Jane is a doctoral researcher at Professor Wolfgang Ketter’s Chair for Information Systems for Sustainable Society at the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne.

Her current research focuses on AI-driven energy management and sustainable energy systems, particularly residential PV-ESS, EV charging, and household energy consumption. She combines machine learning, reinforcement learning, and mathematical optimization to develop adaptive and robust energy management strategies.

Before joining the University of Cologne, Jiaying worked as an AI Algorithm Engineer at Midea R&D, developing energy management solutions for residential energy systems in the European market.

Jiaying holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics (Big Data) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from Guangxi University.