Dr Da Huo

Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
AI for Energy Systems, Energy Management and Control, Smart Grid, Whole Systems, Vehicle-to-Grid, Energy Flexibility
Interests
Dr Huo’s research innovates on machine learning methods (e.g. reinforcement learning-based methods) and model-based methods to optimise power systems (e.g. smart grid, congestion management, flexibility evaluation and provision) and whole systems (e.g. network constraints management) to enhance network security, cost-effectiveness, and reliability.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Electronics2026
Chapter Three Data-driven decision making: Harnessing energy data for policyGuder M Balta-Ozkan N Huo D Mirzania P
In Simulation and Machine Learning Models For Energy Policy Design, Elsevier 41-73.
01-01-2026
2025
Can digital twin technology revolutionize wildfire management and energy resilience in Los Angeles?Alhazmi M Li OP Huo D Zhang H Bao Z
Energy Reports, Elsevier vol. 14, 3118-3131.
01-12-2025
Decarbonising Agriculture with Green Hydrogen: A Stakeholder-Guided Feasibility StudyMirzania P Huo D Balta-Ozkan N Panigrahi N Knox JW
Sustainability, Mdpi vol. 17 (20)
20-10-2025
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Cyberattacks on MicrogridsZhao AP Li S Li Z Ma Z Huo D Hernando-Gil I Alhazmi M
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. PP (99), 1-12.
08-10-2025
Unpacking drought impacts and adaptive strategies in Morocco – perspectives from small-scale farmersShrimpton EA Sarmah T Balta-Ozkan N Malki S Jelloul A Ouikhalfan M Nilahyane A Kouisni L et al.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Elsevier vol. 128
01-10-2025
Corrigendum to ‘Unpacking drought impacts and adaptive strategies in Morocco – perspectives from small-scale farmers’ [Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct. 128 (2025), 105732]Shrimpton EA Sarmah T Balta-Ozkan N Malki S Jelloul A Ouikhalfan M Nilahyane A Kouisni L et al.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Elsevier vol. 128
01-10-2025
Psychological modeling for community energy systemsZhao AP Alhazmi M Huo D Li W
Energy Reports, Elsevier vol. 13, 2219-2229.
01-06-2025
Usability of agricultural drought vulnerability and resilience indicators in planning strategies for small farms: A principal component approachSarmah T Balta-Ozkan N Konak A Shrimpton E Sass KS De Macedo MB Mendiondo EM Nardocci AC et al.
Climate Services, Elsevier vol. 38
01-04-2025
Unmanned aerial vehicles versus smart gridsZhao AP Li S Huo D Alhazmi M
Iet Smart Grid, Institution of Engineering and Technology (Iet) vol. 8 (1)
01-01-2025
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Microgrid DefenseZhao AP Huo D Alhazmi M
Iet Renewable Power Generation, Institution of Engineering and Technology (Iet) vol. 19 (1)
01-01-2025
Data-driven decision making: Harnessing energy data for policyGuder M Balta-Ozkan N Huo D Mirzania P
In Simulation and Machine Learning Models For Energy Policy Design 41-73.
01-01-2025
2024
Re-evaluating drought indicators: Learning from small-scale farmers in South AfricaShrimpton EA Balta-Ozkan N Sarmah T Huo D Marais L
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Elsevier vol. 113
01-10-2024
Brief communication: Lessons learned and experiences gained from building up a global survey on societal resilience to changing droughtsde Macedo MB Benso MR Sass KS Mendiondo EM da Silva GJ da Silva PGC Shrimpton E Sarmah T et al.
Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, Copernicus Publications vol. 24 (6), 2165-2173.
01-07-2024
2023
Socially Governed Energy Hub Trading Enabled by Blockchain-Based TransactionsZhao P Li S Cao Z Hu PJ-H Gu C Yan X Huo D Luo T et al.
IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 11 (6), 8227-8242.
05-09-2023
2022
Linearizing Battery Degradation for Health-Aware Vehicle Energy ManagementLi S Zhao P Gu C Huo D Li J Cheng S
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 38 (5), 4890-4899.
28-10-2022
Aging Mitigation for Battery Energy Storage System in Electric VehiclesLi S Zhao P Gu C Li J Huo D Cheng S
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 14 (3), 2152-2163.
27-09-2022
Two-Stage Co-Optimization for Utility-Social Systems With Social-Aware P2P TradingZhao P Li S Hu PJ-H Cao Z Gu C Yan X Huo D Hernando-Gil I
IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 10 (4), 1875-1887.
30-08-2022
A reliability-aware chance-constrained battery sizing method for island microgridHuo D Santos M Sarantakos I Resch M Wade N Greenwood D
Energy, Elsevier vol. 251
01-07-2022
Online battery-protective vehicle to grid behavior managementLi S Zhao P Gu C Huo D Zeng X Pei X Cheng S Li J
Energy, Elsevier vol. 243
01-03-2022
2021
Local distribution network management through optimal flexibility scheduling: the Austrian pilot of the Horizon 2020 MERLON projectHuo D Wade N Greenwood D Novakovits P Hacker J Papadaskalopoulos D Chrysanthopoulos N Strbac G et al.
2021 9th IEEE International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS). vol. 00, 1-6.
18-12-2021
Very Short to Medium-term Demand and Generation Forecast: A Study Case in AustriaSantos M Huo D Resch M Wade N Greenwood D
Iet Conference Proceedings, Institution of Engineering and Technology (Iet) vol. 2021 (6), 2559-2563.
