About

Sayed Abdullah Sadat

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical and Computer Engineering (E.C.E.) at the University of Utah. Dissertation: Industry-Grade Security-Constrained Optimal Power Flow Algorithms, expected (2021)

  • Master of Science (M.S.) in Electrical Engineering (E.E.) at the University of South Florida. Thesis: Optimal Bidding Strategy for a Strategic Power Producer Using Mixed Integer Programming, 2017

  • Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (E.E.E.) at Osmania University, 2013

Honors & Awards

    • Ph.D. Fellowship Award, University of Utah, 2017-16.

    • 2017 Golden Bull Award, University of South Florida’s highest honor award.

    • 2016 Engineering Student of the Year Award, IEEE-Florida West Coast Section.

    • 2015 IEEE Most Ambitious Student Member Award, IEEE-USF Student Branch.

    • 2015 USF Fulbright Global Medal, Judy Genshaft, System President of USF.

    • Fulbright Scholarship, U.S. Department of State, 2015-17.

    • 2014 Smt. Utpal Sharma Best Project of the Year Award, Osmania University.

    • ICCR Scholarship, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 2009 - 13.


Research Interests & Skills

Areas of Research Interest:

Power System Operations, Planning, Reliability, & Economics; Power Market; Cascading Failures; Smart Grids; Parallel Computing & High-Performance Computing; Optimization; Machine Learning; Deep Learning & Deep Neural Networks; Data Science; Medical Innovation.


Computer Skills:

Julia, Python, C, C++, Java, GAMS, CVX, Gurobi Solver, PETSc, CPLEX, SCIP, PowerWorld Simulator, OpenMP, MPI, SCIKIT Learn, TensorFlow, Keras, PETSc, Xcode, Swift, SimPower, MATLAB, LaTEX, PS-CAD, and Linux.


CErtification

  1. AI From the Data Center to the Edge – An Optimized Path Using Intel® Architecture, (April 2020), Intel AI

  2. Machine Learning Scientist with Python, expected (May 2020), DataCamp

  3. Data Scientist with Python, expected (July 2020), DataCamp

  4. Project Management Professional (PMP®) #2043499, Project Management Institute

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