JUNJIAN QI
Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Stevens Institute of Technology
Burchard 412, Hoboken NJ 07030 Email: jqi8@stevens.edu; junjianqi@ieee.org ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4043-9427
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Junjian_Qi Google Scholar Citations: https://goo.gl/Y85b2P
h-index: 24; i10-index: 40
Work Experience
Assistant Professor Hoboken NJ
Stevens Institute of Technology Aug. 2020–present
Assistant Professor Orlando FL
University of Central Florida Aug. 2017–Aug. 2020
Joint Appointed Argonne Staff Chicago IL
University of Chicago Dec. 2016–Jul. 2017
Postdoctoral Appointee Lemont IL
Argonne National Laboratory Jan. 2015–Jul. 2017
Advisor: Dr. Jianhui Wang
Research Associate Knoxville TN
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Sept. 2013–Jan. 2015
Advisor: Prof. Kai Sun
Education
Tsinghua University Beijing China
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Jul. 2013
Dissertation Title: “Power Grid Cascading Failure Models and Mechanisms”
Advisor: Prof. Shengwei Mei Cumulative GPA: 3.93/4.0
Shandong University Jinan China
B.E. Electrical Engineering Jun. 2008
Advisor: Prof. Yutian Liu
Cumulative GPA: 3.86/4.0 (top 3/224)
Recent Long-Term Activity
Complex Systems Summer School Santa Fe NM
Santa Fe Institute Jun. 8–Jul. 4, 2014 Attended 160 hours of an intensive series of graduate-level lectures, laboratory sessions, and discus- sion sessions on complex systems. Led an interdisciplinary project “Controlling the Self-organizing Dynamics in Sandpile Models by Failure Tolerance and Applications to Economic and Ecological Systems”.
Visiting Scholar Ames IA
Iowa State University Feb.–Aug. 2012
Advisor: Prof. Ian Dobson
Worked on applying branching processes to cascading blackout analysis.
Honors & Awards
• NSF CAREER Award 2020
• Argonne Outstanding Postdoctoral Performance Award (4 out of 315) 2016
• Best Conference Paper in IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting 2014
• Tsinghua Scholarship for Overseas Graduate Studies 2012
• First-class Tsinghua–New Fortune Scholarship 2011, 2012
• Tsinghua–China Aerospace Science and Technology Scholarship 2009
• Excellent Graduation Thesis Author of Shandong University 2008
• First-class Shandong University Comprehensive Scholarship 2006, 2007
Professional Affiliations & Services
• Senior Member, IEEE 2017–present
• Member, IEEE Power & Energy Society 2014–present
• Member, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society 2018–present
• Individual Member, CIGRE 2019–present
• Associate Editor, IEEE Access 2018–present
• Secretary, IEEE Working Group on “Energy Internet” 2018–present
• Secretary, IEEE Task Force on “Voltage Control for Smart Grids” 2016–2019
• Member, IEEE Working Group on “Understanding, Prediction, Mitigation and Restoration of
Cascading Failures” 2014–present
• Member, IEEE Task Force on “Power System Dynamic State and Parameter Estimation”
2017–present
• Technical program committee member, IEEE ISGT NA 2020 2020
• Technical program committee member, 2020 3rd International Joint Conference on Clean Energy
and Smart Grid (CCESG) 2020
• Technical program committee member, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Com-
munications (SmartGridComm) 2017
• Technical program committee member, Fifth International Symposium on Control, Automation,
Industrial Informatics and Smart Grid (ICAIS’17) 2017
• Invited attendee, NSF Workshop on Power Electronics-Enabled Operation of Power Systems, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago IL Oct. 31–Nov. 1, 2019
• Invited attendee, Cyber-Physical Systems Security Workshop, University of Rhode Island in
Kingston, RI Oct. 18–19, 2019
• Invited Attendee, Workshop on “Security & Resilience of Grid Integration with Distributed Energy Resources: Lessons Learned & Future Outlook”, NREL Jul. 13–14, 2016
• Attendee and speaker, NASPI Work Group Meeting 2014–2016
• Invited attendee, NSF National Workshop on Resilience Research Oct. 22–23, 2015
• Reviewer, Quadrennial Technology Review 2015 of U.S. Department of Energy 2015
• Active reviewer for top journals and conferences in power systems, control, and physics: Proc.
