Behzad Najafi
Associate Professor
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Top SchoolBehzad Najafi is an Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano and Head of Data Science at DataOptima Lab, combining a decade of academic and industry experience in AI-driven energy systems. He specializes in physics-inspired machine learning for thermal behavior and HVAC modeling, enabling real-time optimization for demand flexibility, PV self-consumption, and energy savings. His work also spans smart-meter auditing, HVAC load disaggregation, and predictive particle transport and ventilation solutions for the pharmaceutical sector. Behzad has led collaborative projects with industry, supervised multiple PhD and 40+ MSc theses, and authored over 40 journal papers, demonstrating a strong track record of translating research into deployed data pipelines and cloud ML systems. Notably, he blends deep physical modeling with practical data engineering, often taking projects end-to-end from architecture design to cloud deployment.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Mechanical Engineering at K. N. Toosi University of TechnologyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Energy Science and Technology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Energy Science and Technology at Politecnico di Milano
English, Italian, French, Persian
Github Skills (16)
environmental10
campus10
python9
risk-assessment9
sustainability9
energy-data9
programming-language9
energy-efficiency9
climate-science9
simulation9
climate-change9
energyplus9
pandas8
matplotlib8
numpy7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bnajafi/Technical-Environmental-Systems_General-Information
Sep 2018 - Jan 2020
In this Repository, you can find the general information and required software installation instructions for the course "Technical Environmental Systems" offered in Polimi Piacenza Campus
Contributions:52 commits, 45 pushes in 1 year 3 months
environmentalgeneral-informationcampusinstructionsenergy-efficiency
bnajafi/OpenStudioProjects_Polimi_EETBS
Dec 2017 - Mar 2020
This repository includes the files and presentations of group projects on simulation of Commercial Buildings with OpenStudio (EnergyPlus) in the context of Energy and environmental Technologies for Building Systems (Politecnico di Milano)
Contributions:28 commits, 18 PRs, 26 pushes in 2 years 3 months
energyplussimulation
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