{"id":228,"date":"2020-05-27T20:18:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T12:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fst.um.edu.mo\/personal\/?page_id=228"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:53:08","slug":"hczhang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fst.um.edu.mo\/personal\/hczhang\/","title":{"rendered":"Hongcai Zhang"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"228\" class=\"elementor elementor-228\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63d7796 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63d7796\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-element-b1d5b33\" data-id=\"b1d5b33\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d959d5 elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3d959d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fst.um.edu.mo\/personal\/hczhang\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">HOME<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-809e321\" data-id=\"809e321\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3f9f8 elementor-align-center elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7e3f9f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fst.um.edu.mo\/personal\/hczhang\/biography\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">BIOGRAPHY<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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class=\"elementor-button-text\">EVENT<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69c894c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69c894c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28489e5\" data-id=\"28489e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d88b98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d88b98\" 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If you are interested in our research and want to join our group, please don&#8217;t hesitate to drop me an email with your CV, transcript, &amp; representative publication.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: upper-roman\">\n<li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );text-align: inherit;font-size: inherit;letter-spacing: -0.015em\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>PhD Admission<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000\">for undergraduate or master students for 2026\/2027 academic year (<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );text-align: inherit;font-size: inherit;letter-spacing: -0.015em;color: #000000\">2026\/2027<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );text-align: inherit;font-size: inherit;letter-spacing: -0.015em\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u5b78\u5e74\u62db\u6536\u535a\u58eb\u7814\u7a76\u751f\uff0c\u5305\u62ec\u76f4\u535a\u3001\u666e\u535a) is now open for application (<u>DDL of 1st batch: October 31, 2025; DDL of 2nd batch: January 15, 2026<\/u>)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text );font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );text-align: inherit;font-size: inherit;letter-spacing: -0.015em\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">. All successful applicants will be funded by the UM Phd<\/span>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/grs.um.edu.mo\/index.php\/prospective-students\/phd-funding\/um-phd-scholarship\/\">Scholarship<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/grs.um.edu.mo\/index.php\/prospective-students\/phd-funding\/um-phd-teaching-research-assistant\/\">Teaching Research Assistantship<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">, or PI-funded Asssistanship. For application, please first send me your CV, academic transcripts, &amp; a research statement for innitial assessment.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">We regularly offer <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Postdoctoral Scholar<\/span><\/strong> positions each year. The areas focus on urban integrated energy system, transportation electrification, distributed energy resources, and AI for power grids. Interested applicants are welcome to submit their CV and three representative publications to me for consideration.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">We have multiple <span style=\"font-weight: bolder\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Master student<\/span><\/span> positions with stipends available each year, often jointly funded by <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/zumri.um.edu.mo\/\">Zhuhai UM Science &amp; Technology Research Institute<\/a>. If you are currently a UM Master\u2019s student and interested in joining us, welcome to submit your CV for consideration.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">We are recruiting full-time<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><b>Research Scientist, Postdoctoral Scholar and Engineers<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000\">to join our R&amp;D group at<\/span>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zumri.um.edu.mo\/\">Zhuhai UM Science &amp; Technology Research Institute<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">. \u6211\u5011\u5728<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/zumri.um.edu.mo\/\">\u73e0\u6d77\u6fb3\u5927\u79d1\u6280\u7814\u7a76\u9662<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u667a\u6167\u57ce\u5e02\u7814\u767c\u4e2d\u5fc3\u8a2d\u7acb\u7522\u5b78\u7814\u5718\u968a\uff0c \u6b63\u62db\u6536\u5168\u8077\u7814\u7a76\u54e1\u3001\u535a\u58eb\u5f8c\u3001\u5de5\u7a0b\u5e2b\u7b49\uff0c\u63d0\u4f9b\u6781\u5177\u7ade\u4e89\u529b\u7684\u85aa\u916c\u548c\u826f\u597d\u7684\u79d1\u7814\u4e0e\u5de5\u4f5c\u6761\u4ef6\uff0c\u6b61\u8fce\u767c\u9001\u7c21\u6b77\u54a8\u8a62<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\uff01<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d4fe4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d4fe4d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-856453d\" data-id=\"856453d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f3222e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f3222e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Notice<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-966c34d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"966c34d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Call for papers<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">: I&#8217;m working with Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esat.kuleuven.be\/electa\/professors\/00004317\">Geert Deconinck<\/a>, Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/egolab.kentech.ac.kr\/people\/advisor\">Jip Kim<\/a>, Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbu.edu.cn\/detail\/article\/1337\">Ge Chen<\/a>, and Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/hsfdyjy.shiep.edu.cn\/fa\/f3\/c5711a260851\/page.htm\">Peipei Yu<\/a> to edit a special issue &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/hub\/journal\/25152947\/homepage\/call-for-papers\/si-2025-001294\"><b style=\"color: #000000;text-align: start\">Deep Learning Solutions for Secure, Reliable, and Responsive Smart Grid Operations<\/b><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8221; for the <a href=\"https:\/\/ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/25152947\">IET Smart Grid<\/a> journal. The submission deadline is June 30, 2026<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">. Check the flier <a href=\"https:\/\/ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/hub\/journal\/25152947\/homepage\/call-for-papers\/si-2025-001294\">here<\/a>. Welcome to contribute a submission!