Special Session 3

Can Huang, Southeast University, China

Can Huang is a Research Staff at Southeast University, Nanjing, China. Before joining Southeast University, he worked at the State Grid Electric Power Research Institute/NARI Group, Nanjing, China (2011–2012), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA (2016–2022), and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), California, USA (2022–2025). His research interests include power system planning and operation, power system monitoring and control, and energy data analytics. He holds three U.S. patents and has published more than 50 papers in leading international journals. Dr. Huang is an IEEE Senior Member and a recipient of IEEE PES Prize Paper Award, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Best Paper Award, and IEEE PES General Meeting Best Paper Awards. He currently serves as Technical Committee Program Chair of the IEEE PES Smart Buildings, Loads and Customer Systems Committee and as an editor for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation, and Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy.

Qian Chen, Hohai University, China

Qian Chen is Professor at Hohai University, Nanjing, China. Before joining Hohai University, he was a graduate student in Southeast University, and received his Master's degree(2000) and Ph.D(2015) respectively. He was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Minnesota, USA (2011–2012) and TU Dresden(Technische Universität）, Germany (2018). He is Director of "IEEE PES Power System Relaying & Control Satellite Committee-China" and "Protection & Control Integration Subcommittee". He has been engaged in theoretical research and engineering applications in the fields of power system modeling and analysis, optimal control of power electronics dominated power systems, and fault protection of new-type power systems.