Special Session 23
Taming Multivariate Uncertainties: Advanced Stochastic Optimization and Control for Renewable Energy Systems
The global push towards carbon-neutrality is accelerating the construction of new-type power systems dominated by renewable energy. With the massive integration of inverter-based resources and diverse new loads, e.g., electrical vehicle, multivariate uncertainties have surged on both the generation and demand sides. This fundamental change presents unprecedented challenges to the safe and economic operation of power system. This session, "Taming Multivariate Uncertainties," is dedicated to the advanced stochastic optimization and control technologies essential for managing these intertwined complexities. The session will showcase cutting-edge methodologies, including data-driven chance-constrained programming, distributionally robust optimization, scalable stochastic model predictive control, and artificial intelligence (AI) based optimization and control, that offer superior decision-making ability for system operator to cope with multivariate uncertainties. This session aims to bridge theoretical advances with practical applications, fostering discussions for building more reliable, efficient, and controllable renewable-dominated grids. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:1. Advanced stochastic optimization for the planning and operation of power system and multi-energy systems.
2. Multi time-scale dispatch and control amid forecast errors.
3. AI based and data-driven optimization techniques for the operation of power system.
4. Modelling of security risk and vulnerability of power system considering uncertainties.
5. Enhancing grid resilience considering complex uncertainties.
6. Market design and demand response for renewable energy systems considering uncertainties.
Chairs:
Assoc. Prof. Pan Zhenning, South China University of Technology, China
Zhenning Pan received the B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, in 2016 and 2021, respectively, where he is currently a Research Associate Professor. He was also a Visiting Scholar with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, from 2023 to 2024. His major research interests include intelligent operation and optimization of smart grid, artificial intelligence, and demand response. Dr. Pan has taken charge of more than 10 research projects, including Smart Grid–National Science and Technology Major Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and so on. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed SCI/EI papers. He is the young editor of Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems.
Assoc. Prof. Xiaoshun Zhang, Northeastern University, China
Dr. Xiaoshun Zhang is an Associate Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at the Foshan Graduate School of Innovation, Northeastern University. His research interests include artificial intelligence and power grid dispatch and control, electric carbon measurement and applications, and generation control of renewable energy. He has published more than 140 peer-reviewed SCI/EI papers. From 2021 to 2025, he has been consecutively listed among the top 2% of scientists globally. From 2023 to 2024, he was recognized as a Highly Cited Chinese Researcher by Elsevier. He is an Associate Editor for the journal "Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems", and serves as a Youth Editorial Board Member for both "Energy Engineering" and "Smart Construction and Sustainable Cities" journals.
Assoc. Prof. Yizhou Zhou, Hohai University, China
Yizhou Zhou is an associate professor at Hohai University. He was selected for the Jiangsu Province Youth Science and Technology Talent Support Project and Hohai University Dayu Scholar. He is also the deputy director of the Integrated Energy System Professional Committee of Jiangsu Electrotechnical Society. He has been awarded the first prize of China Electric Power Innovation Award (ranked 1st). He has been approved for the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Natural Science Foundation Project of Jiangsu Province. He has published over 30 papers in SCI and EI journals as the first or corresponding author and authorized 15 national invention patents as the first inventor. He serves as young editorial board members of the journal PCMP, China Electric Power, and Guangdong Electric Power.
Dr. Zhang Congyue, Southeast University, China
Congyue Zhang received the B.S. degree from Chien-Shiung Wu College, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2017, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Southeast University in 2023. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University. His research interests include control of cyber-physical systems, distributed generation, microgrids, and active distribution networks. He has published more than 20 papers, including 15 first-author papers, and has filed over 10 invention patents. He was selected for the Jiangsu Young Sci-Tech Talents Support Program, the Jiangsu Excellent Postdoctoral Program, and the China Postdoctoral National Funding Program. He has served as the principal investigator for multiple national-level projects, including an NSFC Young Scientists Fund project, a China Postdoctoral Science Foundation General Program project, and a sub-project of a National Science and Technology Major Project. He received the 2025 Innovation Award (Second Prize, ranked 2nd) from the China Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Association. He is the youth editorial board member of Electrical Measurement & Instrumentation.
Dr. Yuji Zeng, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Dr. Yuji Zeng is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering at City University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. degree from Dalian Maritime University (DMU) and was also a Joint Training Ph.D. at the University of Western Australia (UWA). His research interests include shipboard DC integrated power systems, renewable hydrogen production systems, and distributed energy storage systems. He has published over 50 academic papers, with more than 20 papers published as first/corresponding authors in international journals such as IEEE TPEL, TTE, TSG, TPWRS, etc. He hosted the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST - Ph.D. Candidates Special Project, and the Cultivation Program for the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of DMU. Participated over 10 research and engineering projects. He received awards and honors such as National Scholarship for Ph.D. Students of China, Outstanding Graduate of Liaoning Province, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertations of DMU, etc. He was also appointed as Chair of the Editorial Board of the Technological Innovation and Science Management, as Young Editorial Board of Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems, Carbon Energy, Battery Energy, etc., as Topic Editor and Guest Editor of MDPI journals, and as Award Chair of IPEE 2026 Conference.