Adrien Petralia

PhD, AI Researcher @ EDF Lab

Specializing in data mining and deep learning for time series analytics.

Adrien Petralia
Paris, France

About Me

I am a Research Scientist at EDF R&D (EDF Lab Paris-Saclay), where I conduct research on deep learning for time-series applied to smart-meter electricity analytics. My work aims to improve grid flexibility and provide insightful, actionable feedback to consumers based on their consumption data.

Methodologically, I'm currently working on representation-learning approaches using deep learning models that serve as foundations for downstream task applications, as well as proposing novel generative approaches to synthesize realistic load profiles for data augmentation. My research applications span advanced time-series classification, regression, forecasting, and Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (e.g., appliance-level energy disaggregation).

I completed my Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence at Université Paris Cité and EDF R&D, under the supervision of Prof. Themis Palpanas. My thesis, Deep Learning for Electricity Consumption Time Series Analytics, introduced novel scalable deep-learning methods for extracting information from very low-frequency smart-meter data.

Research Interests

Data Mining Time Series Deep Learning Pattern Recognition Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring

News

  1. Conference KDD Toronto, ON, Canada

    I attended the KDD 2025 conference and presented the last paper from my PhD thesis.

  2. Conference ICDE Hong Kong SAR, China

    I attended and presented two papers at ICDE 2025 in Hong Kong.

  3. PhD Defense Université Paris Cité Paris, France

    I successfully defended my PhD at Université Paris Cité !

  4. Conference VLDB Guangzhou, China

    I attended and presented two papers at the VLDB 2024 conference in Guangzhou.

  5. Science Outreach Double•Science Paris, France

    As part of the UP Cité delegation , I presented an accessible overview of my research work during a session titled "How can AI helps us understand electricity consumption?" at the Double•Science outreach festival in Paris.

  6. Started my PhD at Université Paris Cité (LIPADE) and EDF R&D (EDF Lab Paris‑Saclay).