IEEE, IEEE Trans. Power Systems, IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, IEEE Trans. Control System Technology, IEEE Trans. Sustainable Energy, IEEE Tran. Industrial Informatics, IEEE Trans. Control of Network Systems, IEEE Trans. Systems, Man, and Cybernet- ics: Systems, IEEE Trans. Reliability, IEEE Power Engineering Letters, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, IEEE Access, Applied Energy, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, European Transactions on Electrical Power, Journal of Renewable and Sus- tainable Energy, Electric Power Component and Systems, Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, Physica A, Engineering Optimization, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Recent Patent on Engineering, PLoS ONE, 2015 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, American Control Conference (2016, 2019), 2016 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (2017, 2019, 2020).
Funding
University of Central Florida Aug. 2017–present
• PI: “CAREER: Deciphering Large- Scale Real Outage Data for Cascading Failure Analysis, Pre- vention, and Intervention,” NSF CAREER Award, 2020. ($500K, 2020–2025)
• coPI: “Autonomous Inverter Controls for Resilient and Secure Grid Operation: Vector Control Design for Grid Forming,” DOE EERE SETO Award, 2019. ($3.8 million with $3 million federal funding and $0.8 million cost share, 2020–2022; PI: Dr. Zhihua Qu)
• coPI: “UCF Long-Duration Energy Storage Study,” Duke Energy UCF Collaborative Project, 2019. ($256,962, 2019–2021; PI: Dr. Zhihua Qu)
• PI: “Enhancing Cyber-Physical System Security for Large-Scale Integration of Distributed Energy Resources by Big Data and Deep Learning,” Cyber Florida Collaborative Seed Award Program, 2019.
($75K, 2019–2020; coPI: Dr. Yufei Tang)
• coPI: “Developing Cybersecurity Laboratory and Curriculum for Critical Energy Infrastructure,”
Cyber Florida Capacity Building Program, 2018. ($50K, 2018–2019; PI: Dr. Wei Sun)
• PI: “Enhancing Power System Resilience and Cybersecurity by Advanced Analytics,” Argonne National Laboratory Subcontract, 2017. ($100K, 2017–2019)
Argonne National Laboratory Jan. 2015–Jul. 2017
• PI: “Cybersecurity for Renewables, Distributed Energy Resources and Smart Inverters,” DOE
OE CEDS Award GM0100, 2016. ($1.8 million, 2016–2019)
• coPI: “Extreme Event Modeling,” DOE OE Award GMLC 1.4.17, 2016. ($3 million, 2016–2019;
PI: Dr. Russell Bent)
• coPI: “A Novel Hierarchical Frequency-Based Load Control Architecture,” DOE ARPA-E NODES Award DE-AR0000702, 2016. ($2.69 million, 2016–2019; PI: Dr. Adilson Motter)
• coPI: “Protection and Dynamic Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis of Cascading Failures,” DOE OE Award GM0111, 2016. ($300K, 2016–2017; PI: Dr. Shrirang Abhyankar)
Teaching Experience
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken NJ
• EE 589 Introduction to Power Engineering Fall 2020
University of Central Florida Orlando FL
• EEL 5291 Distributed Control and Optimization for Smart Grids Spring 2019
• EEL 5250 Power System Detection and Estimation Fall 2018, Fall 2019
• EEL 4216 Fundamentals of Electric Power Systems Spring 2018, Fall 2019
Student Supervising
Ph.D. Students Stevens Institute of Technology
• Sheik Mohammad Mohiuddin Fall 2020–present
Ph.D. Students University of Central Florida
• Sheik Mohammad Mohiuddin Spring 2018–Summer 2020
• Seyyed Rashid Khazeiynasab Fall 2018–Summer 2020
• Sina Baghali Fall 2019–Summer 2020
Undergraduate Students University of Central Florida
• Christopher Marks Fall 2019–Spring 2020
Thesis Committee University of Central Florida
• Lei Wang (EE M.S.) Nov. 2019
Visiting Students University of Central Florida
• Zhetong Ding (Southeast University, China) 2019
• Rujie Zhu (Guangxi University, China) Sept. 2019–Jun. 2020
• Leibao Wang (Chongqing University, China) 2019–present
University of Central Florida Service
• Member, RISES cluster faculty search committee 2018
• Member, ECE graduate student recruitment committee 2018–2020
Publications
Books
[B2] J. Qi, Smart Grid Resilience—Extreme Weather, Cyber-Physical Security, and System Inter- dependency, Springer Nature, draft to be completed.
