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Dr. Hongxun Hui is an Assistant Professor with the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau. Previously, he received a B. Eng. degree in 2015 and Ph.D. degree in 2020 both from the College of Electrical Engineering in Zhejiang University. From 2018 to 2019, he was a visiting scholar at the Advanced Research Institute in Virginia Tech and CURENT Center in University of Tennessee. From 2020 to 2023, he was a Post-doctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Professor with the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City, University of Macau. His research interests are in the Internet of Things technologies for smart energy, optimization of integrated energy systems, control of flexible resources, and energy economics. He has authored/co-authored 1 international book, more than 50 SCI journal papers, and 16 issued patents. Three of the papers was selected as the ESI Highly Cited Papers (Top 1%).
Dr. Hongxun Hui is Young Editorial Board Member and Guest Editor of high-level journals, including Applied Energy, Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems, Engineering Reports, Integrated Intelligent Energy, etc. He also serves as reviewer for many international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Applied Energy, etc. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, and the Excellent Peer Reviewer Award from CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems. Besides, he was elected in the 1st batch of the Academic Rising Star Program for Ph.D. at Zhejiang University in 2018. He got the Best Paper Award of IEEE iSPEC 2021, the First Prize and the Best Innovation Award of the 2021 National AI Application Competition in Power Dispatching, Excellent Paper Award of the Integrated Smart Energy Conference 2023, and Best Paper Award of IEEE EI2 2023.
Here is Dr. Hongxun Hui’s CV.
Open for Applications 2024
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- [2024-05-20] Zifei Wang, Lunshu Chen, Kexin Wang, Daixu Xie, Zifeng Zhang, Fung Chit Hong, and Weirong Chen successfully defended their master thesis. Cheers!
- [2024-02-06] Hongxun Hui got the Excellent Peer Reviewer Award from the CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems.
- [2024-01-26] New publication: Liya Ma, Hongxun Hui, Sheng Wang and Yonghua Song, “Coordinated optimization of power-communication coupling networks for dispatching large-scale flexible loads to provide operating reserve,” Applied Energy, vol. 359, p. 122705, Apr. 2024.
- [2024-01-16] New publication: Yingcong Sun, Hongxun Hui, Taoyi Qi and Laijun Chen, “Multi-Time Scale Optimization of Urban Micro-Grids Considering High-Penetration of PVs and Heterogeneous Energy Storage Systems,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Early Access, 2024.
- [2023-12-16] We got the Best Paper Award of the 7th IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration (EI2), Dec. 2023. Congratulations!
- [2023-10-20] Dr. Sheng Wang, an excellent Postdoc in our group, got his new position at University College Dublin in Republic of Ireland. He will be the Senior Power System Researcher in Next Generation Energy System (NexSys) team with Prof. Andrew Keane. Cheers!
- [2023-10-01] Two master students, Xiaotian Liu and Kecheng He, in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Macau, join our research group. Cheers!
- [2023-09-10] Two master students, Jiabao Li and Daixu Xie, in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Macau, join our research group. Cheers!
- [2023-08-10] Yujun Lin from School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, supervised by Prof. Shijie Cheng and Xia Chen, join our research group as a visiting student. Cheers!
- [2023-08-06] Three PhD students, Taoyi Qi, Siyu Jiang and Jian Feng, join our research group. Cheers!
- [2023-07-14] Wu Tong successfully defended his thesis. He will join our group at the Zhuhai UM Research & Technology Research Institute as assistant researcher. Cheers!
- [2023-06-12] New publication: H. Li, H. Hui and H. Zhang, “Blockchain-Assisted Virtual Power Plant Framework for Providing Operating Reserve with Various Distributed Energy Resources,” to appear in iEnergy, 2023.
- [2023-06-02] New publication: S. Wang, H. Hui and J. Zhai, “Short-Term Reliability Assessment of Integrated Power-Gas Systems With Hydrogen Injections Using Universal Generating Function,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2023.
- [2023-05-20] New publication: S. Wang, H. Hui and P. Siano, “Resilience of Gas Interchangeability in Hydrogen-Blended Integrated Electricity and Gas Systems: A Transient Approach With Dynamic Gas Composition Tracking,” to appear in iEnergy, 2023.
