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).