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		Jay Taneja (he/his)
		Associate Professor, Computer Science Adjunct Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Massachusetts - Amherst
		jtaneja@umass.edu - +1-413-545-6428
		A267 Lederle Graduate Research Center 740 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003, U.S.A.

I study the application of computing tools to measuring and managing infrastructure in industrialized and developing regions, including energy and building systems, but also transportation, water, and sanitation systems. In my work, I develop and apply embedded/IoT and mobile systems as well as machine learning techniques.

I am always considering strong PhD students. Please write me a descriptive email with your interests and attach your CV.

Research

I direct the STIMA Lab (Systems Towards Infrastructure Measurement and Analytics Laboratory) in the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences @ UMass. Here are some current projects:

Electricity Growth and Use In Developing Economies. Technology improvements in distributed generation, energy storage, and embedded systems have enabled a range of solar home systems and microgrids for providing electricity access to previously unelectrified households and communities. Though costs for these alternatives do not yet approach those of centralized electricity grids, the broader set of options available to utilities, policymakers, and other energy service providers places more emphasis on smart planning for growth in electricity consumption. However, there has been little research on projecting electricity consumption for households and communities that have not previously had access. We are addressing this shortcoming by partnering with electricity service companies to develop models for predicting growth in consumption in low-income communities, enabling better planning for utilities and entrepreneurs providing new access to electricity. We are also studying the impacts of reliability on consumption growth. Joint work with Columbia University, Carnegie Mellon University, and Colorado School of Mines.
Smart Electricity Grids in sub-Saharan Africa. Electricity grids in low-income countries generally have little sensing at the edges of the network. As utilities elsewhere invest heavily in smart meters, utilities in these contexts are faced with the choice of installing smart meters to improve existing customers’ electricity supplies or extending the grid to new customers. This project aims to augment electricity systems by adding alternative means of sensing to improve grid operation and planning, obtaining some of the capabilities of smart meters at a fraction of the cost. Benefiting from the groundswell of low-cost smartphones with a wide array of sensors, we are building mobile and camera-based applications that enable continuous grid sensing where it did not previously exist, providing more granular insight into network conditions. This information can enable utilities to more quickly respond to power outages, prevent future outages, monitor power quality, and intelligently place future instrumentation. The computing challenges in this work center on predictive modeling using grid and mobile data as well as exploring new modalities such as computer vision. This work will extend towards other architectures for adding smart electricity services using commodity devices. Joint work with UC Berkeley.
Demand Stimulation. Many newly-built grid and minigrid connections have low utilization. This stems from low incomes among customers, limited access to appliances, insufficient local economies, and poor electricity reliability, among other reasons. However, for electricity access to truly improve economic prospects, consumption will need to grow. In this project, we are studying active interventions that electricity service companies can use to grow consumption, both for their effects on people and their livelihoods as well as those on the sustainability of business models for providing electricity. Joint work with Carnegie Mellon University.
Measuring Infrastructure Quality in Developing Regions. Enormous drives towards improving access to infrastructure in developing regions have resulted in larger road networks, more electricity connections, increasingly available financial services, and better education and health services in many settings. While there are still crucial gains to be made in each of these areas, an area that deserves equal or greater attention is the quality of the services that are being delivered. To help address this shortcoming, we are developing techniques to measure the quality of infrastructure, particularly roads and electricity systems, using remote sensing data and machine learning methods. With better measurement of the condition of roads and the reliability and quality of electricity supply, we can help to direct investments towards improving shortcomings, as well as create knowledge about the true economic value of these inputs. Joint work with the University of Washington.

Students in the STIMA Lab



STIMA Lab - Sept. 2019 (missing Simone!)

PhD
- Mercy Kyatha
- Kiki Massa
- Bob Muhwezi
- Musaab Mohammed Ali
- Nana Sereboo
- Sylvia Imanirakiza
- Sanuratu Koroma
- Sam Osebe
- Tunmise Raji (@ RIT – Co-Advised with Nathan Williams)

Master’s
- Anjali Anjali
Undergraduate
- Nathan Ware

Alumni
- Lefu Maqelepo (PhD., 2024, Rochester Institute of Technology – co-advised with Nathan Williams) – “Rural Electrification Subsidies: Quantification, Structure and Policy Implications” – Analyst, ISO-New England
- Aggrey Muhebwa (Ph.D., 2023, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – “Incorporating Machine Learning with Satellite Data to Support Critical Infrastructure Measurement and Sustainable Development” – Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Zeal Shah (Ph.D., 2023, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – “Side-Channel Measurement Techniques for Monitoring Electricity Grids” – Meta
- June Lukuyu (Ph.D., 2023, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – “Stimulating Electricity Demand to Enhance Sustainable Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa” – Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Santiago Correa (Ph.D., 2022, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – “Models and Machine Learning Techniques for Improving the Planning and Operations of Electricity Systems in Developing Regions” – Data Scientist, BlocPower
- Simone Fobi (Ph.D., 2022, Columbia University, Mechanical Engineering – co-advised with Vijay Modi) – “Data-Driven Decision Support for Low Electricity Access Settings” – Research Scientist, Microsoft AI For Good
- Nathan Williams (Ph.D., 2017, Carnegie Mellon Engineering and Public Policy – co-advised with Paulina Jaramillo) – “Microgrid Utilities for Rural Electrification in East Africa: Challenges and Opportunities” – Faculty at Rochester Institute of Technology, Golisano Institute of Sustainability
- Daksha Naik (M.S., 2019, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – Modeling Grid Flexibility Potentials in Kenya: Industrial Demand Response and Electric Vehicles – Dräger
- Shuya Zhang (M.S., 2019, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – Control of Hybrid Minigrids for Energy Access Applications – Amazon
- Kyle Taubert (B.S., 2023, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – Identifying Locations of Sewer and Septic Sanitation Systems Using Street-Level Imagery
- Anvita Patel (B.S., 2022, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – Measuring Pollution from Diesel-Driven Irrigation using Satellite Data – Dell EMC
- Aidas Jakubenas (B.S., 2022, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – Characterizing Electricity Outages in New England – Cisco
- Berke Belge (B.S., 2022, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – Identifying Locations of Sewer Sanitation Systems Using Satellite Imagery – Dell EMC
- Xavier Farrell (B.S., 2021, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – Neighborhood-Scale Pollution Monitoring of Vehicles in Nairobi Using Satellite Data – U. of M*ch*g*n PhD
- Alex Yen (B.S., 2020, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – Measurement of AC Electricity Parameters Using Imagery – UCSD PhD
- Joe Breda (B.S., 2019, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – Side-channel Sensing on Smartphones: Power Quality and Ambient Temperature – UW (Washington) CSE PhD
- Ajey Pandey (B.S., 2019, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – Using Cameras to Help Map Power Grids – Cadmus Group –> Reading Municipal Light District
- CK Wijesundara (B.S., 2018, UMass Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering) – Using Smartphones to Determine Ambient Temperature – UMass CS M.S. –> Systems & Technology Research