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3be5c89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3be5c89\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f6ebd4\" data-id=\"7f6ebd4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd30317 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd30317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recent News<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e89c6b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e89c6b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 7, 2026,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">our PhD students, Zhixue Yang and Zhen Zhu, successfully defended their theses.\u00a0Congratulations, Drs!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Mar. 3, 2026, our paper received the Second Place <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Prize Paper Award of IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification<\/span>: L. Kong, H. Zhang, D. Xie, and N. Dai, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cLeveraging Electric Vehicles to Enhance Resilience of Interconnected Power-Transportation System Under Natural Hazards<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1126-1140, 2025. <\/span>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Mar. 1, 2026, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Y. Liu, and H. Zhang, \u201cResilient Preventive Strategies for Offshore Wind-Integrated Power Systems Against Typhoons Under Decision-Dependent Uncertainty<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d Applied Energy, vol. 411, No. May, p. 127608, 2026. DOI:<\/span> <a class=\"anchor doi anchor-primary\" title=\"Persistent link using digital object identifier\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.apenergy.2026.127608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Persistent link using digital object identifier\"><span class=\"anchor-text-container\"><span class=\"anchor-text\">10.1016\/j.apenergy.2026.127608<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Feb. 8, 2026, new publication: J. Zeng, D. Liu, and H. Zhang, &#8220;Coordinated Distribution Network Reconfiguration and Power Flow Optimization based on Optimal Policy Tree and Constraint Learning,&#8221; IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2026. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TPWRS.2026.3661279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1109\/TPWRS.2026.3661279<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Feb. 7, 2026, new publication: X. Wei, J. Zhang, Z. Yang, and H. Zhang, \u201cCoordinating multi-energy stations for climate-resilient district cooling: A computationally efficient optimization framework,\u201d Energy, 2026. DOI: <a class=\"anchor doi anchor-primary\" title=\"Persistent link using digital object identifier\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.energy.2026.140341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Persistent link using digital object identifier\"><span class=\"anchor-text-container\"><span class=\"anchor-text\">10.1016\/j.energy.2026.140341<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan. 27, 2026, our paper, J. Zeng, H. Dong, and H. Zhang, &#8220;A Graph Diffusion Model for Active Distribution Network Reconfiguration,&#8221; is accepted for the 24th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC), June 8 &#8211; 12, 2026, in Limassol, Cyprus. See you then!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan. 24, 2026, new publication: Z. Yang, H. Zhang, H. Li, S. Moura, Y. Song. Toward a sustainable megalopolis by reconciling power system decarbonization and urban health resilience. Communications Earth &amp; Environment, 2026. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43247-026-03198-4\">10.1038\/s43247-026-03198-4<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan. 22, 2026, Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/research.manchester.ac.uk\/en\/persons\/jovica.milanovic\">Jovica Milanovi\u0107<\/a> from the University of Manchester, Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brunel.ac.uk\/people\/gareth-taylor\">Gareth Taylor<\/a> from Brunel University of London, Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eea.tsinghua.edu.cn\/en\/faculties\/zchu.htm\">Zechun Hu<\/a> from Tsinghua University, and Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/ece\/staff\/jimmy-chih-hsien-peng\/\">Jimmy Chih-Hsien Peng<\/a> from the National University of Singapore visited our group and delivered invited talks at our &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fst.um.edu.mo\/personal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-FST-Seminar-Poster-Smart-Power-Grid-Jan-22-2026.pdf\">UM workshop on carbon-neutral smart power grid<\/a>&#8220;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan. 19 to 22, 2026, Prof. Hongcai Zhang attended the IEEE PES International Meeting in Hong Kong, during which he introduced the most recent research works published by our three PhD students, Zhen ZHU, Lyuzhu PAN, and Zhixue YANG. These talks can be found here: 1) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fst.um.edu.mo\/personal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PESIM-2026-Real-Time-Operation-of-Electric-and-Autonomous-Mobility-Systems-under-Power-Grid-Constraints-Hongcai-Zhang-20-Minutes.pdf\">Real Time Operation of Electric and Autonomous Mobility Systems under Power Grid Constraints<\/a>; 2) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fst.um.edu.mo\/personal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PESIM-2026-Toward-a-sustainable-megalopolis-by-reconciling-power-system-decarbonization-and-urban-health-resilience-Hongcai-Zhang-20-Minutes.pdf\">Toward a sustainable megalopolis by reconciling power system decarbonization and urban health resilience<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan. 12, 2026, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">L. Pan, H. Zhang, and Y. Xu, \u201cOptimal Pricing of Electric Vehicle Charging on Coupled Power-Transportation Network based on Generalized Sensitivity Analysis<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2026. <span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\"><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );color: #000000\">DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TTE.2026.3654165\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1109\/TTE.2026.3654165<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan. 2, 2026, new publication: L. Pan, and H. Zhang, \u201cReal-time Operation of Electric Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand System Considering Power System Regulation<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2026. <span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\"><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );color: #000000\">DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TSG.2025.3649840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1109\/TSG.2025.3649840<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Nov. 9 to 13, 2025, Prof. Hongcai Zhang and Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=00lFI80AAAAJ&amp;hl=zh-CN\">Wei Feng<\/a> from <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology jointly<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"> hosted the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/microgrid-symposiums.org\/\">Shenzhen-Macao 2025 Symposium on Microgrids<\/a>&#8221; in Shenzhen and Macao. <span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px\">Many thanks to the distinguished invited speakers, particularly, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cem-macau.com\/en\/about-cem\/company-structure\/-management\/\">Benjamin Yue<\/a>, Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyu.edu.hk\/beee\/people\/academic-staff\/professor-yan-jinyue-jerry\/\">Jinyue Yan<\/a>, Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=TL9yCsQAAAAJ&amp;hl=el\">Nikos Hatziargyriou<\/a>, Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/energy.unimelb.edu.au\/about-us\/our-team\/executive\/pierluigi-mancarella\">Pierluigi Mancarella<\/a>, &amp; Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuleuven.be\/wieiswie\/en\/person\/00015960\">Johan Driesen<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Check the newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/news-and-press-releases\/press-release\/detail\/62558\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sep. 5 to 7, 2025, Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sydney.edu.au\/engineering\/about\/our-people\/academic-staff\/gregor-verbic.html\">Gregor Verbic<\/a>, Professor and Director of the Centre for Future Energy Networks at the University of Sydney, visited our group. We sincerely appreciate Gregor&#8217;s great speech on &#8220;Grid and market integration of distributed energy resources&#8221; and extensive &amp; insightful discussions with me, my colleagues, and students!