Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Fellow Dr Elnaz Azizi has been shortlisted for the Asian Deans’ Forum 2023 Rising Stars Women in Engineering Workshop, taking place in Tokyo 20th – 22nd November 2023. Organised by Asia’s top engineering schools, this aims to bring together young women professionals in engineering disciplines from around the world, including scholars, researchers and engineers interested in exploring and advancing their careers in academia for scientific and career-oriented discussions relevant to the development of women academic leaders in Asia.
Elnaz started her Schmidt AI in Science Fellowship in April 2023, applying machine-learning methods in a practical context within smart local energy systems. Extracting actionable insights from the aggregated load at substations level plays an important role in the planning and operation of the distribution grid, however several challenges impact current work, including an increasingly complex system plus high cost and low privacy due to the need for supervised learning techniques.
Elnaz’s project leverages pattern recognition and clustering techniques to ease sensing and communication infrastructure requirements, as well as increasing the accuracy of information extraction. The methods will be applied to real substations’ load datasets from the Oxfordshire distribution system and tested in different simulated scenarios.
Elnaz says:
“To be named a rising star in women engineering is not just about my personal accomplishments, but also about serving as an inspiration for other women in the field. This recognition empowers me to continue pushing boundaries and encouraging more women to pursue careers in engineering.”
To read more about the Asian Deans’ Forum, please visit: https://risingstarsasia.org/index.php
