Bourns College of Engineering

Applications of Machine Learning in Smart Grid

• [J32] Farzana Kabir, Nanpeng Yu, Weixin Yao, Rui Yang, and Yingchen Zhang, "Joint Estimation of Behind-the-Meter Solar Generation in a Community," under review, 2020.
• [J31] Brandon Foggo and Nanpeng Yu, "Analyzing Data Selection Techniques with Tools from the Theory of Information Losses," under review, 2020.
• [J30] Yuanqi Gao, Wei Wang, Jie Shi, and Nanpeng Yu, "Batch-constrained Reinforcement Learning for Dynamic Distribution Network Reconfiguration," under review, 2019.
• [J29] Jie Shi, Wei Wang, Yuanqi Gao, and Nanpeng Yu, "Optimal Placement and Intelligent Smoke Detection Algorithm for Wildfire-Monitoring Cameras," under review, 2019.
• [J27] Wei Wang, Nanpeng Yu, Yuanqi Gao, and Jie Shi, "Safe Off-Policy Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for Volt-VAR Control Problems in Power Distribution Systems," in Press, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2019.
• [J26] Brandon Foggo and Nanpeng Yu, "Improving Supervised Phase Identification Through the Theory of Information Losses," in Press, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2019, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TSG.2019.2952080.
• [J24] Xiaoyang Zhou, Weixin Yao, and Nanpeng Yu, "A Robust Mixed Effects Segmented Regression Model for Electric Load Forecasting," under review, 2019.
• [J23] Jie Shi, Yuanqi Gao, Wei Wang, Nanpeng Yu, and Petros Ioannou, "Operating Electric Vehicle Fleet for Ride-Hailing Services with Reinforcement Learning," in press, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2019.
• [J22] Wenyu Wang and Nanpeng Yu, "Maximum Marginal Likelihood Estimation of Phase Connections in Power Distribution Systems," in Press, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/TPWRS.2020.2977071, 2020.
• [J21] Brandon Foggo, Nanpeng Yu, Jie Shi and Yuanqi Gao, "Information Losses in Neural Classifiers from Sampling," in Press, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2019.
• [J19] Yuanqi Gao, Brandon Foggo, and Nanpeng Yu "A Physically Inspired Data-Driven Model for Electricity Theft Detection with Smart Meter Data," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, in press, DOI:10.1109/TII.2019.2898171, 2019.
• [J17] Ke Wang, Haiwang Zhong, Nanpeng Yu, and Qing Xia, "Nonintrusive Load Monitoring based on Sequence-to-Sequence Model and Attention Mechanism," in press, Proceedigns of the CSEE, 2018.
• [J11] Wenyu Wang, Nanpeng Yu, and Raymond Johnson "A Model for Commercial Adoption of Photovoltaic Systems in California," Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Vol. 9, Issue, 2, pp.1-15, 2017.
• [C37] Wenyu Wang and Nanpeng Yu, "Parameter Estimation in Three-Phase Power Distribution Networks Using Smart Meter Data," submitted to the 16th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Powre Systems, 2020.
• [C36] Wei Wang and Nanpeng Yu, "Partial Discharge Detection with Convolutional Neural Networks," submitted to the 16th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Powre Systems, 2020.
• [C35] Wenyu Wang, Nanpeng Yu, Jie Shi, and Nery Navarro, "Diversity Factor Prediction for Distribution Feeders with Interpretable Machine Learning Algorithms," to appear in IEEE PES General Meeting, 2020.
• [C34] Jie Shi, Wei Wang, Yuanqi Gao, and Nanpeng Yu, "Detection and Segmentation of Power Line Fires in Videos," to appear in IEEE ISGT North America, pp. 1-5, 2019.
• [C33] Farzana Kabir, Nanpeng Yu, Weixin Yao, Rui Yang and Yingchen Zhang, "Estimation of Behind-the-Meter Solar Generation by Integrating Physical with Statistical Models," submitted to IEEE SmartGridComm, 2019.
• [C32] Jie Shi, Nanpeng Yu, Eamonn Keogh, Heng Chen and Koji Yamashita, "Discovering and Labeling Power System Events in Synchrophasor Data with Matrix Profile," submitted to IEEE SmartGridComm, 2019.
• [C31] Yuanqi Gao, Jie Shi, Wei Wang and Nanpeng yu, "Dynamic Distribution Network Reconfiguration Using Reinforcement Learning," to appear in IEEE SmartGridComm, 2019.
• [C30] Wei Wang, Nanpeng Yu, Jie Shi and Yuanqi Gao, "Volt-VAR Control in Power Distribution Systems with Deep Reinforcement Learning," to appear in IEEE SmartGridComm, 2019.
• [C23] Jie Shi and Nanpeng Yu, " The Impacts of Climate Change and Socioeconomic Development on Electric Load in California," in the 31st Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp. 1-12, 2018.
• [C22] Farzana Kabir, Brandon Foggo, and Nanpeng Yu, " Data Driven Predictive Maintenance of Distribution Transformers," in the 8th China International Conference on Electricity Distribution, pp. 1-5 2018.
• [C20] Brandon Foggo, Nanpeng Yu, and Wenyu Wang, " A Comprehensive Evaluation of Supervised Machine Learning for the Phase Identification Problem," submitted to 20th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, pp.1-9, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2018.
• [C19] Jinhui Yang, Nanpeng Yu, Weixin Yao, Alec Wong, Larry Juang, and Raymond Johnson, "Evaluate the effectiveness of Conservation Voltage Reduction with Robust Regression," in 2018 Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, pp.1-6, 2018.
• [C18] Wenyu Wang and Nanpeng Yu, "AMI Data Driven Phase Identification in Smart Grid," to appear in the Second International Conference on Green Communications, Computing and Technologies, Rome, Italy, Sep. 2017.
• [C17] Jie Shi and Nanpeng Yu, "Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Electric Loads," to appear in 49th North American Power Symposium, pp.1-6, Morgantown, WV, 2017.
• [C14] Yuanqi Gao and Nanpeng Yu, "State Estimation for Unbalanced Electric Power Distribution Systems Using AMI Data," The Eighth Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT 2017), pp. 1-5, Arlington, VA.
• [C12] Wenyu Wang, Nanpeng Yu, Brandon Foggo, and Joshua Davis, "Phase Identification in Electric Power Distribution Systems by Clustering of Smart Meter Data," 15th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), pp. 1-7, Anaheim, CA, 2016. (24.96% acceptance rate)
• [C9] Xiaoyang Zhou, Nanpeng Yu, Weixin Yao and Raymond Johnson, "Forecast Load Impact from Demand Response Resources, " IEEE Proceedings, Power and Energy Society General Meeting, pp. 1-5, Boston, USA, 2016. Nominated for Best Paper Award in Electric vehicles, energy storage, microgrids, and demand response operations and market economics.
• [C7] Nanpeng Yu, Sunil Shah, Raymond Johnson, Robert Sherick, Mingguo Hong and Kenneth Loparo, "Big Data Analytics in Power Distribution Systems", IEEE PES Conference on Intelligent Smart Grid Technology, Washington DC, Feb. 2015.

