NIT Rourkela develops algorithm to safeguard microgrids against cyberattacks

New Delhi: Researchers at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela have developed an algorithm to strengthen cyber resilience for the stability of microgrids, localised power systems, according to officials.

The researchers, in collaboration with scientists from Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar and University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway, have developed a Modified Improved Whale Optimisation (MIWO) algorithm inspired by the hunting strategies of humpback whales, which, in groups, trap circling fish in a net of bubbles before pouncing to feed on them.