[B1] K. Sun, Y. Hou, W. Sun, and J. Qi, Power System Control under Cascading Failures: Under- standing, Mitigation, and Restoration, Wiley-IEEE Press, Jan. 2019. ISBN: 978-1-119-28202-0 Books Chapters
[BC1] H. Zhang, W. Meng, J. Qi, X. Wang, and W. X. Zheng, “Chapter 5: False data injection attacks on inverter-based microgrid in autonomous mode” in Distributed Control Methods and Cyber Security Issues in Microgrids, Elsevier, Mar. 2020. ISBN: 978-0-12-816946-9
Dissertation
[D1] J. Qi, “Power Grid Cascading Failure Models and Mechanisms,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Tsinghua University, Beijing China, Jun. 2013.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers
[J43] J. Qi, “Utility outage data driven interaction networks for cascading failure analysis and mitigation,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., in press.
[J42] S. R. Khazeiynasab and J. Qi, “Resilience analysis and cascading failure modeling of power systems under extreme temperatures,” Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, in press.
[J41] P. Li, Y. Wei, J. Qi, X. Bai, and H. Wei, “Eigenvalue sensitivity with respect to system parameters revisited: A closed-form formulation based on matrix calculus,” Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, in press.
[J40] G. Tian, Q. Zhou, R. Birari, J. Qi, and Z. Qu, “A hybrid-learning algorithm for online dynamic state estimation in multi-machine power systems,” IEEE Trans. Neural Netw. Learn.
Syst., in press.
[J39] S. A. Nugroho, A. F. Taha, and J. Qi, “Robust dynamic state estimation of synchronous machines with asymptotic state estimation error performance guarantees,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 1923–1935, May 2020.
[J38] S. M. Mohiuddin and J. Qi, “Droop-free distributed control for AC microgrids with precisely regulated voltage variance and admissible voltage profile guarantees,” IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 11. no. 3, pp. 1956–1967, May 2020.
[J37] A. Taha, M. Bazrafshan, S. A. Nugroho, N. Gatsis, and J. Qi, “Robust control for renewable- integrated power networks considering input bound constraints and worst-case uncertainty mea- sure,” IEEE Trans. Control Netw. Syst., vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 1210–1222, Sept. 2019.
[J36] J. Zhao, A. Gomez-Exposito, M. Netto, L. Mili, A. Abur, V. Terzija, I. Kamwa, B. Pal, A.
Singh, J. Qi, Z. Huang, and A. S. Melioplulos, “Power system dynamic state estimation: Motiva- tions, definitions, methodologies and future work,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 34, no. 4, pp.
3188–3198, Jul. 2019.
[J35] H. Sun, Q. Guo, J. Qi, V. Ajjarapu, R. Bravo, J. Chow, Z. Li, R. Moghe, E. Nasr-Azadani, U. Tamrakar, G. N. Taranto, R. Tonkoski, G. Valverde, Q. Wu, and G. Yang, “Review of challenges and research opportunities for voltage control in smart grids,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 2790–2801, Jul. 2019.
