Who's Who in Energy Forecasting: Geert Scholma

I got to know Geert Scholma from NPower Forecasting Challenge 2015, where he outperformed my BigDEAL students on the leaderboard. Since then, he has been topping the NPower leaderboard every time. Recently, as a winner of the qualifying match of GEFCom2017, he presented his methodology at ISEA2017.

Geert lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He has a strong focus on data science and the energy transition, with a masters degree in physics and 5 years experience as an Energy Forecaster for Energy Retail Company and E.On spin-off Uniper Benelux.

Who's Who in Energy Forecasting: Rafał Weron

Prof. Rafał Weron is the Head of the Economic Modeling Group in the Department of Operations Research at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. He has so many accomplishments in energy forecasting, such as his renowned book on load and price forecasting, many widely cited papers, and of course those talented students. Recently he won the IIF-Hong Award for his IJF review paper on electricity price forecasting.

What brought you to the energy field, particularly load and price forecasting?