Cormac O'Malley

Hello 👋🏻, I'm Mac. I use cool algorithms like machine learning and optimisation to help the world decarbonise!

Checkout some of my work via my journal papers or open source coding projects:


                 



CormacOMalley

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Me In A Nutshell

👨🏻‍💻 Employment
  • Octopus Energy, Analyst 2023 - present
    • Complete optimisation and data engineering projects to improve control and unlock revenue from largest EV fleet in world (120k domestic devices 02/24) via Intelligent Octopus Go tariff.
    • Technologies: Python (all major data science libraries, jupyter, pyomo, pipenv, visualisation with plotly, matplotlib, streamlit), SQL, AWS, git.
  • UK Departement of Energy (BEIS), Energy Engineer 2022
🎓 Education
  • PhD, Imperial College London
    • Mathematical optimisation and ML on operation of low carbon power systems. Sponsored by National Grid ESO.
    • 4 first author journal papers in top ranked journals, e.g. IEEE TPWRS has acceptance rate < 10%.
  • MEng, University of Oxford
    • Electrical Engineering with focus on control, power and communications.
    • 1st Class Degree, top mark in year for all power system modules.

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Journal papers


Reinforcement Learning and Mixed-Integer Programming for Power Plant Scheduling in Low Carbon Systems: Comparison and Hybridisation
Under Review, Applied Energy, 2022
arXiv


Chance-constrained allocation of UFLS candidate feeders under high penetration of distributed generation
International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 2022
Elsevier
arXiv


Frequency Response from Aggregated V2G Chargers With Uncertain EV Connections
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2022
IEEE Xplore
arXiv


Probabilistic Scheduling of UFLS to Secure Credible Contingencies in Low Inertia Systems
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2021
IEEE Xplore
arXiv


Conference papers (peer-reviewed)


Value of Fleet Vehicle to Grid in Providing Tranmission System Operator Services
2020 Fifteenth International Conference on Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER)
IEEE Xplore
arXiv
Low Carbon Conversations Podcast

  • "EP1: A Powerful Transformation - Laying out the Optimal UK Net Zero Generation Mix"
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  • "EP2: A Tricky Balance - Explaining the Low Inertia Problem"
    Libsyn  ·  Spotify  ·  Apple podcast
  • "EP3: A Hot Topic - The Options for Decarbonising UK Heat "
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  • "EP4: Hydrogen: What, why and where? - Is Hydrogen Going a Part of Net Zero? "
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  • "EP5: Rethinking Road Transport - Behavioural Changes Needed for Electric Vehicles"
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Reports and articles


The Drive Towards a Low-Carbon Grid
Unlocking the value of vehicle-togrid fleets in Great Britain (2020). Report written for Innovate UK project E4Future in collaboration with Nissan and E-On.
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