Yinliang Xu

01/2010~08/2013     Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA

09/2007~12/2009     M.S. in Control Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

09/2003~07/2007     B.S. in Control Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

7/2020---present     Associate Professor, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI), Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University.

9/2017---6/2020      Assistant Professor, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI), Tsinghua University.

9/2015---08/2018     Adjunct Faculty, Carnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

11/2013---2017/08    Associate Professor, SYSU-CMU Joint Institute of Engineering, School of Electronics and Information Technology Sun Yat-sen University, China

11/2013---08/2014    Visiting Professor, Carnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA.

07/2013~10/2013     Research Associate, Penn State University, State College, PA.

05/2011~08/2011     Research Assistant, Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ.

Senior member of IEEE

06/2019~Now IEEE ACCESS (SCI IF: 3.745), Associate Editor

03/2020~Now CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems (SCI, IF: 3.115), Associate Editor

07/2020~Now IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution (IF: SCI 2.862), Associate Editor

09/2020~Now IET Renewable Power Generation (SCI, IF: 3.894), Associate Editor

08/2020~Now IET Smart Grid, Associate Editor

• Distributed control and optimization of power systems, 3 credit, 48 class hours

• Computational methods for power systems, 3 credit, 48 class hour

Power systems optimization, microgrids, renewable energy integration, virtual power plant, artificial intelligence, big data and learning, distributed control and optimization.

• Shenzhen Natural Science Foundation, Virtual power plant coordination with the active distribution network in the energy internet environment, 2021/11/01-2024/10/31;

• Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, Integrated Energy Operation and trading strategy based on Blockchain, 2021/01/01-2023/12/31;

• China Southern Power Grid Scientific Project，Cloud-cluster-end coordinated virtual powerplant optimal operation research, 2021/06/01-2022/12/31;

• China Southern Power Grid Scientific Project，Coordinated benefits based distribution network expansion project decision making model and strategy research, 2021/06/01～2022/12/31;

• China Southern Power Grid Scientific Project, Power System Optimal Dispatch Based on Source-Network-Load-Storage Coordination,” 08/2017-7/2020;

• China Southern Power Grid Scientific Project, Virtual Power Plant and Distribution Network Interaction in Electric Energy and Ancillary Market, 06/2018-9/2020.

1.  L. Yang, Y. Xu*, W. Gu, and H. Sun, Distributionally Robust Chance-Constrained Optimal Power-Gas Flow Under Bidirectional Interactions Considering Uncertain Wind Power, IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol.12, no.2, pp.1722-1735, 2021.

2. X. Chang, Y. Xu*, W. Gu, H. Sun*, M. Chow and Z. Yi, Accelerated Distributed Hybrid Stochastic/Robust Energy Management of Smart Grids, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 5335-5347, Aug. 2021.

3. Z. Yi, Y. Xu*, W. Gu and Z. Fei, Distributed Model Predictive Control Based Secondary Frequency Regulation for a Microgrid with Massive Distributed Resources, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 1078-1089, April 2021.

4. Z. Yi, Y. Xu*, J. Zhou, W. Wu, H. Sun, “Bilevel Programming for Optimal Operation of an Active Distribution Network with Multiple Virtual Power Plants” IEEE Trans. Sustainable Energy, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 2855-2869, Oct. 2020.

5.  X. Shi, Y. Xu*, Q. Guo, and H. Sun,  A Distributed EV Navigation Strategy Considering the Interaction Between Power System and Traffic Network, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 3545-3557, July 2020.

6.  L. Yang, Y. Xu*, and H. Sun, “A Dynamic Linearization and Convex Relaxation Based Approach for a Natural Gas Optimal Operation Problem.” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 1802-1804, March 2020.

7. L. Yang, Y. Xu*, H. Sun, and X. Zhao, Two-stage Convexification Based Optimal Electricity-Gas Flow, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 1465-1475, March 2020.

8. Z. Yi, Y. Xu*, W. Gu and W. Wu, “A multi-time-scale economic scheduling strategy for virtual power plant based on deferrable loads aggregation and disaggregation,” IEEE Trans. Sustainable Energy, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1332-1346, July 2020.

9. Y. Xu, W. Wu, and J. Zhou*, “A distributed task allocation based on winners-take-all approach for multiple energy storage systems coordination in a microgrid,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 686-695, Jan. 2020.

10. Z. Yi, Y. Xu*, Z. Li, “Optimal configuration of distributed heat source to promote the wind power penetration in combined heat and power system,” Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, vol.11, no. 3, pp.1-13.

11. Z. Yi, Y. Xu*, J. Hu, M. Chow and H. Sun, Distributed neurodynamic-based approach for economic dispatch in an integrated energy system, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 2245-2257, April 2020.

12. Y. Xu*, H. Sun, and W. Gu, “A novel discounted min-consensus algorithm for optimal electrical power trading in grid-connected DC microgrids” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 11, pp. 8474-8484, Nov. 2019. (SCI, IF:7.07).

13. Y. Xu*, Q. Guo, H Sun, and Z. Fei, “Distributed discrete robust secondary cooperative control for islanded microgrids,” IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 3620-3629, July 2019. 

14. Y. Xu, W. Zhang*, M. Chow, H. Sun, and J. Peng, “A distributed model-free controller for enhancing the power system frequency transient stability” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol.15, no.3, pp.1361-1371, 2019.

15. Y. Xu*, H Sun, W. Gu, Y. Xu, Z. Li, “Optimal distributed control for secondary frequency and voltage regulation in an islanded microgrid” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 15, no.1, pp.225-235, 2019. 

Yinliang Xu, Wei Zhang, Wenxin Liu and Wen Yu, Distributed Energy Management of Electrical Power System, JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC.pp:1-235, ISBN: 9781119534884, 2021.

Yinliang Xu, Xiaoying Shi, Hongbin Sun, Electric power trading method, device and storage, issued patent, 2021011401076300, 2021.

L. Yang, Y. Xu, Z. Xu, and H. Sun, “Stochastic dispatch for power and gas systems under uncertainties in gas network,” 2020 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, August 2-6, 2020, Montreal, Canada. (Corresponding author, Best paper award)