Teaching

CICS 590X – Decarbonization and Data Science (F’23, F’24)
ECE 597DE/697DE – Data-Enabled Electricity Networks (S’21, S’22)
ECE 597ED/697ED – Electricity Infrastructure and Delivery in Developing Regions (F’17, F’18)
ENG 100 – Introduction to Engineering (F’18, F’19, F’20, F’21, F’22)
ECE 232 / ECE 331 – Hardware Organization and Design (S’17, S’18)

Publications (many available for download at Google Scholar and ResearchGate)

Tunmise Raji, Courage Ekoh, Jay Taneja, and Nathan Williams. “Paved with Good Reflections: Road Quality Mapping with Multispectral Satellite Imagery.” In the 11th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys’24), November 2024.
Lefu Maqelepo, Fhazhil Wamalwa, Jay Taneja, and Nathan Williams. “Two Sides of a Coin: Assessing Trade-offs Between Reliability and Profit in Mini Grids and the Policy Implications for Subsidies.” Applied Energy, 2024.
June Lukuyu, Rebekah Shirley, and Jay Taneja. “Managing Grid Impacts From Increased Electric Vehicle Adoption in African Cities.” Scientific Reports, 2024.
Tunmise Raji, Jay Taneja, and Nathan Williams. “Assessment of Systematic Errors in Mapping Electricity Access Using Night-Time Lights: A Case Study of Rwanda and Kenya.” Remote Sensing, Special Issue on Nighttime Light Remote Sensing Products for Urban Applications, 2024.
Aggrey Muhebwa, Colin J. Gleason, Dongmei Feng, and Jay Taneja. “Improving Discharge Predictions in Ungauged Basins: Harnessing the Power of Disaggregated Data Modeling and Machine Learning.” Water Resources Research, 2024.
Santiago Correa, Gustavo Perez, Paulina Jaramillo, and Jay Taneja. “Taking the Long View: Enhancing Learning On Multi-Temporal, High-Resolution, and Disparate Remote Sensing Data.” In the 10th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys’23), November 2023. Best Paper Award Runner-Up.
Aggrey Muhebwa, Gabriel Cadamuro, and Jay Taneja. “Pixel Perfect: Using Vision Transformers to Improve Road Quality Predictions from Medium Resolution and Heterogeneous Satellite Imagery.” ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies, 2023.
Sam Miles, Anna-Karin Hess, Rachel Dersch, Molly Hickman, Genevieve Flaspohler, Bastian
Herzog, Daniel M Kammen, Jay Taneja, and Laura H Kwong. “IoT data for managing the Energy-Health Nexus: Experimental Insights from a Smart Hospital in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.” SETI 2023 Annual Workshop, June 2023.
Zeal Shah, JP Carvallo, Feng-Chi Hsu, and Jay Taneja. “The Inequitable Distribution of Power Interruptions During the 2021 Texas Winter Storm Uri.” Environmental Research Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2023.
Michael Durand, Colin J. Gleason, Tamlin M. Pavelsky, Renato Prata de Moraes Frasson, Michael Turmon, Ce?dric H. David, Elizabeth H. Altenau, Nikki Tebaldi, Kevin Larnier, Jerome Monnier, Pierre Olivier Malaterre, Hind Oubanas, George H. Allen, Brian Astifan, Craig Brinkerhoff, Paul D. Bates, David Bjerklie, Stephen Coss, Robert Dudley, Luciana Fenoglio, Pierre-Andre? Garambois, Augusto Getirana, Peirong Lin, Steven A. Margulis, Pascal Matte, J. Toby Minear, Aggrey Muhebwa, Ming Pan, Daniel Peters, Ryan Riggs, Md Safat Sikder, Travis Simmons, Cassie Stuurman, Jay Taneja, Angelica Tarpanelli, Kerstin Schulze, Mohammad J. Tourian, Jida Wang. “A Framework for Estimating Global River Discharge From the Surface Water and Ocean Topography Satellite Mission.” Water Resources Research, 2023. Top 5 Most Read WRR Paper for 2023.
June Lukuyu and Jay Taneja. “Powering Up in Africa: Electricity Demand Stimulation to Build Inclusive Economies, Reduce Inequality, and Improve Power System Sustainability.” Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, 10, 2023.
June Lukuyu, Myriam Shiran, Ryan Kennedy, and Jay Taneja. “Purchasing Power: Examining Customer Profiles and Patterns for Decentralized Electricity Systems in East Africa.” Energy Policy, 2023.
Santiago Correa, Zeal Shah, Yuezi Wu, Simon Kohlhase, Philippe Raisin, Nabin Raj Gaihre, Vijay Modi, and Jay Taneja. “PowerScour: Tracking Electrified Settlements Using Satellite Data.” In the 9th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys’22), November 2022.
Alex Yen, Zeal Shah, Benjamin Ochoa, Pat Pannuto, and Jay Taneja. “EffiSenseSee: Towards Classifying Light Bulb Types \\ and Energy Efficiency with Camera-Based Sensing.” In the 9th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys’22), November 2022.
Lefu Maqelepo, Nathan Williams, and Jay Taneja. “Rural Electrification Subsidy Estimation: A Spatial Model Development and Case Study.” Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, Special Issue on Energy Transitions and Sustainable Transformations in Africa, 2, 2022.
Zeal Shah, Noah Klugman, Gabriel Cadamuro, Feng-Chi Hsu, Christopher D. Elvidge, and Jay Taneja. “The Electricity Scene from Above: Exploring Power Grid Inconsistencies Using Satellite Data in Accra, Ghana.” Applied Energy, 319, 2022.
Christopher D. Elvidge, Mikhail Zhizhin, David Keith, Steven D. Miller, Feng-Chi Hsu, Tilottama Ghosh, Sharolyn J. Anderson, Christian K. Monrad, Morgan Bazilian, Jay Taneja, Paul C. Sutton, John Barentine, William S. Kowalik, Christopher C.M. Kyba, Dee W. Pack, and Dorit Hammerling. “The VIIRS Day/Night Band: A Flicker Meter in Space?” Remote Sensing, 14 (6), 2022.
June Lukuyu, Gunther Bensch, Terence Conlon, Anvita Patel, Vijay Modi, and Jay Taneja. “Diesel GenSat: Using Satellite Data to Detect Diesel-Powered Irrigation for Guiding Electrification in Ethiopia.” In the Proceedings of the Thirteenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy ’22), June 2022.
Simone Fobi, Joel Mugyenyi, Vijay Modi, and Jay Taneja. “Predicting Levels of Household Electricity Consumption in Low-Access Settings.” In the Proceedings of the Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV ’22), January 2022.
Noah Klugman, Joshua Adkins, Emily Paszkiewicz, Molly G. Hickman, Matthew Podolsky, Jay Taneja, and Prabal Dutta. “Watching the Grid: Utility-Independent Measurements of Electricity Reliability in Accra, Ghana.” In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN ’21), May 2021.
