Keynote Speakers

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Keynote Speaker I

Prof. M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad, Sharif University of Technology, Iran

(Fellow of the IEEE, Editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid )

M. Fotuhi-Firuzabad (IEEE Fellow, 2014) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology and University of Tehran in 1986 and 1989, respectively and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1993 and 1997, respectively, where he worked as the postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor from 1998-2001 and 2001-2002, respectively. Currently, he is a professor of Electrical Engineering Department at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. He is a member of center of excellence in power system control and management in the same department. He was the president of Sharif University of Technology (2014-2021) and Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering (2005-2014). His current research interests include operation and planning of electric power systems, power system reliability, distributed renewable generation, demand response and smart grid technologies. His technical contributions in the field include more than 700 papers, and supervising more than 130 masters theses and doctoral dissertations. These publications have been well recognized in the scientific community with more than 26,000 citations with an h-index of 85. He is the recipient of several national and international awards including World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Gold Medal for the outstanding inventor award, 2003, PMAPS International Society Merit Award for contributions of probabilistic methods applied to power Systems in 2016, Outstanding Researcher Award in the Iranian Power Industry (Iran-2017), Nationwide Outstanding Research Award (Iran-2012), Sixteen Khwarizmi International Award, and 2014 Allameh Tabatabaei Award. He has received the IEEE Transactions Prize Paper Award for the publication “Optimal PMU Placement Based on Probabilistic Cost/Benefit Analysis, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2013”. He has been the PI of more than 40 industrial projects, and a keynote speaker in a number of national and international conferences. He has also offered a number of short courses in power systems reliability at academic institutions and industries in Iran and abroad. Dr. Fotuhi-Firuzabad has been a visiting professor in several internationally renowned institutions and universities (Finland-Aalto University, Denmark-Aalborg University, Malaysia- Universiti Teknologi MARA, China-North China Electric Power University). He served as the Editor-In-Chief of the IEEE Power Engineering Letters from 2017 to 2022. He also served as the Guest Associate Editor, Special Issue on “Electric Vehicle Charging Impacts on Power Systems”, ”Reliability and Resilience Modelling, Assessment, and Enhancement of Modern Power Systems with Proliferation of Grid-Edge Resources”, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, and Special Issue on ”Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Electrical Power and Energy Systems”, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. Dr. Fotuhi-Firuzabad is a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Associate Fellow of the Iran National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of IEEE for his contributions to the application of probabilistic techniques in power systems reliability assessment. Dr. Fotuhi-Firuzabad is currently Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.

 

Keynote Speaker II

Prof. S. M. Muyeen, Qatar University, Qatar

 (IEEE Fellow, Fellow of Engineers Australia (FIEAust), Charted Professional Engineer (CPEng) of Engineers Australia)

Dr. S. M. Muyeen is presently working as a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. He received his Ph.D. from the Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan, in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. In the past, he was with Curtin University, Australia (Associate Professor, 2016-2021) and The Petroleum Institute, UAE (Associate Professor, 2010-2016). He also worked in Japan as a postdoctoral fellow under Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) from 2008 to 2010. He holds an Adjunct Distinguished Professor position at Shanghai University of Electric Power, China, and other adjunct/visiting positions at many foreign universities, e.g., Curtin University, Australia, Shanghai Maritime University, China, and others.
His research excellence has been recognized by Stanford University, where he has been listed among the top 2% scientists since 2020. His h-index is 72 and total citation is over 19,000 as per google scholar statistics. His research interests are industry-oriented, focusing on renewable energy, smart grid, energy storage system, and power system stability. He has published about 550 research articles in prestigious journals and international conferences, including 330+ Journal articles. He has published 9 books as an author or editor. He has been a keynote speaker and invited speaker at 30+ international conferences, workshops, and universities. Dr. Muyeen has been the recipient of many research awards, including ‘The Petroleum Institute Research/Scholarship Award 2012’ and several best paper awards from IEEE conferences. He has been awarded the IEEE WA Outstanding Engineering Award 2017, jointly with IEEE PES and PELS societies, for his leadership role, research, and service-related activities. Dr. Muyeen has secured over $13 Million AUD national and international research and infrastructure development grants as a leading investigator.
During his scientific career, he has been involved in various professional service activities, both nationally and internationally. He served on the editorial panel for many prestigious journals from IEEE, Elsevier, Wiley, and other publishers, including IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion (editor), IEEE Power Engineering Letters (editor), IET Renewable Power Generation (associate editor), and IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution (subject editor), Frontiers in Energy Research (Specialty Chief Editor), Electronics (Section Editor-in-chief). He has organized many international conferences for IEEE and other organizations in various capacities, including as General Chair, Advisory Chair, Technical Committee Chair, Special Session/Tutorial/Workshop Chair, Steering Committee member, etc. He is deeply involved with the IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) University Education Sub-Committee (UESC) under the Power and Energy Education Committee (PEEC) and currently holds the immediate past Chair position of UESC. Dr. Muyeen is an IEEE Fellow, Fellow of Engineers Australia (FIEAust), Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) of Engineers Australia, APEC, and International Professional Engineer (IntPEAus).
 

