Data Science in Energy and Environment

Welcome to the Chair of Data Science in Energy and Environment. The research group has been led by Florian Ziel since February 2017. Our research focuses on the development and application of modern methods in statistics, machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI) to address complex challenges in the energy and environmental sectors.

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Current Announcements

Wed, 01. Oct 2025 Witthaus-Bertram, Angela

Announcement of Lectures in the Winter Term 2025/2026

In the winter term 2025/2026 our chair will offer the following courses: Umweltökonomik und erneuerbare Energien", "Econometrics of Electricity Markets", "Energy Forecasting Competition" and “Data Science in Energy and Environment...

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Tue, 16. Sept 2025 Witthaus-Bertram, Angela

Congratulations to Paul Ghelais for the Best Paper Award at INREC2025!

Paul Ghelasi has won the Best Paper Award at the International Ruhr Energy Conference (INREC 2025) with his presentation “A probabilistic merit order: a data-driven fundamental model for electricity price forecasting". A...

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Mon, 21. Jul 2025 Witthaus-Bertram, Angela

Congratulations to Simon Hirsch for the Student Presentation Award at IWSM2025!

Simon Hirsch has won the Student Presentation Award at the International Workshop on Statistical Modelling (IWSM 2025) at the University of Limerick. He excelled with his presentation about Online multivariate distributional...

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Fri, 09. May 2025 Witthaus-Bertram, Angela

DAAD Scholarship for Paul Ghelasi

We congratulate Paul Ghelasi on receiving a DAAD scholarship for education and training abroad. As part of the scholarship, Paul will spend a period abroad at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. There he will...

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Tue, 06. May 2025 Witthaus-Bertram, Angela

Welcoming of Wenzhen Huang

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Wenzhen Huang to our chair in terms of teaching and research. Wenzhen Huang will primarily be working on the EfeMOD project. The entire chair team warmly welcomes him and looks...

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Wed, 30. Apr 2025 Witthaus-Bertram, Angela

Publication in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Florian Ziel and Paul Ghelasi have published a paper on medium to long-term electricity price forecasts in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Further information can be found under Publikationens. Click here for...

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Wed, 16. Apr 2025 Witthaus-Bertram, Angela

idw-Artikel about Florian Ziel

Informationsdienst Wissenschaft e.V. has written an article about Florian Ziel. The article Energiewende im Fokus - Neue Prognosen discusses Florian Ziel's current research focus and refers to current research projects. Read more...

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Wed, 09. Apr 2025 Witthaus-Bertram, Angela

New chair denomination

We are pleased to announce the official renaming of our chair. The name Data Science in Energy and Environment reflects the research and teaching focus of our chair. Background to the change of name is that an English name...

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Tue, 11. Mar 2025 Witthaus-Bertram, Angela

Best PhD Day Contribution Award für Monika Zimmermann

Monika Zimmermann has received the Best PhD Day Contribution Award 2025 at the 14th International Energy Economics Conference at TU Vienna! The prize was awarded for the paper ‘Spatial Meteorological, Socio-Economic, and...

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Thu, 23. Jan 2025 Angela Witthaus-Bertram

Welcoming of Angela Witthaus-Bertram

We are very pleased to welcome Angela Witthaus-Bertram as University Secretary at our chair. The entire chair team warmly welcomes her and is looking forward to work with her.

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Wed, 01. Jan 2025 Ben Amor, Souhir

Welcoming of Souhir Ben Amor

We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Souhir Ben Amor as a research assistant at our chair from 1 January 2025. The entire chair team warmly welcomes her and is looking forward to working with her. Dr. Souhir will conduct research...

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Wed, 06. Nov 2024 Zimmermann, Monika

Welcoming of Sultan Mahmud Chomon

We are very pleased to welcome Sultan Mahmud Chomon as a research aide at our chair. The entire team warmly welcomes her and looks forward to working together.

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