Distributed Control and Optimization of Networked Microgrids: A Multi-Agent System Based Approach

Professor Lei Ding received the B.Sc. degree in Automation, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Control Theory and Control Engineering from the Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China, in 2007, 2009, and 2014, respectively. From 2010 to 2012, he was a Visiting Ph.D. Student sponsored by China Scholarship Council at the Centre for Intelligent and Networked Systems, Central Queensland University, Australia. From 2015 to 2016, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at Western Sydney University, Australia. From 2016 to 2017, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at Wayne State University, USA. From 2017 to 2019, he worked as a Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. He is currently a Full Professor at the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications Nanjing, China.
Professor Ding was the recipient of The 2021 IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica Norbert Wiener Review Award, The 2020 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Outstanding Paper Award, and The 2019 IEEE SMC Society Andrew P. Sage Best Transactions Paper Award. He was awarded as Jiangsu Specially appointed Professor by Jiangsu Education Department, China, and the Dingxin Scholar by Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. He is an Early Career Advisory Board Member of Control Engineering Practice and IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. He served as a Guest Editor of Control Engineering Practice and IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, and Information Sciences. He is the Senior Member of IEEE.
Professor Qing-Long Han is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Quality) and a Distinguished Professor at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. He held various academic and management positions at Griffith University and Central Queensland University, Australia. He received the Ph.D. degree in Control Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology in 1997. His research interests include networked control systems, multi-agent systems, time-delay systems, smart grids, unmanned surface vehicles, and neural networks.Professor Han was the recipient of The 2021 Norbert Wiener Award (the Highest Award in systems science and engineering, and cybernetics), The 2021 M. A. Sargent Medal (the Highest Award of the Electrical College Board of Engineers Australia), The 2021 IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica Norbert Wiener Review Award, The 2020 IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Society Andrew P. Sage Best Transactions Paper Award, The 2020 IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Outstanding Paper Award, and The 2019 IEEE SMC Society Andrew P. Sage Best Transactions Paper Award.
Professor Han is a Member of the Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe). He is a Fellow of The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers Australia. He is a Highly Cited Researcher in both Engineering and Computer Science (Clarivate Analytics). He has served as an AdCom Member of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), a Member of IEEE IES Fellow Committee, and Chair of IEEE IES Technical Committee on Networked Control Systems. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of IEEE/CAA JOURNAL OF AUTOMATICA SINICA, Co-Editor of Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, an Associate Editor for 12 international journals, including the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CYBERNETICS, IEEE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS MAGAZINE, Control Engineering Practice, and Information Sciences, and a Guest Editor for 13 Special Issues.
Dr. Boda Ning received the B.Eng. degree in automatic control from East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, in 2011, the M.Sc. degree with Distinction in control systems from University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K., in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, in 2017.
Dr. Ning is a Senior Research Engineer at Swinburne University of Technology, where he was a Research Fellow from September 2017 to March 2019. From April 2019 to December 2019, he was a Research Fellow at RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. From 2010 to 2011, he was an exchange student with University of Dundee, Dundee, U.K. His current research interests include cooperative control of multi-agent systems and automation in construction.

雷丁教授於2007年、2009年和2014年分別在中國大連海事大學獲得自動化學士學位、控制理論和控制工程碩士學位以及博士學位。2010年至2012年期間，他在澳大利亞中央昆士蘭大學智能和網絡系統中心擔任中國獎學金委員會贊助的訪問博士生。2015年至2016年期間，他在澳大利亞西悉尼大學擔任訪問研究員。2016年至2017年期間，他在美國韋恩州立大學擔任博士後研究員。2017年至2019年期間，他在澳大利亞斯威本科技大學擔任研究員。他目前是中國南京郵電大學的全職教授。
丁教授獲得了2021年IEEE/CAA自動化學報諾伯特·維納評論獎、2020年IEEE工業信息學交易傑出論文獎和2019年IEEE SMC學會安德魯·P·賽奇最佳交易論文獎。他被江蘇省教育廳授予江蘇特聘教授稱號，並被南京郵電大學授予丁新學者稱號。他是《控制工程實踐》和IEEE/CAA自動化學報的早期職業諮詢委員會成員。他曾擔任《控制工程實踐》和IEEE系統、人和控制論交易的客座編輯，以及《信息科學》的客座編輯。他是IEEE的高級會員。
韓慶龍教授是澳大利亞墨爾本斯威本科技大學的副校長（研究質量）和杰出教授。他曾在澳大利亞格里菲斯大學和中央昆士蘭大學擔任各種學術和管理職位。他於1997年從華東理工大學獲得控制工程博士學位。他的研究興趣包括網絡控制系統、多智能體系統、時滯系統、智能電網、無人水面載具和神經網絡。韓教授獲得了2021年諾伯特·維納獎（系統科學和工程以及控制科學的最高獎項）、2021年M.A.薩金特獎（澳大利亞工程師學會電氣學院最高獎項）、2021年IEEE/CAA自動化學報諾伯特·維納評論獎、2020年IEEE系統、人和控制論學會安德魯·P·賽奇最佳交易論文獎、2020年IEEE工業信息學交易傑出論文獎和2019年IEEE SMC學會安德魯·P·賽奇最佳交易論文獎。
韓教授是歐洲科學院（歐洲科學院）的成員。他是電氣和電子工程師學會（IEEE）和澳大利亞工程師學會的會士。他在工程和計算機科學領域都是高被引研究者（Clarivate Analytics）。他曾擔任IEEE工業電子學會（IES）的理事會成員、IEEE IES會士委員會成員和IEEE IES網絡控制系統技術委員會主席。他是IEEE工業信息學交易的聯合主編，IEEE/CAA自動化學報的副主編，澳大利亞電氣和電子工程學報的編輯，以及包括IEEE控制系統交易、IEEE工業電子雜誌、控制工程實踐和信息科學在內的12本國際期刊的副編輯，並擔任13個特刊的客座編輯。
寧博達博士於2011年在中國華東理工大學獲得自動控制學士學位，2012年在英國曼徹斯特大學獲得控制系統碩士學位（優異），並於斯威本科技大學獲得電氣和電子工程博士學位。