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sep. 4, 2025, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=kQW2fA0AAAAJ&amp;hl\">Hanjiang Dong<\/a> joined our group as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome, Dr. Dong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sep. 4, 2025, Our paper &#8220;L. He, N. Ke, R. Mao, W. Qi, and H. Zhang, From Curtailed Renewable Energy to Green Hydrogen: Infrastructure Planning for Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles, Manufacturing &amp; Service Operations Management, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 1587-1979, 2024&#8221; has been selected as the recipient of the <span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600\" href=\"https:\/\/www.informs.org\/Recognizing-Excellence\/Community-Prizes\/Energy-Natural-Resources-and-the-Environment-Section\/Best-Publication-Award-in-Natural-Resources\">2025 INFORMS ENRE Best Publication Award in Natural Resources<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug. 29, 2025, Our research proposal &#8220;Enhancing Urban Power Grid Resilience with Autonomous Electric Fleets: Simulation, Operation Strategy, and Techno-Economic Analysis<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,&#8221; is approved by the University of Macau International Collaborative Research Grant<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">, with a budget of MOP 631,600, 2026-2027. This project will support our collaboration with Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/ce.berkeley.edu\/people\/faculty\/moura\">Scott Moura<\/a> from the University of California, Berkeley, and Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntu.edu.sg\/erian\/about-us\/our-people\/cluster-directors\/xu-yan\">Yan Xu<\/a> from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Looking forward to the joint research ahead!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug. 26, 2025, I&#8217;m honored to share that I was nominated as a Member of the Technical Committee of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cigre.org\/\">CIGRE<\/a> China National Committee \u570b\u969b\u5927\u96fb\u7db2\u7d44\u7e54\u4e2d\u570b\u570b\u5bb6\u59d4\u54e1\u6703\u6280\u8853\u59d4\u54e1\u6703\u59d4\u54e1. I look forward to contributing to advancing the field together with distinguished colleagues.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug. 19 to 25, 2025, Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esat.kuleuven.be\/electa\/professors\/00004317\">Geert Deconinck<\/a>, full professor at KU Leuven University (Belgium), visited us as a University of Macau Distinguished Visiting Scholar. We sincerely appreciate Geert&#8217;s great speech on Demand-side Flexibility in Europe and extensive &amp; insightful discussions with me, my colleagues, and students! We are looking forward to upcoming collaborations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug. 19 to 22, 2025, Prof.<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esat.kuleuven.be\/electa\/professors\/00004317\">Geert Deconinck<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000\">and I chaired the Smart Energy Session at the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mcsct.skliotsc.um.edu.mo\/\">5th Macao International Conference on Smart City Technologies,<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\"> Macao. Thank you for the great support and insightful speeches from Profs. Claudio Canizares from the University of Waterloo, Dipti Srinivasan from the National University of Singapore, Geert Deconinck from KU Leuven University, Chenghong Gu from Bath University, Siqi Bu From Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Jing Qiu From the University of Sydney.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug 12, 2025, three Phd students, Hanqing YU, Baoyun ZHANG, and Ding JIN, and three master&#8217;s students, Haitao CAO, Jing BAO, Chi ZHANG, joined our group. Welcome!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug 3, 2025, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=MOtb5oIAAAAJ\">Qinru Hu<\/a>, graduated from Zhejiang University, joined us as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome, Dr. Hu!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug 1, 2025, new project funded by FDCT: &#8220;Data-driven accomodation capacity evaluation of distributed flexible energy resources in distribution power grids,&#8221; Macau Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) and Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province Joint Funding Program, MOP 1,034,000, 2025-2027.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 31, Speech in the\u00a0Penal Session &#8220;Learning-based modeling, operation and control of demand-side flexibility to decarbonize future power system,&#8221; at the <a href=\"https:\/\/pes-gm.org\/\">2025 IEEE Power &amp; Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Austin, Texas, USA<\/a>, July 27-31, 2025. Topic: <\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">Energy System Control based on\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000\"><em>Safe Reinforcement Learning<\/em>. Check the slides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fst.um.edu.mo\/personal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IEEE-PES-GM-District-cooling-system-control-for-grid-services-based-on-safe-reinforcement-learning-Hongcai-Zhang.pdf\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 15, I shared our group&#8217;s research on <em>inteconnected power and transportation systems<\/em>, and <em>data-driven\/AI-based modeling, operation, &amp; control methods for urban power grids<\/em>\u00a0in the UM SKL-IOTSC summer camp. My past graduated PhD students, including Ge CHEN, Peipei YU, Lingming KONG, &amp; Zhenyi WANG&#8217;s research works are highlighted in this talk. For details, please check the slides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fst.um.edu.mo\/personal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Utilizing-demand-side-generalized-storage-to-decarbonize-urban-power-systems-Hongcai-Zhang-EN.pdf\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 4, 2025, I\u2019m honored to share that <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">I have officially been granted tenure and will be promoted to Associate Professor effective August 16, 2025<\/span>. I am deeply grateful for the continued support and collaboration of my mentors, colleagues, research partners, and my students\u2014this achievement would not have been possible without you!