Prof. Wei Yao
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Wei Yao is a Professor and doctoral supervisor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, as well as a senior member of both the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE) and the China Electrotechnical Society (CES). He currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Engineering Research Center for Electric Power Security and High-Efficiency Utilization of the Ministry of Education, and is a member of the Artificial Intelligence Committee of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering. His primary research interests include stability analysis and control of AC/DC power systems with high renewable energy penetration, and the development and application of next-generation artificial intelligence technologies for power systems.
Prof. Zhenzhi Lin
Zhejiang University, China
Zhenzhi Lin is a Professor and doctoral supervisor, serving as the Party Secretary and Deputy Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering (Electrical Machinery and Automation), as well as the Deputy Director of the Institute of Power and Energy Interconnection and Intelligence at Zhejiang University. He is recognized as a “Qiushi Young Scholar” of Zhejiang University, a Xue Yusheng Distinguished Chair Professor at Shandong University, and a selected talent of Zhejiang Province’s “New Century 151 Talent Project” and Zhejiang University’s “Young Academic Star Program.” He has conducted academic visits at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, the University of Tennessee (USA), and Durham University (UK). His research focuses on power big data mining and artificial intelligence applications, large-scale blackout prevention and system restoration, renewable energy integration and electricity markets, and the planning and operation of power and integrated energy systems. In recent years, he has published over 200 academic papers (including accepted submissions) in journals and conferences such as IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and Automation of Electric Power Systems, with more than 100 indexed by SCI and over 100 by EI. He holds more than 50 national invention patent applications.
Assoc. Prof. Kuan Zhang
North China Electric Power University, China
Kuan Zhang is an associate professor and master's supervisor, and a permanent researcher at the State Key Laboratory of New Energy Power Systems. His main research areas include the optimal operation of hydrogen-electricity integrated energy systems, aggregation control and energy management of virtual power plants. In recent years, he has led one project funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Fund), one subproject under the National Key R&D Program for Smart Grids, one postdoctoral project, and one subproject of the Joint Fund for Enterprise Innovation and Development of the National Natural Science Foundation. He has participated in over ten scientific research projects commissioned by the State Grid Corporation of China and China Southern Power Grid. As first or corresponding author, he has published 12 papers in SCI journals ranked in Q1 or Q2, including 2 highly cited papers according to ESI. He holds 10 authorized national invention patents and is responsible for teaching one undergraduate and one graduate theoretical course.