Multi-Agent System Control and Coordination of an Electrical Network

Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) have the potential to solve Active Network Management (ANM) problems arising from an increase in Distributed Energy Resources (DER). The aim of this research is to integrate a MAS into an electrical network emulation for the purpose of implementing ANM. Initially an overview of agents and MAS and how their characteristics can be used to control and coordinate an electrical network is presented. An electrical network comprising a real-time emulated transmission network connected to a live DER network controlled and coordinated by a MAS is then constructed. The MAS is then used to solve a simple ANM problem: the control and coordination of an electrical network in order to maintain frequency within operational limits. The research concludes that a MAS is successful in solving this ANM problem and also that in the future the developed MAS can be applied to other ANM problems. © 2012 IEEE

Stu Davis: Canada’s Cowboy Troubadour

This essay is a profile of Stu Davis, a Canadian musical composer, performer, and radio/television host between 1939 and 1971. With his many recordings, constant on-air presence, and easy-going personality, he popularized country and western music to mainstream Canadian (as well as American and European) audiences

Staging an International Rock Festival in Alberta: A Documentary Reconstruction of Edmonton’s Rock Cirkus

This paper, delivered in a shortened form at the CAML Conference in Calgary in June 2016, details the lead up to and production of the Edmonton Rock Cirkus in August 1979. It was the largest outdoor rock festival held in the Alberta capital up to that time, and was successfully staged in Commonwealth Stadium with a combination of top name international and Canadian acts, such as Peter Frampton, Heart, Streetheart, and Trooper. Using a combination of archival documents (primarily from the Martin Melhuish Fonds, held by Media Commons at the University of Toronto), contemporary press accounts, and reminiscences by organizers and performers, the groundbreaking festival's background, organization, logistics, economics, and physical production are reconstructed and discussed

The Academic Archivist’s Fear of Popular Music

This talk, delivered at the CAML Conference in Ottawa on June 4, 2015, examines a number of reasons for the reluctance of academic archivists/Special Collection librarians to acquire popular music fonds/collections. Arguments are put forward that popular music is an excellent indicator of the concerns of society and changes in culture, that it is worthy of scholarly research, and that as research trends are changing to incorporate popular music, so too should the collecting focus of music archivists/librarians