BIYUN CHEN was born in Beihai, China, in 1978. She received a B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, in 1999, an M.S. degree from the College of Electrical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, China, in 2003, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the South China University of Technology, in 2006. She was an Associate Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering, Guangxi University, where she is currently an Associate Professor. Her research interests include smart grid operation and planning, and power system cyber-security.