Yi Hu

College of Engineering

Works (8)

Updated: February 26th, 2026 01:15

2025 article

ViT4LPA: A Vision Transformer for advanced smart meter Load Profile Analysis

Kim, H., Hu, Y., Ye, K., & Lu, N. (2025, January 7). Applied Energy, Vol. 382.

By: H. Kim n, Y. Hu n , K. Ye n & N. Lu n 

author keywords: Pre-trained models; Self-supervised learning; Load disaggregation; Vision transformer; Smart meter; Machine learning
topics (OpenAlex): Smart Grid Energy Management; Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection; Image Enhancement Techniques
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Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 7, 2025

2024 article proceedings

A Novel Vision Transformer based Load Profile Analysis using Load Images as Inputs

By: H. Kim n, Y. Hu n , K. Ye n & N. Lu n 

Event: 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)

author keywords: Image processing; Load analysis; Pre-trained model; Smart meter data; Vision transformer
topics (OpenAlex): Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection; Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods; Optical measurement and interference techniques
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Added: February 25, 2025

2024 article

Applying fine-tuned LLMs for reducing data needs in load profile analysis

Hu, Y., Kim, H., Ye, K., & Lu, N. (2024, October 12). Applied Energy, Vol. 377.

By: Y. Hu* , H. Kim*, K. Ye* & N. Lu* 

author keywords: Fine-Tuning; Large Language Models; Load Profile Analysis; Missing Data Restoration; Prompt Engineering
topics (OpenAlex): Energy Load and Power Forecasting; Smart Grid Energy Management; Electric Power System Optimization
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 9, 2024

2024 journal article

BERT-PIN: A BERT-Based Framework for Recovering Missing Data Segments in Time-Series Load Profiles

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 20(10), 12241–12251.

By: Y. Hu n , K. Ye n, H. Kim n & N. Lu n 

author keywords: Load modeling; Transformers; Encoding; Data models; Bidirectional control; Power systems; Adaptation models; Bidirectional encoder representations from transformers (BERT); conservation voltage reduction; machine learning; missing data restoration; power system; transformer
topics (OpenAlex): Time Series Analysis and Forecasting; Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
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Added: July 8, 2024

2024 article

Load Profile Inpainting for Missing Load Data Restoration and Baseline Estimation

Li, Y., Song, L., Hu, Y., Lee, H. P., Wu, D., Rehm, P. J., & Lu, N. (2024, July 21). 2024 IEEE POWER & ENERGY SOCIETY GENERAL MEETING, PESGM 2024.

By: Y. Li *, L. Song  n, Y. Hu n , H. Lee n, D. Wu *, P. Rehm, N. Lu n 

topics (OpenAlex): Power Systems and Technologies
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: March 10, 2025

2023 article proceedings

A Modified Sequence-to-point HVAC Load Disaggregation Algorithm

By: K. Ye n, H. Kim n, Y. Hu n , N. Lu n , D. Wu * & P. Rehm

author keywords: demand response; HVAC load; load disaggregation; machine learning; convolutional neural network (CNN); transfer learning
topics (OpenAlex): Building Energy and Comfort Optimization; Smart Grid Energy Management; Energy Load and Power Forecasting
TL;DR: Simulation results show that the proposed modified S2P algorithm outperforms the original S1P model and the support-vector machine based approach in accuracy, adaptability, and transferability. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: November 20, 2023

2023 journal article

Load Profile Inpainting for Missing Load Data Restoration and Baseline Estimation

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 15(2), 2251–2260.

By: Y. Li  n, L. Song n, Y. Hu n , H. Lee n, D. Wu *, P. Rehm, N. Lu n 

author keywords: Conservation voltage reduction; deep learning; generative adversarial nets (GAN); gated convolution; generative adversarial network; missing data restoration; self-attention mechanism
topics (OpenAlex): Energy Load and Power Forecasting; Smart Grid Energy Management; Optimal Power Flow Distribution; Vibration and Dynamic Analysis; Power Systems and Technologies
TL;DR: This paper introduces a Generative Adversarial Nets (GAN) based, Load Profile Inpainting Network (Load-PIN) for restoring missing load data segments and estimating the baseline for a demand response event and benchmark the performance of Load-PIN with five existing deep-learning methods. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: February 2, 2024

2023 journal article

MultiLoad-GAN: A GAN-Based Synthetic Load Group Generation Method Considering Spatial-Temporal Correlations

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 15(2), 2309–2320.

By: Y. Hu n , Y. Li  n, L. Song n, H. Lee n, P. Rehm, M. Makdad, E. Miller, N. Lu n 

author keywords: Load modeling; Training; Transformers; Correlation; Data models; Generative adversarial networks; Predictive models; Data augmentation; generative adversarial networks; load profile group generation; machine learning; negative sample generation; synthetic data
topics (OpenAlex): Energy Load and Power Forecasting; Smart Grid Energy Management; Optimal Power Flow Distribution
TL;DR: Simulation results show that MultiLoad-GAN can generate more realistic load profiles than existing approaches, especially in group level characteristics. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: February 2, 2024

Employment

Updated: August 2nd, 2025 13:17

2025 - present

Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan, US
Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering

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