Professor David Flynn

Professor in Cyber Physical Systems (Autonomous Systems & Connectivity)

Biography

David joined the University of Glasgow in 2022 as a Professor of Cyber Physical Systems. David is the Head of Research Division for Autonomous Systems and Connectivity. He is a co-founder of the Glasgow Centre for Sustainable Energy, and supports the leadership of 3 National EPSRC Research Hubs as well as the EPSRC Centre of Doctoral Training in Robotics and AI for Net Zero Infrastructure (RAINZ).

Professor Flynn has published over 250 papers, holds several patents, established industrial innovation centres and created new companies. Professor Flynn is the recipient of several national and international awards for his research, including the Interface Knowledge Exchange Champion of the Year for 2020, Rushlight Innovation Award, and the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Leslie H Paddle prize. Professor Flynn is also the IET Information Technology Innovation of the Year 2019 and Global Innovation of the Year winner 2019.

David is an Honorary Professor at Heriot-Watt University, Eminent Overseas Professor of Nagasaki University and the Chair of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Scotland. His degrees include a BEng (Hons), 1st Class in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2002), an MSc (Distinction) in Microsystems (2003) and a PhD in Microscale Magnetic Components (2007), from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Research interests

Cyber Physical Systems
Data and Digitalisation
Energy Systems
Autonomous Systems
Reliability Analysis
Prognostics and Health Management
Digital Twinning

Publications

List by: Type | Date

Jump to: 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017

Number of items: 72.

2025

Zhen, Tian, Zhao, Dezong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lin, Zhihao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8152-3886, Zhao, Wenjing, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Tian, Daxin and Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X (2025) Balanced exploration and attention-inspired decision making for autonomous driving. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, (Accepted for Publication)

Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Gu, Yue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8134-5822, Blanche, Jamie, Harper, Samuel, Archibald, Blair ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3699-6658, Sevegnani, Michele ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6773-9481 and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2025) A cyber physical architecture for symbiotic multi-robot fleet management. In: Virtual and Augmented Reality Technology-Enhanced Learning. Series: Gaming media and social effects. Springer, pp. 379-421. ISBN 9789819623327 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-96-2332-7_17)

Sawilam, Mahmood, Kizilkaya, Burak ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7429-7527, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 (2025) Impact of virtual power plants on grid stability and renewable energy integration in smart cities Using IoT. Energy Reports, 13, pp. 3312-3323. (doi: 10.1016/j.egyr.2025.02.048)

Sawilam, Mahmood ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1398-4102, Kizilkaya, Burak, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 (2025) A Secure and Scalable Architecture for Virtual Power Plants Inspired by VPN Principles. In: IEEE Global Power, Energy and Communication Conference (IEEE GPECOM 2025), Bochum, Germany, 11-13 Jun 2025, ISBN 9798331513238 (Accepted for Publication)

Khan, Ahsan Raza, Al-Quraan, Mohammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-0205, Mohjazi, Lina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4866-1997, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Zoha, Ahmed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7497-9336 (2025) Similarity-driven truncated aggregation framework for privacy-preserving short term load forecasting. Internet of Things, 31, 101530. (doi: 10.1016/j.iot.2025.101530)

Lin, Zhihao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8152-3886, Lan, Jianglin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9057-5649, Anagnostopoulos, Christos ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-6757, Tian, Zhen and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2025) Multi-Agent Monte Carlo Tree Search for Safe Decision Making at Unsignalized Intersections. In: IEEE ICDCS 2025 45th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, Glasgow, Scotland, 20-23 Jul 2025, (Accepted for Publication)

Ding, Shenjia, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Harvey, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1243-938X (2025) Automatic Generation of Digital Twins for Network Testing. In: IEEE ICDCS 2025 45th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, Glasgow, UK, 20-23 July 2025, (Accepted for Publication)

You, Haiyang, Lou, Chengwei, Yang, Jin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1026-8495 and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2025) Deep Learning based Real-Time Approach for Optimal Power Flow in Unbalanced Distribution Systems with High-Level EV Penetration. In: 2025 IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CAI 2025), Santa Clara, California, USA, 5-7 May 2025, (Accepted for Publication)

Collington, Kelsey, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Pezaros, Dimitrios ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0939-378X, Gale, Martin and Deacon, Andrew (2025) Securing Critical National Infrastructure. ITNOW, 67(1), pp. 6-8. (doi: 10.1093/itnow/bwaf002)

