Tao Yu received a B.Eng. degree in Electrical Power Systems from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, in 1996, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2003. He is currently a Professor with the College of Electric Power, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. He is also with the Guangzhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Measurement and Advanced Metering of Power Grid, Guangzhou, China. His special fields of interest include nonlinear and coordinated control theory, artificial intelligence techniques in planning, and the operation of power systems.