Research Interests

• Complex System Operations and Planning

  • Power Systems, Electricity Markets, Renewable Energy Systems, 

  • Networks Resource Allocation

• Optimization and Learning Algorithms

  • Risk-Averse Optimization, Mixed-Integer Linear/nonlinear Programming

• Quantum Computing

  • Quantum Optimization Algorithm,  Quantum Machine Learning

Publications

• Here are the selected publications from LORE Lab

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JOURNALS

1. Fan, Lei, Jianhui Wang, Ruiwei Jiang, and Yongpei Guan. "Min-max regret bidding strategy for thermal generator considering price uncertainty." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 29, no. 5 (2014): 2169-2179.

2. Fan, Lei, and Yongpei Guan. "An edge-based formulation for combined-cycle units." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 31, no. 3 (2015), pp. 1809–1819.

3. Fan, Lei, Kai Pan, and Yongpei Guan. "A strengthened mixed-integer linear programming formulation for combined-cycle units." European Journal of Operational Research 275, no. 3 (2019): 865-881.

4. Babaei, Sadra, Chaoyue Zhao, and Lei Fan. "A data-driven model of virtual power plants in day-ahead unit commitment." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 34, no. 6 (2019), pp. 5125–5135.

5. Fan, Lei, Chaoyue Zhao, Guangyuan Zhang, and Qiuhua Huang. "Flexibility Management in Economic Dispatch With Dynamic Automatic Generation Control." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 37, no. 2 (2021): 876–886.

6. Zhang, Song, Amritanshu Pandey, Xiaochuan Luo, Maggy Powell, Ranjan Banerji, Lei Fan, Abhineet Parchure, and Edgardo Luzcando. "Practical Adoption of Cloud Computing in Power Systems—Drivers, Challenges, Guidance, and Real-World Use Cases." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 13, no. 3 (2022): 2390–2411.

7. Siyuan Wang*, Chaoyue Zhao, Lei Fan, and Rui Bo. "Distributionally Robust Unit Commitment with Flexible Generation Resources Considering Renewable Energy Uncertainty." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (2022). 

8. Fan, Lei, and Zhu Han. "Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing for Future Network Optimization", IEEE Network Magazine, 2022, SEP/OCT

9. Zhao, Zhongqi*,  Lei Fan, Zhu Han. "Optimal Data Center Energy Management with Hybrid Quantum-Classical Multi-Cuts Benders' Decomposition Method", IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, Aug, 2023.

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conferences

1. Dong, Feng, and Lei Fan. "Power system reliability assessment with full topology model." In 2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2017.

2. Zhan, Junpeng, Meng Yue, and Lei Fan. "Reliability-Based Stochastic Transmission Expansion Planning Considering Uncertainties of Dynamic Thermal Rating and Wind Power." In: 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2019

3. Zhao, Zhongqi*, Lei Fan, and Zhu Han. "Hybrid Quantum Benders’ Decomposition For Mixed-integer Linear Programming." In 2022 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), pp. 2536–2540. IEEE, 2022.

4. Xuan, Wenlu*, Zhongqi Zhao, Lei Fan, and Zhu Han. "Minimizing delay in network function visualization with quantum computing." In 2021 IEEE 18th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), pp. 108-116. IEEE, 2021. Invited Paper

5. Li, Mingze*, Hongliang Zhang, Lei Fan, and Zhu Han. "A Quantum Feature Selection Method for Network Intrusion Detection", In 2022 IEEE 19th International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Smart Systems (MASS), 2022. Invited Paper

6. Li, Ang*, Jiming Peng, Lei Fan. "Decentralized Optimal Operations of Power Distribution System with Networked Microgrids",  In 2023 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference, 2023.

7. Li, Mingze*, Siyuan Wang, Lei  Fan, and Zhu Han. "Coordinated Operations of Hydrogen and Power Distribution Systems" , In 2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT) NA, 2023. 

8. Simon Abongmbo*, Driss Benhaddou, Harish Krishnamoorthy, Lei Fan, Jian Shi. "Optimal Sizing of Islanded Microgrid using the Backtracking Search Optimization Algorithm with Standard Brownian Walk", In 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2022.

9. Xinliang Wei*, Lei Fan, Yuanxiong Guo, Yanmin Gong, Zhu Han, Yu Wang. "Quantum Assisted Scheduling Algorithm for Federated Learning in Distributed Networks", In 2023 32nd International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), 2023, Invited Paper.

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Thanks for research funds

1. NSF

2. DOE ARPA-E, AMO

3. Breakthrough Energy

4. Broadreach Power