Qi, Yue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3252-0030, You, Haiyang, Yu, James, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Yang, Jin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1026-8495 (2025) A New Model of Energy Hubs and Multiobjective Optimisation for Future Netzero Distribution Networks. In: 22nd IET International Conference on AC and DC Power Transmission (ACDC Global 2025), Birmingham, UK, 17 - 19 March 2025, (Accepted for Publication)

An, Yujin, Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Lathrop, John, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Chung, Soon-Jo (2025) Motor Imagery Teleoperation of a Mobile Robot Using a Low-Cost Brain-Computer Interface for Multi-Day Validation. In: 2024 IEEE Conference on Telepresence, Pasadena, CA, USA, 16-17 Nov 2024, pp. 103-110. ISBN 9798331528249 (doi: 10.1109/Telepresence63209.2024.10841769)

Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Harper, Samuel, Nandakumar, Shivoh, Blanche, Jamie, Lim, Theodore, Imran, Muhammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2025) Resilient Autonomy: A Digital Architecture for Symbiotic Multi-Robot Fleet Management. In: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC2025), Milan, Italy, 24-27 Mar 2025, (Accepted for Publication)

Tang, Wenshuo, Yan, Shilong, Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Couraud, Benoit, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2025) Digitalising Social Housing via Cyber-Physical Systems and AI for Comfort, Health, and Transition to Net-Zero: A Holistic Overview. In: IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC2025), Milan, Italy, 24-27 Mar 2025, (Accepted for Publication)

Biakhmetov, Bauyrzhan, Li, Yue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6531-1184, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457, Dostiyarov, Abay, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and You, Siming ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2025) Transportation and process modelling-assisted techno-economic assessment of resource recovery from non-recycled municipal plastic waste. Energy Conversion and Management, 324, 119273. (doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2024.119273)

2024

Manzoor, Habib Ullah, Hussain, Sajjad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1802-9728, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Zoha, Ahmed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7497-9336 (2024) Centralised vs. decentralised federated load forecasting in smart buildings: who holds the key to adversarial attack robustness? Energy and Buildings, 324, 114871. (doi: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2024.114871)

Alipour Bonab, Shahin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8316-4336, Waite, Thomas, Song, Wenjuan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8003-7038, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Yazdani-Asrami, Mohammad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7691-3485 (2024) Machine learning-powered performance monitoring of proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers for enhancing green hydrogen production as a sustainable fuel for aviation industry. Energy Reports, 12, pp. 2270-2282. (doi: 10.1016/j.egyr.2024.08.028)

Nawaz, Muhammad Waqas, Zhang, Wanquan, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Zhang, Lei ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-3849, Swash, Rafiq, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Popoola, Olaoluwa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4566-3567 (2024) 6G edge-networks and multi-UAV knowledge fusion for urban autonomous vehicles. Physical Communication, 67, 102479. (doi: 10.1016/j.phycom.2024.102479)

Manzoor, Habib Ullah, Shabbir, Attia, Chen, Ao, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Zoha, Ahmed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7497-9336 (2024) A survey of security strategies in federated learning: defending models, data, and privacy. Future Internet, 16(10), 374. (doi: 10.3390/fi16100374)

Biakhmetov, Bauyrzhan, Li, Yue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6531-1184, Zhao, Qunshan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5549-9457, Ok, Yong Sik, Dostiyarov, Abay, Park, Young-Kwon, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and You, Siming ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2024) Comparing carbon-saving potential of the pyrolysis of non-recycled municipal plastic waste: Influences of system scales and end products. Journal of Cleaner Production, 469, 143140. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143140)

Baniqued, P. D. E. et al. (2024) Multimodal immersive digital twin platform for cyber–physical robot fleets in nuclear environments. Journal of Field Robotics, 41(5), pp. 1521-1540. (doi: 10.1002/rob.22329)

Tian, Zhen, Zhao, Dezong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lin, Zhihao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8152-3886, Zhao, Wenjing, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Jiang, Yuande, Tian, Daxin, Zhang, Yuanjian and Sun, Yao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4391-377X (2024) Efficient and balanced exploration-driven decision making for autonomous racing using local information. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, (doi: 10.1109/TIV.2024.3432713) (Early Online Publication)

Yan, Shilong, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2024) Architecting Internet-of-Things-Enabled Digital Twins: An Evaluation Framework. In: 2024 IEEE 10th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), Ottawa, Canada, 10-13 November 2024, (Accepted for Publication)

Zhen, Tian, Zhao, Dezong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9848-372X, Lin, Zhihao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8152-3886, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Zhao, Wenjing and Tian, Daxin (2024) Balanced Reward-inspired Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Vehicle Racing. In: 6th Annual Learning for Dynamics & Control Conference (L4DC 2024), Oxford, 15-17 July 2024, pp. 628-640.

Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Shah, Syed Tariq ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4722-1786, Abdrabou, Mohammed, Usman, Muhammad, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2024) How secure are our roads? An in-depth review of authentication in vehicular communications. Vehicular Communications, 47, 100784. (doi: 10.1016/j.vehcom.2024.100784)

Ali, Salman, Bogarra, Santiago, Riaz, Muhammad Naveed, Phyo, Pyae Pyae, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2024) From time-series to hybrid models: advancements in short-term load forecasting embracing smart grid paradigm. Applied Sciences, 14(11), 4442. (doi: 10.3390/app14114442)

Blanche, Jamie, Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Shang, Junlong ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9983-079X, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Pavuluri, Sumanth and Desmulliez, Marc (2024) Dynamic analysis of geomaterials using microwave sensing. Scientific Reports, 14, 7112. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-57653-3) (PMID:38532052) (PMCID:PMC10965938)

Huang, Hao, Poor, H. Vincent, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Al-Muhaini, Mohammad (2024) Understanding a Power Grid’s Cyber-Physical Interdependence Through Higher-order Motifs. In: 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), Washington, DC, USA, 19-22 Feb 2024, ISBN 9798350313604 (doi: 10.1109/isgt59692.2024.10454228)

Chirayil Nandakumar, Shivoh, Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Erden, Mustafa Suphi, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Lim, Theodore (2024) Anomaly detection methods in autonomous robotic missions. Sensors, 24(4), 1330. (doi: 10.3390/s24041330) (PMID:38400491) (PMCID:PMC10892279)

Frusque, Gaëtan, Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Blanche, Jamie, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Fink, Olga (2024) Non-contact sensing for anomaly detection in wind turbine blades: a focus-SVDD with complex-valued auto-encoder approach. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 208, 111022. (doi: 10.1016/j.ymssp.2023.111022)

Zhang, Ying, Robu, Valentin, Cremers, Sho, Norbu, Sonam, Couraud, Benoit, Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Poor, H. Vincent (2024) Modelling the formation of peer-to-peer trading coalitions and prosumer participation incentives in transactive energy communities. Applied Energy, 355, 122173. (doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122173)

Couraud, Benoit, Barre, Pierre-Jean, Pennucci, Roberta, Rozier, Yann, Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Norbu, Sonam, Franquet, Erwin and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2024) Collecting French Smart Meter Data for Residential Flexibility. In: IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT Europe 2023), Grenoble, France, 23-26 October 2023, ISBN 9798350396782 (doi: 10.1109/ISGTEUROPE56780.2023.10408704)

Zhao, Xingyu, Gerasimou, Simos, Calinescu, Radu, Imrie, Calum, Robu, Valentin and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2024) Bayesian learning for the robust verification of autonomous robots. Communications Engineering, 3, 18. (doi: 10.1038/s44172-024-00162-y)

Milne, Gemma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-0516, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Wessels, Bridgette ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2794-2116 (2024) Equity in a sustainable energy transition: the importance of people and place. Briefing Report. Documentation. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.317258).

2023

Mitchell, D. et al. (2023) Lessons learned: symbiotic autonomous robot ecosystem for nuclear environments. IET Cyber-Systems and Robotics, 5(4), e12103. (doi: 10.1049/csy2.12103)

Tang, Wenshuo, Brown, Keith, Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Blanche, Jamie and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2023) Subsea power cable health management using machine learning analysis of low frequency wide band sonar data. Energies, 16(17), 6172. (doi: 10.3390/en16176172)

Couraud, Benoit, Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Robu, Valentin, Norbu, Sonam, Chen, Si and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2023) Responsive FLEXibility: a smart local energy system. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 182, 113343. (doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.113343)

