Welcome - Homepage of Amar Meddahi

I am currently pursuing a PhD at Mines Paris - PSL University in Engineering. I am affiliated with the Centre Observations, Impacts, Energie (O.I.E.) in Sophia Antipolis, and TotalEnergies R&D in Paris-Saclay.
My research focuses on developing data fusion methods that integrate satellite imagery and ground-based sky imagers to create hybrid solar forecasting systems. By leveraging both sources, I aim to provide more accurate and informed forecasts for solar energy users and producers globally (visual overview).
If you're interested in my work, feel free to reach out!

Links

• Email
• CV
• GitHub
• Linkedin
• Google Scholar

Research

2025

• Skill-Driven Data Sampling and Deep Learning Framework for Minute-Scale Solar Forecasting with Sky Images (Published in Solar RRL)
  [article page] | [read access]

2024

• Skill-Driven Model Training for Solar Forecasting with Sky Images (Oral presentation at EU PVSEC 2024, Vienna)
  [conference proceedings] | [slides] | [extended abstract]
• Exploring Relationships between Satellite-Observed Cloud Albedo and ERA5 Variables for Enhanced Data-Driven Short-Term Irradiance Forecasting (Oral presentation at EMS Annual Meeting 2024, Barcelona)
  [abstract] | [slides]

2021

• SIP-GAN: Generative Adversarial Networks for SIP Traffic Generation (Oral presentation at IEEE ISNCC 2021, Dubai)
  [paper] | [code]

Talks & Presentations

2025

• Mines Paris - PSL Solar Winter School 2025 (10 Mar 2025, Sophia-Antipolis)
  [poster]

2024

• IEA PVPS Task 16, 15th Task Meeting (29 Oct 2024, Golden, CO)
  [slides]
• EU PVSEC 2024 (25 Sep 2024, Vienna)
  [slides] | [photo]
• IEA PVPS Task 16, 14th Task Meeting (09 Apr 2024, Roskilde)
  [slides] | [photo]
• Mines Paris - PSL Solar Winter School 2024 (11 Mar 2024, Sophia-Antipolis)
  [poster]

Technical & Non-Technical Training Attended

2025

• Economie de l’énergie @Mines Paris - PSL, Paris (Mar 2025)
  [agenda]
• All-Sky Imager Workshop 2025, Rosenheim (Feb 2025)
  [agenda]

2024

• TwInSolar Summer School, Saint-Pierre (La Réunion) (Nov 2024)
  [agenda] | [photo]
• p2i In Action, Duisburg (Oct 2024)
  [agenda] | [certificate] | [photo]
• AI4Science Conference @PSL, Paris (May 2024)
  [agenda]
• Minute-Scale Forecasting Workshop @DTU, Roskilde (Apr 2024)
  [agenda] | [photo]
• Solar Winter School 2024 @Mines Paris - PSL, Sophia-Antipolis (Mar 2024)
  [agenda] | [photo]

2023

• France Research Day @Google, Paris (Nov 2023)
  [agenda]
• MATHIAS Days 2023 @TotalEnergies, Paris (Oct 2023)
  [agenda]

Additional Projects

• [overview] - [code] Deep learning for monitoring environment and biodiversity through acoustic recognition of landscapes and animal sounds (developed for INRAE)
• [overview] Enhancing Team Collaboration through a Software Project Recommender System (developed for Thales)

Blog

• [phd] Navigating the Ph.D. Odyssey: A Resource Toolkit

Extracurricular Activities

• Since October 2024: Volunteering for homework help and academic support at AEEM 06 (2 hours per week)
• Since 2018: Regular blood donor (~4 times/year) at Établissement Français du Sang (EFS)