Dr Bruce Stephen
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
I am a Senior Lecturer and Strathclyde Chancellors Fellow in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. I joined the University in 1998 and came to work in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in April 1999. Previously, I had studied Aeronautical Engineering at Glasgow University at undergraduate level and then undertook postgraduate study in the department Computer Science at Strathclyde, gaining an MSc there in 1998 followed by a PhD in EEE 2005.
Publications
- Predictive monitoring of asset populations in a rotating plant under operational uncertainty : a transfer learning approach
- Ghauch Ziad, Young Andrew, Brown Blair David, Stephen Bruce, McArthur Stephen, Duncan Andrew
- Data-Centric Engineering Vol 6 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/dce.2025.3
- Towards explainable and trustworthy autonomous models for power systems : a retrospective case study analysis
- Cassidy Maria, Brown Blair, McArthur Stephen DJ, Vidhyasankar Sakuntala Devi, Kirk Damon, Stephen Bruce
- 2024 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE) IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, pp. 1-5 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEUROPE62998.2024.10863635
- Surrogate models for investigating dynamic security regions of renewables-dominated grids
- Lu Junyi, Fallman Jonathan, Brown Blair David, Stephen Bruce, McArthur Stephen, Papadopoulos Panagiotis
- IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT Europe) IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT Europe) 2024, pp. 1-5 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGTEUROPE62998.2024.10863663
- Digitalization opportunities to enable local power system transition to net-zero
- Azizi Elnaz, Hua Weiqi, Stephen Bruce, Wallom David, McCulloch Malcolm D
- Energy for Sustainable Development Vol 84 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2024.101596
- A CTGAN-based approach for synthetic data generation of low-voltage distribution networks
- Li Minzhen, Chiu Wei-Yu, Stephen Bruce, Tachtatzis Christos, Hua Weiqi
- 2025 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) 2025 IEEE PES General Meeting IEEE General Meeting Power& Energy Society (2025)
- The transfer learning of uncertainty quantification for industrial plant fault diagnosis system design
- Blair J, Amin O, Brown B D, McArthur S, Forbes A, Stephen B
- Data-Centric Engineering Vol 5 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/dce.2024.54
Research Interests
My main research focuses on developing and applying data driven methods to industry problems, often where there is limited data or a lack of domain knowledge. These applications have been right across power systems from generation (nuclear, solar and wind), through networks (both transmission and distribution) out to end use and supply. The resulting software solutions have been used to automate and predict condition assessment, detect anomalous conditions and simulate future behaviours to support asset management and future planning business objectives. Translating this to other fields, I was co-founder of the spin out company Silent Herdsman Ltd, who developed an intelligent precision livestock management platform for the dairy industry.
I am currently principal investigator on the EPSRC funded Analytical Middleware for Informed Distribution Networks (AMIDiNe) project working to develop data driven power systems models that provide a more accurate view of uncertainties surrounding loads on unmonitored distribution networks in order to better inform where barriers to Net Zero may exist. Previously, I was an investigator on the EU FP7 Orchestrating Renewable Integrated Generation in Neighbourhoods (ORIGIN) project and co-investigator on the EPSRC BuildTEDDI Aging Population Attitudes to Sensor Controlled Home Energy (APAtSCHE), Aggregators as diGital Intermediaries in Local Electricity markets (AGILE) and Transactive Energy Supply Arrangements projects.
Professional Activities
- QFF Quarterly Forecasting Forum, June 2018
- Organiser
- 8/6/2018
- Invited Talk - New Thames Valley Vision Workshop
- Invited speaker
- 18/9/2014
- Invited Talk - SGEM Load Modelling Workshop
- Speaker
- 8/5/2014
- External Referee - Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
- External Examiner
- 2/2014
- Hisatoshi Ikeda
- Host
- 31/1/2014
- Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/2014
Projects
- TIC LCPE AM-11 Smart Hammer Advanced Analytics
- Stephen, Bruce (Principal Investigator) Riccardi, Annalisa (Co-investigator) Liu, Ting (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 28-Jan-2025
- Renewable Energy Systems (RES) - Innovation Centre Project #1 (Aux battery load consumption)
- Stephen, Bruce (Principal Investigator) Campos-Gaona, David (Co-investigator) Hart, Edward John (Co-investigator)
- 15-Jan-2024 - 14-Jan-2024
- Asset Data Analytics
- Stewart, Brian (Principal Investigator) McArthur, Stephen (Co-investigator) Stephen, Bruce (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 15-Jan-2024
- Renewable Energy Systems (RES) - Innovation Centre Project - Grid Constraints
- Bukhsh, Waqquas (Principal Investigator) Stephen, Bruce (Co-investigator)
- 17-Jan-2024 - 25-Jan-2024
- SF6 Escape Prediction for NGET HV Switchgear
- Stephen, Bruce (Principal Investigator) Akartunali, Kerem (Co-investigator) Brown, Blair David (Co-investigator) McArthur, Stephen (Co-investigator) Riccardi, Annalisa (Co-investigator) Stewart, Brian (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2025
- NeRDA Options Appraisal
- Stephen, Bruce (Principal Investigator) Bhagavathy, Priya (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2024 - 03-Jan-2024
Contact
Dr
Bruce
Stephen
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: bruce.stephen@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 7260