Blanche, J., Mitchell, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, West, A., Harper, S., Groves, K., Lennox, B., Watson, S. and Flynn, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2023) Microwave Sensing for Avoidance of High-Risk Ground Conditions for Mobile Robots. In: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Omni-layer Intelligent systems (COINS), Berlin, Germany, 23-25 July 2023, pp. 1-7. ISBN 9798350346473 (doi: 10.1109/COINS57856.2023.10189266)

Harper, Sam T., Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Nandakumar, Shivoh C., Blanche, Jamie, Lim, Theodore and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2023) Addressing Non-Intervention Challenges via Resilient Robotics Utilizing a Digital Twin. In: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Omni-layer Intelligent systems (COINS), Berlin, Germany, 23-25 July 2023, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9798350346473 (doi: 10.1109/COINS57856.2023.10189310)

Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Blanche, Jamie, Harper, Samuel, Lim, Theodore and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2023) Microwave Foresight Sensing for Safety Compliance in Autonomous Operations. In: 2023 IEEE International Conference on Omni-layer Intelligent systems (COINS), Berlin, Germany, 23-25 July 2023, pp. 1-7. ISBN 9798350346473 (doi: 10.1109/COINS57856.2023.10189296)

Shawky, Mahmoud A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3393-8460, Usman, Muhammad, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136, Abbasi, Qammer H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7097-9969, Ansari, Shuja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-0264 and Taha, Ahmad ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1246-8981 (2023) Blockchain-based secret key extraction for efficient and secure authentication in VANETs. Journal of Information Security and Applications, 74, 103476. (doi: 10.1016/j.jisa.2023.103476)

Manzoor, Habib Ullah, Khan, Ahsan Raza, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Alam, Muhammad Mahtab, Akram, Muhammad, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Zoha, Ahmed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7497-9336 (2023) FedBranched: Leveraging federated learning for anomaly-aware load forecasting in energy networks. Sensors, 23(7), 3570. (doi: 10.3390/s23073570)

de Bekker, Philippe, Cremers, Sho, Norbu, Sonam, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Robu, Valentin (2023) Improving the efficiency of renewable energy assets by optimizing the matching of supply and demand using a smart battery scheduling algorithm. Energies, 16(5), 2425. (doi: 10.3390/en16052425)

Cremers, Sho, Robu, Valentin, Zhang, Peter, Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Norbu, Sonam and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2023) Efficient methods for approximating the Shapley value for asset sharing in energy communities. Applied Energy, 331, 120328. (doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120328)

Tang, Wenshuo, Blanche, Jamie, Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Harper, Samuel and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2023) Characterisation of composite materials for wind turbines using frequency modulated continuous wave sensing. Journal of Composites Science, 7(2), 75. (doi: 10.3390/jcs7020075)

Antony, Jiju, Sony, Michael, McDermott, Olivia, Jayaraman, Raja and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2023) An exploration of organizational readiness factors for Quality 4.0: an intercontinental study and future research directions. International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 40(2), pp. 582-606. (doi: 10.1108/IJQRM-10-2021-0357)

Gharavi, Hani, Yew, Weng Kean and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2023) Smart local energy systems: optimal planning of stand-alone hybrid green power systems for on-line charging of electric vehicles. IEEE Access, 11, pp. 7398-7409. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3237326)

2022

Manzoor, Habib Ullah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0192-7353, Khan, Muhammed Shahzeb, Khan, Ahsan Raza, Ayaz, Fahad, Flynn, Davi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Imran, Muhammad Ali ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136 and Zoha, Ahmed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7497-9336 (2022) FedClamp: an Algorithm for Identification of Anomalous Client in Federated Learning. In: ICECS 2022: 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits & Systems, Glasgow, UK, 24-26 October 2022, ISBN 9781665488235 (doi: 10.1109/ICECS202256217.2022.9970909)

Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Blanche, Jamie, Desmulliez, Marc, Pavuluri, Sumanth and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2022) Ground Based Inspection for Overhead Transmission Line Sag. In: 2022 29th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems (ICECS), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 24-26 October 2022, pp. 1-4. ISBN 9781665488235 (doi: 10.1109/icecs202256217.2022.9971028)

Odo, Anicetus, McKenna, Stephen, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Vorstius, Jan (2022) Identifying Paintwork Deterioration for Image-based Monitoring of Distribution Towers. In: 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Denver, CO, USA, 17-21 Jul 2022, ISBN 9781665408233 (doi: 10.1109/pesgm48719.2022.9916591)

Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Norbu, Sonam, Couraud, Benoit, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Chen, Si and Robu, Valentin (2022) Decentralized Energy White Paper: Adaptive Local Energy Communities. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.278207).

Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Norbu, Sonam, Couraud, Benoit, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Chen, Si and Robu, Valentin (2022) Democratising Energy: Placing citizens and communities at the heart of the energy revolution. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.278206).

Lui, Jade, Sloan, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9450-7384, Paul, Manosh C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6510-456X, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and You, Siming ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-7291 (2022) Life cycle assessment of waste-to-hydrogen systems for fuel cell electric buses in Glasgow, Scotland. Bioresource Technology, 359, 127464. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127464) (PMID:35700893)

Dong, Siyuan, Cao, Jun, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Fan, Zhong (2022) Cybersecurity in smart local energy systems: requirements, challenges, and standards. Energy Informatics, 5, 9. (doi: 10.1186/s42162-022-00195-7)

Haugen, Molly J., Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Greening, Philip, Tichler, James, Blythe, Phil and Boies, Adam M. (2022) Electrification versus hydrogen for UK road freight: conclusions from a systems analysis of transport energy transitions. Energy for Sustainable Development, 68, pp. 203-210. (doi: 10.1016/j.esd.2022.03.011)

Kirli, Desen, Couraud, Benoit, Robu, Valentin, Salgado-Bravo, Marcelo, Norbu, Sonam, Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Antonopoulos, Ioannis, Negrete-Pincetic, Matias, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Kiprakis, Aristides (2022) Smart contracts in energy systems: A systematic review of fundamental approaches and implementations. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 158, 112013. (doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.112013)

Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Blanche, Jamie, Harper, Samuel, Lim, Theodore, Gupta, Ranjeetkumar, Zaki, Osama, Tang, Wenshuo, Robu, Valentin, Watson, Simon and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2022) A review: Challenges and opportunities for artificial intelligence and robotics in the offshore wind sector. Energy and AI, 8, 100146. (doi: 10.1016/j.egyai.2022.100146)

Kirschbaum, Lucas, Robu, Valentin, Swingler, Jonathan and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2022) Prognostics for electromagnetic relays using deep learning. IEEE Access, 10, pp. 4861-4895. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3140645)

Couraud, Benoit, Robu, Valentin, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Norbu, Sonam and Quinard, Honorat (2022) Real-time control of distributed batteries with blockchain-enabled market export commitments. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 13(1), pp. 579-591. (doi: 10.1109/TSTE.2021.3121444)

Gupta, Ranjeetkumar, Mallikarjuna, Deepak, Baines, Lee, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Bucknall, David (2022) Quantification of wear in glass reinforced epoxy resin composites using surface profilometry and assessing effect of surfacing film involvement. Materials Today: Proceedings, 57(Part 2), pp. 930-935. (doi: 10.1016/j.matpr.2022.03.061)

2021

Mitchell, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-4150, Blanche, Jamie, Zaki, Osama, Roe, Joshua, Kong, Leo, Harper, Samuel, Robu, Valentin, Lim, Theodore and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2021) Symbiotic System of Systems design for safe and resilient autonomous robotics in offshore wind farms. IEEE Access, 9, pp. 141421-141452. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3117727)

Norbu, Sonam, Couraud, Benoit, Robu, Valentin, Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179 and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2021) Modeling economic sharing of joint assets in community energy projects under LV network constraints. IEEE Access, 9, pp. 112019-112042. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3103480)

Roman, Darius, Saxena, Saurabh, Robu, Valentin, Pecht, Michael and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2021) Machine learning pipeline for battery state-of-health estimation. Nature Machine Intelligence, 3(5), pp. 447-456. (doi: 10.1038/s42256-021-00312-3)

2020

Couraud, Benoit, Norbu, Sonam, Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Robu, Valentin, Gharavi, Hani and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2020) Optimal Residential Battery Scheduling with Asset Lifespan Consideration. In: 2020 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT-Europe), The Hague, Netherlands, 26-28 October 2020, pp. 630-634. ISBN 9781728171005 (doi: 10.1109/ISGT-Europe47291.2020.9248889)

Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Robu, Valentin, Früh, Wolf-Gerrit and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2020) Strategic Decision-making for Power Network Investments with Distributed Renewable Generation. In: 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2020), Auckland, New Zealand, 9-13 May 2020, pp. 52-60. ISBN 9781450375184