Santiago Correa, Zeal Shah, and Jay Taneja. “This Little Light of Mine: Electricity Access Mapping Using Night-time Light Data.” In The 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy ’21), June 2021. Note Paper.
Bob Muhwezi, Nathan Williams, and Jay Taneja. “Ingredients for Growth: Examining Electricity Consumption and Complementary Infrastructure for Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya.” Development Engineering: Special Issue on Geospatial Analysis for Development, 6. 2021.
Feng-Chi Hsu, Mikhail Zhizhin, Tilottama Ghosh, Christopher D. Elvidge, and Jay Taneja. “The Annual Cycling of Nighttime Lights in India.” Remote Sensing, 13 (6), 2021.
Christopher D. Elvidge, Mikhail Zhizhin, Tilottama Ghosh, Feng-Chi Hsu, and Jay Taneja. “Annual Time Series of Global VIIRS Nighttime Lights Derived From Monthly Averages: 2012 to 2019.” Remote Sensing, 13 (5). 2021.
Amee Trivedi, Phuthipong Bovornkeeratiroj, Joseph Breda, Prashant Shenoy, Jay Taneja, and David Irwin. “Phone-based Ambient Temperature Sensing Using Opportunistic Crowdsensing and Machine Learning.” Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, 29. 2021.
Simone Fobi, Ayse Selin Kocaman, Jay Taneja, and Vijay Modi. “A Scalable Framework to Measure the Impact of Spatial Heterogeneity on Electrification.” Energy for Sustainable Development, 60. 2021.
June Lukuyu, Robert Fetter, P.P. Krishnapriya, Nathan Williams, and Jay Taneja. “Building the Supply of Demand: Experiments in Mini-grid Demand Stimulation.” Development Engineering, 6. 2020.
Christopher D. Elvidge, Feng-Chi Hsu, Mikhail Zhizhin, Tilottama Ghosh, Jay Taneja, and Morgan Bazilian. “Indicators of Electric Power Instability from Satellite Observed Nighttime Lights.” Remote Sensing, 2020.
Santiago Correa, Lei Jiao, Aidas Jakubenas, Roby Moyano, Jesus Omana Iglesias, and Jay Taneja. “Who’s in Charge Here? Scheduling EV Charging on Dynamic Grids via Online Auctions with Soft Deadlines.” In the 7th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys’20), November 2020.
Zeal Shah, Feng-Chi Hsu, Christopher D. Elvidge, and Jay Taneja. “Mapping Disasters & Tracking Recovery in Conflict Zones Using Nighttime Lights.” In the 10th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC’20), November 2020.
Amee Trivedi, Phuthipong Bovornkeeratiroj, Joseph Breda, Prashant Shenoy, Jay Taneja, and David Irwin. “Phone-based Ambient Temperature Sensing Using Opportunistic Crowdsensing and Machine Learning.” In the 11th International Green and Sustainable Computing Conference (IGSC 2020), October 2020. Nominated for Best Paper Award.
June Lukuyu, Aggrey Muhebwa, and Jay Taneja. “Fish and Chips: Converting Fishing Boats for Electric Mobility to Serve as Minigrid Anchor Loads.” In The 11th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy ’20), June 2020.
Santiago Correa, Noman Bashir, Andrew Tran, David Irwin, and Jay Taneja. “Extend: A Framework for Increasing Energy Access by Interconnecting Solar Home Systems.” In the 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS ’20), June 2020.
Simone Fobi, Terence Conlon, Jay Taneja, and Vijay Modi. “Learning to Segment from Misaligned and Partial Labels.” In the 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS ’20), June 2020. Note paper.
Zeal Shah, Alex Yen, Ajey Pandey, and Jay Taneja. “GridInSight: Monitoring Electricity Using Visible Lights.” In the 6th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys ’19), November 2019. Nominated for Best Paper Award.
Joseph Breda, Amee Trivedi, Chulabhaya Wijesundara, Phuthipong Bovornkeeratiroj, David Irwin, Prashant Shenoy, and Jay Taneja. “Hot or Not: Leveraging Mobile Devices for Ubiquitous Temperature Sensing.” In the 6th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy- Efficient Built Environments, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys ’19), November 2019.
J.P. Carvallo, Jay Taneja, Duncan Callaway, and Dan Kammen, “Distributed Resources Shift Paradigms on Power System Design, Planning, and Operation: an Application of the GAP Model”, Proceedings of IEEE: Special Issue “Electricity Access for All”, September 2019.
Gabriel Cadamuro, Aggrey Muhebwa, and Jay Taneja. “Street Smarts: Measuring Intercity Road Quality Using Deep Learning on Satellite Imagery.” In the 2nd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS ’19), July 2019.
Noah Klugman, Joshua Adkins, Susanna Berkouwer, Kwame Abrokwah, Ivan Bobashev, Patrick Pannuto, Matthew Podolsky, Aldo Suseno, Revati Thatte, Catherine Wolfram, Jay Taneja, and Prabal Dutta. “Hardware, Apps, and Surveys at Scale: Measuring Low-Voltage Grid Reliability in Accra, Ghana.” In the 2nd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS ’19), July 2019.
Santiago Correa, Noman Bashir, Jesus Omana Iglesias, Candace Saffery, and Jay Taneja. “Like a Good Neighbor, Solar is There.” In the Tenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy ‘19), June 2019. Note paper.
Noah Klugman, Santiago Correa, Patrick Pannuto, Matt Podolsky, Jay Taneja, and Prabal Dutta. “The Open INcentive Kit (OINK): Standardizing the Generation, Comparison, and Deployment of Incentive Systems.” In the 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD ’19). January 2019.
Gabriel Cadamuro, Aggrey Muhebwa, and Jay Taneja. “Assigning a Grade: Accurate Measurement of Road Quality Using Satellite Imagery.” In the NeurIPS Workshop on Machine Learning for the Developing World (ML4D ’19). December 2018.
Simone Fobi, Varun Deshpande, Samson Ondiek, Vijay Modi, and Jay Taneja. “A Longitudinal Study of Electricity Consumption Growth in Kenya.” Energy Policy, 2018.
Santiago Correa, Noah Klugman, and Jay Taneja. “Deployment Strategies for Crowdsourced Power Outage Detection.” In the 9th IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm ’18). October 2018.
Noah Klugman, Veronica Jacome, Meghan Clark, Matthew Podolsky, Patrick Pannuto, Neal Jackson, Aley Soud Nassor, Catherine Wolfram, Duncan Callaway, Jay Taneja, and Prabal Dutta. “Experience: Android Resists Liberation from Its Primary Use Case.” In Proceedings of the 24th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom ’18). October 2018.
Noman Bashir, David Irwin, Prashant Shenoy, and Jay Taneja. “Mechanisms and Policies for Controlling Distributed Solar Capacity.” ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), 2018.

