E-mail: jalal@dtu.dk
Phone: +45 26359955
Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej, Building 325, room 142, Kgs. Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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Hi and welcome!
I am an Associate Professor with the division for Power and Energy Systems, Department of Wind and Energy Systems, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), and currently heading the section "Energy Markets and Analytics" (EMA) with 15+ research staff. Read about our section here. I am also the head of studies for the MSc program "Sustainable Energy Systems".
I am interested in data-driven and market-oriented approaches to power system operation and planning, also in coordination with other energy systems. My focus area is the intersection of multiple fields, including optimization, control, game theory, and machine learning for energy applications. Further details are available in my CV.
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News
March 3, 2023: Linde Frölke [LinkedIn] successfully defended her PhD thesis "market design for future district heating systems" [ thesis | slides | video ] . Congrats Linde! Thanks to the examination committee, Sonja Wogrin, Erik Delarue, and Shi You.
March 1, 2023: Farzaneh Pourahmadi [LinkedIn] joined the EMA section as a researcher. She received her PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran, in 2019. Before joining DTU, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen Business School. During the next three years, she will be mostly working on her DFF project "Combining learning and optimization for faster green transition".
March 1, 2023: Bob Pepin [LinkedIn] joined the EMA section as a postdoctoral fellow. He received his PhD degree in Mathematics from the University of Luxembourg in 2018. Before joining DTU, he was a senior AI specialist at Alexandra Institute, Denmark. During the next one year, he will be working on "data-driven operation of power systems and digitalization".
January 26, 2023: Appointed by the Dean as the Head of Studies for DTU master program "Sustainable Energy Systems", effective from February 1, 2023. Read about the program here.
January 25, 2023: Accepted! Our paper "A market for trading forecasts: A wagering mechanism" by Aitazaz Ali Raja, Pierre Pinson, JK, and Sergio Grammatico has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Forecasting, forthcoming [ link | arXiv ].
January 19, 2023: It was a pleasure giving an invited webinar on coordination of power, heat, and gas markets for the IEEE PES Spain. Thanks Prof. Antonio Gomez-Exposito (University of Seville) for the invitation!
January 1, 2023: Arega Getaneh Abate [ Homepage ], the recipient of the EuroTechPostdoc2 Programme fellowship, joined the EMA section as a postdoctoral fellow. He received his PhD degree in Mathematical Methods of Economics, Finance, and Actuarial Sciences, from Brescia University, Italy, in 2021. During the next 2 years, he will be working on "AI-assisted electricity market design for sustainability", in collaboration with Maryam Kamgarpour (EPFL) and me.
January 1, 2023: Funded! Project ViPES2X (Fully AI-driven Virtual Power Plant for Energy Storage and Power-to-X) granted funding by the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP). The total funding is 1,126,000 euro, out of which the EMA section receives 150,000 euro. Partners: DTU Wind, DTU Energy, Hybrid Greentech, Siemens Gamesa, Lhyfe, Green Hydrogen Systems, and Imperial College London.
January 1, 2023: Funded! Project Power2trAId (AI-driven Virtual Power Plant for Energy Trading of P2X and Storage for Intelligent Cost Reductions) granted funding by the Innovation Fund Denmark, Grand Solution. The total funding is 1,478,000 euro, out of which the EMA section receives 228,000 euro. Partners: DTU Wind, DTU Energy, Hybrid Greentech, and Utiligize.