Xiyuan Zhou (周茜缘)

Ph.D. Student @ NTU EEE

I am currently a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, supervised by Prof. Yan Xu and Prof. Junhua Zhao, since 2024. I am broadly interested in LLMs, AI4E, power systems, and energy markets, with an emphasis on bridging theory and real-world applications in electricity and carbon markets.

Prior to my Ph.D., I received my Bachelor's degree in Financial Engineering (First Class Honours) in 2024, with a minor in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, where I was supervised by Prof. Junhua Zhao and Prof. Bohui Zhang.

I also serve as President of the NTU EEE Graduate Students’ Club (GSC).

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NEWS

2025-12: Co-first-author paper PrimeNash accepted to Nexus (Cell Press).
2025-10: Paper (Corresponding author) accepted to ECE Forum.
2025-09: Elected President of NTU EEE Graduate Students’ Club (GSC).
2025-08: Google Scholar citations surpassed 100.
2025-07: Paper accepted to PSET.
2025-07: ElecBench (First Author) received Best Paper at IEEE PESGM 2025.
2025-05: Paper accepted to ACS Catalysis.
2025-03: Co-first-author paper accepted to ICPIES.
2025-02: Two first-author papers accepted to IEEE PESGM 2025.
2025-02: GAIA accepted to Scientific Reports.
2024-11: One patent accepted.
2024-09: CUHKSZ USTF Award.
2024-08: Began Ph.D. journey at NTU EEE.
2024-07: Paper accepted to Scientific Reports.
2024-07: Co-first-author paper accepted to PEGEC.
2024-05: Graduated with First Class Honours (highest distinction).
2024-05: Received NTU Ph.D. offer.
2024-05: Oral presentation at Nexus Forum.
2024-04: Paper accepted to ICAIBD.
2024-01: First-author paper accepted to ECE.
2024-01: Selected as Youth Pioneer & Youth Trainer by GAUC.
2023-12: Selected for 23rd URA; IEEE EI2 Poster presentation.
2023-11: Paper accepted to IEEE EI2.
2023-09: Dean’s List.
2023-08: CCF “Sinan Cup” Quantum Algorithms — National Third Prize (Professional Group, Top 8).
2023-08: Selected for 22nd URA.
2023-07: 2023 Carbon Rating Report of China’s 100 Oversea Listed Companies released.
2023-05: China National College Students Competition on Energy Economics — Postgraduate Group National Outstanding Award.
2023-05: China Forum on PRME - Youth Forum Speech Competition — First Prize (Top 1).
2023-05: Paper accepted to Quantum Machine Intelligence.
2023-04: Selected for 21st URA.
2023-02: Appointed USTF for ECO4001 Environmental Economics and Policy.
2022-11: Selected for 20th URA.
2022-09: Dean’s List.
2022-08: Selected for 19th URA.
2022-08: CCF “Sinan Cup” Quantum Algorithms — National Second Prize (Top 6).
2022-07: 2022 Carbon Rating Report of China’s 100 Oversea Listed Companies released.
2022-05: China National College Students Competition on Energy Economics — Undergraduate Group National Outstanding Award (Top 1).
2022-05: Mathematical Contest in Modeling — Meritorious Winner (Top 7%).
2021-09: Master’s List Award; Dean’s List.

PUBLICATIONS

For the full list, please see my Google Scholar. Below are selected representative works.

All LLM QML

Nexus

An LLM Agent-Based Framework for Analytical Characterization of Nash Equilibria

W. Liu*, X. Zhou*, X. Wang*, Y. Cheng*, L. Ye, R. Berry, L. Tassiulas, J. Huang, J. Zhao

* Co-first Author

Nexus (Cell Press), 2025

Paper

PESGM 2025

ElecBench: a Power Dispatch Evaluation Benchmark for Large Language Models

X. Zhou, H. Zhao, Y. Cheng, G. Liang, G. Liu, W. Liu, Y. Xu, J. Zhao

2025 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) — Best Paper Session

Paper Data Code PPT Poster

PESGM 2025

Large Language Model for Power System Scenario Generation Considering Weather Condition

X. Zhou, Y. Cheng, Y. Zhong, H. Zhao, Y. Zhu, X. Cai, Y. Xu, J. Zhao

2025 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)

Paper Poster

Scientific Reports

GAIA – A Large Language Model for Advanced Power Dispatch

Y. Cheng, H. Zhao, X. Zhou, J. Zhao, Y. Cao, C. Yang

Scientific Reports, 2025

Paper

ECE

Carbon market risk estimation using quantum conditional generative adversarial network and amplitude estimation

X. Zhou, H. Zhao, Y. Cao, X. Fei, G. Liang, J. Zhao

Energy Conversion and Economics (ECE), 5(4): 193–210, 2024

Paper

QMI

Linear-layer-enhanced quantum long short-term memory for carbon price forecasting

Y. Cao, X. Zhou, X. Fei, H. Zhao, W. Liu, J. Zhao

Quantum Machine Intelligence, 2023

Paper

EDUCATION

Aug 2024 — Present

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
GPA: 4.92/5
Advisors: Prof. Yan Xu, Prof. Junhua Zhao

Sep 2020 — May 2024

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

B.BA in Financial Engineering (First Class Honours)
Minor: Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
Dean's List · Master's List
Advisors: Prof. Junhua Zhao, Prof. Bohui Zhang

AWARDS & HONORS

2024 Global Climate Innovator Trailblazer, Global Climate Innovation Center
2024 Youth Pioneer & Youth Trainer, Global Alliance of Universities on Climate
2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Teaching Fellow
2022-2024 Undergraduate Research Award
2021-2023 Dean’s List Honor, School of Management and Economics
2023 National Outstanding Award (Postgraduate Group, Top Award), China National College Students Competition on Energy Economics
2023 First Prize & Green Angel Excellent Award (Top Award), China Forum on PRME - Youth Forum Speech Competition
2022 National Second Prize (Top 6), CCF “Sinan Cup” Quantum Algorithms
2022 National Outstanding Award (Undergraduate Group, Top Award), China National College Students Competition on Energy Economics
2022 Meritorious Winner, Mathematical Contest in Modeling
2021 Master’s List Awards Scheme, Muse College

SPEECHES

2025-10-17 · IEEE PES SG Postgraduate Workshop 2025, NUS (Singapore)
2024-05-10 · Large Language Model for Power System Scenario Generation Considering Weather Condition — Nexus (Hong Kong, China)
2023-05-19 · The Path to Sustainable Development of Companies under Dual Carbon Targets — UN-PRME Youth Forum (Suzhou, China) Forum · News