Andreas Berres 🚀

Andreas Berres ɑn'dʁeːɒs 'bɛʁəs

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Research Engineer

National Laboratory of the Rockies

Professional Summary

Hi, I’m Andy! My two main strengths are to derive insight from data and to connect across domains. These strengths enable me to find innovative and efficient computing solutions which are tailored to domains, such as transportation, buildings, energy resilience, and grid integration.

Education

Ph.D. Computer Science

RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate

M.Sc. Computer Science

RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate

B.Sc. Computer Science

RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate

Interests

Data Science Big Data Workflows Visualization Geographic Information Systems Real-Time Systems and Control Digital Twins High-Performance Computing Computational Geometry Computational Topology Validation Modeling and Simulation
📚 My Research

I specialize in geospatial data workflows and data fusion, which I have done anywhere from supercomputers and cloud computing to web-based decision support platforms, real-time sensing, and microcontrollers. I support a diverse portfolio of projects with data analysis, real-time system monitoring, fault detection, behavioral modeling, and systems integration.

I’m passionate about domain-driven problem-solving and have applied my skills to projects in a wide range of topics from traffic operations, traffic safety problems, and building energy simulation to ocean models, population dynamics, energy resilience, balance of plant planning, and the energy-water nexus.

Featured Publications
Evaluating the Impact of Power Outages on Occupancy Patterns During the 2021 Texas Power Crisis featured image

Evaluating the Impact of Power Outages on Occupancy Patterns During the 2021 Texas Power Crisis

An overview of the MoVis analysis tool. (a) shows the map with circles that indicate high mobility in specific locations. Users can zoom into the map to see building polygons and …

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A Mobile Edge Computing Framework for Traffic Optimization at Urban Intersections Through Cyber-Physical Integration featured image

A Mobile Edge Computing Framework for Traffic Optimization at Urban Intersections Through Cyber-Physical Integration

Setup for dynamometer testing (left) and view from inside the vehicle showing simulated traffic linked to the driver, and a mobile app showing speed recommendations (right).

Haowen Xu
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Smart Mobility in the Cloud: Enabling Real-Time Situational Awareness and Cyber-Physical Control Through a Digital Twin for Traffic featured image

Smart Mobility in the Cloud: Enabling Real-Time Situational Awareness and Cyber-Physical Control Through a Digital Twin for Traffic

Cyber-physical control experiments conducted through the CTwin’s cyberinfrastructure: Connecting traffic light controller at intersections with signal timing optimization …

Haowen Xu
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A Data-Driven Approach to Nation-Scale Building Energy Modeling

High-level workflow for large-scale building simulation with AutoBEM: The bottom part of the workflow represents the overall workflow while the top portion provides more detail …

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Generating traffic-based building occupancy schedules in Chattanooga, Tennessee from a grid of traffic sensors featured image

Generating traffic-based building occupancy schedules in Chattanooga, Tennessee from a grid of traffic sensors

An overview of the methodology presented in this paper, guided by the data workflow. The left-hand side of the figure, (a)-(d), illustrates the traffic data workflow: the data is …

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More Publications
(2024). Connected Traffic Signal Coordination Optimization Framework through Network-Wide Adaptive Linear Quadratic Regulator–Based Control Strategy. In JTEPBS.TEENG.
(2024). Extreme Weather and the Power Grid: A Case Study of Winter Storm Uri. In EnergyVis.
(2024). A traffic accident dataset for Chattanooga, Tennessee. In J.DiB.
(2024). Spatiotemporal features of traffic help reduce automatic accident detection time. In J.ESWA.
Recent & Upcoming Talks
Visualization and Storytelling in Presentations featured image

Visualization and Storytelling in Presentations

An educational talk about using visualization for storytelling.

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Data Points: Introduction to Visualization featured image

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Data Points: Introduction to Visualization

Visualization tutorial, specially adapted to the building simulation audience.

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Great Graphics Lead to Great Design

Panel discussion about good visualization design, with [Project StaSIO](https://projectstasio.ibpsa.us/) members.

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SimBuild Storytelling

Workshop on using storytelling to improve the engagement of science communication. Co-organized with Lisa Ng.

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Effective Visualization for Publications featured image

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Effective Visualization for Publications

An educational talk about good visualization techniques.

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