Organizer: Assoc. Prof. Hejun Yang, Hefei University of Technology, China
Dr. Hejun Yang is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hefei University of Technology, China. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, in 2014. He ever visited Yuan Ze University in 2012-2013 and Aalborg University in 2022-2023. He has led some research projects including the national natural science foundation of China, Anhui provincial natural science foundation, funds of the state key laboratory, the fundamental research funds for the central universities of China, etc. He has published more than 70 papers in journals (IEEE, IET, EPSR, JES, etc.) and conferences and authorized (applied) more than 60 patents. He also served as a young member of the editorial board for journals such as Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems, Power System Protection and Control, Electric Power Construction, etc. His main research interests focus on areas of power system planning and reliability, and energy storage planning and operations, new power electric distribution system operation and business models.
Co-organizer: Assoc. Prof. Xiaodong Yang, Hefei University of Technology, China
Xiaodong Yang is an Associate Professor and Ph.D. supervisor, and a recipient of China’s BoXin Program (Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program). His research focuses on the operation, optimization, and control of intelligent power distribution and utilization systems. He has led or participated in multiple projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, including Young Scientists Fund, General Program, and a Key Joint Fund project, and has served as principal or associated principal investigator for several national and provincial research projects as well as commissioned projects from the State Grid Corporation of China. He has published over 120 papers in leading journals such as IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, and Proceedings of the CSEE, including more than 70 SCI/EI papers as first or corresponding author and three ESI Highly Cited Papers. He holds 30 authorized invention patents, is listed among the world’s Top 2% Scientists and China’s Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers, and is a Senior Member of IEEE.
Co-organizer: Dr. Yue Yang, Hefei University of Technology, China
Yue Yang received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Tsinghua University in 2017 and 2022, respectively. He is an Assistant Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Electrical and Automation Engineering, Hefei University of Technology. He serves as a member of the Professional Committee on Active Distribution Networks and Distributed Energy Resources of the China Electrotechnical Society. His research interests primarily focus on the optimization of power systems considering uncertainty, as well as the modeling and scheduling of integrated energy systems. He has been recognized with the 7th Excellent Scientific Paper Award by the China Association for Science and Technology and won the First Prize in the Domestic Solver Technology Track of the 2nd Energy Electronics Industry Innovation Competition.
Co-organizer: Assoc. Prof. Lei Sun, Hefei University of Technology, China
Lei Sun holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University and currently serves as an Associate Professor and doctoral advisor at Hefei University of Technology. His research interests include power system restoration and self-healing, renewable energy integration, and power system optimization. He has leaded more than 10 research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation. He has published over 60 academic journal papers with 28 papers indexed by SCI including IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IET GTD. He received the Second Prize of Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award and contributed to the compilation of the book “System Planning and Restoration Optimization in Resilient Power Systems”. Currently, he serves as Deputy Secretary-General of the IEEE PES China Power System Security Defense and Restoration Control Subcommittee, Academic Advisor for the journal Renewable Energy, and Young Editorial Board Member of two journals, i.e., the Transactions of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering and Power System Protection and Control.