 

Keynote Speaker III

Prof. Syed M Islam, Federation University, Australia

 (IEEE Fellow, International Research Partnerships, Advisor to the Vice Chancellor on New Energy and Advisory Director of Centre for New Energy Transition Research)

Syed M Islam received the B.Sc. MSc and PhD degrees all in Electrical Engineering in 1979 (BUET), 1983 (UPM), and 1988 (KFUPM) respectively. He is currently the Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor for International Research Partnerships and Advisor to the Vice Chancellor on New Energy at Federation University Australia. He was previously the Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) and the Executive Dean for the Institute of Innovation Science and Sustainability at Federation University Australia. He is also the founding Director of the Centre for New Energy Transition Research at Federation University. Prior to joining Federation University, he was the John Curtin Distinguished Professor in Electrical Power Engineering and the Director of Centre for Smart Grid and Sustainable Power Systems at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. He received the Dean’s medallion for research at Curtin University in 1999. He received the IEEE T Burke Haye’s Faculty Recognition award in 2000. He received the Curtin University inaugural award for Research Development in 2012. He received the Sir John Madsen medal in 2011 and 2014 for best electrical engineering paper in Australia. He was awarded the Distinguish Professor title in 2024 at Federation University. He has published over 400 technical papers in his area of expertise. His research interests are in Distributed Energy Resources, Control systems, Condition Monitoring of Transformers, Wind Energy Conversion, and Smart Power Systems. He has been a keynote speaker and invited speaker at many international workshops and conferences. He has been a Visiting Professor at Shanghai University of Electrical Power and Xian Jiatong University, China. He is a Fellow of the Engineers Australia, a Life Fellow of the IEEE, IEEE PES, IEEE IAS, and IEEE DEIS, a Fellow of the IET and a chartered professional Engineer in Australia. He is a founding Editor of the IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy and an Associate Editor of the IET Renewable Power Generation. He was the Guest Editor in Chief for the IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy special issue on Variable Power Generation Integration into Grid. He is a member of the C4NET Board. He has received over $25M in research funding from the Australian Research Council, CSIRO, Australian Power Industry, Qatar Foundation ARG program, The Research Council of Oman, various other industry and government agencies. He has published over 400 peer reviewed papers in his area of research interest. His h-index is 59 and his research work have been cited more than 15,000 times on Google Scholar.
 

 

Keynote Speaker IV

Prof. Heng Nian, Zhejiang University, China

 (IEEE Senior Member)

Nian Heng received the B.E. and M.E. degrees from HeFei University of Technology, HeFei, China, and the Ph.D. degree from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 1999, 2002, and 2005 respectively, all in electrical engineering. From 2005 to 2007, he was as a Postdoctoral with the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, where he has been an Associate Professor since 2007 and a Professor since 2016.
Heng Nian is responsible for the project of National Science Foundation of China and two sub-projects of National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program). In recent five years, more than 30 SCI/EI journal papers have been published, including 15 SCI indexed journal papers and 18 EI indexed journal papers, and 12 patents for China invention were Authorized. Furthermore, he is the vice president of Organizing Committee of the 17th International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS 2014). Besides, as the first author, he has published an academic monograph named by “Control Strategy of DFIG for Wind power Generation”. The main research field is the reliable operation and grid connection technique of wind power generator under the practical grid condition (including unbalanced and harmonic voltage). The main research achievements can be concluded as,
1) In order to avoid the complex computation, phase sequence separation and dependence on DFIG parameters, the direct power control (DPC) strategy based on direct resonant feedback was developed for DFIG system under practical grid voltages, and the fault ride through (FRT) capacity of DFIG can also be improved.
2) In order to solve the problem that the conventional resonant regulator lacks control capability for the negative sequence and harmonic components caused by the parameter and frequency deviations, a vector proportional integrated (VPI) regulator based control strategy was proposed for DFIG operating under practical grid conditions, thus the current and power control capabilities of DFIG under practical grid conditions can be ensured.
3) Based on the investigation on the influencing mechanism of the practical grid characteristic and the converter control strategy on the DFIG electromagnetic operation performance, the criterion of the DFIG structure design considering the practical grid characteristic and the converter control strategy was proposed. The proposed criterion solved the problem of the operation reliability reducing of the DFIG that is conventionally designed based on the ideal grid condition, thus the operation safety of the DFIG under practical grid conditions can be improved.