Joseph Breda and Jay Taneja. “Fancy That: Measuring Electricity Grid Voltage Using a Phone and a Fan.” In the First ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2018), June 2018.
Santiago Correa, Noah Klugman, and Jay Taneja. “How Many Smartphones Does It Take To Detect A Power Outage?” In the Ninth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy ‘18), June 2018. Note paper. Audience Choice Award.
Nathan Williams, Paulina Jaramillo, and Jay Taneja. “Investment Risk Assessment of Microgrid Utilities for Rural Electrification Using the Stochastic Techno-Economic Microgrid Model: A Case Study in Rwanda.” Energy for Sustainable Development, 2017.
Noman Bashir, David Irwin, Prashant Shenoy, and Jay Taneja. “Enforcing Fair Grid Energy Access for Controllable Distributed Solar Capacity.” In the 4th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Build Environments (BuildSys’17), November 2017. Nominated for Best Paper Award.
Diego Ponce de Leon Barido, Simone Fobi Nsutezo, and Jay Taneja. “The Natural and Capital Infrastructure of Potential Post-Electrification Wealth Creation in Kenya.” Energy, Sustainability and Society, 2017.
Nathan Williams, Paulina Jaramillo, and Jay Taneja. “PV-array Sizing in Hybrid Diesel/PV/Battery Microgrids under Uncertainty.” In the IEEE PES PowerAfrica Conference, June 2016.
Adedamola Adepetu and Jay Taneja. “Filling Spatial and Temporal Gaps in Development Surveys Using Night Lights.” In the UNESCO Chair Conference on Technologies for Development (Tech4Dev 2016), May 2016.
Nathan Williams, Paulina Jaramillo, Jay Taneja, and Taha Selim Ustun. “Enabling Private Sector Investment in Microgrid-based Rural Electrification in Developing Countries: A Review.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015.
Douglas Fabini, Diego Ponce de Leon Barido, Akomeno Omu, and Jay Taneja. “Mapping Induced Residential Demand For Electricity in Kenya.” In the Fifth ACM Symposium on Computing for Development (DEV-5), December 2014.
Jay Taneja. “Growth in Renewable Generation and its Effect on Demand-Side Management.” In the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm’14), November 2014.
Jay Taneja, Ken Lutz, and David Culler. “The Impact of Flexible Loads in Increasingly Renewable Grids.” In the Fourth IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm’13), October 2013.
Jay Taneja, Virginia Smith, David Culler, and Catherine Rosenberg. “A Comparative Study of High Renewables Penetration Electricity Grids.” In the Fourth IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm’13), October 2013.
Jay Taneja, Andrew Krioukov, Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, and David Culler. “Enabling Advanced Environmental Conditioning with a Building Application Stack.” In Proceedings of the 4th International Green Computing Conference (IGCC ’13), June 2013. Best Paper Award.
Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, Andrew Krioukov, Jay Taneja, Sagar Karandikar, Gabe Fierro, Nikita Kitaev, and David Culler. “BOSS: Building Operating System Services.” In Proceedings of the 10th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI ’13), April 2013.
Steven Lanzisera, Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, H.Y. Iris Cheung, Jay Taneja, David Culler, and Richard Brown. “Methods for Detailed Energy Data Collection of Miscellaneous and Electronic Loads in a Commercial Office Building.” Building and Environment, 2013.
Nathan Murthy, Jay Taneja, Kamil Bojanczyk, David Auslander, and David Culler. “Energy-Agile Laptops: Demand Response of Mobile Plug Loads Using Sensor/Actuator Networks.” In the Third IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm’12), November 2012.
Anil Aswani, Neal Master, Jay Taneja, Andrew Krioukov, David Culler, and Claire Tomlin. “Quantitative Methods for Comparing Different HVAC Control Schemes.” In the Sixth International ICST Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools (VALUETOOLS’12), October 2012.
Tyler C. Jones, David M. Auslander, Jay Taneja, Jason Trager, Michael Sankur, and Therese Peffer. “Improved Methods to Load Prediction in Commercial Buildings.” In the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficient Buildings, August 2012.
Jason Trager, Michael Sankur, Jorge Ortiz, Tyler Jones, Jay Taneja, Dave Auslander, David E. Culler, and Paul K. Wright. “Rapidly Adaptable Plug-load Simulation for Evaluating Energy Curtailment Strategies.” In the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficient Buildings, August 2012.
Therese Peffer, David Auslander, Domenico Caramagno, David Culler, Tyler Jones, Andrew Krioukov, Michael Sankur, Jay Taneja, Jason Trager, Sila Kiliccote, Rongxin Yin, Yan Lu, and Prasad Mukka. “Deep Demand Response: The Case Study of the CITRIS Building at the University of California-Berkeley.” In the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficient Buildings, August 2012.
H.Y. Iris Cheung, Steven Lanzisera, Judy Lai, Richard Brown, Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, Jay Taneja, and David Culler. “Detailed Energy Data Collection for Miscellaneous and Electronic Loads in a Commercial Office Building.” In the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficient Buildings, August 2012.
Anil Aswani, Neal Master, Jay Taneja, Andrew Krioukov, David Culler, and Claire Tomlin. “Energy-efficient Building HVAC Control Using Hybrid System LBMPC.” In the IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, August 2012.
Jay Taneja, Randy Katz, and David Culler. “Defining CPS Challenges in a Sustainable Electricity Grid.” In the ACM/IEEE Third International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, April 2012. (Invited)
Anil Aswani, Neal Master, Jay Taneja, Virginia Smith, Andrew Krioukov, David Culler, and Claire Tomlin. “Identifying Models of HVAC Systems Using Semiparametric Regression.” In Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2012.
Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, Steven Lanzisera, Jay Taneja, Richard Brown, and David Culler. “@scale: Insights from a Large, Long-Lived Appliance Energy WSN.” In Proceedings of the 11th ACM/IEEE Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, SPOTS Track (IPSN/SPOTS ’12), April 2012.
Thomas Clasen, Douglas Fabini*, Sophie Boisson, Jay Taneja, Joshua Song*, Elisabeth Aichinger, Anthony Bui*, Sean Dadashi*, Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Zachary Burt, and Kara L. Nelson. “Making Sanitation Count: Developing and Testing a Device for Assessing Latrine Use in Low-Income Settings.” Environmental Science and Technology, 2012.
Steven Lanzisera, Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, Xiaofan Jiang, Hoi Ying Cheung, Jay Taneja, Judy Lai, Jorge Ortiz, David Culler, and Richard Brown. “Wireless Electricity Metering of Miscellaneous and Electronic Devices in Buildings.” In the 2011 Future of Instrumentation International Workshop, November 2011.
Anil Aswani, Neal Master, Jay Taneja, David E. Culler, and Claire Tomlin. “Reducing Transient and Steady State Electricity Consumption in HVAC Using Learning-based Model Predictive Control.” Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 100, no. 1: 240-253. 2011.
Randy H. Katz, David E. Culler, Seth Sanders, Sara Alspaugh, Yanpei Chen, Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, Prabal Dutta, Mike He, Xiaofan Jiang, Laura Keys, Andrew Krioukov, Ken Lutz, Jorge Ortiz, Prashanth Mohan, Evan Reutzel, Jay Taneja, Jeff Hsu, and Sushant Shankar. “An Information-Centric Energy Infrastructure: the Berkeley View.” Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems 1 (2011): 7-22.
Richard Brown, Steven Lanzisera, Hoi Ying (Iris) Cheung, Judy Lai, Xiaofan Jiang, Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, Jay Taneja, Jorge Ortiz, and David Culler. “Using Wireless Power Meters to Measure Energy Use of Miscellaneous and Electric Devices in Buildings.” In the 6th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL ’11), Copenhagen, Denmark. May 2011.
Jay Taneja, David Culler, and Prabal Dutta. “Towards Cooperative Grids: Sensor/Actuator Networks for Renewables Integration.” In the First IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm’10), October 2010.

