Keynote Speaker I
Prof. Om Parkash Malik, The University of Calgary, Canada (IEEE Life Fellow)
Professor Om P. Malik has done pioneering work in the development of controllers for application in electric power systems and wind power generation over the past over 50 years. After extensive testing, the adaptive controllers developed by his group are now employed on large generating units. His other interests include digital protection, control of renewable power generation and micro-grids, and AI applications in power system control. He has published over 800 papers including over 410 papers in international Journals and is the coauthor of four books: (1) Electric Distribution Systems, (2) Power System Stability, (3) Power Grids with Renewable Energy, Power System Stability and Cointrol.
Professor Malik graduated in 1952 from Delhi Polytechnic. After working for nine years in electric utilities in India, he obtained a Master’s Degree from Roorkee University in 1962, a Ph.D. from London University and a DIC from the Imperial College, London in 1965. He was teaching and doing research in Canada from 1966 to 1997 and continues to do research as Professor Emeritus at the University of Calgary. Over 100, including 54 Ph.D., students have graduated under his supervision. Professor Malik is a Life Fellow of IEEE, and a Fellow of IET, the Engineering Institute of Canada, Canadian Academy of Engineering, Engineers Canada and World Innovation Foundation. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the Provinces of Alberta and Ontario, Canada, and has received many awards. He was Director, IEEE Region 7 and President, IEEE Canada during 2010-11 and President, Engineering Institute of Canada, 2014-2016.
Keynote Speaker II
Prof. Pierluigi Siano, University of Salerno, Italy (IEEE Senior Member)
Pierluigi Siano received the M.Sc. degree in electronic engineering and the Ph.D. degree in information and electrical engineering from the University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. He is a Professor and Scientific Director of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Laboratory with the Department of Management & Innovation Systems, University of Salerno. Since 2021 he has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg. His research activities are centered on demand response, energy management, the integration of distributed energy resources in smart grids, electricity markets, and planning and management of power systems. In these research fields, he has co-authored more than 680 articles including more than 410 international journals that received in Scopus more than 15530 citations with an H-index equal to 61. In 2019, 2020, and 2021 he has been awarded as a Highly Cited Researcher in Engineering by Web of Science Group. He has been the Chair of the IES TC on Smart Grids. He is 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, IEEE SYSTEMS.
Keynote Speaker III
Prof. Quanxin Zhu, Hunan Normal University, China (IEEE Senior Member)
Quanxin Zhu is a Professor with Hunan Normal University, distinguished professor of Hunan Province and Leading talent of scientific and technological innovation in Hunan Province, deputy director of the Key Laboratory of computing and stochastic mathematics of the Ministry of education, and director control and optimization of complex systems of Hunan Key Laboratory of colleges and Universities. He won the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany and the Highly Cited Researcher Award by Clarivate Analytics in 2018-2021. He won First prize of Hunan Natural Science Award, and the list of top 100000 scientists in the world in 2020-2022. He is an associate editor of some international journals, the lead guest editor of several journals, and a reviewer of more than 50 other journals. He is the author or the coauthor of more than 300 journal articles. His research interests include stochastic control, stochastic systems, stochastic stability, stochastic delayed systems, Markovian jump systems, and stochastic complex networks.
Keynote Speaker IV
Prof. Kei Eguchi, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Kei Eguchi was born in Saga, Japan in 1972. He received the B.Eng., the M.Eng., and the D.Eng. degree from Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan in 1994, 1996, and 1999, respectively. His research interests include nonlinear dynamical systems, intelligent circuits and systems, and low-voltage analog integrated circuits. From 1999 to 2006, he was an Associate Professor and a Lecturer in Kumamoto National College of Technology. From 2006 to 2012, he was an Associate Professor in Shizuoka University. In 2012, he joined the faculty of Fukuoka Institute of Technology, where he is now a Professor and a dean of the graduate school.
Prof. Dr. Eguchi received CPESE2021 Best presentation Award, ICIC International Outstanding Contribution Award, AEES2021 Best Presenter Award, ICPEA2021 Best Presentation Award, CEEGE2021 Best Presentation Award, ICPE2020 Best Oral Presentation Award, ICIEE2020 Award of Contribution, Top Peer Reviewer Award2019 (Publons), ICEAST2019 Best Paper Award, CPESE2019 Best Presentation Award, ICICIC2018 Best Paper Award, ICICIC2017 Best Paper Award, 2016 Institute of Industrial Applications Engineers Award, 2016 Contribution Award of Japan Society of Technology Education, ICICIC2016 Best Paper Award, ICEEI2016 Excellent Oral Presentation Award, ICEESE2016 Best Presenter Award, Best Presentation Award in ICIAE2016, ICSGC2015 Excellent Oral Presentation Award, ICACTE2015 Excellent Paper Award, ICIC International Contribution Award, ICIAE2015 Best Presentation Award, Session Best Paper in IPECE15, Session Best Paper in ICEECE2015, ICPEE2014 Excellent Oral Presentation Award, iCABSE2014 Excellent Paper Award, KKU-IENC2014 Outstanding Paper Award, ICEEN2014 Excellent Paper Award, JTL-AEME2013 Best Paper Award, ICTEEP2013 Best Session Paper Award, 2010 Takayanagi Research Encourage Award, 2010 Paper Award of Japan Society of Technology Education, ICICIC2009 Best Paper Award, and ICINIS2009 Outstanding Contribution Award. He is a president of the Intelligent Networks and Systems Society and a senior member of IEEJ.