Yufan Zhang

Postdoc,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of California San Diego
E-mail: yuz254@ucsd.edu

Biography

I received bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Chongqing University in 2017 and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2022. My research interests include demand response, energy forecasting, and decision-making under uncertainty.

News

Oct 2023: Work on optimal vehicle charging in bilevel power-traffic networks is accepted by TSG! Upcoming talk about it at Informs Annual meeting, Phoenix AZ; see it on arxiv.
Sept 2023: Work on deriving the loss function for value-oriented forecasting is submitted to PSCC 2024; see it on arxiv.
Sept 2023: Work on value-oriented point forecasting for coordinating energy dispatch problems at two stages is submitted to EJOR; see it on arxiv.
Aug 2023: Work on optimal vehicle charging in bilevel power-traffic networks is revised and resubmitted to TSG; see it on arxiv.
July 2023: Work on value-oriented prediction interval is accepted by TSG! see it on arxiv.
Jan, 2023: Work on value-oriented prediction interval is revised and resubmitted to TSG; see it on arxiv.
Jan, 2023: I am appointed as postdoc at University of California San Diego!
Dec, 2022: My paper on load forecasting is selected in Top Articles in Outstanding S&T Journals of China.
Nov, 2022: Work on adaptive prediction interval is accepted in TSG; see it on arxiv
Nov, 2022: Work on demand response targeting is submitted to IEEE TPWRS; see it on arxiv.

Selected Honors & Awards

Outstanding PHD Graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2022.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Outstanding Doctoral Graduate Development Scholarship, 2022.
Outstanding PHD Student Scholarship, 2020.
Best Conference Paper of IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, 2020.
Sieyuan Electrics Co. Scholarship, 2019.
The Second Prize of “HUAWEI Cup” the 15th China Post-Graduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, 2018.
Outstanding Undergraduate of Chongqing University, 2017.
Undergraduate National Scholarship, 2016.
China Yangtze Power Co. Scholarship, 2014.
Freshmen Scholarship of Chongqing University, 2013.
Excellent Student Scholarship of Chongqing University (Top 10%), 2013-2016.