Prof. Jizhong Zhu

(IEEE Fellow, Academician of European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Foreign Academician of Academy of Sciences of Bologna Institute)

South China University of Technology, China

Jizhong Zhu is a Professor of South China University of Technology, National Distinguished Expert, Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and Foreign Corresponding Academician of Academy of Sciences of Bologna Institute, Italy. He is an IEEE Fellow, IET Fellow, CSEE Fellow, AAIA Fellow, AIIA Fellow, ALSTOM Fellow. Chair of IEEE PES Smart Building, Loads, Customer Systems Technical Committee (China), Chairs of IEEE Standard P2781 Load Modeling and Simulation, IEEE Standard P2783 Quick Response System, and IEEE Standard P3436 EV Charging Load Prediction. He is also an Expert of International Electrotechnical Commission WGs IEC SEG6, IEC TC22 AHG1, IEC TC22 AHG2, respectively. Dr. Zhu has worked at ALSTOM Grid Inc. in Washington State, Howard University in Washington, D.C., the National University of Singapore, Brunel University in England, Chongqing University in China, and China Southern Power Grid. He has hosted and participated in more than 20 international large-scale power engineering projects, as well as led and participated in the compilation and formulation of 6 IEC and IEEE international standards. He has published six books, as well as over three hundred papers in the international journals and conferences. He has authorized more than 20 national patents and won more than 10 international and domestic academic awards.

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.