Regular biography
Alessandra Parisio is a Reader in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at The University of Manchester, where she serves as Discipline Head of Education. Her research interests include control engineering, particularly Model Predictive Control, distributed optimisation and control, and power systems. She has led or co-led research projects funded by EPSRC, Innovate UK, EC H2020, and industrial partners, focusing on building climate control and distributed optimisation for grid support. Prof. Parisio is an IEEE senior member and has served on program committees and editorial boards for journals in control and power systems. She has received the IEEE PES Outstanding Engineer Award and the Energy and Buildings Best Paper Award. Her work contributes to several UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Scholar-generated biography
Alessandra Parisio is a Professor at the University of Manchester, specializing in the control of sustainable energy networks. Her research focuses on integrating advanced control strategies with energy systems to enhance efficiency and sustainability. She has extensively explored model predictive control (MPC) applications in building climate control, microgrid operation optimization, and energy hub management. Her work emphasizes the use of weather forecasts, real-time pricing, and stochastic methods to improve energy efficiency and reduce peak demand. Parisio's research also addresses the economic and environmental aspects of microgrid operations, including robust scheduling and distributed control of battery storage systems.