Yan Li

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering

Research Summary

Planning, designing, operating, monitoring, and protecting of cyber-physical microgrids.

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Recent Publications

Anisotropic orthogonal random feature-based ridge regression for data-scarce short-term load forecasting

He, H. & Li, Y., Apr 2027, In: Electric Power Systems Research. 265, 114114.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Eigenvalue- and Gradient-Aware Optimization for Small-Signal Stability via the Adjoint Method

Chen, J., Li, Y., He, S. & Huang, D., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Learning vector fields of differential equations on manifolds with curvature-adaptive geometrically constrained SINDy

He, H. & Li, Y., Apr 2026, In: Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 155, 109406.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Online MPC-based EMS for microgrids with multi-modal PV forecasting and cone-relaxed power-flow constraints

He, H., Harlim, J., Huang, D. & Li, Y., Jul 2026, In: International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems. 180, 112070.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Physics-Embedded Data-Driven Modeling for Model Predictive Control of Battery Charging Converter

He, H., Li, Y., Zhu, M., Du, L. & Huang, D., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

QAOA-Driven PMU placement optimization with graph learning-based parameter initialization refinement

Jiang, Y., Wang, X., Liang, Z., Li, Y., Morstyn, T., Lopes, P. L. S. & Brandsema, M. J., Jun 2026, In: Quantum Machine Intelligence. 8, 1, 32.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Diagonal Adaptive Non-local Observables on Quantum Neural Networks

Tseng, H. H., Li, Y., Lin, H. Y. & Chen, S. Y. C., 2026, In: Proceedings - International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN. 2026

Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

Optimal PMU Placement via Quantum Optimization

Jiang, Y., Liang, Z., Li, Y. & Morstyn, T., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 16, 4, p. 3125-3141 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Women in quantum

Li, Y., Mather, M., Metje, N., Cacciapuoti, A. S., Criscuolo, L., d’Avossa, L., Muramatsu, M. & Maragkou, M., Dec 2025, In: Communications Engineering. 4, 1, 112.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Adaptive Step Size Linear Multistep Method for Small Signal Stability Analysis in Power Systems with Time Delays

Ma, S. & Li, Y., Feb 2025, In: Electronics (Switzerland). 14, 3, 604.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Enhancing Transient Dynamics Stabilization in Islanded Microgrids Through Adaptive and Hierarchical Data-Driven Predictive Droop Control

Nandakumar, A., Li, Y., Xu, Z. & Huang, D., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 16, 1, p. 396-410 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Multi-Factor-Coupled, Ahead-of-Time Aggregation of Power Flexibility Under Forecast Uncertainty

Wang, S., Du, L., Cui, B. & Li, Y., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. 16, 2, p. 892-903 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Learning coarse-grained dynamics on graph

Yu, Y., Harlim, J., Huang, D. & Li, Y., Nov 2025, In: Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena. 481, 134801.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Interpretable short-term load forecasting via multi-scale temporal decomposition

Jiang, Y., Li, Y. & Chen, Y., Oct 2024, In: Electric Power Systems Research. 235, 110781.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Modularized Bilinear Koopman Operator for Modeling and Predicting Transients of Microgrids

Jiang, X., Li, Y. & Huang, D., 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 15, 5, p. 5219-5231 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review