ALFREDO VACCARO received his M.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Salerno, Italy, and Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo,Waterloo, ON, Canada. From 1999 to 2002, he was an Assistant Researcher in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Salerno. From March 2002 to October 2015, he was an Assistant Professor of electric power systems for the Department of Engineering, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy, where he is currently a Full Professor of electrical power systems. His research interests include soft computing and interval-based methods applied to power system analysis, alongside self-organizing paradigms for smart grid computing. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and IEEE Transactions on Smart Grids, and the Chair of the Power System Operation, Planning and Economics Committee - Technologies and Innovations (T&I) SC.