Speakers
Prof. Lantao Xing, Shandong University, China
Lantao Xing received his Ph.D. degree in Control Science and Engineering from Zhejiang University, China, in 2018. He then served as a Research Fellow at Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and as a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Currently, he is a Full Professor in the School of Control Science and Engineering at Shandong University, China. He was awarded the Best Paper Award at ICIEA 2021. Additionally, he serves as an Associate Editor for both IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. His research interests include nonlinear system control and distributed control with various applications.
Speech Title: Distributed Control of DC Microgrid: The Concepts of VVD and VCD
Abstract: The direct current (DC) microgrid is gaining increasing attention in modern power systems. A key challenge in the operation of DC microgrids is ensuring proper current sharing among converters. While this issue is typically addressed using droop control, the resulting voltage deviations in the DC bus require compensation. To address this challenge, two novel concepts—Virtual Voltage Drop (VVD) and Virtual Current Directive (VCD)—are proposed. By dynamically averaging VVD and VCD, both current sharing and voltage stability can be effectively maintained. Moreover, a relaxed upper bound for the constant power loads can also be obtained. Simulation and experimental results will be presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control strategies.
Assoc. Prof. Giuseppe Carbone, University of Calabria, Italy
Giuseppe Carbone has got his PhD degree in Robotics from the University of Cassino, Italy, in 2004 where he has been Assistant Professor and Key Member of the Laboratory of Robotics and Mechatronics (LARM) for about 15 years. He has been visiting professor at Universidad Carlos III of Madrid, Beihang University, Waseda University, and several other well-reputed International Research Institutions. From 2018 to 2021 he has been Visiting professor at Sheffield Hallam University, UK where he served as Senior Lecturer and member of the Executive board of Sheffield Robotics from 2015 to 2017. From 2018 he has been Associate Professor at University of Calabria, Italy. From 2020 he is Chair of IFToMM TC on Robotics and Mechatronics. Among others he is Treasurer of the IFToMM Italy Member Organization, Editor-in-Chief of Robotica Journal (Cambridge Univ. Press), Section EIC of Journal of Bionic Engineering, MDPI Robotics, MDPI Machines, Technical Editor of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. He published over 400 research paper outputs. He has been PI or co-PI of more than 20 projects including 7th European Framework and H2020 funds. He has received more than 20 Best Paper awards and more than 10 International Best Patent awards.
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Assoc. Prof. Angelo Genovese, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy.
Angelo Genovese (S'12-M'15-SM’22) received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, in 2014. He has been an Associate Professor in Computer Science with the Università degli Studi di Milano since 2022. He has been a Visiting Researcher with the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Original results have been published in over 80 papers in international journals, proceedings of international conferences, books, and book chapters. His current research interests include signal and image processing and artificial intelligence for industrial and environmental monitoring systems, medical imaging, and design methodologies and algorithms for self-adapting systems. Dr. Genovese is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (Springer) and Array (Elsevier). For more information: https://homes.di.unimi.it/genovese/.
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Professor Umesh C. Pati, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India (IEEE Senior Member)
Dr. Umesh C. Pati is a Full Professor at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela. He has obtained his B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, Odisha. He received both M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Instrumentation and Image Processing, respectively, from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.
His current areas of interest are Image/Video Processing, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Medical Imaging, Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Automation, and Instrumentation Systems. He has authored/edited two books and published more than 125 articles in peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings. He has served as a reviewer in many reputed international journals and conferences. He has delivered many Keynote/Invited Talks at various International/National platforms. He has also guest-edited Special Issues of Cognitive Neurodynamics and the International Journal of Signal and Imaging System Engineering. Dr. Pati has filed 3 Indian patents. Besides other sponsored projects, he is currently associated with a high-value IMPRINT project, “Intelligent Surveillance Data Retriever (ISDR) for Smart City Applications,” which is an initiative of the Ministry of Education (formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development) and Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India.
He has visited countries like the USA, Italy, Austria, Singapore, Mauritius, Nepal, etc., concerning research collaboration and paper presentation. He was also an academic visitor to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, USA, and the Institute for Automation, University of Leoben, Austria. He is a Senior member of IEEE, a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India), a Fellow of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), and a Life member of various professional bodies like MIR Labs (USA), The Indian Society for Technical Education, Instrument Society of India, Computer Society of India, and Odisha Bigyan Academy. His biography has been included in the 32nd edition of MARQUIS Who’s Who in the World 2015.
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Wuhan, China