Dr Terrence Mak is a Lecturer in the Department of Data Science & AI, Faculty of IT at Monash University. His primary research focus is to seek novel methodologies combining both machine learning and optimization to solve grand climate change challenges in the energy sector to prepare for the future era. He is particularly interested in tackling problems on energy sustainability, net-zero emissions,
climate-change resiliency, and disaster management. He works for the ARPA-E Grid Optimization Challenge and is also a member of the Monash Energy Institute and the Monash Data Futures Institute.