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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