These are the proceedings of the Sixth ACM International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM e-Energy 2015) hosted, for the first time in Asia, in Bangalore from July 15-17, 2015. The conference aims to be the premier venue for researchers working in the broad areas of computing and communication for smart energy systems, and in energy-efficient computing and communication systems.
Overall, over 85 papers were submitted to the regular and challenge tracks as well as 12 to the poster/demo track. The acceptance rate of the conference to the main track was 22.8%. To further improve upon last year's reviewing process the reviewing process was overseen by selected Senior Programme Committee members in specific thematic areas. This was punctuated by intense discussions during a live online PC meeting where final decisions were made on accepted papers. Furthermore, we introduced a new shepherding process to ensure that accepted papers would include all the recommendations of the reviewers. Despite this extra workload, all the members of the Programme Committee were diligent and extremely engaged in the reviewing process. We are extremely grateful to them in helping us shape a top quality program for the conference.
In addition to a single track of full papers and challenge papers, the program includes keynote addresses by eminent researchers, a panel discussion and a poster/demo session. The day (July 14th) before the main conference features three concurrent full-day workshops:
Energy Efficient Data Centers (E2DC): The fourth international workshop on Energy Efficient Data Centers (E2DC) represents the community of outstanding practitioners and researchers working in the fields of energy efficient and energy aware data centers, viewing data centers as active participants in smart grids and smart cities.
Distributed Energy Networks (DEN): The Distributed Energy Networks (DEN) workshop explores technologies that will shift the paradigm of energy networks from a conventional centralized top-down approach to a decentralized peer-to-peer one in which consumers, producers and prosumers can actively participate.
Smart Grid Communication, Computation and Control (C3): The C3 workshop brings together representatives from the communication, control and computation communities to discuss collaborative progress towards smart grid solutions, and to elucidate limitations and opportunitie of emerging smart grid proposals.