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Professor Maryline Chetto

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Maryline Chetto is currently a full professor in computer engineering with Nantes Université, France and researcher with CNRS. She received the degree of Docteur de 3ème cycle in control engineering and the degree of Habilitée à Diriger des Recherches in Computer Science from the University of Nantes, France, in 1984 and 1993, respectively. From 1984 to 1985, she held the position of Assistant professor of Computer Science at the University of Rennes, while her research was with the Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires (IRISA), Rennes. In 1986, she returned to Nantes and has been from 2002 a full professor with the University of Nantes. She is conducting her research at Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes (LS2N, UMR CNRS n° 6004) in the Real Time System group. Her research has been focused on development and formal validation of solutions regarding Scheduling, Fault-tolerance and Dynamic Power Management in real time embedded applications. Her current research is specifically targeting real-time scheduling issues in energy neutral devices. She has more than 150 papers published in international journals and conferences. She was the editor of the books Real-time Systems Scheduling (Elsevier, 2014) with volume 1 Fundamentals and Volume 2 Focusses. She was the co-author of the book Energy Autonomy of real-time systems (Elsevier, 2016). She has been general co-chair of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom-2020). Since 2011, she was elected member of the French National Council for Universities.

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Keynote Speech -- Power Management and Real-time Computing Issues in Energy Harvesting Systems of the IoT

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Abstract - With the emergence of the Internet-of-Things, wireless sensor networks are now frequently used in applications such as medicine, environment, transportation and agriculture. Low-power sensors will be deployed in different areas and possibly unattainable placesto collect and process data in real time. Such systems should be designed to function perpetually without any human intervention to charge or replace batteries because either costly or impractical. As a consequence, energy harvesting technology has been an area of rapid development during the last decade. Energy harvesting is a technology that allows to capture unused ambient energy. It is converted into electrical energy which is used immediately or later through a storage unit for powering small devices such as sensors which, in addition to energy limitations, have to cope with real-time constraints. Energy neutrality is the central requirement of autonomous real-time computing systems that should consume no more energy than harvested. Unfortunately, most of environmental energy sources are fluctuating and not controllable. It means that a stable power supply cannot be relied upon that makes challenging the issue of compliance with hard real-time constraints. Specific power management and scheduling solutions have to be conceived in order to prevent energy starvation and guarantee real-time responsiveness. Task scheduling should take into account not only the timing parameters of the deadline constrained tasks such as worst-case execution times but also energy consumptions, profile of the energy source and capacity of the energy storage unit. This keynote addresses this topic by reporting the art as well as our findings in real-time scheduling and processor activity management for energy harvesting devices.

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Ms. Mreedula Mungra

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Ms. Mreedula Mungra is currently working as the Chief Executive Officer of the Mauritius Renewable Energy Agency (MARENA) and is a Board Director at the Central Electricity Board. She holds a B.Eng with First Class Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a MSc in Systems Engineering and Engineering Management (Renewable Systems) from the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Germany.  She is a Registered Professional Electrical Engineer of Mauritius (RPEM) and an Associate Member of the Energy Institute (AMEI). Prior to joining MARENA, she worked as Research Scientist at the Fraunhofer Application Center for Inorganic Phosphors Research in Soest, Germany. She also carried out research on the optimization of the baseline manufacturing processes of PERC solar cells at the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), funded by A*STAR Singapore. Her recent research activities include optical modelling and enhancement of the characterization processes of experimental light structuring components in photovoltaic (PV) modules as well as novel PV devices, at the University of New South Wales, Australia in cooperation with SERIS. Her additional interests include the development of policies and regulatory framework for the advancement of the deployment of Renewable Energy projects and sustainability practices in Mauritius.

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Keynote Speech -- Energy Transition, Policies and Circular Economy Perspective in the Renewable Energy Sector in Mauritius​

With aim of achieving 60% of renewable energy (RE) integration and a complete coal phase out by 2030, the RE Roadmap was updated in 2022. In this context, we provide an insight of the energy market in Mauritius, the regulatory framework and an institutional map of the electricity sector. The policies and schemes implemented to foster a sustainable energy transition in Mauritius is also presented. Additionally, the importance of circular economy, particularly in the RE sector is discussed. The recycling of end-of-life photovoltaic (PV) panels is a growing concern which needs to be addressed and the potential of recycling of PV panels as an industry is described. 

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