[J34] H. Liu, K. Huang, N. Wang, J. Qi, Q. Wu, S. Ma, and C. Li, “Optimal dispatch for partic- ipation of electric vehicles in frequency regulation based on area control error and area regulation requirement,” Applied Energy, vol. 240, pp. 46–55, Apr. 2019.
[J33] Y. Li, J. Li, J. Qi, and L. Chen, “Robust cubature Kalman filter for dynamic state estimation of synchronous machines under unknown measurement noise statistics,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp.
29139-29148, Feb. 2019.
[J32] H. Zhang, W. Meng, J. Qi, X. Wang, and W. X. Zheng, “Distributed load sharing under false data injection attack in inverter-based microgrid,” IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics, vol.
66, no. 2, pp. 1543–1551, Feb. 2019.
[J31] H. Liu, J. Su, J. Qi, N. Wang, and C. Li, “Decentralized voltage and power control of multi- machine power systems with global asymptotic stability,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 14273–14282, Jan. 2019.
[J30] J. Qi, A. F. Taha, and J. Wang, “Comparing Kalman filters and observers for power system dynamic state estimation with model uncertainty and malicious cyber attacks,” IEEE Access, vol.
6, pp. 77155–77168, Dec. 2018.
[J29] Y. Yang, J. Zhao, H. Liu, Z. Qin, J. Deng, and J. Qi, “A matrix-perturbation-theory-based optimal strategy for small-signal stability analysis of large-scale power grid,” Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 34, Dec. 2018.
[J28] Y. Yang, A. Song, H. Liu, Z. Qin, J. Deng, and J. Qi, “Parallel computing of multi- contingency optimal power flow with transient stability constraints,” Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 20, Dec. 2018.
[J27] H. Liu, J. Qi, J. Wang, P. Li, C. Li, and H. Wei, “EV dispatch control for supplementary frequency regulation considering the expectation of EV owners,” IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 3763–3772, Jul. 2018.
[J26] M. Yang, J. Wang, H. Diao, J. Qi, and X. Han “Interval estimation for conditional failure rates of transmission lines with limited samples,” IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 4, pp.
2752–2763, Jul. 2018.
[J25] H. Lin, C. Chen, J. Wang, J. Qi, D. Jin, Z. Kalbarczyk, and R. K. Iyer, “Self-healing attack- resilient PMU network for power system operation,” IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 3, pp.
1551–1565, May 2018.
[J24] J. Qi, J. Wang, and K. Sun, “Efficient estimation of component interactions for cascading failure analysis by EM algorithm,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 33, no. 3, 3153–3161, May 2018.
[J23] S. Wei, M. Yang, J. Qi, J. Wang, S. Ma, and X. Han, “Model-free MLE estimation for online rotor angle stability assessment with PMU data,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 33, no. 3, pp.
2463–2476, May 2018.
[J22] J. Qi, K. Sun, J. Wang, and H. Liu, “Dynamic state estimation for multi-machine power system by unscented Kalman filter with enhanced numerical stability,” IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 2. pp. 1184–1196, Mar. 2018.
[J21] A. F. Taha, J. Qi, J. Wang, and J. H. Panchal, “Risk mitigation for dynamic state estimation against cyber attacks and unknown inputs,” IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 886–899, Mar. 2018.
[J20] Y. Li, B. Feng, G. Li, J. Qi, D. Zhao, and Y. Mu, “Optimal distributed generation planning in active distribution networks considering integration of energy storage,” Applied Energy, vol. 210, pp. 1073–1081, Jan. 2018.
[J19] W. Huang, K. Sun, J. Qi, and J. Ning, “Optimal allocation of dynamic var sources using the Voronoi diagram method integrating linear programming,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 32, no.
6, pp. 4644–4655, Nov. 2017.
[J18] G. Huang, J. Wang, C. Chen, J. Qi, and C. Guo, “Integration of preventive and emergency responses for power grid resilience enhancement,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 32, no. 6, pp.
4451–4463, Nov. 2017.
