Publications

A list of my publications can be found at Google Scholar.

I will try to open-source all my publications. The source code of my algorithms can be found in my GitHub.

Journal Articles:

1. Y. Hu and Z. Cheng, "Generative AI for Open-Set Event Detection and Classification in Power Systems Using Synchrophasor Data," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, doi: 10.1109/TII.2026.3690931.

2. H. Kim, Y. Hu, K. Ye, and N. Lu. "Vit4lpa: A Vision Transformer for Advanced Smart Meter Load Profile Analysis", in Applied Energy, vol. 382, pp. 125243, Mar. 2025.

3. Y. Hu, H. Kim, K. Ye, and N. Lu, "Applying Fine-Tuned LLMs for Reducing Data Needs in Load Profile Analysis", in Applied Energy, vol. 377, pp. 124666, Jan. 2025.

4. Y. Hu, K. Ye, H. Kim and N. Lu, "BERT-PIN: A BERT-Based Framework for Recovering Missing Data Segments in Time-Series Load Profiles", in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 12241-12251, Oct. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TII.2024.3417272.

5. Y. Hu, Y. Li, L. Song, H.P. Lee, PJ. Rehm, M. Makdad, E. Miller, and N. Lu, "MultiLoad-GAN: A GAN-Based Synthetic Load Group Generation Method Considering Spatial-Temporal Correlations", in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 2309-2320, Mar. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2023.3302192.

6. Y. Li, L. Song, Y. Hu, H.P. Lee, D. Wu, PJ. Rehm, N. Lu, "Load Profile Inpainting for Missing Load Data Restoration and Baseline Estimation", in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 2251-2260, Mar. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2023.3293188.

Conference Proceedings:

1. H. Kim, Y. Hu, K. Ye, and N. Lu, “A Novel Vision Transformer based Load Profile Analysis using Load Images as Inputs”, 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM).

2. K. Ye, H. Kim, Y. Hu, N. Lu, D. Wu, and PJ. Rehm, "A Modified Sequence-to-point HVAC Load Disaggregation Algorithm", 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM).

Invited Talks (Since August 2025)

1. Data-Centric Power System Analysis With Generative Models, IEEE NE Wisconsin Section Meeting, Appleton, WI, Feb 05, 2026

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2. Characterizing Emerging Large Loads with LLM-Driven Models, Power System Engineering Research Center (PSERC) IAB Meeting, Dec 03, 2025

3. Generative AI for Data Challenges in Electric Power Engineering, Power System Engineering Research Center (PSERC) Webinar, Nov 19, 2025

• Announcement | Slides | Recording.