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Maria Andersson

Associate Professor

I do research on energy efficiency and learning systems with AI. The applications are about using AI to find new opportunities for efficiency in industrial energy systems and improved forecasting for electricity production in hydro power plants.

Energy efficiency and energy flexibility

My research interests focus on energy efficiency and energy flexibility in industrial energy systems, examined from various perspectives. Part of this involves mathematical models for energy systems, and how these can help to identify opportunities for energy efficiency and energy flexibility

I work with models for sequential data using machine learning/AI and simulation. The goal is to identify patterns and trends in large datasets that are relevant to the energy system—for example, those that indicate the potential for various energy system measures.

My doctoral dissertation focused on how simulation and optimization can be used to describe the profitability—in terms of total energy system cost—of collaboration among actors in the electricity market. One basis for cost-effective collaboration is the marginal cost of electricity. These costs can be obtained through so-called shadow prices derived from the optimization of the electricity system.

  • I became an associate professor in energy systems in 2018.
  • I teach and mentor students, and I also serve as a co-advisor to a doctoral student.
  • A selection of my publications can be found at the link to Publications and on my ORCID iD.

Publications

2026

Vlatko Milić, Patrik Thollander, Maria Andersson, Jim Enkel, Bahram Moshfegh (2026) Pursuing a hierarchical taxonomy in a water-cooled data center room Scientific Reports, Vol. 16, Article 26484 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-68222-1
Malin Grönberg, Therese Nehler, Lina La Fleur, Maria Andersson, Patrik Thollander (2026) Bridging the energy efficiency gaps: Lessons from the Swedish PFE programmes Energy Efficiency, Vol. 19, Article 13 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12053-025-10410-5

2025

Linus Kåge, Vlatko Milic, Maria Andersson, Magnus Wallén (2025) Reinforcement learning applications in water resource management: a systematic literature review Frontiers in Water, Vol. 7, Article 1537868 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2025.1537868

2024

Vlatko Milić, Maria Andersson, Linus Kåge, Patrik Thollander, Jim Enkel, Bahram Moshfegh (2024) Detection of Cooling Operational Statuses in Data Center Energy Management using Clustering Algorithms 2024 23rd IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems (ITherm) (Conference paper) https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/itherm55375.2024.10709422
Linus Kåge, Vlatko Milić, Maria Andersson, Magnus Wallén (2024) Hourly Hydropower Production Forecasting with Machine Learning: A Case Study in Linköping, Sweden Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on New Technologies (NewTech'24) (Conference paper) https://dx.doi.org/10.11159/icert24.102

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