Ph.D., Associate Professor
School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology
Room 421, No. 2 Engineering Building, 100 Waihuanxi Road, Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China
Email: wfzhongs AT gdut.edu.cn
Weifeng Zhong is currently an Associate Professor at Guangdong University of Technology, China. He was listed in World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (2022-2023). He received his Ph.D. degree from Guangdong University of Technology in 2019. He was a Visiting Scholar with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a Visiting Student with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. His research interests include smart grid, vehicle-to-grid, and vehicular networks. He published more than 60 research papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He won 6 Best Paper Awards in international conferences. He is a Youth Editorial Member of Computer Engineering, Southern Energy Construction, and Advanced Engineering Sciences. He was a co-chair and TPC member of IEEE iThings, IEEE VTC, IEEE WCNC, IEEE Globecom, etc.
Vehicular networks, edge computing, intelligent transportation
Smart grid, Vehicle-to-grid, multi-energy systems, energy trading, carbon trading
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Weifeng Zhong, Wei Su, Xumin Huang*, Jiawen Kang, Chau Yuen, Ruilong Deng, Yan Zhang, Shengli Xie, “Joint Energy-Computation Management for Electric Vehicles under Coordination of Power Distribution Networks and Computing Power Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Early Access, 2024.
Shichu Rong, Weifeng Zhong*, Xumin Huang, Jiawen Kang, Shengli Xie, Chau Yuen, “Joint Path Selection, Energy Trading, and Task Offloading in Electric Vehicle Computing and Charging Network,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 17067-17081, May 2024.
Weifeng Zhong, Kan Xie*, Yi, Liu, Shengli Xie, Lihua Xie “Nash Mechanisms for Market Design based on Distribution Locational Marginal Prices,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 4297-4309, Nov. 2022.
Weifeng Zhong, Kan Xie, Yi, Liu*, Shengli Xie, Lihua Xie “Chance Constrained Scheduling and Pricing for Multi-Service Battery Energy Storage,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 5030-5042, Nov. 2021.
Weifeng Zhong, Shengli Xie, Kan Xie, Qiyu Yang*, Lihua Xie “Cooperative P2P Energy Trading in Active Distribution Networks: A MILP-based Nash Bargaining Solution,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 1264-1276, Mar. 2021.
Jul. 2021 - Present, Associate Professor
School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, China
Jul. 2019 - Jul.2021, Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, China
Adviser: Prof. Zuyuan Yang
Jan. 2020 - Jan. 2021, Visiting scholar
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Adviser: Prof. Lihua Xie (IEEE Fellow, IFAC Fellow, SAEng Fellow)
Dec. 2015 - Jun. 2016, Visiting student
C2E Group@HKUST, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Adviser: Prof. Danny H.K. Tsang (IEEE Fellow, HKIE Fellow)
Sep. 2016 - Jun. 2019, Ph.D. in Control Science and Engineering
Guangdong University of Technology, China
Adviser: Prof. Shengli Xie (IEEE Fellow)
Sep. 2013 - Jun. 2016, M.Eng. in Control Engineering
Guangdong University of Technology, China
Adviser: Prof. Shengli Xie (IEEE Fellow)
Sep. 2009 - Jun. 2013, B.Eng. in Automation
Guangdong University of Technology, China
Research on Coordinated Optimization of Power Networks and Computing Networks and Multi-resource Trading, Foreign Expert Program, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, 2024-2025, PI.
Research on Electric Vehicle Resource Management based on Collaboration of Power Grids and Computing Power Networks, Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, 2024-2026, PI.
Research on Frequency Regulation Market and Optimal Distribution Network Control for Diversified V2G Needs, Electric Power Research Institute, China Southern Power Grid, 2023-2024, PI.
Optimal Scheduling for Complex Power Grids with Multi-Agent Interaction, Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau, 2023-2025, PI.
Research on Interaction Model and Optimal Decision-Making of Multiple Agents in Smart Distribution Networks, Foreign Expert Program, Ministry of Science and Technology, 2022-2023, PI.
Start-up Grant, Guangdong University of Technology, 2021-2026, PI.
Optimal Management of Multi-Dimensional Coupling Electricity Resources in Active Distribution Networks, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2021-2023, PI.
Cooperative Management of Heterogeneous Energy Storage Resources in New Energy Microgrids, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 2019-2021, PI.
First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Artificial Intelligence and Automation Society, 2024
First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award, Guangdong Intelligent Transportation Association, 2024
Best Paper Award, ICCEIC, Guangzhou, 2024
Best Student Paper Award, IEEE VTC2024-Spring, Singapore, 2024
Best Paper Award, ECNCT, Guangzhou, 2023
Best Paper Award, IEEE IWCMC, Dubrovnik, 2022
Best Paper Award, IEEE CIT, Liverpool, 2015
Best Paper Award, EAI INISCOM, Tokyo, 2015
IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award, Publicity Chair, IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, Wuhan, 2022.
IEEE Outstanding Leadership Award, Session Chair, IEEE Hyper-Intelligence Congress, Haikou, 2021.
Postdoctoral Grants, Guangdong Excellent Young Talents International Training Program, Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangdong Province, China, 2020
National Scholarship for Ph.D. Students, Ministry of Education of China, 2018
National Scholarship for Master Students, Ministry of Education of China, 2015
Guangdong Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Education of Guangdong Province, China, 2019
Guangdong Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Education of Guangdong Province, China, 2016
Ten Innovative Figures, Guangdong University of Technology, China, 2019 (Awarded to 10/47,000 students)
Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award, Guangdong University of Technology, China, 2017
Youth Editorial Member, Computer Engineering (in Chinese) (2023-2026)
Youth Editorial Member, Southern Energy Construction (in Chinese) (2024-2026)
Youth Editorial Member, Advanced Engineering Science (in Chinese) (2024-2026)
Guest Editor, Symmetry (2023-2024), Energies (2022-2023)
Co-chair, Workshop TPC Chair of IEEE Metaverse 2024, IEEE iThings 2022, Publicity Chair of IEEE EUC 2022, Publication Chair of SAPA 2024, IEEE iThings 2023, Session Chair of IWCMC 2022, IEEE SmartCity 2021.
TPC Member of IEEE VTC 2025 Fall, IEEE VTC 2025 Spring, ICNC'25 NAPE, IEEE ISPA 2024, IEEE TrustCom-2024, IEEE SmartGridComm'24, IEEE ICCC'24, IEEE VTC 2024 Fall, IEEE VTC 2024 Spring, IEEE VTC 2023 Fall, ICNC'24 NAPE, IEEE Globecom 2023 MWN, IEEE ICCC'23, IEEE INFOCOM AidTSP 2023, IEEE VTC 2023 Spring, IEEE WCNC 2023, IEEE WCNC 2022, IEEE VTC 2022 Spring, IEEE TrustCom 2022, IEEE EUC 2022.
Active Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Applied Energy, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, IEEE Transactions on network and service management, IEEE Systems Journal, etc.