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Smart Grid and Its Implications for Electricity Market Design

  • Kim, Seon-Gu;Hur, Seong-Il;Chae, Yeoung-Jin
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2010
  • Recently, smart grid has been considered a very important new energy delivery technology, and one that can help ensure a cleaner environment by making use of information and communication technology (ICT) in countries around the world. The many technological benefits smart grid offers is expected to bring about a huge change in the electric energy supply chain. In particular, smart grid with advanced ICT is likely to allow market agents to participate in the decision-making process in the restructured electricity industry, easily facilitating Homeostatic Utility Control. In this paper, we examine smart grid as a market externality, and then illustrate issues from the commercial market perspective as it relates to electricity market design. Finally, our paper identifies some of the impacts of smart grid on electricity market design, which may possibly be incorporated into the evolution of the electricity market, thus ensuring market efficiency.

Analysis of digital literacy presented in ICT subjects of special education curruculum (특수교육교육과정 ICT 관련 교과에 나타난 디지털 리터러시 분석)

  • Lee, Ok-in
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.663-670
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    • 2024
  • Recently, policies have been implemented to establish a digital-based delivery system and provide AI-based education for students with disabilities. In this study, three ICT-related subjects (common_Information/Technology, basic_Information Communication Utilization) within the special education curriculum were examined according to digital literacy analysis standards. As a result of the study, understanding and use of digital technology (194, 52.7%) appeared most frequently in the special education curriculum. Detailed competencies include tech_computing system (1.1, 52, 14.1%), tech_software utilization (1.2, 46, 12.5%), tech_latest technology issues (1.6, 45, 12.2%) & attitude_respect for life consciousness (2.1, 45, 12.2%) appeared most frequently in that order. This study shows that digital literacy education for students with disabilities needs to be improved into a balanced curriculum that can help students with disabilities develop civic and ethical awareness to adapt to the digital environment and develop digital thinking capabilities for self-directed problem solving. presented.

Performance Analysis of IEEE 802.15.4 for D1 Small Distribution Substation (D1 소규모 배전 변전소를 위한 IEEE 802.15.4 성능 분석)

  • Hwang, Sung-Ho;Kang, Eun-Young
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.115-121
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    • 2017
  • Times New RomanThe utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the smart grid application can construct efficient and reliable electrical grid. IEC 61850 was adopted as the standard for smart grid exchanging the information required in an electric power utility. However, applying technologies like IEC 61850 using Ethernet to the automation of small distribution substation directly may cost more than the value of the small distribution substation itself. IEEE 802.15.4 technology attracts attention in the field of power utility automation because of low installation cost and ease of installation. Studies are conducted, which use IEEE 802.15.4 in less strict D1 small distribution substation. This study applied IEEE 802.15.4 to the small distribution substation and conducted performance evaluation using the actual equipment. This study determined the scope of application of IEEE 802.15.4 by conducting a comparative analysis of the message type in IEC 61850.

Generational Perspectives on Smart Tourism: A Focus on Baby Boomers

  • Karla Juliane dos Santos Camargo;Tercio Pereira;Pablo Flores Limberger
    • Journal of Smart Tourism
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2024
  • This study investigates the adoption of technology in smart tourist destinations, with a focus on the Baby Boomer generation. The objective is to analyze the perceived utility, intention to use, and risk perception of this generation regarding Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the context of smart tourist destinations. Data were collected through questionnaires administered to elderly groups belonging to the Baby Boomer generation in two Brazilian cities. Data analysis was conducted using statistical tools such as SPSS and Microsoft Excel, with an emphasis on regression analysis with moderation. The results indicate that when Baby Boomer tourists feel insecure about technology, they tend to not perceive its utility, impacting its acceptance. On the other hand, lower risk perceptions lead to an increase in perceived utility and, consequently, a greater intention to use technology in travel planning. The moderating role of risk perception in the relationship between perceived utility and intention to use is emphasized. The findings highlight the need for managers of smart destinations to consider the risks perceived by tourists, focus on diverse age groups, and implement strategies that address digital exclusion.

Efficient Hangul Word Processor (HWP) Malware Detection Using Semi-Supervised Learning with Augmented Data Utility Valuation (효율적인 HWP 악성코드 탐지를 위한 데이터 유용성 검증 및 확보 기반 준지도학습 기법)

  • JinHyuk Son;Gihyuk Ko;Ho-Mook Cho;Young-Kuk Kim
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.71-82
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    • 2024
  • With the advancement of information and communication technology (ICT), the use of electronic document types such as PDF, MS Office, and HWP files has increased. Such trend has led the cyber attackers increasingly try to spread malicious documents through e-mails and messengers. To counter such attacks, AI-based methodologies have been actively employed in order to detect malicious document files. The main challenge in detecting malicious HWP(Hangul Word Processor) files is the lack of quality dataset due to its usage is limited in Korea, compared to PDF and MS-Office files that are highly being utilized worldwide. To address this limitation, data augmentation have been proposed to diversify training data by transforming existing dataset, but as the usefulness of the augmented data is not evaluated, augmented data could end up harming model's performance. In this paper, we propose an effective semi-supervised learning technique in detecting malicious HWP document files, which improves overall AI model performance via quantifying the utility of augmented data and filtering out useless training data.

