Portrait of Richard Bean

Richard Bean

Data Scientist · Energy Market Analyst · Mathematician

I am a data scientist and energy market analyst with more than twenty years' experience across academia, government and industry. My research spans energy forecasting, transport analytics, combinatorics and classical cryptography — and the places where those subjects meet.

I am currently Senior Energy Market Analyst at Energy Exemplar, building PLEXOS models of the WA, NT and NEM electricity markets. I remain an Affiliate at University of Queensland Cyber Research Centre and an Affiliate of the University of Newcastle. I won the IEEE-CIS international energy forecasting competition for the Monash Microgrid.

Curriculum vitae

Research profiles

Selected work

Energy forecastingWinner, IEEE-CIS Predict+Optimize Technical Challenge for the Monash Microgrid.
Classical cryptographyDeciphered the Biafran-war ciphers, the Dee alchemical notebook, the Thouless life-after-death test, and new Playfair records.
Bike-share analyticsWeather, hills and gender in 40+ cities' public bike-share schemes.
CombinatoricsLatin squares, critical sets, trades — PhD and continuing work.

Consulting

I take on a limited number of independent consulting projects — data science, forecasting, optimisation and applied research — through my consultancy Catalyst Calculations (ABN 83 327 588 681). Enquiries are welcome at catcalc.com.au.

Projects and hobbies

Professional & social