Water Energy Nexus

• [J16] Farzana Kabir, Nanpeng Yu, Weixin Yao, Longtao Wu, and Jonathan Jiang, "Impact of Aerosol on Reservoir Inflows: A Case Study for Big Creek Hydroelectric System in California," submitted to Environmental Research Letters, 2017.
• [J15] Longtao Wu, Yu Gu, Jonathan Jiang, Hui Su, and Nanpeng Yu, "Impacts of Aerosol on Seasonal Precipitation and Snowpack in California Based on Convective-resolving WRF-Chem Simulations," submitted to Environmental Research Letters, 2017.
• [J12] Longtao Wu, Hui Su, Olga Kalashnikova, Jonathan Jiang, Chun Zhao, Michael Garay, James Campbell, and Nanpeng Yu, "WRF-Chem Simulation of Aerosol Seasonal Variability in the San Joaquin Valley," Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 17, pp. 7291-7309, 2017.
• [C27] Farzana Kabir, Nanpeng Yu, Balakrishna Sastry, and Vibhu Kaushik, "Impacts of Aerosols on Hydropower Generation: A Case Study for Big Creek Hydroelectric System in California," IEEE Power and Energy Society Grand International Conference and Exposition Asia, 2019.

Smart Cities

• [J25] Mohammad Ostadijafari, Anamika Dubey, and Nanpeng Yu, "Linearzied Price-Responsive HVAC Controller for Optimal Scheduling of Smart Building Loads," under review, 2019.
• [J20] Wei Wang, Amirali Abdolrashidi, Nanpeng Yu and Daniel Wong "Frequency Regulation Service Provision by Data Center," in press, Applied Energy, 2019.
• [J18] Yang Liu, Nanpeng Yu, Wei Wang, Xiaohong Guan, Zhanbo Xu, Bing Dong, and Ting Liu, "Coordinating the Operations of Smart Buildings in Smart Grids," , Applied Energy, vol. 228, pp. 2510-2525, 2018.
• [J7] Tianshu Wei, Qi Zhu and Nanpeng Yu, "Proactive Demand Participation of Smart Buildings in Smart Grid," IEEE Transactions on Computers, Selected Topics in Smart City Computing, Vol. 65, pp. 1392-1406, 2015.
• [J6] Mingguo Hong, Xiangyang Yu, Nanpeng Yu, and Kenneth Loparo, "An Energy Scheduling Algorithm Supporting Power Quality Management in Commercial Building Microgrids," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, pp. 1-13, 2015.
• [C29] Mohammad Ostadijafari, Anamika Dubey, Yang Liu, Jie Shi, and Nanpeng Yu, "Smart Building Energy Management Using Nonlinear Economic Model Predictive Control," to appear in IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2019.
• [C25] Jie Shi, Yuanqi Gao, and Nanpeng Yu, " Routing Electric Vehicle Fleet for Ride-sharing," in the 2nd IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration, pp. 1-6, 2018.
• [C15] Zhaoxuan Li, Bing Dong, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F. Taha, and Nanpeng Yu, "Modeling, Simulation and Control of Smart and Connected Communities," Building Simulation, pp. 2277-2286, San Francisco, CA, 2017.
• [C13] Yang Liu, Nanpeng Yu, Jie Shi, Bing Dong, Wei Ren, and Xiaohong Guan, "Evaluation of Frequency Regulation Provision by Commercial Building HVAC systems," to appear in IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp. 1-6, Xi'an, China, 2017.
• [C10] Jie Shi, Nanpeng Yu, and Weixin Yao, "Energy Efficient Building HVAC Control with Real-Time Occupancy Prediction," 8th International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, pp. 1-10, Turin, Italy, 2016.
• [C8] Nanpeng Yu, Qi Zhu and Tianshu Wei, "From Passive Demand Response to Proactive Demand Participation," The eleventh annual IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp. 1-7, Gothenburg, Sweden, August 2015.

Electricity Market

