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The explosion of data collection has raised serious privacy concerns in users due to the possibility that sharing data may also reveal sensitive information. The main goal of a privacy-preserving mechanism is to prevent a malicious third…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-17 Mohammadhadi Shateri , Francisco Messina , Pablo Piantanida , Fabrice Labeau

Access to granular demand data is essential for the net zero transition; it allows for accurate profiling and active demand management as our reliance on variable renewable generation increases. However, public release of this data is often…

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Smart metering is an essential feature of smart grids, allowing residential customers to monitor and reduce electricity costs. Devices called smart meters allows residential customers to monitor and reduce electricity costs, promoting…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-02-15 Leandro Ventura Silva , Rodolfo Marinho , Jose Luis Vivas , Andrey Brito

In this paper we propose a novel protocol that allows suppliers and grid operators to collect users' aggregate metering data in a secure and privacy-preserving manner. We use secure multiparty computation to ensure privacy protection. In…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-03-15 Mustafa A. Mustafa , Sara Cleemput , Abelrahaman Aly , Aysajan Abidin

In Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) systems, smart meters (SM) send fine-grained power consumption information to the utility company, yet this power consumption information can uncover sensitive information about the consumers'…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-08-01 Hawzhin Mohammed , Syed Rafay Hasan , Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman

Human mobility data is a crucial resource for urban mobility management, but it does not come without personal reference. The implementation of security measures such as anonymization is thus needed to protect individuals' privacy. Often, a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Alexandra Kapp

Fine-grained energy usage data collected by Smart Meters (SM) is one of the key components of the smart grid (SG). While collection of this data enhances efficiency and flexibility of SG, it also poses a serious threat to the privacy of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-22 Cihan Emre Kement

The smart meter (SM) privacy problem is addressed together with the cost of energy for the user. It is assumed that a storage device, e.g., an electrical battery, is available to the user, which can be utilized both to achieve privacy and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-11 Giulio Giaconi , Deniz Gunduz , H. Vincent Poor

The roll-out of smart meters in electricity networks introduces risks for consumer privacy due to increased measurement frequency and granularity. Through various Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring techniques, consumer behavior may be inferred…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-28 Jun-Xing Chin , Tomas Tinoco De Rubira , Gabriela Hug

As smart meters continue to be deployed around the world collecting unprecedented levels of fine-grained data about consumers, we need to find mechanisms that are fair to both, (1) the electric utility who needs the data to improve their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-18 Lillian J. Ratliff , Carlos Barreto , Roy Dong , Henrik Ohlsson , Alvaro Cardenas , S. Shankar Sastry

As smart grids are getting popular and being widely implemented, preserving the privacy of consumers is becoming more substantial. Power generation and pricing in smart grids depends on the continuously gathered information from the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-05-16 Alireza Ahadipour , Mojtaba Mohammadi , Alireza Keshavarz-Haddad

Dynamic models of power systems are critical for analyzing grid response to disturbances and blackouts, but the release of real-world dynamic models is hindered by privacy and cybersecurity concerns, as such models carry sensitive…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-26 Shengyang Wu , Vladimir Dvorkin

A smart grid is an advanced method for supplying electricity to the consumers alleviating the limitations of the existing system. It causes frequent meter reading transmission from the end-user to the supplier. This frequent data…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-06-12 Mohammad Saidur Rahman

We address the smart meter (SM) privacy problem by considering the availability of a renewable energy source (RES) and a battery which can be exploited by a consumer to partially hide the consumption pattern from the utility provider (UP).…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-17 Giulio Giaconi , Deniz Gunduz

Smart meters (SMs) play a pivotal rule in the smart grid by being able to report the electricity usage of consumers to the utility provider (UP) almost in real-time. However, this could leak sensitive information about the consumers to the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-29 Mohammadhadi Shateri , Francisco Messina , Pablo Piantanida , Fabrice Labeau

Smart power grids offer to revolutionize power distribution by sharing granular power usage data, though this same data sharing can reveal a great deal about users, and there are serious privacy concerns for customers. In this paper, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-19 Matthew Hale , Prabir Barooah , Kendall Parker , Kasra Yazdani

The emergence of smart grids and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has revolutionized energy management. Unlike traditional power grids, smart grids benefit from two-way communication through AMI, which surpasses earlier automated…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-21 Farid Zaredar , Morteza Amini

Cloud computing comes with a lot of advanced features along with privacy and security problem. Smart meter data takes the benefit of cloud computing in the smart grid. User's privacy can be compromised by analyzing the smart meter data…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-11-18 Jatinder Kumar , Ashutosh Kumar Singh

Intelligence is one of the most important aspects in the development of our future communities. Ranging from smart home, smart building, to smart city, all these smart infrastructures must be supported by intelligent power supply. Smart…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-06-05 Zhitao Guan , Guanlin Si , Xiaosong Zhang , Longfei Wu , Nadra Guizani , Xiaojiang Du , Yinglong Ma

Most of the smart applications, such as smart energy metering devices, demand strong privacy preservation to strengthen data privacy. However, it is difficult to protect the privacy of the smart device data, especially on the client side.…

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