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 3, 2025, new publication: Z. Zhu, H. Zhang, and Y. Song, \u201cA Distributed Training and Scheduling Approach for Real-Time Coordination of Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Stations with Energy Storage<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 1, 2025, new publication: Z. Hu, and H. Zhang, \u201cA Transparent Neural Network Solver for Optimal Power Flow Problem<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jun 29, 2025, new publication: P. Yu, H. Zhang, Y. Song, et. al., \u201cSafe Reinforcement Learning for Power System Control: A Review<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jun 3, 2025, we are sending our senior PhD students for exchange in the coming semesters &#8212; Zhen Zhu will visit Prof. Yan Xu at Nanyang Technological University, Zhixue Yang will visit Prof. Jinyue Yan at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Xiangyu Wei will visit Prof. Claudio Ca\u00f1izares at University of Waterloo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 20, 2025, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">our master students, Linrui Gong, and Yang Li, successfully defended their thesis.<\/span> Congratulations!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 15, 2025, Zhixue Yang and Zhen Zhu successfully passed their PhD Thesis Assessment Exams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 12 to 18, 2025, Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/electrical-computer-engineering\/profile\/ccanizar\">Claudio A. Ca\u00f1izares<\/a>, the University Professor and Hydro One Endowed Chair in the electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department at the University of Waterloo, visited us as a University of Macau Distinguished Visiting Scholar. During the visit, Claudio delivered an excellent workshop on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/news-and-press-releases\/press-release\/detail\/61135\/\">microgrid<\/a>, attended the SKL-IOTSC Postgraduate Forum, and participated in multiple Phd Defenses \/ Thesis Assessments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 12, 2025,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">our PhD students, Bin Zou, Zhenyi Wang and Zuntao Hu, successfully defended their thesis<\/span>. Congratulations, Drs. Zou, Wang and Hu!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Mar 18, 2025, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Z. Wang, H. Zhang, G. Deconinck, and Y. Song, \u201cA Unified Model for Smart Meter Data Applications<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d to appear in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2025. DOI: 10.1109\/TSG.2025.3553173<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Feb 21, 2025, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">B. Zou, G. Chen, H. Zhang, and Y. Song, \u201cCoordinating Geo-distributed Data Centers for Enhanced Participation in Frequency Regulation Services under Uncertainty<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d to appear in Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 2025.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan 30, 2025, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Z. Yang, H. Li, and H. Zhang, \u201cA power-to-methanol-based chemical industry system-aided decarbonization approach for power distribution networks<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d Applied Energy, vol. 384, No. April, p. 125395, 2025. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Dec 30, 2024, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Z. Zhu, and H. Zhang, \u201cReal-time Coordinated Operation of Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Stations with Energy Storage: An Efficient Spatiotemporal Decomposition Approach<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d to appear in\u00a0IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2025.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Nov 27, 2024, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">G. Chen, H. Zhang, and Y. Song, &#8220;Adversarial Constraint Learning for Robust Dispatch of Distributed Energy Resources in Distribution Systems<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d to appear in\u00a0IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2024. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 23, 2024, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">our PhD students, Lingming Kong, and Yanqi Liu, successfully defended their thesis.<\/span> Congratulations, Dr. Kong and Dr. Liu!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 12, 2024, Lyuzhu Pan received the <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Best Paper Award<\/span> at the 2024 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific. Cheers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 4, 2024, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">J. Su, H. Zhang, H. Liu, and D. Liu, \u201cLyapunov-based distributed secondary frequency and voltage control for distributed energy resources in islanded microgrids with expected dynamic performance improvement<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d Applied Energy, vol. 377, Part C, No. January, p. 124539, 2025.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sep 26, 2024, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">H. Li, H. Zhang, J. Zhang, Q. Wu, and C. K. Wong, \u201cA frequency-secured planning method for integrated electricity-heat microgrids with virtual inertia suppliers<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d Applied Energy, vol. 377, Part B, No. January, p. 124540, 2025.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sep 23, 2024, Yanqi Liu and Lingming Kong&#8217;s PhD Oral Defense is scheduled to be held on Oct 23, 2024, 9:45 am to 13:15 pm, at UM E11-4045.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sep 23, 2024, Prof. Hongcai Zhang is recognized as <a href=\"https:\/\/elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com\/datasets\/btchxktzyw\/6\">the world&#8217;s top 2% scientist<\/a> by Stanford University and Elsevier for the fourth year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sep 23, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">P. Yu, H. Zhang, Z. Hu, and Y. Song, \u201cVoltage control of distribution grid with district cooling systems based on scenario-classified reinforcement learning<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d Applied Energy, vol. 377, Part B, No. January, p. 124415, 2025.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug 28, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Z. Wang, H. Zhang, R. Yang, and Y. Chen, &#8220;Improving Model Generalization for Short-Term Customer Load Forecasting with Causal Inference<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d to appear in\u00a0IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug 25, our PhD student, Zhenyi Wang, joined KU Leuven as a visiting student researcher. He will come back to UM in early 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug 7, Zeng Jianfeng joined our group as a PhD student. Jianfeng received his bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees both in Electrical Engineering from Nothern China Electric Power University. Welcome!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug 7, new publication: L. He, N. Ke, R. Mao, W. Qi, and\u00a0H. Zhang, \u201cFrom Curtailed Renewable Energy to Green Hydrogen: Infrastructure Planning for Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles,\u201d to appear in\u00a0Manufacturing &amp; Service Operations Management, 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">June 28, 2024, new publication: G. Chen, H. Zhang, J. Qin, and Y. Song, \u201cReplicating Power Flow Constraints Using Only Smart Meter Data for Coordinating Flexible Sources in Distribution Network,\u201d IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 20, 2024, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">our master students, Zifei Wang, and Zhaoxi Liu, successfully defended their thesis.