• [J20] Wei Wang, Amirali Abdolrashidi, Nanpeng Yu and Daniel Wong "Frequency Regulation Service Provision by Data Center," in press, Applied Energy, 2019.
• [J18] Yang Liu, Nanpeng Yu, Wei Wang, Xiaohong Guan, Zhanbo Xu, Bing Dong, and Ting Liu, "Coordinating the Operations of Smart Buildings in Smart Grids," , Applied Energy, vol. 228, pp. 2510-2525, 2018.
• [J14] Chaoyi Peng, Yunhe Hou, Nanpeng Yu, and Weisheng Wang, "Risk-limiting Unit Commitment in Smart Grid with Intelligent Periphery," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2017.
• [J13] Wei Wang and Nanpeng Yu, "Chordal Conversion based Convex Iteration Algorithm for Three-phase Optimal Power Flow," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2017.
• [J10] Chaoyi Peng, Yunhe Hou, Nanpeng Yu, Jie Yan, and Shunbo Lei, "Multi-Period Risk Limiting Dispatch with Flexible Resources," to appear in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2017.
• [J5] Mikhail A. Bragin, Peter B. Luh, Xu Han, and Nanpeng Yu, "On the Convergence of the Surrogate Optimization Method within the Lagrangian Relaxation Framework," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, pp. 173-201, 2015 .
• [J4] Nanpeng Yu, Leigh Tesfatsion, and Chen-Ching Liu, "Financial Bilateral Contract Negotiation in Wholesale Electricity Markets Using Nash Bargaining Theory," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 27, pp. 251-267, 2012.
• [J3] Nanpeng Yu, Chen-Ching Liu, and James Price, "Evaluation of Market Rules Using a Multi-Agent System Method," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 25, pp. 470-479, 2010.
• [J1] Nanpeng Yu, Chen-Ching Liu, and Leigh Tesfatsion, "Modeling of Suppliers Learning Behaviors in a Market Environment," International Journal of Engineering Intelligent Systems, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 115-121, 2007.
• [C28] Wei Wang and Nanpeng Yu, "A Machine Learning Framework for Algorithmic Trading with Virtual Bids in Electricity Markets," to appear in IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2019.
• [C16] Wei Wang and Nanpeng Yu, "Phase Balancing in Power Distribution Network with Data Center," Greenmetrics, pp. 1-6, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2017.
• [C11] Wei Wang and Nanpeng Yu, "LMP Decomposition with Three-Phase DCOPF for Distribution System," 2016 IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), Melbourne, VIC, pp. 1-8, 2016.
• [C5] Mikhail A. Bragin, Peter B. Luh, Joseph H. Yan, Nanpeng Yu, Gary A. Stern, "Efficient Surrogate Optimization for Payment Cost Co-optimization with Transmission Capacity Constraints," in Proc. Power and Energy Society General Meeting, British Columbia, Canada, July 2013. Nominated for Best Paper Award in system operations and market economics.
• [C4] Mikhail A. Bragin, Peter B. Luh, Joseph H. Yan, Nanpeng Yu, Xu Han, and Gary A. Stern, "An Efficient Surrogate Subgradient Method within Lagrangian Relaxation for the Payment Cost Minimization Problem," IEEE Proceedings, Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 2012.
• [C3] Xu Han, Peter B. Luh, Mikhail A. Bragin, Joseph H. Yan, Nanpeng Yu, and Gary A. Stern, "Solving Payment Cost Co-optimization Problems," IEEE Proceedings, Power and Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, July 2012.
• [C2] Nanpeng Yu, Abhishek Somani, and Leigh Tesfatsion, "Financial Risk Management in Restructured Wholesale Power Markets: Concepts and Tools," IEEE Proceedings, Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, pp. 1-8, July 2010.

