Biography

Professor Qinghua Wu is a Life Fellow of IEEE. He was the first scholar from mainland China to be appointed to a professorship at a leading British university following China's reform and opening-up. He has long conducted research on power grids and intelligent engineering. He previously served as Honorary Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Liverpool and Director of the National Instruments e-Automation Laboratory. His work on smart grids has received the Advanced Technology Award from National Semiconductor, the Outstanding Researcher Award from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and best paper awards from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Measurement and Control in the UK.

Over several decades, Professor Wu has conducted research on power systems, automation, and information technologies. He has made pioneering contributions to artificial intelligence, computational intelligence, machine learning, multi-agent systems, mathematical morphology, nonlinear control theory, systems-on-chip, power electronics, the simulation and optimization of complex systems, and their applications in power and energy systems. His early scientific contributions have provided foundations for subsequent research in these fields.

Biography

Professor Zhaoyang Dong is Head and Chair Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong, a Fellow of IEEE, and a distinguished expert selected under China's national Thousand Talents Program. His research focuses on smart grid operation, stability, planning, and electricity markets. He is an internationally recognized expert with substantial academic influence in these areas.

His previous appointments include Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Co-Director of the SP Group–NTU Joint Laboratory; SHARP Professor and Founding Director of the Digital Grid Futures Institute at the University of New South Wales, Australia; Director and Chief Investigator of the Australian Research Council Research Hub for Integrated Energy Storage Solutions; Head of the School of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Sydney; and Ausgrid Chair Professor and Director of the Ausgrid Centre for Intelligent Electricity Networks.

Biography

Professor Zhifang Yang is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Chongqing University. His research focuses on power system optimization and electricity markets. He has been selected as an Outstanding Young Talent under the Chongqing Talents Program and has received four provincial, ministerial, or professional society awards for scientific and technological progress.

He has led numerous national, provincial, and industry-funded research projects and published more than 60 journal papers as first or corresponding author. These include an IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Best Paper of the Year, one ESI Highly Cited Paper, and two CNKI Highly Cited Papers. He serves as a member of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Chongqing Electricity Market Management Committee, a council member of the Chongqing Association of Young Leading Talents in Science and Technology, and an editorial board member of seven journals.