CityU

Assistant Professor Shuying Lai


Dr. Shuying Lai

Assistant Professor Master Supervisor

Email:  sylai@cityu.edu.mo
Tel: (853)85902427
Office address:  Room S401, Stanley Ho Building, City University of Macau (Taipa)

 

Educational experience 

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Electrical & Information Engineering) 2023

University of Sydney

  • Master of Commerce (Finance and Accounting) 2019

University of Sydney                                             

  • Bachelor of Finance, Accounting and Management 2017

Nottingham University, Ningbo, China

 

Incumbent 

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Data Science, City University of Macau 

 

Courses taught

BIT019 Economics

 

Research interests

Data-driven energy market analysis, demand response, and low/zero-carbon energy management, and risk hedging strategies, behavioral finance

 

Research and publications

  1. S. Lai, Z. Y. Dong, H. Yang, Y. Tao, C. Yip, J. Qiu, and J. Zhao. (2025). Renewable Energy Following Strategy via Quantified Aggregated Heterogeneous Electric Vehicle Flexibility. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
  2. S. Lai, Z. Dong, R. Mao, Y. Tao, Z. Zheng, J. Qiu, X. Sun, J. Zhao. (2025). Resilience Enhancement for Electricity and Cellular Wireless Networks Using Mobile Energy Storage Systems. IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics.
  3. S. Lai, J. Qiu, Y. Tao, and X. Sun. (2022). Demand Response Aggregation with Operating Envelope Based on Data-driven State Estimation and Sensitivity Function Signals. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
  4. S. Lai, J. Qiu, Y. Tao, and J. Zhao. (2023). Customized Pricing Strategy for Households based on Occupancy-aided Load Disaggregation. IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation.
  5. S. Lai, J. Qiu, Y. Tao, and J. Zhao. (2022). Pricing for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations based on the Responsiveness of Demand. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
  6. S. Lai, J. Qiu, and Y. Tao. (2021). Credit-Based Pricing and Planning Strategies for Hydrogen and Electricity Energy Storage Sharing. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.
  7. S. Lai, Z. Y. Dong, Y. Tao, C. Yip, J. Qiu, and J. Zhao. (2024). Bargaining Game-based Pricing for Electric Vehicle Roaming Charging Services. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
  8. S. Lai, Z. Y. Dong, J. Qiu, Y. Tao, J. Zhao, and G. Wang. (2024). Competitive pricing strategy for the wireless charging lane operator considering range anxiety of electric vehicle users. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
  9. S. Lai, J. Qiu, Y. Tao, and J. Zhao. (2023). Charging/Refueling Navigation Strategies for Plug-in Hybrid Hydrogen and Electric Vehicles with Irrationalities and Energy Substitution. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.
  10. S. Lai, J. Qiu, Y. Tao, and J. Zhao. (2023). Option-based demand response management for electric vehicle aggregator. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification.
  11. S. Lai, J. Qiu, Y. Tao, and J. Zhao. (2022). Pricing Strategy for Energy Supplement Services of Hybrid Electric Vehicles considering Bounded-rationality and Energy Substitution Effect. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
  12. S. Lai, J. Qiu, Y. Tao, and J. Zhao. (2021). Individualized Pricing of Energy Storage Sharing Based on Discount Sensitivity. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 4642-4653.
  13. S. Lai, J. Qiu, Y. Tao, and Y. Liu. (2022). Risk hedging strategies for electricity retailers using insurance and strangle weather derivatives. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 134, p. 107372.
  14. S. Lai, J. Qiu, Y. Tao, and J. Zhao. (2021). Risk hedging for gas power generation considering power-to-gas energy storage in three different electricity markets. Applied Energy, vol. 291, p. 116822.
  15. S. Lai, J. Qiu, and Y. Tao. (2021). Option‐based portfolio risk hedging strategy for gas generator based on mean‐variance utility model. Energy Conversion and Economics.
  16. S. Lai, Y. Tao, J. Qiu, J. Zhao, and H. Zhao. (2019). Gas Generation Portfolio Management Strategy Based on Financial Derivatives: Options," in 2019 9th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (ICPES), IEEE, pp. 1-6.
  17. G. Liu, S. Lai*, J. Qiu, Y. Tao, and J. Zhao. (2023). Credit-based Peer-to-Peer energy sharing mechanism under the distributed negotiation framework. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 144, p. 108598.
  18. Y. Zheng, J. Yang, J. Yin, K. Hu, S. Lai*, and J. Qiu. (2021). Portfolio management strategy for power‐to‐gas storage‐driven natural gas power generation. International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, vol. 31, no. 4, p. e12761.
  19. T. Wan, J. Qiu, Y. Tao, S. Lai*, and R. Mao. (2025). Flexible Energy Storage System and Renewable Energy Planning for Sustainable Internet Data Center Considering Temporal and Spatial Load Regulation. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.
  20. Y. Tao, Z. Y. Dong, J. Qiu, S. Lai*, X. Sun, J. Ruan, J. Lin, J. Zhao. (2025). Human-in-the-loop Reinforcement Learning Method for Volt/Var Control in Active Distribution Network with Safe Operation Mechanism. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.
  21. Y. Tao, J. Qiu, S. Lai*, H. Liu, X. Sun, J. Zhao, Z. Y. Dong. (2025). Human-machine Bidding Strategy for Distributed Energy Resources Based on Multi-agent Inverse Reinforcement Learning. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.

 

Professional association 

The Inaugural Young Advisory Board Member of Energy Conversion and Economics

The associated editor of the journal “Frontiers in Energy Research”