Hydroinformatic conference, 14th-18th July

From 14th to 18th July, the Hydroinformatic conference will be held in Hamburg, Germany.

I will be there with two presentation: the first is an application of MPC to Salto Grande, a reservoir for energy production located in Uruguay. This test case use real weather forecasts for anticipatory water management. If we get the results on time, i will also show how to use ensemble forecasts for control, in the Tree-Based MPC algorithm. The second presentation will be an application of Stochastic Approximation Algorithm (SAA). SAA is a promising technique to solve stochastic optimization in a short time, which is a requirement of real time control application, as MPC is.
The conference will be a good occasion to meet people working on arguments close to the theme of this blog, which is : "how to use information for decisions in the water sector". I will be there together with Dirk Schwanenberg, my supervisor at Deltares, P.J. van Overloop, daily supervisor at TU Delft, and many others, among which: Jan Talsma from Deltares, and Francesca Pianosi, from Politecnico di Milano. The list of colleagues and friends joining the conference is probably to be extended...