Contact homology and homotopy groups of the space of contact structures

Using contact homology, we reobtain some recent results of Geiges and Gonzalo about the fundamental group of the space of contact structures on some 3-manifolds. We show that our techniques can be used to study higher dimensional contact manifolds and higher order homotopy groups.Comment: 15 pages, to appear in Math. Res. Let

Interactive Demand Shifting: in the Context of Emerging Energy Technologies

We are entering a key time period for home energy. While ubiquitous computing takes an increasing space in our daily life, emerging energy technologies including local generation and electric vehicle are leaving the stage of pioneer's users to become more common. This research highlights the potential of new energy behavior supported by digital tools in the context of domestic solar electricity generation