1588 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS.VOL.19,NO.3.AUGUST 2004 REFERENCES Parmod Kumar received the B.E.,M.E.,and Ph.D.degrees in 1972,1975,and [1]T.Cegrell,"Power system control technology,"in PHI(UK)Series in 1982,respectively. After post-graduation in measurement and instrumentation,he joined M.P. Control Engineering,1986. [2]P.Kumar,V.K.Chandna,and M.S.Thomas,"Intelligent algorithm for Electricity Board,M.P.,India,as an Assistant Engineer and commissioned telemetry and SCADA instruments at substations,power stations,and the pre-processing multiple data at RTU,"IEEE Trans.Power Syst.,vol.18, p.1566-1572,Nov.2003. central control room.In 1983,he joined the Central Electricity Authority as [3]- -"Fuzzy-genetic algorithm for pre-processing data at RTU,"IEEE a Dynamic System Engineer and designed and configured the load dispatch Trans.Power Syst.,vol.19,pp.718-723.May 2004. centers for electric utilities.Subsequently,he served on various capacities [4]J.D.McDonald,"Substation automation IED,integration&availability to Indian Railway Construction Company,ERCON,ESPL,ESTC,and then entered academic life in 1991.His area of interest is smart and intelligent of information,"IEEE Power Energy Mag.,vol.1,no.2,pp.22-31 Mar./Apr.2003. system design,operation,and control. [5]S.P.Carullo and C.O.Nwankpa,"Interconnected power systems lab oratory:A computer automated instructional facility for power system experiments,"IEEE Trans.Power Syst.,vol.17,pp.215-222,May 2002 [6]K.K.Tan,T.H.Lee,and C.Y.Soh,"Internet-based monitoring of Vinay K.Chandna graduated from Nagpur University,India,in 1994 in elec- distributed control systems-an undergraduate experiment,"IEEE Trans. Education.vol.45.pp.128-134,May 2002. tronics and power.and received the M.E.degree in power systems from Walc- [7]B.Qiu and H.B.Gooi,"Web-based SCADA display systems (WSDS) hand College of Engineering,Maharashtra,India,in 1997. His employment experience includes Walchand College of Engineering. for access via internet,"IEEE Trans.Power Syst.,vol.15,pp.681-686, May2000. Sangli (MAH),and Ramdeo Baba Kamla Nehru Engineering College,Nagpur [8]D.T.Askounis and E.Kalfaouglou,"The greek EMS-SCADA:From the (MAH).He is presently a Senior Lecturer with Inderprastha Engineering contractor to the user,"IEEE Trans.Power Syst.,vol.15,pp.1423-1427 College.Ghaziabad.His areas of interest are fuzzy logic,SCADA,design Nov.2000. operation,and control of systems. [9]S.-J.Huang and Chih-Chieh,"Application of ATM -BASED network for an integrated distribution SCADA-GIS system,"IEEE Trans.Power Syst,vol.17,Pp.80-86,Feb.2002. [10]"Fundamentals of Supervisory Systems,"IEEE Tutorial Course, 91EH0337-6PWR,1991. Mini S.Thomas(M'88-SM'99),graduated from the University of Kerala in 1984 and received the M.Tech.degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).Madras,in 1986 (both with gold medals)and the Ph.D.degree from IIT, Delhi,in 1991.All degrees were in electrical engineering. Her employment experiences include Regional Engineering College,Calicut. Kerala and Delhi College of Engineering,New Delhi.She is presently a Pro- fessor in the Faculty of Engineering,Jamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi.She has published over 30 papers in international/national journals and conferences.Her current research interests are in SCADA/EMS systems and intelligent protection of power systems. Dr.Thomas received the prestigious"Career Award"for young teachers,in- stituted by AICTE,Government of India,in 1999.1588 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER SYSTEMS, VOL. 19, NO. 3, AUGUST 2004 REFERENCES [1] T. Cegrell, “Power system control technology,” in PHI (UK) Series in Control Engineering, 1986. [2] P. Kumar, V. K. Chandna, and M. S. Thomas, “Intelligent algorithm for pre-processing multiple data at RTU,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 18, pp. 1566–1572, Nov. 2003. [3] , “Fuzzy-genetic algorithm for pre-processing data at RTU,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 19, pp. 718–723, May 2004. [4] J. D. 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Power Syst., vol. 17, pp. 80–86, Feb. 2002. [10] “Fundamentals of Supervisory Systems,” IEEE Tutorial Course, 91EH0337-6 PWR, 1991. Mini S. Thomas (M’88–SM’99), graduated from the University of Kerala in 1984 and received the M.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, in 1986 (both with gold medals) and the Ph.D. degree from IIT, Delhi, in 1991. All degrees were in electrical engineering. Her employment experiences include Regional Engineering College, Calicut, Kerala and Delhi College of Engineering, New Delhi. She is presently a Pro￾fessor in the Faculty of Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She has published over 30 papers in international/national journals and conferences. Her current research interests are in SCADA/EMS systems and intelligent protection of power systems. Dr. Thomas received the prestigious “Career Award” for young teachers, in￾stituted by AICTE, Government of India, in 1999. Parmod Kumar received the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in 1972, 1975, and 1982, respectively. After post-graduation in measurement and instrumentation, he joined M.P. Electricity Board, M.P., India, as an Assistant Engineer and commissioned telemetry and SCADA instruments at substations, power stations, and the central control room. In 1983, he joined the Central Electricity Authority as a Dynamic System Engineer and designed and configured the load dispatch centers for electric utilities. Subsequently, he served on various capacities to Indian Railway Construction Company, ERCON, ESPL, ESTC, and then entered academic life in 1991. His area of interest is smart and intelligent system design, operation, and control. Vinay K. Chandna graduated from Nagpur University, India, in 1994 in elec￾tronics and power, and received the M.E. degree in power systems from Walc￾hand College of Engineering, Maharashtra, India, in 1997. His employment experience includes Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli (MAH), and Ramdeo Baba Kamla Nehru Engineering College, Nagpur (MAH). He is presently a Senior Lecturer with Inderprastha Engineering College, Ghaziabad. His areas of interest are fuzzy logic, SCADA, design operation, and control of systems