02-11-2021
Flexibility Scheduling for Distribution Systems: A Case Study in AustriaHuo D Santos M McGrath J Wade N Greenwood D
Iet Conference Proceedings, Institution of Engineering and Technology (Iet) vol. 2021 (6), 1915-1919.
02-11-2021
Chance-constrained optimization for integrated local energy systems operation considering correlated wind generationHuo D Gu C Greenwood D Wang Z Zhao P Li J
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Elsevier vol. 132
01-11-2021
Dynamic Service Restoration for Integrated Energy Systems Under Seismic StressShen Y Gu C Xiang Y Fu Y Huo D Li J Zhao P
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 13 (1), 527-536.
18-10-2021
Reliability assessment of island multi‐energy microgridsSantos M Huo D Wade N Greenwood D Sarantakos I
Energy Conversion and Economics, Institution of Engineering and Technology (Iet) vol. 2 (3), 169-182.
01-09-2021
An improved deep belief network based hybrid forecasting method for wind powerHu S Xiang Y Huo D Jawad S Liu J
Energy, Elsevier vol. 224
01-06-2021
A Reliability-Based Method to Quantify the Capacity Value of Soft Open Points in Distribution NetworksSarantakos I Zografou-Barredo N-M Huo D Greenwood D
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 36 (6), 5032-5043.
06-04-2021
Optimal planning and investment benefit analysis of shared energy storage for electricity retailersLiu J Chen X Xiang Y Huo D Liu J
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Elsevier vol. 126
01-03-2021
2020
Data-Driven Multi-Energy Investment and Management Under EarthquakesZhao P Gu C Cao Z Shen Y Teng F Chen X Wu C Huo D et al.
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 17 (10), 6939-6950.
08-12-2020
Reliability‐oriented optimal planning of charging stations in electricity–transportation coupled networksXiang Y Meng J Huo D Xu L Mu Y Gu C Hou K Teng F
Iet Renewable Power Generation, Institution of Engineering and Technology (Iet) vol. 14 (18), 3690-3698.
01-12-2020
A two-stage data-driven multi-energy management considering demand responseZhao P Gu C Cao Z Xiang Y Yan X Huo D
Adjunct Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2020 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers., 588-595.
10-09-2020
Exploring flexibility of electric vehicle aggregators as energy reserveDeng R Xiang Y Huo D Liu Y Huang Y Huang C Liu J
Electric Power Systems Research, Elsevier vol. 184
01-07-2020
An improved vehicle to the grid method with battery longevity management in a microgrid applicationYang Q Li J Cao W Li S Lin J Huo D He H
Energy, Elsevier vol. 198
01-05-2020
Coordinated Risk Mitigation Strategy For Integrated Energy Systems Under Cyber-AttacksZhao P Gu C Huo D
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 35 (5), 4014-4025.
13-04-2020
Optimal battery sizing for a distribution network in Austria to maximise profits and reliabilityHuo D Santos MV Greenwood DM Wade NS Resch MP
Cired - Open Access Proceedings Journal, Institution of Engineering and Technology (Iet) vol. 2020 (1), 13-16.
01-01-2020
2019
Two-Stage Distributionally Robust Optimization for Energy Hub SystemsZhao P Gu C Huo D Shen Y Hernando-Gil I
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 16 (5), 3460-3469.
29-08-2019
Chance-constrained optimization for multi-energy hub system with dynamic thermal ratingYuanbin Zhu Da Huo Chenghong Gu
8th Renewable Power Generation Conference (RPG 2019).
01-01-2019
2018
Optimal Borehole Energy Storage Charging Strategy in a Low Carbon Space Heat SystemWei W Gu C Huo D Le Blond S Yan X
IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 6, 76176-76186.
17-12-2018
Optimisation for interconnected energy hub system with combined ground source heat pump and borehole thermal storageHuo D Wei W Le Blond S
Frontiers in Energy, Springer Nature vol. 12 (4), 529-539.
18-09-2018
Chance-Constrained Optimization for Multienergy Hub Systems in a Smart CityHuo D Gu C Ma K Wei W Xiang Y Le Blond S
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 66 (2), 1402-1412.
14-08-2018
Optimal operation of interconnected energy hubs by using decomposed hybrid particle swarm and interior-point approachHuo D Le Blond S Gu C Wei W Yu D
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Elsevier vol. 95, 36-46.
01-02-2018
2017
Combined domestic demand response and energy hub optimisation with renewable generation uncertaintyHuo D Gu C Yang G Le Blond S
Energy Procedia, Elsevier vol. 142, 1985-1990.
01-12-2017
2016
Borehole Active Recharge Benefit Quantification on a Community Level Low Carbon Heating SystemWei W Huo D Le Blond S
2016 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)., 1-5.
01-07-2016
CHP Sizing and Domestic Building Energy Cost OptimizationYu D Zhang H Huo D Le Blond S
2016 51st International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)., 1-6.
01-01-2016
2015
Optimal Flow of Energy-Hub Including Heat Pumps at Residential LevelHuo D Liu Y Gu C Le Blond S
2015 50th International Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC)., 1-5.
01-01-2015
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Electronics
AI-Powered, Nanotech-Enabled Microgrids for Communities and Critical Infrastructure in UkraineDa Huo
£94,782 Innovate UK
01-12-2025 - 30-11-2027
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