Prof. Liangzhong Yao is the Director (Head) of the Smart Grid Research Institute and a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Automation at Wuhan University, China. He completed his MSc and PhD studies in Electrical Power Engineering at Tsinghua University, China, in 1989 and 1993, respectively. He has published over 350 journal and conference papers, more than 60 patents, and five books. He is a Member of Academia Europaea, Fellow of IEEE, IET, AAIA (Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association), AIIA (International Artificial Intelligence Industry Alliance), and the UK Chartered Engineer (CEng). His research interests include renewable energy grid integration and control, energy storage grid integration and control, power electronics converter control, and HVDC and DC grid technologies.