Prof. Wei Xu

IEEE Fellow

Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Wei Xu (Fellow, IEEE) received the double B.E. and M.E. degrees from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 2002 and 2005, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IEECAS), Beijing, China, in 2008, all in electrical engineering. His research topics mainly focus on the design and control of linear machines and drives.

From Sep. 2008 to Sep. 2013, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia, the Vice-Chancellor Research Fellow with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, and a Japan Science Promotion Society Invitation Fellow with Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan, respectively. From Oct. 2013 to Dec. 2023, he was a Professor with the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. Since Jan. 2024, he has been a Professor with IEECAS. Dr. Xu is Director for State Key Laboratory for High Density Electromagnetic Power and Systems, an IEEE Fellow and an IET Fellow. He is General Chair of 2021 International Symposium on Linear Drives for Industry Applications (LDIA) and 2023 IEEE International Conference on Predictive Control of Electrical Drives and Power Electronics (PRECEDE). He is one Associate Editor of over ten peer-reviewed IEEE JOURNALS, including IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS and IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS. He has published 4 books, over 180 journal papers in IEEE Series, and been awarded more than 150 intentional patents granted, which has been cited by over 11,000 times with H-index 52 based on Google Scholar statistics. 

Prof. Xinghua Liu

Xi’an University of Technology, China

Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Xi’an University of Technology; National-level Young Talent; recipient of the Shaanxi Provincial Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars; High-level Talent of Shaanxi Province; Leader of the Shaanxi Provincial University Youth Innovation Team; Head of the Shaanxi Provincial University Intelligence Introduction Base; and Director of the Xi’an Key Laboratory of Cyber-Physical Power Operation and Control. His main research interests include state perception, security control, and resilience enhancement of new-type power systems, as well as optimal dispatch of integrated energy systems. To date, he has published over 140 SCI-indexed papers, including more than 70 papers in IEEE Transactions (such as IEEE TAC, TCYB, TII, TSMC, TCASI, TITS, TTE, TASE, TCASII) and top-tier energy journals, among which 10 are ESI highly cited papers. He has completed two English monographs and holds 14 granted/pending national invention patents. He has led or co-led 24 vertical and horizontal projects funded by national and provincial/ministerial authorities, the State Grid Corporation, and industrial enterprises. He has received two provincial/ministerial science and technology awards and 14 other academic, research, and science & technology competition awards. He serves as an IEEE Senior Member, a member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and IEEE Power & Energy Society, a Lifetime Member of the Chinese Association of Automation, a member of the Robot System Simulation Committee of the China Simulation Federation, and a member of the System Simulation Committee of the Chinese Association of Automation.

Prof. Xiangyang Zhao

Beihang University, China

Xiangyang Zhao, Associate Professor, Doctor of Engineering, School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University (BUAA). Research interests include distributed generation and microgrid technology, electrical measurement & detection, robotics, artificial intelligence, and electricity market. He has presided over/participated in numerous research projects, such as the National Key R&D Program of China, Aeronautical Science Foundation projects, provincial and ministerial industry-university-research cooperation funds, as well as R&D tasks commissioned by State Grid Corporation of China and the Academy of Military Sciences.

Prof. Xiping Ma

State Grid Gansu Electric Power Research Institute China

Xiping Ma, Doctor of  Engineering and Professor-level Senior Engineer, has long been engaged in research on new energy power generation and grid integration. He has won more than 20 provincial and ministerial-level awards including the First Prize of Gansu Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award and the First Prize of Gansu Provincial Patent Award. He has been honored as a Top Leading Talent of Gansu Province and one of Gansu’s Most Beautiful Science and Technology Workers.