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Babak Taheri

Scientist @ Hitachi Energy

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Me in a Nutshell

I am a Research Scientist at Hitachi Energy Research.

I recently completed my PhD in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and I was fortunate to be advised by Prof. Daniel Molzahn.

My passion lies in harnessing the power of mathematical optimization and machine learning techniques to foster a more reliable, resilient, affordable, and sustainable energy future. Outside of my work in research, I enjoy traveling, hiking, watching movies, and playing soccer and volleyball.

News

  • 📅 May 2025: Our paper on the DC Optimal Transmission Switching Problem has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
  • 📅 December 2024: I defended my dissertation “Improving Power System Approximations Through Machine Learning-Inspired Optimization Methods” to complete the PhD degree.
  • 📅 October 2024: Check out our new preprint on improving the accuracy of DC optimal power flow models.
  • 📅 July 2024: I received the Dominion Energy Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity Scholarship Award for the second consecutive time.
  • 📅 May 2024: I began my summer internship at Dominion Energy in the Electric Transmission Strategic Initiatives group.
  • 📅 May 2024: I defended my PhD proposal and became a PhD candidate.
  • 📅 May 2024: I received my second MSc degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, this time from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
  • 📅 April 2024: Our paper on power systems resilience has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
  • 📅 April 2024: Check out our new preprint on an optimized LinDistFlow model for power distribution networks.
  • 📅 March 2024: Two papers [1, 2] have been accepted for the 23rd Power Systems Computational Conference (PSCC), to appear in Electric Power Systems Research. We are looking to present our papers in Paris this summer.
  • 📅 February 2024: I presented our paper on power system equivalents at the Texas Power and Energy Conference (TPEC).
  • 📅 January 2024: I began my part-time internship at North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) in the Advanced System Analytics & Modeling (ASAM) department.
  • 📅 August 2023: I received the Dominion Energy Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity Scholarship Award.
  • 📅 June 2023: I presented our paper on the AC power flow feasibility restoration at the American Control Conference (ACC).
  • 📅 May 2023: I started my internship at Dominion Energy in the ET Planning-Modeling team.