About
Jan Buermann has over eight years of experience in driving research and innovation initiatives and strategies, having completed a PhD in Computer Science/AI and 15 years in software engineering. Jan currently leads the development and delivery of research impact and public engagement initiatives for the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Machine Intelligence for Nano-Electronic Devices and Systems (MINDS). He works closely with PhD students to transform cutting-edge research into tangible outcomes such as demonstrators, prototypes, open-source tools, and policy or industry briefs, bridging the gap between academic research and real-world impact.
In addition, Jan serves as the Researcher Development Concordat Champion for the School of Electronics and Computer Science, promoting best practice in supporting the school's research environment and researchers' career development.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Translating Research into Practical Solutions
- Scalable Prototyping and Demonstrator Development
- Artificial Intelligence for Real-World Applications
- Designing Usable Systems for Real-World Deployment
- Impact and Outreach Strategies for Emerging Technologies
Current research
Jan's interests are in devising AI systems in the areas of smart charging, energy storage and grid interaction that take users’ needs into consideration and provides efficient and trustworthy AI systems.
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Biography
2023 - 2025 - Lead Researcher for the communication and control work package of the Future Electric Vehicle Energy Networks supporting Renewables (FEVER) programme, University of Southampton. Led the delivery of a communication and control system for grid-independent electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure prototypes.
2020 - 2023 - Senior Researcher on the Digitalisation Programme of the Centre for Maritime Futures (CMF), University of Southampton. Led the development of the flagship project, a maritime transport simulator to investigate decarbonisation policies and tramp trade shipping operation.
Jan Buermann earned his PhD from the University of Southampton in 2022, focusing on the design and analysis of efficient algorithms, contributing to areas such as fair resource allocation and multi-agent systems. Before joining Southampton, he completed a BSc and MSc in Computer Science at the University of Paderborn (Germany). Jan is PRINCE2 Foundation certified.
Prizes
- Dean’s Award (2024)