Jonas Matt, Zhisen Jiang, and Dhruv Sirohi represented MAESTRO at the first PowerUp 2026 conference in Boulder, Colorado (September 9-11) with three posters.
The paper "Optimal Functional Incentives for Control: The Linear-Quadratic Case with Bilinear Incentives", authored by Jonas Matt, Saverio Bolognani, and Florian Dörfler, was accepted for publication at CDC 2026.
Zhisen Jiang has joined IfA as a PhD student. His research will explore practical ways to improve the incentive mechanisms employed for voltage support in the Swiss transmission grid.
The paper "Voltage Support Procurement in Transmission Grids: Incentive Design via Online Bilevel Games", authored by Zhisen Jiang, Giuseppe Belgioioso, and Saverio Bolognani, was accepted for publication at CDC 2025.
Jonas Matt introduced the MAESTRO project in the context of Grid2050 at the NCCR Automation visit to Walenstadt.