Chair: Dr. Jian Zhong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dr. Jian Zhong is a Research Fellow with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, as a graduate with honor. From December 2024 to June 2025, he was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. His major research interests include power system resilience, power system security, and cyber-physical system. He serves as a peer reviewer for top journals including IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Applied Energy, Journal of Energy Storage, Energy Conversion and Management, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, and IEEE Internet of Things Journal. He is a Youth Expert of the Think Tank of the China Energy Society and the recipient of the SPIES 2023 Best Paper Award in 2023. He serves as a Young Editorial Board Member of Smart Energy System Research.
Co-chair: Prof. Chen Chen, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Prof. Chen Chen received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA. Presently, he is a Professor with the School of Electrical Engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China. Before that, he had over six-year service at Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA, with the last appointment as Energy Systems Scientist at Energy Systems Division. His research interest includes power system resilience, cyber-physical system modeling and analysis, communications and signal processing for smart grid. He is the recipient of the IEEE PES Chicago Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award in 2017. He serves as an Editorial Board Member of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
Co-chair: Dr. Zongdian Li, Zhejiang University, China
Zongdian Li received the B.Eng. degree in communication engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, in 2018, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2023. He is currently a Researcher with the State Key Laboratory of Blockchain and Data Security, Zhejiang University, China. Before that, he was an Assistant Professor with the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan. His research interests include vehicular networks, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence security. He is a member of the IEEE and IEICE.