<\/span> Congratulations!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 16, 2024, <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">our PhD students, Peipei Yu, and Hongyi Li, successfully defended their thesis.<span style=\"color: #000000\"> Congratulations<\/span><\/span>, Dr. Yu and Dr. Li!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 16, 2024, our PhD students, Zhenyi Wang, and Zuntao Hu, passed their thesis proposal assessment. Congratulations!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 4, 2024, new publication: L. Kong, H. Zhang, D. Xie, and N. Dai, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cLeveraging Electric Vehicles to Enhance Resilience of Interconnected Power-Transportation System Under Natural Hazards<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d to appear in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">, 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Apr. 29, 2024, new publication: Y. Liu, D. Su, and H. Zhang, \u201cFrequency-constrained Unit Commitment with Offshore Wind Integration under Typhoon Conditions<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,\u201d to appear in Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">, 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Apr. 29, 2024, new publication: Z. Hu, H. Zhang, R. Yang, Y. Chen, and H. Wu, \u201cOptimal Power Flow Based on Physical-Model-Integrated Neural Network with Worth-Learning Data Generation,\u201d to appear in CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Mar. 24, 2024, new publication: J. Su,\u00a0H. Zhang, C. K. Wong, L. Yu, and Z. Tan, \u201cHierarchical Control of Inverter Air Conditioners for Frequency Regulation Service of Islanded Microgrids with Fair Power Participation,\u201d to appear in\u00a0IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Mar. 19, 2024, new publication: Z. Yang, H. Liu, and H. Zhang, \u201cDynamic Collaborative Pricing for Managing Refueling Demand of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles,\u201d to appear in\u00a0IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Mar. 17, 2024, new publication: P. Yu, H. Zhang, and Y. Song, \u201cAdaptive Tie-line Power Smoothing with Renewable Generation Based on Risk-aware Reinforcement Learning,\u201d to appear in\u00a0IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Feb. 13, 2024, new publication: T. Zeng, H. Zhang, S. J. Moura, and Z. M. Shen, &#8220;Economic and Environmental Benefits of Automated Electric Vehicle Ride-Hailing Services in New York City<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">&#8221; to appear in Scientific Reports, 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\">Feb. 10, 2024, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\">Z. Wang, and H. Zhang, &#8220;Customized Load Profiles Synthesis for Electricity Customers Based on Conditional Diffusion Models,&#8221; to appear in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight )\">, 2024.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan. 10, 2024, our paper &#8220;C. Huang, H. Zhang, L. Wang, X. Luo, and Y. Song, &#8220;Mixed Deep Reinforcement Learning Considering Discrete-Continuous Hybrid Action Space for Smart Home Energy Management,&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 743-754, 2022.&#8221; is recognized as the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Best Paper <span style=\"color: #000000\">by the <span style=\"color: #000000\">Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan. 10, 2024, new publication: B. Zou, G. Chen, H. Zhang, and Y. Song, \u201cImproved Divergence-based Distributionally Robust Chance-Constrained Scheduling for Geo-distributed Internet Data Centers,\u201d to appear in CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Dec 27, 2023, new publication: Z. Wang, and H. Zhang, \u201cCustomer baseline load estimation for virtual power plants in demand response: An attention mechanism-based generative adversarial networks approach,\u201d Applied Energy, vol. 357, no. March, p. 122544, 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Dec 12, 2023, Prof. Hongcai Zhang is nominated as an <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems<\/span>, which will be effective starting from Jan 2024. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Nov 9, 2023, new review paper accepted by <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering<\/span>: H. Zhang, X. Hu, Z. Hu, and S. Moura, &#8220;Sustainable plug-in electric vehicle integration into power systems,&#8221; to appear in Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering, 2024.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 4, 2023, Prof. Hongcai Zhang is recognized as <a href=\"https:\/\/elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com\/datasets\/btchxktzyw\/6\">the world&#8217;s top 2% scientist<\/a>\u00a0by Stanford University and Elsevier for the third year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 14, 2023, Wu Tong and Zhang Jinxi successfully defended their thesis. They will join our group at the Zhuhai UM Research &amp; Technology Research Institute as assistant researchers. Cheers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 6, 2023, new publication: <\/span>Y. Liu, D. Liu, and H. Zhang, \u201cStochastic Unit Commitment with High-penetration Offshore Wind Generation under Typhoon Conditions,\u201d to appear in <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">, 2023.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">June 20, 2023, new publication: <span style=\"color: #000000\">P. Yu, H. Zhang, and Y. Song, \u201cEquivalent System Model of District Cooling System in Frequency Domain to Provide Primary Frequency Regulation,\u201d to appear in CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">June 16, 2023, new publication: <span style=\"color: #000000\">H. Li, H. Hui, and\u00a0H. Zhang, \u201cBlockchain-Assisted Operating Reserve Framework for Virtual Power Plant with Various Distributed Energy Resources,\u201d to appear in iEnergy, 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">June 4, 2023, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">P. Yu, H. Zhang, and Y. Song, \u201cDistrict Cooling System Control for Providing Regulation Services based on Safe Reinforcement Learning with Barrier Functions,\u201d to appear in Applied Energy, 2023.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 25, 2023, Chen Ge is awarded the 2023 FST PhD Student Research Award by the Faculty of Science and Technology at UM. Cheers!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 25, 2023, Cheong Wang and Huang Yongyu&#8217;s final year project &#8220;Data-driven modeling and operation of complex energy networks&#8221; is selected as the FST Dean&#8217;s Final Year Project List. Cheers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">May 15, 2023, Hong Jiatu and Chen Ge successfully defended their PhD dissertation. Cheers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Apr 6, 2023, new publication: J. Su, H. Zhang, H. Liu, L. Yu, and Z. Tan, &#8220;Membership-function-based Secondary Frequency Regulation for Distributed Energy Resources in Islanded Microgrids with Communication Delay Compensation,&#8221; IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, pp. 1\u201318, 2023.