IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (WCCI 2022)

18-23 July, 2022, Padova, Italy

Organized by: Dr. Avijit Das and Dr. Zhen Ni

Aim and Scope

Increasing trends of using distributed energy resources (DERs) and information and communication technologies challenge the modern electric grids with variable and uncertain generation (such as wind and solar), stochastic load profiles and power flows, optimization under many DERs, cyber-attacks (unintentional and malicious), communication latencies and data loss, and so on. Recent advances in neural networks and reinforcement learning attracted researchers' attention in the society and are accepted as promising approaches for addressing optimization and control challenges and demands envisioned for a future grid. This special session aims to address and disseminate the state-of-the-art research and development of neural networks and reinforcement learning approaches in smart energy system applications.

This special session will provide a unique platform for researchers from different research communities, including artificial intelligence, computational intelligence, power and energy, optimization and control, cyber-physical security, intelligent and expert systems, communications, and others, to share their research expertise towards smart energy systems. The special session will also enhance the discussion among different communities to explore more challenging cross-domain research topics along this direction.

Topics Covered

The topics of interest include but not limited to neural networks and reinforcement learning system applications in:

• Smart grid operation

• Renewable energy integration

• Modeling, control and optimization of power management

• Cyber security of the power grid

• Demand response and demand side management

• Distributed energy resources

• Forecasting of renewable energy

• Power markets and economics

• Electric vehicle integration

• Methods and algorithms for real-time analysis

• Smart sensing, sense-making and situational Awareness, etc.

Important Dates

• Title and Abstract submission: January 31, 2022 (11:59 PM AoE) . New submissions cannot be created past this deadline

• Paper submission: February 14, 2022 (11:59 PM AoE)

• Notification of acceptance: April 26, 2022

• Final paper submission: May 23, 2022

• Submission Information: www.wcci2022.org/submission/

Program Committee

• Organizers:

  • Dr. Avijit Das, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA

  • Dr. Zhen Ni, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA

• Potential Committee Members:

  • Dr. Haibo He, University of Rhode Island, RI, USA

  • Dr. Qinglai Wei, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

  • Dr. Harith Al-Sahaf, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

  • Dr. Xiangnan Zhong, Florida Atlantic University, FL, USA

  • Dr. Chaoxu Mu, Tianjin University, China

  • Dr. Wei Sun, University of Central Florida, FL, USA

  • Dr. Hang Shuai, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

  • Dr. Reinaldo Tonkoski, South Dakota State University, SD, USA

  • Dr. Shiva Poudel, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

  • Dr. Sayak Mukherjee, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

  • Dr. Shuva Paul, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

For further information and news, please refer to the WCCI 2022 website: www.wcci2022.org/