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<font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Dear colleagues,</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Currently, I am serving as a Guest Editorial for MDPI Energies (A8:Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy) journal and in case
if you are interested, I would be very glad to</span></font><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> invite you to submit
</span></font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">(together with your colleagues and PhD students)</span></font><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">
a paper for the Special Issue </span></font></font><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">"</span></font></font><a href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/smarter_energy_management" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span lang="de-DE"><u><b><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">HybridData-Driven
and Physical Modelling for Energy Related Problems:Towards Smarter Energy M</span></b></u></span></font></font><b><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="3"><span lang="de-DE"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">anagement</span></span></font></font></font></b></a><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="3"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">"</span></font></font></font><b><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background:#ffffff"></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="3"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">(Impact
Factor:</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background:#ffffff"></span></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:11pt" size="3"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">3.004
(2020); 5-Year Impact Factor: 3.085 (2020)).</span></font></font></font></b><font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background:#ffffff"></span></font></font></p>
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fully open access. Manuscripts are peer reviewed, and a first decision is given to authors approximately 15.9 days after submission. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of 2000 CHF currently applies to all accepted papers.
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<font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;">Special Issue Information:</b></span></font></font></p>
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<font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Energy-related issues are becoming more and more relevant today, including the topic of disruptive technologies,
where renewable energy is referred to as one of the 12 most significant disruptive technologies. The topic is no longer limited to energy production/generation and storage and supply as a source of energy; it is becoming broader, including the close links
with the electrification of transport, including electric vehicles (smart and green transportation), industrial automation, energy storage systems, data storage and data management systems. With both being very common, and at the same time disruptive and new,
energy-related issues relate to both the adaptation of well-known foundations for recent trends and the optimisation of the methods and techniques already used, as well as introducing completely new methods and developing new applications, thereby promoting
open innovation and smarter living.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font color="#222222"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">This Special Issue, “</span></font><font color="#222222"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><b style="line-height: normal;">Hybrid
Data-Driven and Physical Modelling for Energy-Related Problems: Towards Smarter Energy Management</b></span></font><font color="#222222"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">”, is looking for the
most advanced and latest research and will particularly focus on advances in the field covering both data-related topics and next-generation power electronic techniques and their applications. Authors are invited to submit their original work and survey papers
for publication in this Special Issue of </span></font><font color="#222222"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><i style="line-height: normal;">Energies</i></span></font><font color="#222222"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">.
Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to:</span></font></font></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">energy
management systems</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">data-driven
approaches to energy-related issues</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">advances
in energy analytic, including open data on energy, its benefits, re-uses and impact</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Big
Data management in the context of energy data</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">machine
learning (ML) techniques</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">physical
modelling for energy-related problems</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<p style="margin-bottom:0.35cm;line-height:100%;background:#ffffff" align="justify">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">disruptive
technology of renewable energy</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">blockchain
for Internet of energy management</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">the
role of the “energy” within the context of Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Goals</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<p style="margin-bottom:0.35cm;line-height:100%;background:#ffffff" align="justify">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">energy
data management in the context of the internet of things (IoT)</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<p style="margin-bottom:0.35cm;line-height:100%;background:#ffffff" align="justify">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">energy
data management via distributed systems</span></font></font></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">smart
grid and microgrid</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<p style="margin-bottom:0.35cm;line-height:100%;background:#ffffff" align="justify">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">sustainable
electrical energy systems</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font color="#222222"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">hybrid
and electric vehicle.</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">The keywords for feature papers could be but not limited:</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.46cm;background:transparent;margin-top:0.49cm" align="justify">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">energy</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.46cm;background:transparent" align="justify">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Big
Data</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.46cm;background:transparent" align="justify">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">data
management</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.46cm;background:transparent" align="justify">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">disruptive
technology</span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.46cm;background:transparent" align="justify">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">modeling</span></font></font></p>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></li><li style="font-family:Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:0.46cm;background:transparent" align="justify">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"></span><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">electric
vehicles</span></font></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">If you wish to check the fit of your manuscript for this Issue prior to submission, you are welcome to send a tentative title and
abstract to the editorial office Ms. Carly Liu (E-Mail: </span><a href="mailto:carly.liu@mdpi.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">carly.liu@mdpi.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">)
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Best regards,</span></font></p>
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<font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Anastasija</span></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Best regards,</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Anastasija Nikiforova</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Assistant professor</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Researcher, PhD</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Expert of the Latvian Council of Sciences - commission of (1) Natural
Sciences – Computer Science and Informatics, (2) Engineering and Technology-Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Associate member of the Latvian Open Technologies Association</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">University of Latvia, Faculty of Computing</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Webpage:
</span><a href="https://anastasijanikiforova.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">https://anastasijanikiforova.com/</span></a></font></font></font></p>
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