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Mar 15, 2023, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">H. Li, H. Hui, and\u00a0H. Zhang, &#8220;Decentralized Energy Management of Microgrid Based on Blockchain-Empowered Consensus Algorithm with Collusion Prevention,&#8221; IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, pp. 1\u201313, 2023. DOI: 10.1109\/TSTE.2023.3258452<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Feb 26, 2023, new publication: G. Chen, H. Zhang, and Y. Song, \u201cEfficient constraint learning for data-driven active distribution network operation,\u201d IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, pp. 1\u201313, 2023.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan 30, 2023, new publication: H. Li, H. Hui, and H. Zhang, &#8220;Consensus-based Energy Management of Microgrid with Random Packet Drops,&#8221; IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, pp. 1\u201314, 2023. DOI: 10.1109\/TSG.2023.3241653<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan 16, 2023, new publication: P. Yu, H. Zhang, Y. Song, H. Hui, and G. Chen, &#8220;District Cooling System Control for Providing Operating Reserve based on Safe Deep Reinforcement Learning,&#8221; IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, pp. 1\u201314, 2023. DOI: 10.1109\/TPWRS.2023.3237888<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Dec 29, 2022, new publication: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">G. Chen, H. Zhang, H. Hui, and Y. Song, &#8220;Scheduling HVAC loads to promote renewable generation integration with a learning-based joint chance-constrained approach<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">,&#8221; to appear in CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2022.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Dec 19, 2022, Chen Ge (PhD student) and Wu Tong (master student) won the <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Best Oral Presentation Award<\/span> at the 2022 International Conference on Frontiers of Energy and Environment Engineering (CFEEE 2022), respectively. Cheers!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Dec 19, 2022, new publication: Z. Wang, P. Yu, and\u00a0H. Zhang, \u201cPrivacy-Preserving Regulation Capacity Evaluation for HVAC Systems in Heterogeneous Buildings based on Federated Learning and Transfer Learning,\u201d\u00a0IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, pp. 1\u201314, 2022.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Nov 19, 2022, new publication: G. Chen, H. Zhang, H. Hui, and Y. Song, &#8220;Deep-quantile-regression-based surrogate model for joint chance-constrained optimal power flow with renewable generation,\u201d IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, pp. 1\u201315, 2022. DOI: 10.1109\/TSTE.2022.3223764<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Nov 16, 2022, our group (Yonghua Song, Man Chung Wong, Hongcai Zhang, Ningyi Dai, and Keng Weng Lao)\u00a0 won the <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">second prize of the Macao Science and Technology Award &#8211; Natural Science Award<\/span>. Our students, Ge Chen (Phd) and Qilin Hou (master), won the\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Scientific and Technological R&amp;D Award for Postgraduates<\/span>. Cheers!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Nov 13, 2022, Zhenyi Wang received the <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Best Paper Award<\/span> at the 6th IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2). Cheers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Nov 6, 2022, new publication: P. Yu, H. Zhang, Y. Song, H. Hui, and C. Huang, \u201cFrequency Regulation Capacity Offering of District Cooling System: An Intrinsic-motivated Reinforcement Learning Method,\u201d IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, pp. 1\u201312, 2022.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Nov 3, 2022, Prof. Hongcai Zhang is recognized as <span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com\/datasets\/btchxktzyw\/5\">the world&#8217;s top 2% scientist 2022<\/a><\/span> by Stanford University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 31, 2022, new research proposal approved: Chi Kong Wong (PI), and Hongcai Zhang (co-PI), &#8220;Multi-energy system coordination and carbon management in low-carbon park,&#8221; Macao Science and Technology Development Fund and Ministry of Science and Technology of China Joint Project, MOP 1,864,000, 2022-2025. <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">We are hiring a new Postdoc Scholar for this project.<\/span> Welcome to drop me an email for application! Cheers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 11, 2022, Dr. Hui LI from Chongqing University joined us as a postdoctoral scholar. Welcome!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 11, 2022, new publication: L. Kong, H. Zhang, W. Li, H. Bai, and N. Dai, &#8220;Spatial-temporal Scheduling of Electric Bus Fleet in Power-Transportation Coupled Network,&#8221; to appear in IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2022.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sep 21, 2022, Kong Lingming, Yu Peipei, and Wang Zhenyi, will give presentations at the forthcoming 6th IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2), Chengdu, from Oct 28 to 30.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sep 8, 2022, UM, China Southern Power Grid build joint laboratory to promote research and development of carbon-neutral power and energy systems, check the exciting<span style=\"color: #333399\"> <a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/news-and-press-releases\/press-release\/detail\/54110\/\">news<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">June 5, 2022, new publication: G. Chen,\u00a0H. Zhang, H. Hui, and Y. Song, &#8220;Chance-constrained regulation capacity offering for HVAC systems under non-Gaussian uncertainties with mixture-model-based convexification,&#8221; to appear in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2022.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">June 1, 2022, Chen Ge is awarded the &#8220;<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fdct.gov.mo\/zh_tw\/fund_information_detail\/article\/l3v3pdds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scientific and Technological R&amp;D Award for Postgraduates<\/a>&#8221; by FDCT, Macao.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Apr. 28, 2022, new research proposal approved: Hogncai Zhang (PI) and Hongxun Hui (Co-PI), &#8220;Key technologies and applications of network-load-storage interaction of virtual power station in smart city,&#8221; Science and Technology Development Fund, Macao, China, MOP 1,100,000, 2022-2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Apr. 26, 2022, new publication: Y. Dong, S. Ma,\u00a0H. Zhang, and G. Yang, &#8220;Multi-Class ARMA-based Wind Power Prediction with Logistic Function based Classification,&#8221; to appear in\u00a0Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 2022.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Apr. 16, 2022, Prof. Hongcai Zhang gave an invited talk, &#8220;Data-driven Nonparametric Operation of Distribution Systems with Uncertainties&#8221;, at Chongqing University. Check the <span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cee.cqu.edu.cn\/info\/2738\/12189.htm\">news<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Apri. 15, 2022, new publication: H. Hui, P. Yu, H. Zhang, N. Dai, W. Jiang and Y. Song, \u201cRegulation Capacity Evaluation of Large-scale Residential Air Conditioners for Improving Flexibility of Urban Power Systems,\u201d to appear in\u00a0<em>International Journal of Electrical Power &amp; Energy Systems<\/em>, 2022.