Manu Lahariya

Manu Lahariya received the B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees in aerospace engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, in 2016 and 2017, respectively. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in computer science engineering (specializing in machine learning for energy applications) with the Artificial Intelligence for Energy (AI4E), IDLab, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. He has contributed to multiple European research projects (e.g., BIGG, InduFlex) and was a Visiting Researcher with Robust Autonomy and Decisions Lab, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. His research interests include physics-based machine learning, reinforcement learning, deep learning, and statistical modeling for designing efficient control and system identification across different applications (e.g., smart grids, residential space heating, soft robotics, etc.).