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Dr Xueqin Amy Liu

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Xueqin Amy Liu

Dr Xueqin Amy Liu

School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Dr Amy Liu’s research focuses on ‘smart grid data analytics’ for future energy systems, working closely with industry to address major challenges in the clean energy and energy storage domain.

Contact info

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  • x.liu@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9024 4112

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of 

  • Smart Grid data analytics including Wind/Solar energy/Demand forecasting,
  • Smart Grid Event Detection and Classification
  • Energy storage optimization to facilitate renewable energy integration

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • Recently organized and Chair of EPSRC Global Challenge Fund ‘Smart Grid Big Data’ Workshop, in Zhejiang
    University, China https://sites.google.com/site/smartgridbigdata/home 
  • Co-author of ‘Visualizing Big Energy Data’ in the prestigious IEEE Power and Energy Magazine 
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8340945 
  • Co-investigating EU INTERREG VA funded Storage Platform for the Integration of Renewable Energy (SPIRE 2)
    https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/EPIC/News/Title,812768,en.html

Research students

PhD area Big Data Analytics on Small Scale Energy Storage 
Name Javier Lopez Lorente 
Years of study 2018 -2021
Country Spain
   
PhD area Machine Learning Enabling Smarter Grids with Energy Storage
Name Connor Duggan
Years of study 2018 -2021
Country Northern Ireland

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area Big Data Analytics for Smart Grid Event Detection and Classification 
Name Mark Rafferty
Years of study 2014 - 2018
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position Engineer at SONI/Eirgrid

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