Chair: Assoc. Prof. Yang Zhou, Changsha University of Science & Technology, China
Yang Zhou is an Associate Professor with the National Key Laboratory of Power Grid Disaster Prevention and Reduction, Changsha University of Science & Technology. She received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from TU Dortmund University in Germany in 2021. Afterwards, she worked as a Research Associate at the Institute of Energy Systems, Energy Efficiency and Energy Economics, Germany. She hosts the National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Furong Plan” High-Level Young Talents of Hunan Province, and Scientific Research Foundation of Hunan Provincial Education Department. She has published more than 50 academic papers, published 1 academic monograph, and authorized/applied for 11 patents. Her research interests include stability operation and control of hybrid AC and DC power systems, application of artificial intelligence technology in power systems, power-electronic-based power system stability.
Co-chair: Dr. Sunhua Huang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Sunhua Huang received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2022. From 2018 to 2019, he worked as a Research Engineer with Huawei Technologies Company Ltd., Shenzhen, China. From 2022 to 2023, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China. From 2023 to 2025, he worked as a Research fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Currently, he is working as a Research fellow at the City University of Hong Kong. His research interests are power system stability control, renewable energy, grid-forming control and AC/DC microgrids. In the past 5 years, he has published more than 60 academic papers.
Co-chair: Assoc. Prof. Fanrong Wei, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Fanrong Wei received the B.S., and Ph. D degrees in electrical engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2013 and 2018, respectively. From 2018 to 2020, he worked as a Research Associate at University of Rhode Island, US. From 2020 to 2023, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, where he is now working as an Associate Professor. His researches mainly focus on cyber-physical security, microgrid scheduling and protective relay.