Keynote Speakers
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Saman Halgamuge |
Saman Halgamuge, Fellow of IEEE, IET, AAIA, and NASSL is a Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Electrical, Mechanical and Infrastructure Engineering. He is a distinguished lecturer/speaker/visitor appointed by: IEEE Computer Society (2024-26) and IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (2019-21) and a member of IEEE Fellow selection panel (2024-25). He served as Director/Head, Research School of Engineering of the Australian National University (ANU) (2016-18), a member of Australian Research Council (ARC) College of Experts (2016-18), the founding Director of the PhD training centre Melbourne India Postgraduate Program (MIPP) of University of Melbourne and Associate Dean (2013-15) and Assistant Dean (2008-13) in International Engagement in Engineering and IT. |
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Noor Izzri Abdul Wahab |
Dr. Noor Izzri Abdul Wahab is an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), and a member of the Advanced Lightning, Power, and Energy Research (ALPER) group. He obtained his PhD in Electrical, Electronic, and Systems Engineering from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (2009), MSc in Electrical Power Engineering from UPM (2004), and BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from UMIST, UK (1998). He is a Chartered Engineer (UK), a Professional Engineer (Malaysia), and a Senior Member of IEEE, actively involved in the IEEE Power & Energy Society and the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. His research focuses on power system stability, dynamics, control, power quality, and the application of artificial intelligence in power systems. Dr. Izzri has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers, achieving an H-index of 39 on Google Scholar with over 4500 citations. His work contributes significantly to the advancement of intelligent and resilient electrical power systems. |
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Jianmin Zhang |
Professor and doctoral supervisor of School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University; IEEE Senior Member; Deputy director of Zhejiang Technology Center for Regional Energy Internet; . His main research directions include Regional energy Internet plus and microgrid technology, new energy (small hydropower, photovoltaic) grid-connected technology, carbon emission/carbon sink risk assessment, and cybersecurity AI technology.He is principal investigator (PI) of 1 National Natural Science Key Fund (Smart Grid Joint Fund), 1 National Natural Science Foundation, 1 Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Key Fund and 1 Zhejiang Provincial Key Research & Development Program. |