Xiaofan Jiang, Minh Van Ly, Jay Taneja, Prabal Dutta, and David Culler. “Experiences with a High-Fidelity Wireless Building Energy Auditing Network.” In the Seventh ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys’09), November 2009.
Prabal Dutta, Jay Taneja, Jaein Jeong, Xiaofan Jiang, and David Culler. “A Building Block Approach to Sensornet Systems.” In the Sixth ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys ’08), November 2008.
Prabal Dutta, Mark Feldmeier, Jay Taneja, Joseph Paradiso, and David Culler. “Energy Metering for Free: Augmenting Switching Regulators for Real-Time Monitoring.” In the International Symposium on Low-Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED ’08) Design Contest, August 2008. Design Contest winner.
Jay Taneja, Jaein Jeong, and David Culler. “Design, Modeling, and Capacity Planning for Micro-Solar Power Sensor Networks.” In the Seventh International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks Special Track on Platform Tools and Design Methods for Network Embedded Sensors (IPSN SPOTS ’08), April 2008.
Xiaofan Jiang, Jay Taneja, Jorge Ortiz, Arsalan Tavakoli, Prabal Dutta, Jaein Jeong, David Culler, Philip Levis, and Scott Shenker. “An Architecture for Energy Management in Wireless Sensor Networks.” In the International Workshop on Wireless Sensor Network Architecture (WWSNA’07), April 2007.
Phoebus Chen, Songhwai Oh, Michael Manzo, Bruno Sinopoli, Cory Sharp, Kamin Whitehouse, Gilman Tolle, Jaein Jeong, Prabal Dutta, Jonathan Hui, Shawn Schaffert, Sukun Kim, Jay Taneja, Bonnie Zhu, Tanya Roosta, Michael Howard, David Culler, and Shankar Sastry. “Experiments in Instrumenting Wireless Sensor Networks for Real-Time Surveillance.” In the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA ’06). Video and Poster.
Prabal Dutta, Jonathan Hui, Jaein Jeong, Sukun Kim, Cory Sharp, Jay Taneja, Gilman Tolle, Kamin Whitehouse, and David Culler. “Trio: Enabling Sustainable and Scalable Outdoor Wireless Sensor Network Deployments.” In the Fifth International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks Special Track on Platform Tools and Design Methods for Network Embedded Sensors (IPSN SPOTS ’06), April 2006.
Kamin Whitehouse, Gilman Tolle, Jay Taneja, Cory Sharp, Sukun Kim, Jaein Jeong, Jonathan Hui, Prabal Dutta, and David Culler. “Marionette: Providing an Interactive Environment for Wireless Debugging and Development.” In the Fifth International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks Special Track on Platform Tools and Design Methods for Network Embedded Sensors (IPSN SPOTS ’06), April 2006.