2019

McCallum, Peter, Jenkins, David P., Peacock, Andrew D., Patidar, Sandhya, Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Robu, Valentin (2019) A multi-sectoral approach to modelling community energy demand of the built environment. Energy Policy, 132, pp. 865-875. (doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.06.041)

Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Robu, Valetin, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Abram, Simone, Geach, Dale, Jenkins, David, McCallum, Peter and Peacock, Andrew (2019) Blockchain technology in the energy sector: a systematic review of challenges and opportunities. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 100, pp. 143-174. (doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2018.10.014)

2018

Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Robu, Valentin, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 and Friüh, Wolf-Gerrit (2018) Gibbs Sampling for Game-Theoretic Modeling of Private Network Upgrades with Distributed Generation. In: 2018 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 21-25 Oct 2018, ISBN 9781538645055 (doi: 10.1109/ISGTEurope.2018.8571545)

McCallum, Peter, Patidar, Sandhya, Jenkins, David, Peacock, Andrew, Robu, Valentin, Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179 and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2018) The Use of Demand Modelling for Community Energy Analysis. In: 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Florence, Italy, 27-30 May 2018, ISBN 9781538648810 (doi: 10.1109/ISCAS.2018.8351797)

Tang, Wenshuo, Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Robu, Valentin and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2018) Accurately Forecasting the Health of Energy System Assets. In: 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Florence, Italy, 27-30 May 2018, ISBN 9781538648810 (doi: 10.1109/ISCAS.2018.8351842)

2017

Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Tang, Wenshuo, Robu, Valentin and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2017) Data Analysis of Battery Storage Systems. In: 24th International Conference & Exhibition on Electricity Distribution (CIRED), Glasgow, UK, 12-15 Jun 2017, pp. 96-99. (doi: 10.1049/oap-cired.2017.0657)

Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Robu, Valentin, Früh, Wolf-Gerrit and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2017) Game-theoretic modeling of curtailment rules and network investments with distributed generation. Applied Energy, 201, pp. 174-187. (doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.05.035)

Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Robu, Valentin and Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618 (2017) Blockchains: Crypto-control your own energy supply. Nature, 548(7666), p. 158. (doi: 10.1038/548158b)

This list was generated on Fri Jul 18 20:09:53 2025 BST.

Jump to: Articles | Book Sections | Research Reports or Papers | Conference Proceedings

Number of items: 72.

Articles

Mitchell, D. et al. (2023) Lessons learned: symbiotic autonomous robot ecosystem for nuclear environments. IET Cyber-Systems and Robotics, 5(4), e12103. (doi: 10.1049/csy2.12103)

Book Sections

Research Reports or Papers

Andoni, Merlinda ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6909-8179, Norbu, Sonam, Couraud, Benoit, Flynn, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1024-3618, Chen, Si and Robu, Valentin (2022) Democratising Energy: Placing citizens and communities at the heart of the energy revolution. Project Report. University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.278206).

Conference Proceedings

This list was generated on Fri Jul 18 20:09:53 2025 BST.

Grants

See Professor Flynn's grants on: the UKRI website

Supervision

Jiang, Yansong
Interpretability of Object Recognition in Autonomous Driving
Kanugrahan, Satria Putra
Cyber-Physical Energy Systems: Social-Techno-Economic Analysis of Nuclear Integration into Whole System Analysis
Qi, Yue
Multi-objective Optimisation of Multi-Energy Systems (MES)
Rainey, Anthony
Virtualisation of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) for Cyber Security Use Cases - Understanding the Art of the Possible
Ruan, Jingzhi
Traffic Optimisation with Efficient Planning
Xu, Xiangmin
Robust Machine Learning for Autonomous Systems
Yan, Xidong
Knowledge Based Eco-Driving for Connected and Automated Vehicles

Teaching

Energy Systems
Electrical Engineering
Smart System Integration

Additional information

Professor David Flynn is an independent board member of SP Energy Networks, and Cadent. Providing challenge and expert advice on data, digitalisation and cyber physical infrastructure. Prof. Flynn is also a TUV SuD Associate on autonomous systems and data analysis for critical infrastructure and systems.

a portrait of Professor David Flynn

We use cookies

Necessary cookies

Analytics cookies

Clarity