Mehdi Maasoumy

PhD Candidate
University of California, Berkeley

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Mehdi Maasoumy is a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley, advised by Prof. Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli. He received his MSc degree in 2010 from Mechanical Engineering Department at UC Berkeley with major in Controls and minor in Optimization with Designated Emphasis in Energy Systems and Technology (DEEST). He graduated form Sharif University of Technology in 2008 with a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Research interests: Control Theory, Machine Learning, Statistics, Probability and Optimization with applications in Energy systems such as Green Buildings, Smart Grid, Electric Power Systems and Vehicle Load Management Systems. [ Read More...]

• Best Student Paper Award (ICCPS, April 2013)
  (ACM/IEEE 4^th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems)
  
  
• Outstanding Preliminary Examination Award (UC Berkeley, Aug 2009)
  (1^st rank in Controls, Dynamics & Heat Transfer)
  
  
• Ranked 1^st among more than 350,000 competitors (Iran, Jun 2004)
  (National Entrance Exam of Azad University)
  
  
• Ranked 22^nd among more than 400,000 competitors (Iran, Jun 2004)
  (National Entrance Exam of Universities)
  
  
• Exempted from military service (Iran, Oct 2004)
  (1^st rank in nationwide entrance exam of Azad University)
  
  
• “Sharif STARS” Award (Sharif University of Technology, May 2005)
  (Outstanding performance at university)
  
  
• TOYOTA Scholarship (U of Waterloo, Aug 2008)
  (Declined)
  
  
• Gartshore Entrance Fellowship (UBC, Aug 2008)
  (Declined)
  
  

News:

• My CDC '13 paper got accepted. [more...][ pdf ]
• My DSCC'13 paper got accepted. I will be in Stanford to present the paper in August 2013. [more...][ pdf ]
• I won the BEST PAPER AWARD at the ACM/IEEE ICCPS 2013. [more...]
• I will introduce the new Center for Research in Energy Systems Transformation (CREST) in the BEARS event (Feb 14, 2013) in UC Berkeley.[more...] [YouTube link]
• My ICCPS'13 paper got accepted. I will attend the CPS week (April 8-11, 2013) in Philadelphia to present my paper in ICCPS'13. [more...]
• My DSCC'12 paper got accepted. I will attend DSC conference (Oct 17-19, 2012) in Fort Lauderdale, FL to present my paper in DSCC'12. [more...][ pdf ]
• I will be in Singapore (Summer 2012) as a visiting scholar through the SinBerBEST project. [more...]
• My DSCC'11 paper got accepted. I will attend DSC conference (Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2011) in Arlington, VA to present my paper in DSCC'11. [more...][ pdf]
• I will be in Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Summer 2011) in Berkeley, CA as a Research Assistant. [more...]

• [C 10] Mehdi Maasoumy, Catherine Rosenberg, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli and Duncan Callaway, "Model Predictive Control Approach to Online Computation of Demand-Side Flexibility of Commercial Buildings HVAC Systems for Supply Following" IEEE American Control Conference, ACC 2014. Submitted. [PDF available upon request]
  
• [C 9] Mehdi Maasoumy, Borhan M Sanandaji, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli and Kameshwar Poolla, "Model Predictive Control of Regulation Services from Commercial Buildings to the Smart Grid" IEEE American Control Conference, ACC 2014. Submitted. [PDF available upon request]
  
• [C 8] Mehdi Maasoumy, Jorge Ortiz, David Culler and Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, "Flexibility of Commercial Building HVAC Fan as Ancillary Service for Smart Grid" IEEE Green Energy and Systems Conference, IGESC 2013. Submitted. [ pdf ]
  
• [C 7] Mehdi Maasoumy and Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, "Computationally Less Intensive Alternative to Model Predictive Control for Energy Efficient Building HVAC System" IEEE Green Energy and Systems Conference, IGESC 2013. Submitted. [ pdf ]
  
• [C 6] Mehdi Maasoumy, Pierluigi Nuzzo, Forrest Iandola, Maryam Kamgarpour, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, and Claire Tomlin "Optimal Load Management System for Aircraft Electric Power Distribution" Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2013. Accepted. [pdf]
  
• [C 5] Mehdi Maasoumy, Barzin Moridian, Meysam Razmara, Mahdi Shahbakhti and Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, "Online Simultaneous State Estimation and Parameter Adaptation for Building Predictive Control", Dynamic System and Control Conference (DSCC 2013), Stanford, CA, USA. Accepted. [html] [pdf]
  
• [C 4] Mehdi Maasoumy, Qi Zhu, Cheng Li, Forrest Meggers and Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, "Co-design of Control Algorithm and Embedded Platform for HVAC Systems", The 4th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS 2013), Philadelphia, USA. (BEST PAPER AWARD)[html] [pdf] [bib] [Slides]
  
• [J 2] Mehdi Maasoumy, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, "Total and Peak Energy Consumption Minimization of Building HVAC Systems Using Model Predictive Control", IEEE Design & Test of Computers, Special Issus on Green Buildings, July/Aug 2012.
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• [J 1] Yang Yang, Qi Zhu, Mehdi Maasoumy, and Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, "Development of Building Automation and Control Systems", IEEE Design & Test of Computers, Special Issue on Green Buildings, July/Aug 2012. [ html ] [pdf] [bib]
  
• [C 3] Mehdi Maasoumy, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, "Optimal Control of Building HVAC Systems in the Presence of Imperfect Predictions, Dynamic System Control Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Oct 2012 [pdf]
  
• [C 2] Mehdi Maasoumy, Alessandro Pinto, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, "Model-based Hierarchical Optimal Control Design for HVAC Systems" Dynamic System Control Conference, Arlington, VA 2011.[ html ] [pdf] [bib]
  
• [Th 1] Mehdi Maasoumy, "Building Operating Platform Design for High Performance Zero-Energy Buildings, Master's Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, May 2010 [pdf]
  
• [C 1] Zohreh Mohammadi, Azadeh Marouf Mashat, Hassan Salarieh, Mehdi Maasoumy, Mohammad Abediny, Aria Alasty "Experimental Investigating of non-linear and chaotic behavior of a doubly-clamped beam under electromagnetic excitation"[pdf]