Power System Opitmization and Asset Valuation

• [J9] Brandon Foggo and Nanpeng Yu, "Improved Battery Storage Valuation Through Degradation Reduction," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 9, Issue. 6, pp. 5721-5732, 2018.
• [J8] Nanpeng Yu and Brandon Foggo, "Stochastic Valuation of Energy Storage in Wholesale Power Markets," Energy Economics, Vol. 64, pp. 177-185, May, 2017.
• [J2] Liu Yingshang, Wu Wenchuan, Feng Yongqing, Zhang Boming, and Nanpeng Yu, "Black-start Zone Partitioning Based on Ordered Binary Decision Diagram Method," Proceedings of the CSEE, Vol. 28, No. 10, pp. 26-31, 2008.
• [C26] Zhenhai Zhang, Jie Shi, Yuanqi Gao, and Nanpeng Yu, "Degradation-aware Operation and Optimal Sizing of Behind-the-meter Battery Systems for Commercial Customers," IEEE Power and Energy Society Grand International Conference and Exposition Asia, 2019.
• [C24] Yuanqi Gao, Peng Wang, and Nanpeng Yu, " A Decentralized Distribution Network Reconfiguration Algorithm," in the 8th China International Conference on Electricity Distribution, pp. 1-5, 2018.
• [C21] Peng Wang, Yuanqi Gao, Nanpeng Yu, Wei Ren, Jianming Lian, and Di Wu, " Communication-efficient Distributed Solutions to a System of Linear Equations with Laplacian Sparse Structure," submitted to CDC 2018.
• [C6] Nanpeng Yu, Hongyan Sheng, and Raymond Johnson, "Economic Valuation of Wind Curtailment Rights," IEEE Proceedings, Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 2013. Nominated for Best Paper Award in system operations and market economics.

Multi-Agent Based Modeling

• [J6] Mingguo Hong, Xiangyang Yu, Nanpeng Yu, and Kenneth Loparo, "An Energy Scheduling Algorithm Supporting Power Quality Management in Commercial Building Microgrids," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, pp. 1-13, 2015.
• [J3] Nanpeng Yu, Chen-Ching Liu, and James Price, "Evaluation of Market Rules Using a Multi-Agent System Method," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 25, pp. 470-479, 2010.
• [C1] Nanpeng Yu and Chen-Ching Liu, "Multi-Agent Systems and Electricity Markets: State-of-the-art and the Future," IEEE Proceedings, Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2008.
• [B1] Nanpeng Yu and Chen-Ching Liu, " Multi-Agent System Applications in Power Systems," book chapter in Volume III: Advanced Techniques and Technologies: Facts and A.I. Part Two: Artificial Intelligence Techniques, 2016.

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