Organizer: Assoc. Prof. Fangyuan Si, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Fangyuan Si is the Secretary-General of the IEEE PES China Technical Committee on Integrated Energy Systems. His research focuses on optimization-based planning, operation, and control of low-carbon energy systems. He has published over 40 academic papers and holds more than 20 authorized invention patents. He has led over 10 research projects, including sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (General and Young Scientists Programs), the Beijing Natural Science Foundation, and industry-sponsored research projects. His honors include the IEEE PES China Outstanding Secretary-General Award, the Provincial Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, and the “Zhengyan Scholar” title from Tsinghua University. He serves as an editorial board member of journals such as Applied Energy.
Co-organizer: Assoc. Prof. Fengzhang Luo, Tianjin University, China
Dr. Jie Yu is an Associate Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at the School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, and the Director of the Virtual Power Plant Simulation Laboratory at the Institute of Power Economic & Technological Research. She was a visiting scholar at the FREEDM Systems Center, North Carolina State University. She is a Standing Council Member of the IEEE PES Energy Internet Smart Energy Utilization Subcommittee, and a high-level talent (Deputy Chief Expert) of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Science and Technology. Her research focuses on electricity markets, virtual power plants, demand response, and power information theory. She has led or participated in more than ten NSFC projects, and has contributed to over fifty provincial/ministerial and State Grid R&D projects. She has authored over 80 SCI/EI-indexed papers in leading journals. She also served as the chief editor of “Fundamentals of Electrical Information Technology” and co-authored multiple books such as “Regional Energy Internet” and “Power Demand Side Management.”
Co-organizer: Dr. Hao Xiao, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China , China
Dr. Hao Xiao received the B.S. degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2009, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China, in 2012 and 2015, respectively. He is currently working as a Professor with the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Xiao has published more than 110 peer reviewed journal and conference papers, including the high qualified papers in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Applied Energy, and etc. authorized more than 30 patents. Dr. Xiao has hosted and participated in more than 20 projects, including projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China and National Key R&D Program of China. He is professional on Microgrid energy management, optimal operation and planning of renewable based power systems/integrated energy system, and application of artificial intelligence in energy systems. He is an Associate Editor of CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems and IET Smart Energy Systems, and the Young Editorial Board Member of Engineering.