[J17] W. Huang, K. Sun, J. Qi, and J. Ning, “Optimisation of dynamic reactive power sources using mesh adaptive direct search,” IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 11, no. 15, pp. 3675–3682, Oct. 2017.
[J16] J. Qi, Y. Kim, C. Chen, X. Lu, and J. Wang, “Demand response and smart buildings:
A survey of control, communication, and cyber-physical security,” ACM Trans. Cyber-Physical Systems, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 18:1–18:25, Oct. 2017.
[J15] W. Ju, K. Sun, and J. Qi, “Multi-layer interaction graph for analysis and mitigation of cascading outages,” IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, vol.
7, no. 2, pp. 239–249, Jun. 2017.
[J14] P. Li, J. Qi, J. Wang, H. Wei, X. Bai, and F. Qiu, “An SQP method combined with gradient sampling for small-signal stability constrained OPF,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 32, no. 3, pp.
2372–2381, May 2017.
[J13] J. Qi, W. Ju, and K. Sun, “Estimating the propagation of interdependent cascading outages with multi-type branching processes,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 1212–1223, Mar. 2017.
[J12] H. Liu, Y. Yang, J. Qi, J. Li, H. Wei, and P. Li, “Frequency droop control with scheduled charging of electric vehicles,” IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, vol. 11, no. 3, pp.
649–656, Feb. 2017.
[J11] J. Qi, W. Huang, K. Sun, and W. Kang, “Optimal placement of dynamic var sources by using empirical controllability covariance,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 240–249, Jan. 2017.
[J10] J. Qi, J. Wang, H. Liu, and A. D. Dimitrovski, “Nonlinear model reduction in power systems by balancing of empirical controllability and observability covariances,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 114–126, Jan. 2017.
[J9] J. Qi, A. Hahn, X. Lu, J. Wang, and C. C. Liu, “Cybersecurity for distributed energy resources and smart inverters,” IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 28–39,
Dec. 2016.
[J8] K. Sun, J. Qi, and W. Kang, “Power system observability and dynamic state estimation for stability monitoring using synchrophasor measurements,” Control Engineering Practice, vol. 53, pp. 160–172, Aug. 2016.
[J7] J. Qi and S. Pfenninger, “Controlling the self-organizing dynamics in a sandpile model on complex networks by failure tolerance,” EPL (Europhysics Letters), vol. 111, no. 3, 38006, Aug.
2015.
[J6] J. Qi, K. Sun, and W. Kang, “Optimal PMU placement for power system dynamic state estimation by using empirical observability gramian,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 30, no. 4, pp.
2041–2054, Jul. 2015.
[J5] J. Qi, K. Sun, and S. Mei, “An interaction model for simulation and mitigation of cascading failures,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 804–819, Mar. 2015.
[J4] J. Qi, S. Mei, and F. Liu, “Blackout model considering slow process,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 3410–3419, Aug. 2013.
[J3] J. Qi, I. Dobson, and S. Mei, “Towards estimating the statistics of simulated cascades of outages with branching processes,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 3274–3282, Aug.
2013.
[J2] G. He, S. Dong, J. Qi, and Y. Wang, “Robust state estimator based on maximum normal measurement rate,” IEEE Trans. Power Syst., vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 2058–2065, Nov. 2011.
[J1] J. Qi, G. He, S. Mei, and Z. Gu, “A review of power system robust state estimation,” Advanced Technology of Electrical Engineering and Energy, vol. 3, pp. 59–64, Jul. 2011.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers
[C18] S. R. Khazeiynasab and J. Qi, “PMU measurement based generator parameter calibration by black-box optimization with a stochastic radial basis function surrogate model,” 2020 North American Power Symposium (NAPS), accepted.
[C17] H. Haggi, W. Sun, and J. Qi, “Multi-objective PMU allocation for resilient power system monitoring,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2020.
[C16] R. Bhattarai, J. Qi, J. Wang, and S. Kamalasadan, “Adaptive droop control of coupled microgrids for enhanced power sharing and small-signal stability,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2020.
