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Research, teaching, awards, and academic updates.

Research, teaching, awards, and academic activities, listed most recent first.

2026-09-02 Teaching

Delivered the guest lecture An Open-Source Toolbox for Embedding Neural Stability Surrogates in Stability-Constrained Optimization at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Course details.

2026-09-02 Software

Open-sourced NCET, a toolbox for embedding neural stability surrogates in stability-constrained optimization. NCET package.

2026-09-02 Paper

Paper · Preprint.

2026-08-28 Event

Presented Input Convex Neural Network as a Surrogate in Stability-Constrained Optimization for IBR-dominated Power Systems.

2026-08-07 Event

Presented Structured Differentiable Optimization for Efficient Decision-Focused Learning in Power Systems at the EPICS Bimonthly Meeting, covering theory, software, and IEEE 118-bus evidence. Slides.

2026-08-01 Paper

Paper · Preprint.

2026-08-01 Software

Open-sourced DiffAPQP and the accompanying power-system experiments for Structured Differentiable Optimization for Efficient Decision-focused Learning in Power Systems. DiffAPQP package · Power-system experiments · Preprint.

2026-08-01 Teaching

Delivered the guest lecture Introduction to Machine Learning (with Examples in Power Systems) for 2026 Imperial Summer School on sustainability. Course details.

2026-08-01 Paper

Our paper Qubit-Efficient Quantum Annealing for Stochastic Unit Commitment was accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. Paper · Preprint.

2026-02-26 Teaching

Delivered the guest lecture Introduction to Machine Learning (with Applications in Energy Systems) for MECH70039 at Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London. Course details.

2025-12-01 Paper

Assessing Land Eligibility for Solar Photovoltaic Deployment in the UK, led by MSc students from Energy Futures Lab, was published at IEEE UPEC 2025. Paper.

2025-11-12 Event

Presented Both Data and Physics Matter, But How to Integrate Is a Problem! at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering's Gabor Lecture. Poster.

2025-09-01 Award

Received the Best Poster Award at the 2nd International Summer School on IBR-Dominated Power Systems, hosted by Tsinghua University in Beijing.

2025-09-01 Event

Completed the 2nd International Summer School on IBR-Dominated Power Systems, organised by Imperial College London and Tsinghua University.

2025-09-01 Event

Presented On the Incorporation of Stability Constraints into Sequential Operational Scheduling at the 2nd International Summer School on IBR-Dominated Power Systems.

2025-08-15 Career

Began a two-month visiting scholarship in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University, hosted by Assoc. Prof. Ning Zhang.

2025-07-01 Event

Guoxuan Cui presented our work on stability constraints in sequential operational scheduling at the IEEE PES General Meeting 2025 in Austin.

2025-05-10 Paper

Released the preprint LAPSO: A Unified Optimization View for Learning-Augmented Power System Operations. Paper.

2025-04-01 Event

Helped host the inaugural launch of the CIGRE UK London Region Universities Hub at Imperial College London.

2025-03-01 Award

Awarded Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) by Advance HE.

2025-02-26 Event

Presented Smart Predict and Optimize for Energy Forecast with Dr Akylas Stratigakos in the G-PST/ESIG Reliable Energy Forecasting webinar series.

2025-02-21 Paper

Released Qubit-Efficient Quantum Annealing for Stochastic Unit Commitment, led by Wei Hong. Paper.

2025-02-01 Paper

On the Incorporation of Stability Constraints into Sequential Operational Scheduling was accepted for the IEEE PES General Meeting 2025. Paper.

2024-11-18 Paper

Released On the Incorporation of Stability Constraints into Sequential Operational Scheduling. Paper.

2024-11-01 Career

My PhD thesis, Blending Data and Model for Robust and Secure Power System Operations, was published by Imperial College London. Thesis.

2024-10-01 Paper

Efficient Sampling for Data-Driven Frequency Stability Constraint via Forward-Mode Automatic Differentiation was accepted at IEEE PES ISGT Europe 2024. Paper.

2024-09-26 Paper

The MediaTek Research internship work Exact, Tractable Gauss–Newton Optimization in Deep Reversible Architectures Reveals Poor Generalization was accepted at NeurIPS. Paper.

2024-07-01 Career

Started as a Research Associate in the Control and Power Research Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London.

2024-04-17 Career

Successfully defended my PhD thesis.

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