Decentralized Frameworks for Future Power Systems: Operation, Planning and Control Perspectives

Mohsen Parsa Moghaddam is professor of Electrical Engineering (Power Systems) and Faculty Member of Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, since 1988. He received B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 1980 and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan, 1985. His Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering was accomplished in Tohoku University, Japan, 1988. His research interest includes power system operation, power system planning, smart grid technologies, demand response, renewable energy system, power system flexibility and renewable energy integration. He has more than 220 research publications in top-tier journals and conferences. He is also a senior member of IEEE and IEEE PES.

Reza Zamani received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2015, and M.Sc. degree in power system from Isfahan University of Technology in 2017. His academic proficiencies are accompanied by his numerous hands-on experiences in industrial projects in several companies. He is currently pursuing Ph.D. degree with the faculty of electrical and computer engineering at Tarbiat Modares University in Teheran, Iran. His major research interests are power systems operation and planning, transactive energy, power system dynamics, electricity market, demand response, power system flexibility, smart grids, microgrids, artificial intelligence, and power system protection.

HHassan Haes Alhelou is with Monash Universiy, Australia. He is included in the 2018 Publons list of the top 1% best reviewer and researchers in the field of engineering. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer Award from Energy Conversion and Management Journal in 2016, ISA Transactions Journal in 2018, Applied Energy Journal in 2019, and many other Awards. He was the recipient of the best young researcher in the Arab Student Forum Creative among 61 researchers from 16 countries at Alexandria University, Egypt, 2011. He has published more than 200 research papers in high-quality peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. He has also performed more than 160 reviews for prestigious journals including IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Energy Conversion and Management, Applied Energy, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems. He has participated in more than 15 industrial projects. His major research interests are power systems, power system dynamics, power system operation and control, dynamic state estimation, frequency control, smart grids, micro-grids, demand response, load shedding, and power system protection.

Dr. Pierluigi Siano is a Professor and the Scientific Director of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Laboratory at the University of Salerno, Italy. His research focuses on smart grids, energy management, and power systems planning. He received his PhD from the University of Salerno in 2006 and is a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has served as the Chair of the IES Technical Committee on Smart Grids. He is an Editor for the Power & Energy Society Section of IEEE Access, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, and IEEE Systems.