Jay Taneja @ STIMA Lab, UMass Amherst CICS

I am always considering strong PhD students. Please write me a descriptive email with your interests and attach your CV.

Research

I direct the STIMA Lab (Systems Towards Infrastructure Measurement and Analytics Laboratory) in the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences @ UMass. Here are some current projects:

Students in the STIMA Lab

Teaching

CICS 590X – Decarbonization and Data Science (F’23, F’24)

ECE 597DE/697DE – Data-Enabled Electricity Networks (S’21, S’22)

ECE 597ED/697ED – Electricity Infrastructure and Delivery in Developing Regions (F’17, F’18)

ENG 100 – Introduction to Engineering (F’18, F’19, F’20, F’21, F’22)

ECE 232 / ECE 331 – Hardware Organization and Design (S’17, S’18)

Publications (many available for download at Google Scholar and ResearchGate)

Lefu Maqelepo, Fhazhil Wamalwa, Jay Taneja, and Nathan Williams. “Two Sides of a Coin: Assessing Trade-offs Between Reliability and Profit in Mini Grids and the Policy Implications for Subsidies.” Applied Energy, 2024.

June Lukuyu, Rebekah Shirley, and Jay Taneja. “Managing Grid Impacts From Increased Electric Vehicle Adoption in African Cities.” Scientific Reports, 2024.

Tunmise Raji, Jay Taneja, and Nathan Williams. “Assessment of Systematic Errors in Mapping Electricity Access Using Night-Time Lights: A Case Study of Rwanda and Kenya.” Remote Sensing, Special Issue on Nighttime Light Remote Sensing Products for Urban Applications, 2024.

Aggrey Muhebwa, Colin J. Gleason, Dongmei Feng, and Jay Taneja. “Improving Discharge Predictions in Ungauged Basins: Harnessing the Power of Disaggregated Data Modeling and Machine Learning.” Water Resources Research, 2024.

Aggrey Muhebwa, Gabriel Cadamuro, and Jay Taneja. “Pixel Perfect: Using Vision Transformers to Improve Road Quality Predictions from Medium Resolution and Heterogeneous Satellite Imagery.” ACM Journal on Computing and Sustainable Societies, 2023.

Zeal Shah, JP Carvallo, Feng-Chi Hsu, and Jay Taneja. “The Inequitable Distribution of Power Interruptions During the 2021 Texas Winter Storm Uri.” Environmental Research Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2023.

June Lukuyu and Jay Taneja. “Powering Up in Africa: Electricity Demand Stimulation to Build Inclusive Economies, Reduce Inequality, and Improve Power System Sustainability.” Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, 10, 2023.

June Lukuyu, Myriam Shiran, Ryan Kennedy, and Jay Taneja. “Purchasing Power: Examining Customer Profiles and Patterns for Decentralized Electricity Systems in East Africa.” Energy Policy, 2023.

Lefu Maqelepo, Nathan Williams, and Jay Taneja. “Rural Electrification Subsidy Estimation: A Spatial Model Development and Case Study.” Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, Special Issue on Energy Transitions and Sustainable Transformations in Africa, 2, 2022.

Zeal Shah, Noah Klugman, Gabriel Cadamuro, Feng-Chi Hsu, Christopher D. Elvidge, and Jay Taneja. “The Electricity Scene from Above: Exploring Power Grid Inconsistencies Using Satellite Data in Accra, Ghana.” Applied Energy, 319, 2022.

