Martin Klaučo | Energy & IT Consulting

Consulting Services

Bridging academic research and industrial application in energy systems and software development

Energy Systems

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
PV Production Forecasting
Energy Trading & Imbalance Markets
Grid Ancillary Services

Predictive Control

Model Predictive Control (MPC)
Process Optimization
Wind Turbine Control Systems
Automotive Applications

Software Solutions

Web-Based Business Systems
Large-Scale Database Architecture
Custom Data Analysis (Matlab, Python)
Laravel & Full-Stack Development

Why Work With Me

10+

Years Consulting

90M+

Database Records Managed

3

Books Published

PhD

Academic Credentials

Client Engagements

Selected projects delivering measurable results across energy and technology sectors

PE

Porsche Engineering

2020 – 2022

Model predictive control consulting for automotive stability systems.

Deliverables

Vehicle stability control algorithms
Real-time MPC implementation

EA

EnergoAqua, a.s.

2023 – 2024

Economic optimization of second-life battery storage system integrations.

Deliverables

Battery lifecycle economic models
Storage integration strategy

TG

TESLA Group a.s.

2024 – 2025

BESS software development for energy trading and grid services.

Deliverables

PV prediction system
Energy market trading algorithms
MPC-based grid optimization

Long-Term Partnerships

KS

Kersia Slovakia & Czech

Business information systems, data collection and reporting platforms

STU

Slovak University of Technology

Organization of 5+ international scientific conferences, budget management and logistics coordination

EI

Environmental Institute

NORMAN database architecture with 90M+ records

Leadership & Experience

A track record spanning academia, industry leadership, and software consulting

Associate Professor

Feb 2025 – Present

Department of Control Engineering · Czech Technical University in Prague

Software Consultant

Jan 2015 – Present

MK Assets, s.r.o. · Bratislava, Slovakia

mkassets.sk

Web-based business information systems for SMEs (data collection, reporting, office management)
Clients: Kersia Slovakia & Czech, Slovak University of Technology, Environmental Institute
Custom data analysis solutions (Excel, SQL, Matlab, Laravel)

Signature Achievement

Architect of NORMAN database with 90M+ records

Energy Systems Engagement

Aug 2024 – Jan 2025

TESLA Group a.s. · Bratislava, Slovakia

Led software team developing algorithms for battery energy storage systems (BESS)
Deployed production systems for PV predictions, energy trading, and ancillary services
Implemented MPC-based energy management systems for grid optimization

Deputy Head of Institute

Mar 2023 – Dec 2024

Institute of Information Engineering, Automation and Mathematics · Slovak University of Technology

www.uiam.sk

Head of Department

Sep 2020 – Dec 2024

Department of Information Engineering and Process Control · Slovak University of Technology

www.uiam.sk

Middle-management position with personnel management of 27 people
Budgeting, project allocation, planning and resource management

Signature Achievements

Department Ranked #1 in Slovakia for Information & Communication Sciences

Full Reconstruction of 4 Laboratories – Chemical-Technology, Computer, Mechatronic & Electrotechnic (budget, space, hardware, electrical infrastructure)

Candidacy for Dean of Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology in 2023 (placed 2nd)

Academic Career

Sep 2013 – present

Associate Professor (Dec 2022 – present)
Senior Researcher (Sep 2019 – Dec 2022)
Postdoctoral Researcher (Sep 2017 – Aug 2019)
PhD Candidate – Summa cum laude (Sep 2013 – Aug 2017)
Teaching: Optimization, Model Predictive Control, Theory of Automation Control
Research: Machine Learning-Assisted Decision Making, Optimal Control

Signature Achievements

Nomination for ESET Science Award 2023 – Slovakia's most prestigious scientific honor Science & Technology Personality Under 35 Award

Research Output

Publications, patents, and international research collaborations

3

Books

15+

Journal Papers

40+

Conference Papers

2

Patents

Selected Publications

View full publication list on Google Scholar

Books

MPC-Based Reference Governors

M. Klaučo, M. Kvasnica · Springer, 2019

Introduction to Process Control

M. Klaučo · Slovenská chemická knižnica, 2022

Recent Journal Articles

Unified Carbon Emissions and Market Prices Forecasts of the Power Grid

Applied Energy, 2025

Vehicle and Wheels Stability Using Driving Envelope Protection Algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2024

Differentiable Predictive Control: Deep Learning Alternative to Explicit MPC

Journal of Process Control, 2022

Real-Time Tunable Approximated Explicit MPC

Automatica, 2022

Research Stays

🇺🇸

University of California, Berkeley

2015 – 2016

🇩🇪

RUHR University Bochum

Short stay · 2019

🇩🇰

Technical University of Denmark, DTU Elektro

2010 – 2012

Conferences Organized

Contributing to the international process control community through conference organization

2025 NOC Vice-Chair

DYCOPS 2025

14th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems

June 16-19, 2025 · Bratislava, Slovakia

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2025 Organizer

PC25

25th International Conference on Process Control

June 3-6, 2025 · Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia

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2023 Organizer

PC23

24th International Conference on Process Control

June 6-9, 2023 · Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia

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2021 Organizer

PC21

23rd International Conference on Process Control

June 1-4, 2021 · Virtual (COVID-19)

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2021 Organizer

NMPC 2021

7th IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control

July 11-14, 2021 · Bratislava, Slovakia (Virtual)

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Academic Descendants

PhD students supervised and mentored

MF

Matúš Furka, PhD.

Graduated 2024

KK

Karol Kiš, PhD.

Graduated 2024

PV

Patrik Valábek

Expected 2027

BD

Branislav Daráš

Expected 2028

10

Master's Theses Supervised

11

Bachelor's Theses Supervised