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Preprints

Efficient Network Reconfiguration by Randomized Switching (Oct 2025)
Samuel Talkington, Dmitrii M. Ostrovskii, and Daniel K. Molzahn
arXiv / code / bibTeX
Admittance Matrix Concentration Inequalities for Understanding Uncertain Power Networks (Oct 2025)
Samuel Talkington, Cameron Khanpour, Rahul K. Gupta, Sergio A. Dorado-Rojas, Daniel Turizo, Hyeongon Park, Dmitrii M. Ostrovskii, and Daniel K. Molzahn
arXiv / bibTeX
Differentiating Through Power Flow Solutions for Admittance and Topology Control (Oct 2025)
Samuel Talkington, Daniel Turizo, Sergio A. Dorado-Rojas, Rahul K. Gupta, and Daniel K. Molzahn
arXiv / bibTeX
Error Bounds for Radial Network Topology Learning from Quantized Measurements (Aug 2025)
Samuel Talkington, Aditya Rangarajan, Pedro A. de Alcântara, Line Roald, Daniel K. Molzahn, and Daniel R. Fuhrmann
arXiv / bibTeX

Journal Articles

A data-driven sensor placement approach for detecting voltage violations in distribution systems (Jul 2024)
Paprapee Buason, Sidhant Misra, Samuel Talkington, and Daniel K. Molzahn
Electric Power Systems Research / arXiv / bibTeX
Localized Structure in Secondary Distribution System Voltage Sensitivity Matrices (Jan 2024)
Samuel Talkington, Santiago Grijalva, Matthew J. Reno, Joseph A. Azzolini, and Jouni Peppanen
Electric Power Systems Research / bibTeX
A measurement-based approach to voltage-constrained hosting capacity analysis with controllable reactive power behind-the-meter (Aug 2023)
Samuel Talkington, Santiago Grijalva, Matthew J. Reno, Joseph A. Azzolini, David Pinney
Electric Power Systems Research / bibTeX
Conditions for Estimation of Sensitivities of Voltage Magnitudes to Complex Power Injections (Jan 2023)
Samuel Talkington, Daniel Turizo, Santiago Grijalva, Jorge Fernandez, Daniel K. Molzahn
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems / arXiv / code / bibTeX
Solar PV Inverter Reactive Power Disaggregation and Control Setting Estimation (Jan 2022)
Samuel Talkington, Santiago Grijalva, Matthew J. Reno, Joseph A. Azzolini
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems / bibTeX
Power Factor Estimation of Distributed Energy Resources Using Voltage Magnitude Measurements (Jul 2021)
Samuel Talkington, Santiago Grijalva, and Matthew J. Reno
Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy / bibTeX

Conference Proceedings

Optimizing State Estimation Error in the LinDist3Flow Model (Aug 2025)
Jeslyn Ero, Kieran Slattery, Xianhe Qin, Samuel Talkington, and Daniel K. Molzahn
IEEE Opportunity Research Scholars Symposium (ORSS) / bibTeX
VArsity: Can Large Language Models Keep Power Engineering Students in Phase? (Jul 2025)
Samuel Talkington and Daniel K. Molzahn
57th North American Power Symposium (NAPS 2025) / bibTeX
Covert Distribution Load Tripping Attacks (Jun 2025)
Betelihem Kebede Ashebo, Samuel Talkington, Saman Zonouz, and Daniel K. Molzahn
57th North American Power Symposium (NAPS 2025) / code / bibTeX
Classifying Reactive Power Control Laws of Behind-the-Meter Solar Photovoltaic Inverters (Apr 2025)
Richard Asiamah, Samuel Talkington, Michael Boateng, Marta Vanin, Frederik Geth, and Daniel K. Molzahn
Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC) / bibTeX
Strategic Electric Distribution Network Sensing via Spectral Bandits (Dec 2024)
Samuel Talkington, Rahul Gupta, Richard Asiamah, Paprapee Buason, and Daniel K. Molzahn
IEEE CDC 2024 / arXiv / slides / bibTeX
Locational marginal burden: Quantifying the equity of optimal power flow solutions (May 2024)
Samuel Talkington∗, Amanda West∗, and Rabab Haider (∗ equal contribution)
ACM e-Energy 2024 / arXiv / video / slides / bibTeX
Managing Vehicle Charging During Emergencies via Conservative Distribution System Modeling (Mar 2024)
Alejandro D. Owen Aquino, Samuel Talkington, and Daniel K. Molzahn
2024 IEEE Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC) / arXiv / bibTeX
Phase Retrieval via Model-Free Power Flow Jacobian Recovery (Jun 2023)
Samuel Talkington, Santiago Grijalva
ACM e-Energy / arXiv / code / slides / bibTeX
Calculating PV Hosting Capacity in Low-Voltage Secondary Networks Using Only Smart Meter Data (Jan 2023)
Joseph A. Azzolini, Matthew J. Reno, Jubair Yusuf, Samuel Talkington, Santiago Grijalva
IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT) / code / bibTeX
Improving Behind-the-Meter PV Impact Studies with Data-Driven Modeling and Analysis (Jun 2022)
Joseph A. Azzolini, Samuel Talkington, Matthew J. Reno, Santiago Grijalva, Logan Blakely, David Pinney
IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC) / code / bibTeX
Sparse Time-Series Sampling for Recovery of Behind-the-Meter Inverter Control Models (Apr 2022)
Samuel Talkington, Santiago Grijalva, and Matthew J. Reno
IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT) / bibTeX
Recovering Power Factor Control Settings of Solar PV Inverters from Net Load Data (Nov 2021)
Samuel Talkington, Santiago Grijalva, Matthew J. Reno, Joseph A. Azzolini
North American Power Symposium (NAPS) / slides / bibTeX
Rail Transit Regenerative Braking Energy Recovery Optimization to Provide Grid Services (May 2021)
Samuel Talkington, Santiago Grijalva
IEEE Power and Energy Conference at Illinois (PECI) / bibTeX