Simone Fobi, Joel Mugyenyi, Vijay Modi, and Jay Taneja. “Predicting Levels of Household Electricity Consumption in Low-Access Settings.” In the Proceedings of the Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV ’22), January 2022.

Santiago Correa, Zeal Shah, and Jay Taneja. “This Little Light of Mine: Electricity Access Mapping Using Night-time Light Data.” In The 12th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy ’21), June 2021. Note Paper.

Bob Muhwezi, Nathan Williams, and Jay Taneja. “Ingredients for Growth: Examining Electricity Consumption and Complementary Infrastructure for Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya.” Development Engineering: Special Issue on Geospatial Analysis for Development, 6. 2021.

Feng-Chi Hsu, Mikhail Zhizhin, Tilottama Ghosh, Christopher D. Elvidge, and Jay Taneja. “The Annual Cycling of Nighttime Lights in India.” Remote Sensing, 13 (6), 2021.

Christopher D. Elvidge, Mikhail Zhizhin, Tilottama Ghosh, Feng-Chi Hsu, and Jay Taneja. “Annual Time Series of Global VIIRS Nighttime Lights Derived From Monthly Averages: 2012 to 2019.” Remote Sensing, 13 (5). 2021.

Amee Trivedi, Phuthipong Bovornkeeratiroj, Joseph Breda, Prashant Shenoy, Jay Taneja, and David Irwin. “Phone-based Ambient Temperature Sensing Using Opportunistic Crowdsensing and Machine Learning.” Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, 29. 2021.

Simone Fobi, Ayse Selin Kocaman, Jay Taneja, and Vijay Modi. “A Scalable Framework to Measure the Impact of Spatial Heterogeneity on Electrification.” Energy for Sustainable Development, 60. 2021.

June Lukuyu, Robert Fetter, P.P. Krishnapriya, Nathan Williams, and Jay Taneja. “Building the Supply of Demand: Experiments in Mini-grid Demand Stimulation.” Development Engineering, 6. 2020.

Christopher D. Elvidge, Feng-Chi Hsu, Mikhail Zhizhin, Tilottama Ghosh, Jay Taneja, and Morgan Bazilian. “Indicators of Electric Power Instability from Satellite Observed Nighttime Lights.” Remote Sensing, 2020.

Zeal Shah, Feng-Chi Hsu, Christopher D. Elvidge, and Jay Taneja. “Mapping Disasters & Tracking Recovery in Conflict Zones Using Nighttime Lights.” In the 10th IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC’20), November 2020.

June Lukuyu, Aggrey Muhebwa, and Jay Taneja. “Fish and Chips: Converting Fishing Boats for Electric Mobility to Serve as Minigrid Anchor Loads.” In The 11th ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy ’20), June 2020.

Santiago Correa, Noman Bashir, Andrew Tran, David Irwin, and Jay Taneja. “Extend: A Framework for Increasing Energy Access by Interconnecting Solar Home Systems.” In the 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS ’20), June 2020.

Simone Fobi, Terence Conlon, Jay Taneja, and Vijay Modi. “Learning to Segment from Misaligned and Partial Labels.” In the 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS ’20), June 2020. Note paper.

Zeal Shah, Alex Yen, Ajey Pandey, and Jay Taneja. “GridInSight: Monitoring Electricity Using Visible Lights.” In the 6th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Built Environments, Cities, and Transportation (BuildSys ’19), November 2019. Nominated for Best Paper Award.

J.P. Carvallo, Jay Taneja, Duncan Callaway, and Dan Kammen, “Distributed Resources Shift Paradigms on Power System Design, Planning, and Operation: an Application of the GAP Model”, Proceedings of IEEE: Special Issue “Electricity Access for All”, September 2019.

Gabriel Cadamuro, Aggrey Muhebwa, and Jay Taneja. “Street Smarts: Measuring Intercity Road Quality Using Deep Learning on Satellite Imagery.” In the 2nd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS ’19), July 2019.

Santiago Correa, Noman Bashir, Jesus Omana Iglesias, Candace Saffery, and Jay Taneja. “Like a Good Neighbor, Solar is There.” In the Tenth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy ‘19), June 2019. Note paper.

Gabriel Cadamuro, Aggrey Muhebwa, and Jay Taneja. “Assigning a Grade: Accurate Measurement of Road Quality Using Satellite Imagery.” In the NeurIPS Workshop on Machine Learning for the Developing World (ML4D ’19). December 2018.

Simone Fobi, Varun Deshpande, Samson Ondiek, Vijay Modi, and Jay Taneja. “A Longitudinal Study of Electricity Consumption Growth in Kenya.” Energy Policy, 2018.

Santiago Correa, Noah Klugman, and Jay Taneja. “Deployment Strategies for Crowdsourced Power Outage Detection.” In the 9th IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm ’18). October 2018.

Noman Bashir, David Irwin, Prashant Shenoy, and Jay Taneja. “Mechanisms and Policies for Controlling Distributed Solar Capacity.” ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (TOSN), 2018.

Joseph Breda and Jay Taneja. “Fancy That: Measuring Electricity Grid Voltage Using a Phone and a Fan.” In the First ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS 2018), June 2018.

Santiago Correa, Noah Klugman, and Jay Taneja. “How Many Smartphones Does It Take To Detect A Power Outage?” In the Ninth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (e-Energy ‘18), June 2018. Note paper. Audience Choice Award.

Nathan Williams, Paulina Jaramillo, and Jay Taneja. “Investment Risk Assessment of Microgrid Utilities for Rural Electrification Using the Stochastic Techno-Economic Microgrid Model: A Case Study in Rwanda.” Energy for Sustainable Development, 2017.

