The Team
Ciaran O’Connor
PhD Researcher
Ciaran is a third year PhD student in the Unit for Time Series forecasting using deep learning at University College Cork where he is supervised by Dr. Steven Prestwich and Dr. Andrea Visentin. His research is in the field of electricity price forecasting using deep learning methods. Ciaran holds an MSc. in computational and financial maths, where his thesis was focused electricity price forecasting using machine learning methods.
Prior to joining the CRT-AI funded PhD programme, Ciaran worked on density functional theory in Queens University Belfast. The project aimed at using hse06 functional to map many body dispersion effects within the domain of quantum mechanics. In his spare time Ciaran enjoys playing soccer and powerlifting.
Supervisors: Dr. Steve Prestwich & Dr. Andrea Visentin