The Hong Kong Polytechnic University to attend the "Academician Campus Visit" activity. Professor Zhong Zhiyong is the President-Elect of IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE). He delivered a report titled "Smart Grid Technological Innovation: New Opportunities and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twins" to teachers and students of Beijing Jiaotong University in the Academic Lecture Hall on the 7th floor of Siyuan West Building.
In his report, Academician Zhong Zhiyong focused on the applications of artificial intelligence and digital twin technologies in power system load forecasting, renewable energy generation forecasting, system state estimation, stability analysis, and other directions. He pointed out the opportunities and challenges faced by artificial intelligence and digital twins in smart grid technological innovation, and looked forward to the future prospects and development trends of these two technologies. The report was hosted by Xu Yin, Deputy Director of the Human Resources Department. More than 50 teachers and students from the School of Electrical Engineering attended the report, and had enthusiastic interactions and exchanges with Academician Zhong Zhiyong.
Before the report, Wu Mingli, Dean of the School of Electrical Engineering; Wang Xiaojun, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Vice Dean; Niu Liyong, Vice Dean; and Xu Yin, Deputy Director of the Human Resources Department, met with Academician Zhong Zhiyong. Both parties discussed and exchanged views on discipline development, faculty team building, talent training, and other issues. After the report, accompanied by Xu Yin, Academician Zhong Zhiyong visited laboratories including the Beijing Engineering Research Center of Rail Transit Electrical Engineering, the Engineering Research Center of Power Traction under the Ministry of Education, and the Comprehensive Experimental Center of Electrical Engineering.
Professor Zhong Zhiyong is Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chair Professor of Power Systems Engineering, and Founding Director of the Grid Modernization Research Center at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He serves as the 2024-2025 President-Elect and 2026-2027 President of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES). Professor Zhong is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (FCAE), Foreign Fellow of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (FCSEE), Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC), Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), and Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (FHKIE). He is also an IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer and recipient of the 2021 IEEE Canada P. Ziogas Power Award. Professor Zhong has served as a member of the Smart Grid Committee and Global Outreach Committee of the IEEE PES Governing Board, a member of the IEEE PES Fellow Evaluation Committee, the IEEE PES Region 10 North Section Representative, and the Chair of the IEEE Hong Kong Section. He currently serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, and has previously served on the editorial boards of nine top international journals, including Senior Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and Advisory Editor of IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. Professor Zhong holds 3 US patents, has co-authored 3 book chapters, and published more than 200 international journal papers.