- [2023-05-15] Hong Jiatu and Chen Ge successfully defended their PhD dissertation. Cheers!
- [2023-05-13] New publication: S. Wang, J. Zhai, H. Hui, Y. Ding and Y. Song, “Operational Reliability of Integrated Energy Systems Considering Gas Flow Dynamics and Demand-Side Flexibilities,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2023.
- [2023-05-02] Our Project “Regulation Technologies of Flexible Resources in Power-Communication Deep Coupling Network” get supported by Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT), Macao, China.
- [2023-03-15] New publication: H. Li, H. Hui and H. Zhang, “Decentralized Energy Management of Microgrid Based on Blockchain-Empowered Consensus Algorithm with Collusion Prevention,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2023.
- [2023-02-23] New publication: Y. Chen, D. Qi, H. Hui, S. Yang, Y. Gu, Y. Yan, Y. Zheng and J. Zhang, “Self-triggered Coordination of Distributed Renewable Generators for Frequency Restoration in Islanded Microgrids: a Low Communication and Computation Strategy,” to appear in Advances in Applied Energy, 2023.
- [2023-02-02] New publication: H. Li, H. Hui and H. Zhang, “Consensus-based Energy Management of Microgrid with Random Packet Drops,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2023.
- [2023-01-16] New publication: S. Wang, J. Zhai and H. Hui, “Operational Reliability Evaluation of Urban Multi-Energy Systems With Equivalent Energy Storage,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2023.
- [2022-12-19] Wu Tong (master student) won the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 2022 International Conference on Frontiers of Energy and Environment Engineering (CFEEE 2022). Cheers!
- [2022-11-29] New publication: S. Wang, H. Hui, Y. Ding, C. Ye and M. Zheng, “Operational Reliability Evaluation of Urban Multi-Energy Systems With Equivalent Energy Storage,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 2022.
- [2022-10-06] New publication: H. Hui, Y. Chen, S. Yang, H. Zhang and T. Jiang, “Coordination Control of Distributed Generators and Load Resources for Frequency Restoration in Isolated Urban Microgrids,” to appear in Applied Energy, 2022.
- [2022-09-08] UM, China Southern Power Grid build joint laboratory to promote research and development of carbon-neutral power and energy systems. News
- [2022-08-23] New publication: J. Hong, H. Hui, H. Zhang, N. Dai and Y. Song, “Event-triggered Consensus Control of Large-scale Inverter Air Conditioners for Demand Response,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2022.
- [2022-04-15] New publication: H. Hui, P. Yu, H. Zhang, N. Dai, W. Jiang and Y. Song, “Regulation Capacity Evaluation of Large-scale Residential Air Conditioners for Improving Flexibility of Urban Power Systems,” to appear in International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 2022.
- [2022-04-01] New publication: H. Hui, Y. Ding, K. Luan, T. Chen, Y. Song and S. Rahman, “Coupon-Based Demand Response for Consumers Facing Flat-Rate Retail Pricing,” to appear in CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems, 2022.
- [2022-03-26] New publication: K. Xie, H. Hui, Y. Ding, Y. Song, C. Ye, W. Zheng and S. Ye, “Modeling and Control of Central Air Conditionings for Providing Regulation Services for Power Systems,” to appear in Applied Energy, 2022.
- [2022-02-15] New publication: J. Hong, H. Hui, H. Zhang, N. Dai, and Y. Song, “Distributed Control of Large-scale Inverter Air Conditioners for Providing Operating Reserve Based on Consensus With Nonlinear Protocol”, to appear in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022.
- [2022-02-09] New publication: H. Hui, P. Siano, Y. Ding, P. Yu, Y. Song, H. Zhang, and N. Dai, “A Transactive Energy Framework for Inverter-based HVAC Loads in a Real-time Local Electricity Market Considering Distributed Energy Resources”, to appear in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2022.
- [2022-01-17] We won the Best Paper Award of the 3rd IEEE Conference on Sustainable Power and Energy (iSPEC 2021). Check the news here. The paper is: H. Hui, P. Yu, H. Zhang, N. Dai, W. Jiang and Y. Song, “Regulation Capacity Evaluation of Large-scale Heterogeneous Residential Air Conditioning Loads,” the 3rd IEEE Conference on Sustainable Power and Energy (iSPEC 2021).