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Mar. 08, 2022, Dr. Ji Zhang from the Ocean University of China has joined our group as a postdoctoral scholar. Cheers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan. 15, 2022, Prof. Hongxun Hui received the <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Best Paper Award<\/span> of the 3rd IEEE Conference on Sustainable Power and Energy (iSPEC 2021). Check the great news <span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/skliotsc.um.edu.mo\/um-scholar-wins-best-paper-award-of-the-3rd-ieee-conference-on-sustainable-power-and-energy\/\">here<\/a><\/span>. The paper is: H. Hui, P. Yu, H. Zhang, N. Dai, W. Jiang and Y. Song, &#8220;Regulation Capacity Evaluation of Large-scale Heterogeneous Residential Air Conditioning Loads,&#8221; the 3rd IEEE Conference on Sustainable Power and Energy (iSPEC 2021).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan. 01, 2022,\u00a0 Dr. Hongxun Hui is promoted to be a Research Assistant Professor with the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City. Congrats to Prof. Hui.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Dec. 17, 2021, Prof. Hongcai Zhang gave an invited talk on the &#8220;new distribution system online workshop&#8221; organized by the State Grid Electric Power Research Institute Co., Ltd. Check the flier of this workshop <span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/Y6c9fuARnOydDl-3zyBpgg\">here<\/a><\/span> and Prof. Zhang&#8217;s slides <a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/QajN5XnhzJMglitzOLzDZw\"><span style=\"color: #333399\">here<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;text-align: justify;color: #000000\">Nov 19, 2021, our students, i.e., Lingming Kong, and Jinxi Zhang, won the <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Award of Excellence<\/span> in the 2021 X-Game Shanghai New Energy Vehicle Big Data Competition. Prof. Hongcai Zhang received the <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Best Mentor Award<\/span> as the supervisor. Check the exciting news in <span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/zh-hant\/news-and-press-releases\/presss-release\/detail\/52889\/\">Chinese<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/news-and-press-releases\/press-release\/detail\/52889\/\">English<\/a><\/span>!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Nov 14, new publication:\u00a0D. Zhang, H. Zhu, H. Zhang, H. H. Goh, H. Liu, and T. Wu, &#8220;Multi-objective Optimization for Smart Integrated Energy System Considering Demand Responses and Dynamic Prices,&#8221; to appear in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2021. DOI: 10.1109\/TSG.2021.3128547<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Nov 10, Hongcai Zhang gave an invited speech on &#8220;Electric vehicle and development of low-carbon Macao&#8221; on the &#8220;Electric and connected vehicle\u00a0workshop&#8221; organized by IEEE Macao. Check the news\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tdm.com.mo\/zh-hans\/news-detail\/626859?date=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Nov 5, new publication: C. Huang, H. Zhang, L. Wang, X. Luo, and Y. Song, &#8220;Safe deep reinforcement learning with discrete-continuous hybrid action space for smart home energy management,&#8221; to appear in Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 2021.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 28, congratulations to our student, Hongyi Li, who has just received the prize for <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">outstanding achievement in master of sience<\/span> at Imperial College London. Cheers!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 27, Prof. <a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/aerospace.xmu.edu.cn\/info\/1048\/1815.htm\">Jingrui Zhang,<\/a> Associate Professor with Xiamen University, joined us as a visiting scholar. Cheers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 23, our group attend the 5th IEEE EI2 conference on Oct 22-24, 2021 in Taiyuan. We have in total of 3 papers presented in this conference that are first authored by Dr. Dundun Liu, Lingming Kong, and Bin Zou, respectively. Hongcai Zhang gave an invited speach on a special session &#8220;Approximate Modeling Techniques in Integrated Energy System Operation and Control&#8221; (check the slides <span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/fYgcJZbre2PHcBq1O0aJoQ\">here<\/a><\/span>). Cheers!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 21, 2021, tons of congratulations to our students, i.e., Peipei Yu, Zhenyi Wang, Hongxun Hui, who have won the <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">First Prize<\/span> and the only <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Best Innovation Award<\/span> at the 2021 Contest of AI Application in Power Dispatching organized by China Southern Power Grid. Check the exciting news in <span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/zh-hant\/news-and-press-releases\/presss-release\/detail\/52689\/\">Chinese<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or <span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/news-and-press-releases\/press-release\/detail\/52689\/\">English<\/a><\/span>!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug 11, this semester we have five great new students joining us. They are:\u00a0 1) Mr Zuntao HU (regular Phd student) who obtained his bachelor and master degrees from Shanghai Jiaotong University; 2) Mr Zhenyi WANG (direct Phd student) who obatained his bachelor degree from Sichuan University; 3) Mr Jinxi ZHANG (master student) who obtained his bachelor degree from the University of Macau; 4) Ms Zifei WANG (master student) who obtained his bachelor degree from Beijing Forestry University; 5) Mr Tong WU who obtained his bathelor degree from University of Macau. Welcome! Cheers!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug 10, new publication: D. Zhang, H. Zhu, H. Zhang, H. H. Goh, H. Liu, T. Wu, &#8220;An Optimized Design of Residential Integrated Energy System Considering the Power-to-Gas Technology with Multi-Functional Characteristics,&#8221; to appear in Energy, 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 25, 2021, new publication: G. Chen,\u00a0H. Zhang, H. Hui, N. Dai, and Y. Song, \u201cScheduling thermostatically controlled loads to provide regulation capacity based on a learning-based optimal power flow model,\u201d to appear in\u00a0IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2021.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 18, new research proposal approved: Yonghua Song (PI), Ningyi Dai (sub-task PI), Hongcai Zhang (sub-task PI), and Keng Weng Lao (sub-task PI), &#8220;Intelligent Coordinated Operation, Protection and Application on Integrated Energy IoT,&#8221; Science and Technology Development Fund, Macao, China, MOP 7,670,000, 2021-2024.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 3, 2021, tons of congratulations to our phd student, Lingming Kong, who has won the &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Excellent Paper Award<\/span>&#8221; of the 34th International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition (EVS34) for the paper entitled &#8220;Spatial and Temporal Optimal Scheduling of Electric Buses for Active Distribution Network with Soft Open Point&#8221;!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 1, 2021, new publication: D. Zhang, H. Li, H. Zhu, H. Zhang, H. H. Goh, M. C. Wong, and T. Wu,\u00a0 &#8220;Impact of COVID-19 on Urban Energy Consumption of the Commercial Tourism City,&#8221; to appear in Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">June 26, 2021, Hongcai Zhang gave an invited speech on &#8220;Utilizing generalized demand-side energy storage systems to decarbonize future smart cities&#8221; in the 34th International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition (EVS34), Nanjing, China. On the same conference, our PhD student Lingming Kong gave a technical presentation on &#8220;Spatial and Temporal Optimal Scheduling of Electric Busesfor Active Distribution Network with Soft Open Point&#8221;.