targets of lowering greenhouse emission in the transportation sector. Given the EV penetration rates and future forecasts, it is essential to develop technologies that tackle charging management of EVs considering a holistic view of charging supply/delivery management for EVs, communication of EVs to the smart grid infrastructure system using 5G and beyond systems, smart grids and big data analytics for EVs optimise smart mobility and enhance the quality of experience for EV users. EVOLVE aims to exploit the scientific excellence and expertise of key academic and industrial players into a joint collaborative effort to design, develop and test various technologies that consider the holistic view of EV charging taking into account the view of technical and business stakeholders. EVOLVE will pursue innovation for advancing the technologies in EV charging ecosystem by orchestrating and managing the underlying networking and computational resources, design innovative algorithms using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning ML), developing communication protocols, prediction and optimising load in smart grids, developing software systems and user interfaces (UIs). EVOLVE aims to transcend analytical models and simulation-based validation and aims to deliver five proof-of-concept (PoC) demonstrations. EVOLVE project will provide a platform to foster a close collaboration between academia and industry partners providing each with a unique experience to create new knowledge, share know-how and skills development.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Syed Ali Raza Zaidi (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Alshorbaji M
(2024)
Joint Optimization of Routing, Bandwidth, and Sub-Band Allocation in Energy-Efficient THz Nano-Networks
in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
Connelly A
(2023)
Autoencoder and Incremental Clustering-Enabled Anomaly Detection
in Electronics
Hayajneh A
(2024)
TinyML Empowered Transfer Learning on the Edge
in IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
Hayajneh A
(2023)
Tiny machine learning on the edge: A framework for transfer learning empowered unmanned aerial vehicle assisted smart farming
in IET Smart Cities
Salama A
(2023)
Decentralized Federated Learning Over Slotted ALOHA Wireless Mesh Networking
in IEEE Access
| Description | The initial results indicate that a coherent design across smart grid, IoT and connected networks can bring significant benefits in terms of performance. AI and ML can be combined with the spatial stochastic modelling to forecast the demands for EV charging infrastructure. Demand forecasting methods can have multiple fidelities, including temporal only or spatial only nature. We demonstrated that well known models e.g. Huff Model can enhance the EV charging demand significantly. We also demonstrated the feasibility of converged infrastructure. Essentially, our testbed shows how air quality monitoring can be combined with the EV charging infrastructure. Our initial work has lead to discussion on Digital Twins for EV infrastructure and need for behaviour change algorithms. |
| Exploitation Route | Most of the modeling outcomes have been well received by the community. The practical forecast tools developed are already being used by industrial partners e.g. CEMOSA. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Transport |
| URL | https://evolve-msca.eu/ |
| Description | Being MSCA project both industrial and academic researchers have collaborated closely to translate the outcomes from this project. While we are only mid-way through the project, our approach has been industrially driven and grounded in academic rigour. Our work on IAQ sensing has already been adopted at local level. Our work on modelling will open up new avenues for enhancing not EV forecasting but understanding of communication systems. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2024 |
| Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Transport |
| Impact Types | Societal Policy & public services |
| Description | Contribution to UKTIN Academic Strategy Group Whitepaper |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The whitepaper places UK in context to global landscape and makes concrete recommendation for policy makers. |
| URL | https://uktin.net/whats-happening/resources/strategic-working-group-report-future-networks |
| Description | Harrogate Newspaper Evidence for Safety of 5G Masts |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The scientific advice can potentially elevate the concerns of safety increasing adoption of 5G. |
| URL | https://thestrayferret.co.uk/news/latest/why-does-harrogate-need-5g-masts |
| Description | The Second National Infrastructure Assessment |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The NIA guidance feeds into public policy making for future investments in 5G infrastructure. |
| URL | https://nic.org.uk/app/uploads/Final-NIA-2-Full-Document.pdf |
| Description | HarmonicAI: Human-guided collaborative multi-objective design of explainable, fair and privacy-preserving AI for digital health |
| Amount | £140,253 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/Y03743X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2024 |
| End | 01/2028 |
| Description | Contribution to UKTINs AI Future Outlook report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I was interviewed by the UKTIN for the AI Future Capabilities Whitepaper for Telecommunication Sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://uktin.net/whats-happening/resources/artificial-intelligence-future-capability-paper |
| Description | Hands on tutorial for Digital Security on Embedded Devices at IEEE WCNC 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I delivered hands on tutorial at IEEE WCNC 2023 for cybersecurity. It was attended by the attendants' of the conference. This was free event for the registered participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://wcnc2023.ieee-wcnc.org/program/wcnc-2023-training |
| Description | Keynote at British Council and Pakistan Future Technologies Workshop at University of Hull |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to give a talk at British Council UK and HEC Pakistan's joint workshop which had more than 100 academics attending at the University of Hull. I described the work being carried out in 6G space and how we are addressing some fundamental challenges in CHEDDAR. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote at NUST on 6G Technologies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I delivered invited talk at NUST-SEECS on the 6G technologies in December. I also attended COP28, so we discussed sustainability aspects in details. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote at the IEEE VTC 2023 Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I gave keynote for IEEE VTC 2023 workshop on 6G and Digital Twins. The talk is available on YouTube as well. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_evb2K4N4rk |
| Description | Role of Digital Technologies for Sustainable Future |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I was invited by the University of West of Scotland for a Panel discussion on Role of Digital technologies for sustainability. This panel was attended by both international and national delegates including industrial stakeholders. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://sites.google.com/view/dcisf/home |