I am currently an Associate Professor in Power Economics and Technology Research Institute (PETRI) and the group leader of Smart Grid and Electricity Market (SMART), School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, China. I am also affiliated with Tampere University, Finland, working as an adjunct researcher. My research interests are about demand side management, demand response, electricity market and machine learning applications in power systems. Before joining in Southeast University, I worked as a Postdoctoral Associate with Prof. Saifur Rahman in Advanced Research Institute (ARI), Virginia Tech, Washington D.C., USA, 2018-2019. I also worked as an Intern Engineer in Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute North America (GEIRINA), California, USA, 2017-2018 and Project Researcher in Tampere University of Technology, Finland, 2013-2015. I received my BSc, MSc and PhD from Anhui University, China, 2008-2012, Tampere University of Technology, Finland, 2012-2015 and University of Michigan, USA, 2015-2018, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering.

I received the Best Paper Award for IEEE ISGT-Asia 2019, IEEE iSPEC 2021, IEEE CIEEC 2022 and the Best Reviewer Award for IEEE Transaction on Smart Grids 2020. I was a Lead Editor for IET Renwable Power Generation and Guest Editor for Engineering Reports, Frontiers in Energy Research, Frontiers In Smart Grids, World Electric Vehicle Journal, Electronics and MDPI Journal Joint Topics. I have (co)authored more than 100 publications and PI for 10+ R&D projects, including Portugal NESTER Joint Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, and Science and Technology Project of the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC).

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Recent research topics

• Machine learning-based control and data analytics for various energy systems
• IoT, Blockchain and AI applications in demand side management
• Electricity market, renewable energy adoption and low carbon energy system

