It is hard to believe that this stunning photo from a 65-meter-high offshore wind turbine was actually taken by me! Until that moment, I have never had an opportunity to climb onto…
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Power Systems Computation Conference 2024, Paris
The Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC) is a significant event in the field of power systems research. The conference is held every two years and is notoriously known for its challenging review…
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IEEE PowerTech 2023 conference, Belgrade
PowerTech 2023 was the second PowerTech conference that I have participated in. Compared to the previous PowerTech 2019, I was happy to see major improvements in the conference. The venue, Crowne Plaza…
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UKERC Energy Summer School 2023, Newcastle
This June I travelled to Newcastle for the first time to take part in the UKERC International Summer School “Global Just Transition: Equity in Net Zero”. The school brought together more than…
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University of Manchester High Voltage Lab
Walking down Grosvenor Street, I often stared at the massive high-voltage equipment behind the engineering building windows. However, I had neither the time nor the opportunity to visit the Manchester High Voltage…
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PhD Thesis Defense
Finally, the moment has come! I have defended my Ph.D. thesis! At the beginning of 2020, I had a plan to swiftly collect the results from my papers and compose the thesis…
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Cooperative Game Theory applications in power systems – seminars available on YouTube
I had a chance to participate in the “Energy systems and technologies” research seminars at Skoltech in February 2020. The two given talks provide a thorough introduction to Cooperative Game Theory applications…
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Falling Walls Lab 2019, Berlin
I consider the Falling Walls Lab 2019 the most influential conference in my career so far. The strict format forced me to reshape the way of presenting research results and ideas. After…
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INFORMS Annual Meeting 2019, Seattle
The city of Starbucks. Seattle seems to be proud of its famous coffee brand. The new cafes continue taking over the city. In downtown, each building has its own Starbucks cafe, sometimes…
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IEEE PowerTech conference 2019, Milan
The IEEE PowerTech 2019 conference coincided with the summer 2019 European heat wave. Multiple countries got affected by the hot weather, which killed hundreds of people and disturbed the operation of power…