[C15] S. M. Mohiuddin and J. Qi, “A unified droop-free distributed secondary control for grid- following and grid-forming inverters in AC microgrids,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2020.
[C14] Y. Xu, Z. Qu, and J. Qi, “State-constrained grid-forming inverter control for robust operation of AC microgrids,” 2020 European Control Conference, Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 2020.
[C13] S. M. Mohiuddin and J. Qi, “Maximum correntropy extended Kalman filtering for power system dynamic state estimation,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, Aug. 2019.
[C12] S. A. Nugroho, A. F. Taha, and J. Qi, “Characterizing the nonlinearity of power system dynamic models,” American Control Conference, pp. 1936–1941, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Jul. 2019.
[C11] R. Bhattarai, S. J. Hossain, J. Qi, J. Wang, and S. Kamalasadan, “Sustained system oscil- lation by malicious cyber attacks on distributed energy resources,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Portland, OR, USA, Aug. 2018.
[C10] I. Dobson, A. Flueck, S. Aquiles-Perez, S. Abhyankar, and J. Qi, “Towards incorporating protection and uncertainty into cascading failure simulation and analysis,” IEEE International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS), Boise, ID, USA, Jun.
2018.
[C9] E. Ciapessoni, D. Cirio, E. Cotilla-Sanchez, R. Diao, I. Dobson, A. Gaikwad, P. Henneaux, S.
Miller, M. Papic, A. Pitto, J. Qi, N. Samaan, G. Sansavini, S. Uppalapati, and R. Yao, “Benchmark- ing quasi-steady state cascading outage analysis methodologies,” IEEE International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS), Boise, ID, USA, Jun. 2018.
[C8] S. Nugroho, M. Bazrafshan, A. F. Taha, N. Gatsis, and J. Qi, “Robust control of power networks under worst-case load and renewables uncertainty,” American Control Conference, pp.
6156–6161, Milwaukee, USA, Jun. 2018.
[C7] N. Duan, A. Dimitrovski, S. Simunovic, K. Sun, J. Qi, and J. Wang, “Embedding spatial decomposition in Parareal in Time power system simulation,” IEEE PES ISGT, 2018.
[C6] J. Qi, K. Sun, and W. Kang, “Adaptive optimal PMU placement based on empirical observ- ability gramian,” 10th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (NOLCOS 2016), Monterey, CA, USA, vol. 49, no. 18, pp. 482–487, Aug. 2016. (Invited Paper)
[C5] W. Ju, J. Qi, and K. Sun, “Simulation and analysis of cascading failures on an NPCC power system test bed,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, pp. 1–5, Jul.
2015.
[C4] W. Huang, K. Sun, J. Qi, and Y. Xu, “Voronoi diagram based optimization of dynamic reactive power sources,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, pp.
1–5, Jul. 2015.
[C3] W. Huang, K. Sun, J. Qi, and Y. Xu, “A new approach to optimization of dynamic reactive power sources addressing FIDVR issues,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, National Harbor, MD, USA, pp. 1–5, Jul. 2014. (Best Paper)
[C2] J. Qi and S. Mei, “Blackout model considering slow process and SOC analysis,” IEEE Power
& Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 1–6, Jul. 2012.
[C1] J. Qi, G. He, S. Mei, and F. Liu, “Power system set membership state estimation,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, pp. 1–7, Jul. 2012.
Technical Reports
[R2] H. Sun, Q. Guo, J. Qi, V. Ajjarapu, A. K. Bharati, H. Ge, R. Moghe, S. M. Mohiuddin, A.
Singhal, U. Tamrakar, R. Tonkoski, G. Valverde, and Q. Wu, “Voltage control for smart grids,”
IEEE Power & Energy Society Technical Report, to be published in 2020.
[R1] J. Qi, S. Pfenninger, A. Kharrazi, and C. S. Andreazzi, “Controlling the self-organizing dy- namics in sandpile models by failure tolerance and applications to economic and ecological systems,”
2014 Complex Systems Summer School Proceedings, 2014.
Presentations
[P25] “Smart grid control and resilience”, CECS Virtual Seminar Series, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, May 22, 2020.