Noman Bashir, David Irwin, Prashant Shenoy, and Jay Taneja. “Enforcing Fair Grid Energy Access for Controllable Distributed Solar Capacity.” In the 4th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Build Environments (BuildSys’17), November 2017. Nominated for Best Paper Award.

Diego Ponce de Leon Barido, Simone Fobi Nsutezo, and Jay Taneja. “The Natural and Capital Infrastructure of Potential Post-Electrification Wealth Creation in Kenya.” Energy, Sustainability and Society, 2017.

Nathan Williams, Paulina Jaramillo, and Jay Taneja. “PV-array Sizing in Hybrid Diesel/PV/Battery Microgrids under Uncertainty.” In the IEEE PES PowerAfrica Conference, June 2016.

Adedamola Adepetu and Jay Taneja. “Filling Spatial and Temporal Gaps in Development Surveys Using Night Lights.” In the UNESCO Chair Conference on Technologies for Development (Tech4Dev 2016), May 2016.

Nathan Williams, Paulina Jaramillo, Jay Taneja, and Taha Selim Ustun. “Enabling Private Sector Investment in Microgrid-based Rural Electrification in Developing Countries: A Review.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015.

Douglas Fabini, Diego Ponce de Leon Barido, Akomeno Omu, and Jay Taneja. “Mapping Induced Residential Demand For Electricity in Kenya.” In the Fifth ACM Symposium on Computing for Development (DEV-5), December 2014.

Jay Taneja. “Growth in Renewable Generation and its Effect on Demand-Side Management.” In the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm’14), November 2014.

Jay Taneja, Ken Lutz, and David Culler. “The Impact of Flexible Loads in Increasingly Renewable Grids.” In the Fourth IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm’13), October 2013.

Jay Taneja, Virginia Smith, David Culler, and Catherine Rosenberg. “A Comparative Study of High Renewables Penetration Electricity Grids.” In the Fourth IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm’13), October 2013.

Jay Taneja, Andrew Krioukov, Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, and David Culler. “Enabling Advanced Environmental Conditioning with a Building Application Stack.” In Proceedings of the 4th International Green Computing Conference (IGCC ’13), June 2013. Best Paper Award.

Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, Andrew Krioukov, Jay Taneja, Sagar Karandikar, Gabe Fierro, Nikita Kitaev, and David Culler. “BOSS: Building Operating System Services.” In Proceedings of the 10th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI ’13), April 2013.

Steven Lanzisera, Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, H.Y. Iris Cheung, Jay Taneja, David Culler, and Richard Brown. “Methods for Detailed Energy Data Collection of Miscellaneous and Electronic Loads in a Commercial Office Building.” Building and Environment, 2013.

Nathan Murthy, Jay Taneja, Kamil Bojanczyk, David Auslander, and David Culler. “Energy-Agile Laptops: Demand Response of Mobile Plug Loads Using Sensor/Actuator Networks.” In the Third IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm’12), November 2012.

Anil Aswani, Neal Master, Jay Taneja, Andrew Krioukov, David Culler, and Claire Tomlin. “Quantitative Methods for Comparing Different HVAC Control Schemes.” In the Sixth International ICST Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools (VALUETOOLS’12), October 2012.

Tyler C. Jones, David M. Auslander, Jay Taneja, Jason Trager, Michael Sankur, and Therese Peffer. “Improved Methods to Load Prediction in Commercial Buildings.” In the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficient Buildings, August 2012.

Jason Trager, Michael Sankur, Jorge Ortiz, Tyler Jones, Jay Taneja, Dave Auslander, David E. Culler, and Paul K. Wright. “Rapidly Adaptable Plug-load Simulation for Evaluating Energy Curtailment Strategies.” In the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficient Buildings, August 2012.

H.Y. Iris Cheung, Steven Lanzisera, Judy Lai, Richard Brown, Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, Jay Taneja, and David Culler. “Detailed Energy Data Collection for Miscellaneous and Electronic Loads in a Commercial Office Building.” In the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficient Buildings, August 2012.

Anil Aswani, Neal Master, Jay Taneja, Andrew Krioukov, David Culler, and Claire Tomlin. “Energy-efficient Building HVAC Control Using Hybrid System LBMPC.” In the IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, August 2012.

Jay Taneja, Randy Katz, and David Culler. “Defining CPS Challenges in a Sustainable Electricity Grid.” In the ACM/IEEE Third International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, April 2012. (Invited)

Anil Aswani, Neal Master, Jay Taneja, Virginia Smith, Andrew Krioukov, David Culler, and Claire Tomlin. “Identifying Models of HVAC Systems Using Semiparametric Regression.” In Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2012.

Stephen Dawson-Haggerty, Steven Lanzisera, Jay Taneja, Richard Brown, and David Culler. “@scale: Insights from a Large, Long-Lived Appliance Energy WSN.” In Proceedings of the 11th ACM/IEEE Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, SPOTS Track (IPSN/SPOTS ’12), April 2012.

Anil Aswani, Neal Master, Jay Taneja, David E. Culler, and Claire Tomlin. “Reducing Transient and Steady State Electricity Consumption in HVAC Using Learning-based Model Predictive Control.” Proceedings of the IEEE, volume 100, no. 1: 240-253. 2011.

Jay Taneja, David Culler, and Prabal Dutta. “Towards Cooperative Grids: Sensor/Actuator Networks for Renewables Integration.” In the First IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm’10), October 2010.

Xiaofan Jiang, Minh Van Ly, Jay Taneja, Prabal Dutta, and David Culler. “Experiences with a High-Fidelity Wireless Building Energy Auditing Network.” In the Seventh ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys’09), November 2009.

Prabal Dutta, Jay Taneja, Jaein Jeong, Xiaofan Jiang, and David Culler. “A Building Block Approach to Sensornet Systems.” In the Sixth ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (SenSys ’08), November 2008.