Analysis of Blockchain Network and Cryptocurrency Safety Issues

  • Taegyu Lee
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.40-50
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    • 2023
  • Blockchain is a technology designed to prevent tampering with digital documents or information, safeguarding transaction data and managing it in a structured manner. This proves beneficial in addressing issues of trust and data protection in B2B, B2C, and C2B transactions. Blockchain finds utility not only in financial transactions but also across diverse industrial sectors. This study outlines significant cases and responses that jeopardize the security of blockchain networks and cryptocurrency technology. Additionally, it analyzes safety and risk factors related to blockchain and proposes effective testing methods to preemptively counter these challenges. Furthermore, this study presents key security evaluation metrics for blockchain to ensure a balanced assessment. Additionally, it provides evaluation methods and various test case models for validating the security of blockchain and cryptocurrency transaction services, making them easily applicable to the testing process.

An Implementation of Gateway System for Light-weight Ethernet Interface of Engine-part's Equipments of Small Vessels (소형 선박 기관부 탑재 장비의 경량화 이더넷 인터페이스를 위한 게이트웨이 시스템의 개발)

  • Hwang, Hun-Gyu;Kim, Bae-Sung;Kim, Hyun-Woo;Shin, Il-Sik;Lee, Jang-Se
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.115-122
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    • 2017
  • Recently, the on-board equipments of vessels are getting diversifications with high technologies. With changing the trends, the shipboard network is turning to the light-weight ethernet architecture for integrated data management. For that necessity, this paper covers a development of the gateway system which gathers and processes the measured analog or NMEA data from loaded equipments to convert the messages based on IEC 61162-450 (standard for light-weight ethernet network of ships) in engine parts of small vessel. To do this, we analyzed the requirements for standardization of ship's equipments and related studies. To solve the problems of existing equipments, we defined the additional data formats (sentence formatter), developed the gateway system, and verified the utility of the developed system. Consequently, we established an interfacing framework for management and application of the generated data based on the ethernet in vessel.

A Study on Economic Analysis of Development of On-line Diagnosis Technique for Preventing Electrical Accidents (전기설비사고예방을 위한 온라인진단기술 개발의 경제성 분석)

  • Kim, Han-Sang;Kim, Kwang-Ho
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.63 no.2
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    • pp.313-318
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    • 2014
  • In the last couple of decades industrialization and technological development has not only increase in the scale of electrical facilities and it has become more and more complicated and diversified. Furthermore, fires in the electrical transformers, like those that have knocked out power in the country in the past years, are likely to become more common as utility systems begin to show their age. The importance of preventing electrical accidents can never be overemphasized and for this reason, supply of on-line diagnosis system combining information and communication technology(ICT) for the customer's electrical facilities has been increasing recently. The major advantage of on-line diagnosis system is that the device's potential problems could be detected early before a serious deterioration or breakdown occurs. In this paper, We estimated the benefit from the investment in the right of present value of sales, success rate of commercialization regarding R&D investment for development and commercialization of on-line diagnosis technology targeting customer electrical facilities. As a result, the net value added of 29.7 billion won and the increased profit by roughly 7.52 precent are expected.

Study on the Next Disaster Safety Communication Network in M2M Communication (사물지능통신을 이용한 차세대 재난안전통신망에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Heau-Jo
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.585-590
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    • 2011
  • In the past few years, M2M (Machine-to-Machine) applications have become a hot topic in the wireless industry. While M2M applications can be used for many purposes (smart homes, smart metering/electricity meter reading, fleet management, mobile workforce, automobile insurance, vending machines, etc), and in many sectors (healthcare, agriculture, commercial, industrial, retail, utility, etc.), smart metering applications or smart grids present the biggest growth potential in the M2M market today. M2M platform is the future ubiquitous network technologies which provide the integrated service with the networks and devices. The promising technologies to tackle these problems are the Semantic technologies, for interoperability, and the Agent technologies for management of complex systems. In this paper the information communication technique based on the disaster prevention system's for the M2M, concepts and its requirement technology and application are studied.

QoS improving method of Smart Grid Application using WMN based IEEE 802.11s (IEEE 802.11s기반 WMN을 사용한 Smart Grid Application의 QoS 성능향상 방안 연구)

  • Im, Eun Hye;Jung, Whoi Jin;Kim, Young Hyun;Kim, Byung Chul;Lee, Jae Yong
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.11-23
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    • 2014
  • Wireless Mesh Network(WMN) has drawn much attention due to easy deployment and good scalability. Recently, major power utilities have been focusing on R&D to apply WMN technology in Smart Grid Network. Smart Grid is an intelligent electrical power network that can maximize energy efficiency through bidirectional communication between utility providers and customers with ICT(Information Communication Technology). It is necessary to guarantee QoS of some important data in Smart Grid system such as real-time data delivery. In this paper, we suggest QoS enhancement method for WMN based Smart Grid system using IEEE 802.11s. We analyze Smart Grid Application characteristics and apply IEEE 802.11s WMN scheme for Smart Grid in domestic power communication system. Performance evaluation is progressed using NS-2 simulator implementing IEEE 802.11s. The simulation results show that the QoS enhancement scheme can guarantee stable bandwidth irrespective of traffic condition due to IEEE 802.11s reservation mechanism.