Hello all, The next MaPSS talk of this semester will be at 17:00 on Mon 20th August in Carslaw 535. It’s a great opportunity to meet fellow postgrads, listen to an interesting talk, and of course get free food! ************************************************************************************** Speaker: Madeleine Cartwright Title: Power Grids and the Second Order Kuramoto Model Abstract: Power grids transmit power using alternating current electricity and can be modelled as a network of coupled oscillators. These oscillators must be synchronised to prevent cascading failures and widespread power loss. I will talk about how an extension of the paradigmatic model for coupled oscillators, the Kuramoto model, can be applied to the power grid, and how collective coordinates can be used to further reduce this model. ************************************************************************************** See you there! Details can also be found on the school’s new Postgraduate Society website: http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/MaPS/mapss.html Cheers, Eric