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 60 academic papers, published 1 academic monograph, and authorized/applied for 20 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. Jinjie Lin, Fuzhou University, China
Jinjie Lin received the B.S. degree, M.E. degree, and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering in 2018, 2020 and 2024, respectively, from the College of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China. From 2024, he is an Associate Researcher in the College of Electrical Engineering and Automation at Fuzhou University. He has led or participated in numerous research projects, including the Major Special Project on Smart Grid Technology, National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Fujian. He has published more than 40 papers in leading international journals and conferences. His research interest is electric power optimization and control.
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.