Research Associate at the University of Bayreuth (BayBatt), working on battery storage scheduling in electricity markets under price uncertainty and degradation.https://syedzainabbas.github.io/https://syedzainabbas.github.io/news/#2026-09-baybatt/https://syedzainabbas.github.io/news/#2026-09-baybatt/Joined BayBatt, University of Bayreuth, as a Research Associate working on ancillary services from batteries.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://syedzainabbas.github.io/news/#2026-03-micromasters/https://syedzainabbas.github.io/news/#2026-03-micromasters/Completed the MicroMasters in Data Science, UC San Diego (edX).Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://syedzainabbas.github.io/news/#2025-12-neurips/https://syedzainabbas.github.io/news/#2025-12-neurips/Presented my MSc thesis research at the NeurIPS 2025 workshop Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning, San Diego.Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://syedzainabbas.github.io/news/#2025-09-arxiv/https://syedzainabbas.github.io/news/#2025-09-arxiv/Preprint on arXiv: variational graph autoencoders for distribution grid data generation.Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://syedzainabbas.github.io/news/#2025-08-ml-fundamentals/https://syedzainabbas.github.io/news/#2025-08-ml-fundamentals/Achieved 97% in UC San Diego's Machine Learning Fundamentals course (edX).Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT