Special Session 1

Topics (Including but not limited to)

• Power quality monitoring and mitigation in high renewable penetration grids | 高比例可再生能源电网中的电能质量监测与治理
• AI-based fault diagnosis and predictive control in power electronic systems | 基于人工智能的电力电子系统故障诊断与预测控制
• Power quality analysis and control strategies in converter-dominated grids | 变流器主导型电网的电能质量分析与控制方法
• Multi-Energy Coordinated Optimal Control Technology for Integrated Energy Systems | 面向综合能源系统的多能源协同优化控制技术
• Spatiotemporal Forecasting and Management of Distributed and Flexible Energy Resources | 分布式与柔性能源资源的时空预测与管理技术
• Technologies for planning, operation, and assessment of low-carbon energy systems | 低碳能源系统规划、运行与评估技术

Chair: Dr. Xianfu Lin, Guangxi University, China

Xianfu Lin received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Central South University in 2020 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Hunan University, Changsha, in 2024. From 2021 to 2023, he was a visiting scholar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He is currently an Assistant Professor and Master’s Supervisor at the School of Electrical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, China. Dr. Lin has led or participated in several national and industry-sponsored research projects. He has published more than 30 papers in the field of electrical engineering, including three ESI Highly Cited Papers and one of his publications has an impact factor exceeding 15. His research interests include renewable energy systems, power electronics, power quality, nonlinear control design, and stability analysis.

Co-chair: Dr. Zhihao Yang, Yangzhou University, China

Zhihao Yang received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation from Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhangjiagang, China, in 2016, a M.S. degree and a Ph.D. degree in Power Systems and Automation and Electrical Engineering from Hohai University, Nanjing, China, in 2019 and 2023, respectively. He was a Research Student in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at National University of Singapore from 2022 to 2023. He is currently a Lecturer in the College of Electrical, Energy and Power Engineering at Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China. His research interests include distribution network operation and demand response.

Co-chair: Ms. Jie Shang, Hohai University, China

Jie Shang received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Hohai University, Nanjing, China, in 2022. She is currently a combined M.S. and Ph.D. Student with Hohai University, Nanjing, China. Her research interests include optimal operation of active distribution network, coordinated operation of distribution network and microgrids, and application of soft open point in active distribution network.