News

• [2023-11-01] I am honored to be invited for a talk presentation titled Learning-assisted Transactive Decision-making for Demand Side Resources in The 3rd Macao Conference on Smart City Technologies 2023.
• [2023-10-24] Our paper “Intelligent Home Energy Management Strategy With Internal Pricing Mechanism Based on Multiagent Artificial Intelligence-of-Things”, was published by IEEE Systems Journal.
• [2023-09-20] I am thrilled to be promoted as Associate Professor in School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University. Thanks for all my colleagues and collabrators.
• [2023-08-25] I am honored to be TPC member in International Conference on Power Science and Technology (ICPST 2024) and welcome your submission!
• [2023-07-05] I am honored to serve as Session Chair for 2023 IEEE IAS Industrial and Commercial Power System Asia and welcome your submission!
• [2023-06-15] I am honored to co-editor a special issue “Active Voltage and Frequency Support Control by the EV, New Energy and Energy Storages” in World Electric Vehicle Journal. You are welcome to submit!
• [2023-06-14] I am honored to co-editor a special issue “Fast-Charging Station for Electric Vehicles: Challenges and Issues” in World Electric Vehicle Journal. You are welcome to submit!
• [2023-04-26] I am honored and humble to be awarded as Outstanding Young Professionals by IEEE PES China Chapter Council.
• [2023-04-04] Our paper “A Game-Theoretic Approach to Solve Competition between Multi-Type Electric Vehicle Charging and Parking Facilities”, was published by World Electric Vehicle Journal.
• [2023-04-04] Our paper “A Review on Digital Twin Technology in Smart Grid, Transportation System and Smart City: Challenges and Future”, was published by IEEE Access.
• [2023-01-19] I am honored to guest editor a special issue “Design and Control of Smart Renewable Energy Systems” in Electronics. You are welcome to submit!
• [2023-01-19] I am honored to guest editor a special issue “Advanced Operation, Control, and Planning of Intelligent Energy Systems” in MDPI Journal Joint Topics. You are welcome to submit!
• [2023-01-04] Our paper “Optimal Operation of Multi-agent Electricity-heat-hydrogen Sharing in Integrated Energy System Based on Nash Bargaining”, was published by International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems.
• [2022-12-13] Our paper “Efficiency Improvement of Decentralized Incentive-based Demand Response: Social Welfare Analysis and Market Mechanism Design” was published by Applied Energy.
• [2022-11-25] I am honored to serve as Session Chair for 2022 IEEE 6th Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration and welcome your submission!
• [2022-10-21] I am honored and humble to be awarded as SEU Talented Young Scholar by Southeast University.
• [2022-10-21] I am honored to guest editor a special issue “Optimal Operation and Control of Smart Energy Systems” in Engineering Reports. You are welcome to submit!
• [2022-10-21] Our paper “Intelligent Electric Vehicle Charging Scheduling in Transportation-energy Nexus with Distributional Reinforcement Learning” was accepted by IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica.
• [2022-10-21] Our paper “An optimal bidding and scheduling method for load service entities considering demand response uncertainty” was published by Applied Energy.
• [2022-10-12] Our paper “Bi-level optimal scheduling of virtual energy station based on equal exergy replacement mechanism” was published by Applied Energy.
• [2022-10-05] I am honored to lead editor a special issue “Grid-interactive Green Buildings and Coordinated Energy Management Strategies Towards Net-Zero Future” in IET Renewable Power Generation. You are welcome to submit!
• [2022-09-14] I am honored to lead editor a special issue “Next-generation Smart Grid with AI and Advanced Energy Infrastructure towards Low Carbon Future and Net-zero” in Frontiers In Smart Grids. You are welcome to submit!
• [2022-08-25] Our paper “Collaborative load shifting effect of power-to-gas and gas-fired unit in integrated power and gas system”, was published by IET Renewable Power Generation.
• [2022-06-30] Our paper “Intelligent energy management of low carbon hybrid energy system with solid oxide fuel cell and accurate battery model”, was published by IET Smart Grid.
• [2022-05-28] I am honored to achieve the Best Paper Award in IEEE 5th International Electrical and Energy Conference (CIEEC 2022).
• [2022-05-25] I am honored to be TPC member in International Conference on Power Science and Technology (ICPST 2023) and welcome your submission!
• [2022-05-14] I am honored to co-editor a special issue “Novel Electric Vehicle Technology towards Low Carbon Future: Advanced Powertrain, Energy Management and Grid Interaction” in World Electric Vehicle Journal. You are welcome to submit!
• [2022-05-14] Our paper “Transactive energy in power distribution systems: Paving the path towards cyber-physical-social system”, was published by International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems.
• [2022-05-08] Our paper “Applications of shared economy in smart grids: Shared energy storage and transactive energy”, was published by The Electricity Journal.
• [2022-04-25] I was invited as a panelist to present “AI-based Modeling and Control for Low Carbon Hybrid Energy System” in 2022 the 5th International Conference on Energy, Electrical and Power Engineering.
• [2022-04-18] Our paper “Data-based interpretable modeling for property forecasting and sensitivity analysis of Li-ion battery electrode”, was published by Automotive Innovation.
• [2022-04-18] Our paper “Coupon-Based Demand Response for Consumers Facing Flat-Rate Retail Pricing”, was published by CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems.
• [2022-03-12] My project proposal collaborated with University of Macau about “AIoT-based Trasactive Energy Community” was funded by the Open Research Project Programme of The State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau.
• [2022-02-23] Our paper “An IGDT-based Day-ahead Co-optimization of Energy and Reserve in a VPP Considering Multiple Uncertainties”, was published by IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.
• [2022-02-18] I am honored to achieve the Best Paper Award in 2021 IEEE Sustainable Power and Energy Conference iSPEC.
• [2022-02-18] Our paper “Medium and long-term electricity market trading strategy considering renewable portfolio standard in the transitional period of electricity market reform in Jiangsu, China”, was published by Energy Economics.
• [2022-02-18] Our paper “Data-Based Interpretable Modeling for Property Forecasting and Sensitivity Analysis of Li-ion Battery Electrode”, was published by Automotive Innovation.
• [2022-02-18] Our paper “Optimal control strategy for solid oxide fuel cell‐based hybrid energy system using deep reinforcement learning”, was published by IET Renewable Power Generation.
• [2021-11-30] I am honored to co-editor a special issue “Advances in Distributed Energy Resources Aggregation for the Low Carbon Future” in Frontiers in Energy Research. You are welcome to submit!
• [2021-11-30] Our paper “A generalized additive model-based data-driven solution for lithium-ion battery capacity prediction and local effects analysis”, was published by Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control.
• [2021-11-20] I am on board with “Carbon Monitor” project and group, working with Prof. Zhu Liu associated with Harvard University / Tsinghua University, on some topics relavent to low carbon energy data analytics and low carbon future.
• [2021-11-15] Our paper “Operation Strategy of Central Air Conditioning Virtual Power Plant Based on Risk Measurement Method”, was published by Frontiers in Energy Research.
• [2021-09-24] Honored to host and invite Prof. Pierluigi Siano’s presention titled “Energy Communities in Smart Grids: Scalability and Privacy Issues” in our SEU Interntional Webinar Series of Power Engineering.
• [2021-09-15] Our paper “Battery electrode mass loading prognostics and data-driven analysis for lithium-ion battery-based energy storage system, was published by Frontiers in Energy Research.
• [2021-08-20] My project proposal “Intelligent decision-making in Transactive Energy System based on Deep Reinforcement learning and Internet-of-things” was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). (I am working as PI)
• [2021-06-30] My project proposal “Novel Reinforcement learning and Internet-of-things based Local Transactive Energy System” was funded by Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation. (I am working as PI with Prof. Ciwei Gao as Co-PI)
• [2021-04-25] Our paper “Energy Pricing Mechanism Considering Energy Converter Devices as Components of Pan-Energy Transmission System”, was published by IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
• [2021-04-06] Our paper “Distributed electric energy trading model and strategy analysis based on prospect theory”, was published by International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems.
• [2021-03-20] Our paper “Optimal Demand Response Strategy of Commercial Building-based Virtual Power Plant using Reinforcement Learning” was published by IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution.
• [2021-03-03] Our team will co-organize a CELCEP Programme Workshop with the project partners, University of Cambridge and Baringa Partners (UK Top 3 energy consulting company).
• [2021-02-25] Our paper “Planning strategies of power to gas based on cooperative game and symbiosis cooperation” was published by Applied Energy.
• [2021-01-19] I was awarded 2020 Top 5 Reviewers for the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
• [2021-01-02] Our paper “An incentive-compatible distributed integrated energy market mechanism design with adaptive robust approach” was published by Applied Energy.