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">June 6, 2021, new publication: B. Yan, G. Chen, H. Zhang, and M. C. Wong,\u00a0 &#8220;Strategical district cooling system operation with accurate spatiotemporal consumption modeling,&#8221; to appear in Energy and Buildings, 2021.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Apr 27, 2021, new publication: G. Chen, B. Yan, H. Zhang, D. Zhang, and Y. Song,\u00a0 &#8220;Time-efficient strategic power dispatch for district cooling systems considering the spatial-temporal evolution of cooling load uncertainties,&#8221; to appear in CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2021.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Apr 25, 2021, new publication: G. Chen, H. Zhang, H. Hui, and Y. Song,\u00a0 &#8220;Fast Wasserstein-distance-based distributionally robust chance-constrained power dispatch for multi-zone HVAC systems,&#8221;\u00a0to appear in\u00a0IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2021.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Feb 23, 2021, our student Ge Chen will give a presentation on the coming PES General Meeting during July 25 to 27, 2021: G. Chen, H. Zhang, N. Dai, and Y. Song, &#8220;Topology-free optimal power dispatch for distribution network considering security constraints and flexible building thermal inertia,&#8221; to be presented on the IEEE PES General Meeting 2021. <a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2011.09630\">Download preprint<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan 28, 2021, tons of congratulations to our students, i.e., Peipei Yu, Bin Zou, Hongxun Hui, Guangxu Feng, and Qifan Yang, who have won the <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Second Prize<\/span> and the only <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Best Innovation Award<\/span> at the 2020 Contest of AI Application in Power Dispatching in China. Check the exciting news in <span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/zh-hant\/news-and-press-releases\/presss-release\/detail\/51327\/\">Chinese<\/a><\/span>\u00a0or <span style=\"color: #333399\"><a style=\"color: #333399\" href=\"https:\/\/www.um.edu.mo\/news-and-press-releases\/press-release\/detail\/51327\/\">English<\/a><\/span>!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan 15, 2021, new publication: C. Huang, H. Zhang, Y. Song, L. Wang, T. Ahmad, and X. Luo &#8220;<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/9328546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Demand response for industrial micro-grid considering photovoltaic power uncertainty and battery operational cost<\/a>,&#8221; <span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.27px\">to appear in <\/span>IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid<span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.27px\">, 2021<\/span>.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Jan 04, 2021, Dr.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/xinweishen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xinwei Shen<\/a>, Research Scientist\u00a0from Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, joined us as a visiting scholar (advisor at UM: Prof. Yonghua Song).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 31, 2020, Hongcai Zhang co-chaired an invited paper session, &#8220;Energy Transportation Nexus with Electric Vehicles,&#8221; on the 4th IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration, Wuhan, China; and gave an invited speech, &#8220;<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fst.um.edu.mo\/personal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/EI2_2020_Power-and-Transport-Nexus_Hongcai-Zhang.pdf\">Power and Transport Nexus: Autonomous Electric Vehicle Fleet Operation and Optimization<\/a>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 30, 2020, founding congress of the IEEE PES Electric Vehicle Satellite Committee-China, at Wuhan, China. Hongcai Zhang is appointed as the Secretary-General of IEEE PES Electric Vehicle Satellite Committee-China Energy and Transportation Nexus Subcommittee. Our group members, Dr. Chao Huang, Dr. Dongdong Zhang, Dr. Xiaohe Yan, Dr. Hongxun Hui etc. are all appointed as the standing director or director of the Subcommittee.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Oct 14, 2020, Dr.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/huihongxun.github.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hongxun Hui<\/a>\u00a0graduated from Zhejiang University\u00a0joined us as a postdoctoral scholar (advisor at UM: Prof. Yonghua Song).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Sep 20, 2020, new research proposal approved: Hongcai Zhang (PI), &#8220;Strategic operation of shared-use autonomous electric fleet considering synergy of power and transportation systems,&#8221; Natural Science Foundation of China, RMB 240,000, 2021-2023.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Aug 04, 2020, Hongcai ZHANG will give an invited talk (virtual presentation) on vehicle-to-grid technology on the panel session &#8220;Electric\u00a0Vehicles\u00a0as\u00a0Flexible\u00a0Demand-side\u00a0Resources:\u00a0Research\u00a0Progress,\u00a0Obstacles\u00a0and\u00a0Pilot\u00a0Projects&#8221; in the coming\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/pes-gm.org\/2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IEEE PES General Meeting 2020<\/a>, Montreal, Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 24, 2020, Hongcai ZHANG gave an\u00a0invited talk on &#8220;Smart Energy in the IoT Era&#8221;\u00a0in the &#8220;Smart City and IoT workshop&#8221; organized by the IEEE Macau, Macao, China.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">July 08, 2020, Hongcai ZHANG gave an\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/ee.seu.edu.cn\/2020\/0709\/c25183a339276\/pagem.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invited talk on distributed energy resources in Energy Internet<\/a>\u00a0in a Webinar organized by the School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">June 29, 2020, Ge CHEN will present a conference paper on the coming 2020 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power &amp; Energy Engineering Conference: G. Chen, B. Yan, H. Zhang, Y. Song, &#8220;Optimal Power Dispatch for District Cooling System Considering Cooling Water Transport Delay,&#8221; IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power &amp; Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), Nanjing, China, Sep 20-Sep 23, 2020.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Apr 16, 2020, new research proposal approved: Hongcai Zhang (PI) and Dongdong Zhang (Co-PI), &#8220;Strategic operation and optimization of integrated energy systems in smart city,&#8221; the Science and Technology Development Fund, Macao, China, MOP$1,165,000, 2020-2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b15871 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b15871\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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Zhang<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOME BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH GROUP EVENT Hongcai ZHANG \u5f35\u6d2a\u8ca1 Associate Professor\u200b State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology (+853) 8822-9958 hczhang[at]um.edu.mo Room 5011G, Building N21, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macao, China Google Scholar Web of Science Scopus Research Gate &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fst.um.edu.mo\/personal\/hczhang\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hongcai 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