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Geert Deconinck

Geert Deconinck

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
46
Citations
9081
World Ranking
3365
National Ranking
70

Overview

Geert Deconinck is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has published extensively in the field of engineering, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering, control and systems engineering, and artificial intelligence. The research primarily addresses topics related to smart grid energy management, optimal power flow distribution, and microgrid control and optimization.

Their recent publications include work on demand response, microgrids, and electric vehicle charging. Selected papers are:

  • Transfer learning in demand response: A review of algorithms for data-efficient modelling and control, 2021, Energy and AI
  • Community-Based Microgrids: Literature Review and Pathways to Decarbonise the Local Electricity Network, 2022, Energies
  • Distributed optimization for scheduling energy flows in community microgrids, 2020, Electric Power Systems Research
  • Domain Randomization for Demand Response of an Electric Water Heater, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  • A hybrid policy gradient and rule-based control framework for electric vehicle charging, 2021, Energy and AI

Their frequent co-authors include Iason-Iraklis Avramidis, Florin Capitanescu, Sander Claeys, Fairouz Zobiri, and Md Umar Hashmi. These collaborations have contributed to a range of studies spanning smart grids, demand response, and electric vehicle infrastructure.

Geert Deconinck has published multiple articles in well-known venues such as:

  • IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
  • IET conference proceedings
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Energy and AI

Their work covers a variety of subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, control and systems engineering, automotive engineering, artificial intelligence, and computer networks and communications. Key areas of research extend to smart grid security and resilience, energy load and power forecasting, and advanced battery technologies.

Best Publications

  • Demand response flexibility and flexibility potential of residential smart appliances: Experiences from large pilot test in Belgium

    Reinhilde D'hulst;Wouter Labeeuw;Bart Beusen;Sven Claessens

  • Control of Microgrids

    K. De Brabandere;K. Vanthournout;J. Driesen;G. Deconinck

  • A Scalable Three-Step Approach for Demand Side Management of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles

    S. Vandael;B. Claessens;M. Hommelberg;T. Holvoet

  • Reinforcement Learning of Heuristic EV Fleet Charging in a Day-Ahead Electricity Market

    Stijn Vandael;Bert Claessens;Damien Ernst;Tom Holvoet

  • Battery Energy Management in a Microgrid Using Batch Reinforcement Learning

    Brida V. Mbuwir;Frederik Ruelens;Fred Spiessens;Geert Deconinck

  • Review: Analyzing well-known countermeasures against distributed denial of service attacks

    Hakem Beitollahi;Geert Deconinck

  • Residential Electrical Load Model Based on Mixture Model Clustering and Markov Models

    Wouter Labeeuw;Geert Deconinck

  • Distributed control of renewable generation units with integrated active filter

    K.J.P. Macken;K. Vanthournout;J. Van den Keybus;G. Deconinck

  • High power light-emitting diode junction temperature determination from current-voltage characteristics

    Arno Keppens;Wouter Ryckaert;Geert Deconinck;Peter Hanselaer

  • Matching EV Charging Load With Uncertain Wind: A Simulation-Based Policy Improvement Approach

    Qilong Huang;Qing-Shan Jia;Zhifeng Qiu;Xiaohong Guan

  • Distributed Coordination of EV Charging with Renewable Energy in a Microgrid of Buildings

    Yu Yang;Qing-Shan Jia;Geert Deconinck;Xiaohong Guan

  • Memory colours and colour quality evaluation of conventional and solid-state lamps

    Kevin A. G. Smet;Wouter R. Ryckaert;Michael R. Pointer;Geert Deconinck

  • Protection of microgrids with a high penetration of inverter-coupled energy sources

    Tom Loix;Thomas Wijnhoven;Geert Deconinck

  • Absolute determination of photoluminescence quantum efficiency using an integrating sphere setup.

    Sven Leyre;E Coutino-Gonzalez;Jonas Joos;Jana Ryckaert

  • Correlation between color quality metric predictions and visual appreciation of light sources

    Kevin Smet;Wouter R. Ryckaert;Michael R. Pointer;Geert Deconinck

  • Colour appearance rating of familiar real objects

    Kevin Smet;Wouter R. Ryckaert;Michael R. Pointer;Geert Deconinck

  • Reconfigurable instruction set processors from a hardware/software perspective

    F. Barat;R. Lauwereins;G. Deconinck

  • Analysis of State-of-the-art Smart Metering Communication Standards

    Klaas De Craemer;Geert Deconinck

  • A literature survey of Optimal Power Flow problems in the electricity market context

    Zhifeng Qiu;Geert Deconinck;Ronnie Belmans

  • Combined Stochastic Optimization of Frequency Control and Self-Consumption With a Battery

    Jonas Engels;Bert Claessens;Geert Deconinck

  • Decentralized coordination of plug-in hybrid vehicles for imbalance reduction in a smart grid

    Stijn Vandael;Nelis Boucké;Tom Holvoet;Klaas De Craemer

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan Driesen
Johan Driesen KU Leuven
Henk Corporaal
Henk Corporaal Eindhoven University of Technology
Wim Dehaene
Wim Dehaene KU Leuven
David Atienza
David Atienza École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Robert Puers
Robert Puers KU Leuven

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