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History of PMAPS
The International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power
Systems fills a needed role in the power engineering community by
providing a regular forum for engineers and scientists worldwide to
interact around the common theme of power engineering decision problems
under uncertainty. Looking back across all of the eight conferences,
one sees a rich history of excellence. The following summarizes the
series.
PMAPS was first held in June, 1986, in Toronto, Canada, organized by
Samy Krishnasamy, of what was then Ontario Hydro. It was called the
International Symposium on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power
Systems. There were about 75 papers presented, and about 180 attendees
from 15 countries attended the Symposium. At that time a temporary
International Council on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems
(PMAPS) was formed with members from North America, Europe and Asia.
The purpose of the Council was to assist in the selection of venues for
the conferences and to provide continuity.
The surprising large interest in attending the first symposium resulted
in the second symposium, held in September 1988 in Oakland, California,
organized by Samy Krishnasamy and Richard Kennon of the Electric Power
Research Institute. There were 45 papers presented at the Oakland
Symposium, with over 150 attendees.
The third PMAPS Symposium (from then on it is called Conference) was
held in July 1991, in London, England, organized by Professor Ron Allan
and sponsored by IEE. There were 59 papers included in the proceedings.
The fourth PMAPS Conference was held in September 1994, in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, sponsored by Eletrobras and the World Energy Council.
There were 71 papers included in the proceedings with about 150
attendees. Four tutorials were organized.
The fifth PMAPS Conference was held in September 1997, in Vancouver
Canada, organized by Fred Turner of BC Hydro. There were 92 papers in
the proceedings, and attendance was about 180. Also, 2 panel
discussions and 1 tutorial were organized for this conference.
Immediately after the fifth PMAPS in Vancouver, the PMAPS International
Society was incorporated with Roy Billinton, Samy Krishnasamy and Fred
Turner as directors. The PMAPS International Society is comprised of
the directors, the local organizing committee chair of the immediately
preceding conference, and the local organizing committee chair of the
next conference.
The sixth PMAPS was held in September, 2000, in Madeira Island,
Portugal, organized by Vladimiro Miranda of INESC Porto and the
University of Porto. There were 100 papers included in the proceedings
plus an additional 16 in a small parallel event called RIMAPS’2000
aimed at European young researchers. Professor Ron Allan was recognized
with a special honoring for his work in the development of
probabilistic methods applied to power systems.
The seventh PMAPS was held in September, 2002, in Naples Italy,
organized by Alfredo Testa of the University of Naples and Guido
Carpinelli of the University of Cassino. There were 150 papers included
in the proceedings; 3 tutorials and 9 special sessions were also
organized for this conference. Professor Roy Billinton was recognized
with a special honoring for his work in the development of
probabilistic methods applied to power systems.
The eighth PMAPS was held in September, 2004, in Ames, Iowa USA at the
Iowa State University, organized by Jim McCalley of ISU. There were 173
papers included in the proceedings, and 3 tutorials, 2 workshops, and
11 special sessions were organized for the conference. The conference
was attended by over 200 people. Dr. John Endrenyi was recognized with
a special honoring for his work in the development of probabilistic
methods applied to power systems. The conference was concluded by the
announcement of the winning proposal for hosting the next conference
for 2006 – in Sweden, Stockholm and at KTH.
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