Houshang Karimi (M’07-SM’12) received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in 2007. From 2009 to 2012, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. In 2013, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, where he is currently an Associate Professor. His research interests include control systems, microgrid control, and smart grids.