Dr Bruce Stephen
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Personal statement
I am a Senior Lecturer and Strathclyde Chancellors Fellow in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. I joined the University in 1998 and came to work in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in April 1999. Previously, I had studied Aeronautical Engineering at Glasgow University at undergraduate level and then undertook postgraduate study in the department Computer Science at Strathclyde, gaining an MSc there in 1998 followed by a PhD in EEE 2005.
Publications
- Electrical properties and surface roughness of carbon fibre reinforced polymer under progressive surface abrasion
- Osama Muhammad, Jones Catherine E, Stephen Bruce
- Data in Brief Vol 67 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2026.112915
- Distribution network assessment using a causal-guided diffusion model of synthetic residential load profiles
- Cassidy Maria, Stephen Bruce, Brown Blair David, Lu Junyi, McArthur Stephen
- Proceedings of the 36th European Safety and Reliability Conference European Safety and Reliability Conference, pp. 3004-3011 (2026)
- Coherent load profile synthesis with conditional diffusion for LV distribution network scenario generation
- Brash Alistair, Lu Junyi, Stephen Bruce, Brown Blair, Atkinson Robert, Michie Craig, Tachtatzis Christos
- Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks Vol 46 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2026.102264
- Long-term tail dependence analysis of GIC and geomagnetic activity using copula methods
- Liu Ting, Holton Allan, De La Barba Luis, MacLeod Finlay, Stephen Bruce, Stewart Brian
- 18th Universities High Voltage Colloquium (2026)
- Data driven framework for predicting fleetwide SF₆ leakage to support asset management decision making
- Liu Ting, Brown Blair David, Lu Junyi, Holton Allan, Irwin Fiona, De La Barba Luis, WILSON Gordon, Jones Dan, Terret-Hensman Rob, Stewart Brian, Stephen Bruce
- 18th Universities High Voltage Colloquium (2026)
- Automated distribution network modeling using fine-tuned large language models
- Li Minzhen, Stephen Bruce, Buckman Alex, Luo Fengji, Hua Weiqi
- 2026 IEEE PES International Meeting (PES IM) IEEE Power and Energy Society International Meeting (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/PESIM67009.2026.11438343
Research Interests
My main research focuses on developing and applying data driven methods to industry problems, often where there is limited data or a lack of domain knowledge. These applications have been right across power systems from generation (nuclear, solar and wind), through networks (both transmission and distribution) out to end use and supply. The resulting software solutions have been used to automate and predict condition assessment, detect anomalous conditions and simulate future behaviours to support asset management and future planning business objectives. Translating this to other fields, I was co-founder of the spin out company Silent Herdsman Ltd, who developed an intelligent precision livestock management platform for the dairy industry.
I am currently principal investigator on the EPSRC funded Analytical Middleware for Informed Distribution Networks (AMIDiNe) project working to develop data driven power systems models that provide a more accurate view of uncertainties surrounding loads on unmonitored distribution networks in order to better inform where barriers to Net Zero may exist. Previously, I was an investigator on the EU FP7 Orchestrating Renewable Integrated Generation in Neighbourhoods (ORIGIN) project and co-investigator on the EPSRC BuildTEDDI Aging Population Attitudes to Sensor Controlled Home Energy (APAtSCHE), Aggregators as diGital Intermediaries in Local Electricity markets (AGILE) and Transactive Energy Supply Arrangements projects.
Professional Activities
- QFF Quarterly Forecasting Forum, June 2018
- Organiser
- 8/6/2018
- Invited Talk - New Thames Valley Vision Workshop
- Invited speaker
- 18/9/2014
- Invited Talk - SGEM Load Modelling Workshop
- Speaker
- 8/5/2014
- External Referee - Research Foundation Flanders (FWO)
- External Examiner
- 2/2014
- Hisatoshi Ikeda
- Host
- 31/1/2014
- Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/2014
Projects
- Early Warning of Oscillations in decarbonised Power Systems - NESO
- Hong, Qiteng (Principal Investigator) Booth, Campbell (Co-investigator) Dysko, Adam (Co-investigator) Egea Alvarez, Agusti (Co-investigator) Stephen, Bruce (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 30-Jan-2027
- High-Dimensional Data Analysis and Multi-Variate Change Point Detection for Utility Asset Assessment
- Brown, Blair David (Principal Investigator) Paton, Steve (Co-investigator) Stephen, Bruce (Co-investigator)
- 16-Jan-2026 - 30-Jan-2026
- Development of the Centre for Advanced Power related Innovation, Science and Continuing Opportunity (CAPISCO)
- Bell, Keith (Principal Investigator) Bukhsh, Waqquas (Co-investigator) Hawker, Graeme (Co-investigator) Hong, Qiteng (Co-investigator) Stephen, Bruce (Co-investigator)
- 09-Jan-2026 - 08-Jan-2026
- SSEN Data to Insights (D2I) - SIF Alpha
- Stephen, Bruce (Principal Investigator) Bhagavathy, Priya (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
- TIC LCPE AM-11 Smart Hammer Advanced Analytics
- Stephen, Bruce (Principal Investigator) Riccardi, Annalisa (Co-investigator) Liu, Ting (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 28-Jan-2025
- Renewable Energy Systems (RES) - Innovation Centre Project #1 (Aux battery load consumption)
- Stephen, Bruce (Principal Investigator) Campos-Gaona, David (Co-investigator) Hart, Edward John (Co-investigator)
- 15-Jan-2024 - 14-Jan-2024
Contact
Dr
Bruce
Stephen
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Email: bruce.stephen@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 7260