- [2022-01-01] Dr. Hongxun Hui was promoted to be a Research Assistant Professor with the State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City.
- [2021-07-25] New publication “Scheduling thermostatically controlled loads to provide regulation capacity based on a learning-based optimal power flow model,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy.
- [2021-04-25] New publication “Fast Wasserstein-distance-based distributionally robust chance-constrained power dispatch for multi-zone HVAC systems,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
- [2021-02-21] New publication “Game-Theoretic Demand Side Management of Thermostatically Controlled Loads for Smoothing Tie-line Power of Microgrids” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
- [2020-09-17] Our paper “5G Network-based Internet of Things for Demand Response in Smart Grid: A Survey on Application Potential” was selected as the Highly Cited Papers (Top 1%).
- [2020-08-02] New publication “Adaptive Time-Delay Control of Flexible Loads in Power Systems Facing Accidental Outages” to appear in Applied Energy.
- [2020-06-13] I completed my Ph.D. thesis defense Deeply indebted to my supervisors, Prof. Yi Ding and Prof. Yonghua Song.
- [2020-05-12] Hongxun Hui was awarded the Outstanding Graduates (优秀毕业生) both in Zhejiang University and in Zhejiang Province (3 Ph.D. students in the College of EE).
- [2020-04-28] Hongxun Hui was awarded the Nomination of Top Ten Academic Achievements (学生十佳提名学术成果) in the College of EE.
- [2020-02-10] New publication “Dynamic and Stability Analysis of the Power System With the Control Loop of Inverter Air Conditioners” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics!
- [2020-01-15] Hongxun Hui was awarded as 2019 Excellence in Reviewing by the Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (MPCE).
- [2019-12-20] New publication “Use of Demand Response for Voltage Regulation in Power Distribution Systems with Flexible Resources,” to appear in IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution!
- [2019-12-13] Hongxun Hui was awarded the twelfth Top Ten Students (十佳学子) at the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University! 10 students were selected from around 2300 students at College of EE.
- [2019-10-18] Hongxun Hui got the Wang Guo Song Scholarship (王国松奖学金) in the 2018-2019 academic year! It is the highest honor at the College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University. This year, 4 Ph.D. students got this scholarship among about 180 Ph.D. students.
- [2019-10-18] Hongxun Hui got the National Scholarship (国家奖学金) in the 2018-2019 academic year, for rewarding my high quality academic publications and the first ranking in my major (Power Systems)!
- [2019-10-09] New publication “Review of Modeling and Control Strategy of Thermostatically Controlled Loads for Virtual Energy Storage System,” to appear in Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems.
- [2019-10-08] New publication “5G Network-based Internet of Things for Demand Response in Smart Grid: A Survey on Application Potential” to appear in by Applied Energy. This paper’s application survey of 5G on DR is carried out before 5G technology enters the large-scale commercial stage, so as to provide references and guidelines for developing future 5G networks in the smart grid paradigm.
- [2019-06-16] New publication “Capacity Allocation and Optimal Control of Inverter Air Conditioners Considering Area Control Error in Multi-area Power Systems,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
- [2019-04-29] New publication “Modeling and Control of Flexible Loads for Frequency Regulation Services Considering Compensation of Communication Latency and Detection Error,” to appear in Applied Energy.
- [2019-03-20] Our book “Integration of Air Conditioning and Heating into Modern Power Systems—Enabling Demand Response and Energy Efficiency,” was published by Springer!
- [2018-12-16] The 1st IEEE Student Conference on Electric Machines and Systems (IEEE SCEMS 2018) was held successfully! Thanks to all the members in IEEE Zhejiang University Industry Applications Society Student Branch Chapter (IEEEiasZJU)! More photos can be found here.
- [2018-04-18] Hongxun Hui is elected in the 1st batch of the Academic Rising Star Program, Zhejiang University. 60 Ph.D. students will be supported by Science and Technology Development Fund to carry out a research project as principal investigator (PI), who will also get supported as a joint-supervision student to visit global universities for 6~12 months. More information can be found here.