[P24] “Droop-free distributed control for AC microgrids with precisely regulated voltage vari- ance and admissible voltage profile guarantees”, CEEESA Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, Nov. 1, 2019.
[P23] Co-chair, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting Panel “Addressing Voltage Control Challenges for High Penetration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER)”, Portland, OR, USA, Aug.
2018.
[P22] Panelist, “Advanced cascading failure data analytics,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting Panel “Challenges of Cascading Failure Analysis: Modeling, Data and Interdependence”, Portland, OR, USA, Aug. 2018.
[P21] Panelist, “Addressing model uncertainty and malicious cyber attacks against PMU measure- ments for power system dynamic state estimation,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting Panel “Addressing Uncertainty, Data Quality and Accuracy in State Estimation”, Portland, OR, USA, Aug. 2018.
[P20] Panelist, IEEE International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS) panel “Future Challenges of Cascading Analysis”, Boise, ID, USA, Jun. 2018.
[P19] “Enhancing power system resilience and cyber-physical security,” UCF ECE Spring 2017 Seminar Series, HEC 356, University of Central Florida, Orlando FL, Apr. 5, 2017.
[P18] “Cybersecurity for renewables, distributed energy resources, and smart inverters,” Poster Presentation, U.S. DOE Grid Modernization Initiative Peer Review, Arlington VA, Apr. 18, 2017.
[P17] “Recent progress: resilience, security, and demand response,” CEEESA Seminar, Bldg 362, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont IL, Jan. 27, 2017.
[P16] Contributed Argonne National Laboratory’s presentation in the DOE OE CEDS Peer Review Meeting, Arlington VA, Dec. 7, 2016.
[P15] “DER cybersecurity framework,” DER Cybersecurity Project Industry Advisory Board Review Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont IL, Oct. 5, 2016.
[P14] “Enhancing power grid cybersecurity to improve critical electric infrastructure resilience,”
Brown Bag Talks, Bldg 203, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont IL, Sept. 13, 2016.
[P13] “Cybersecurity for renewables, distributed energy resources, and smart inverters,”
DOE OE CEDS Annual Review Meeting, Aug. 24, 2016.
[P12] “Enhancing power grid cybersecurity to improve critical electric infrastructure resilience,”
Resilience Week 2016, Chicago IL, Aug. 18, 2016.
[P11] “DOE CEDS Project—Cybersecurity for renewables, distributed energy resources, and smart inverters,” DER Cybersecurity Project Industry Advisory Board Kickoff Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont IL, Aug. 10, 2016.
[P10] “Cascading failure simulation, analysis, and mitigation,” Talk Given to Visitors from Guangxi University, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont IL, Aug. 16, 2016.
[P9] Contributed a two-hour industry technical webinar “Grid modernization laboratory consor- tium: Extreme event modeling,” Jun. 16, 2016.
[P8] “Secure dynamic state estimation using PMU data under model uncertainty and cyber attacks,”
NASPI Work Group Meeting, Atlanta GA, Mar. 24, 2016.
[P7] “Optimal PMU placement for power system dynamic state estimation by using empirical observability gramian,” Transactions Session T18, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Denver CO, Jul. 29, 2015.
[P6] “An interaction model for simulation and mitigation of cascading failures,” Transactions Ses- sion T6, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, Denver CO, Jul. 28, 2015.
[P5] “Power system dynamics: simulation, estimation, and cybersecurity,” CEEESA Seminar, Bldg 202, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont IL, Jul. 10, 2015.
[P4] “Monitoring and control of bulk power systems: cascading failure, state estimation, sensor placement problems and beyond,” Advance Grid Modeling Section Seminar, Bldg 202, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont IL, Oct. 31, 2014.
[P3] “Modeling of cascading failures in power systems,” Student Leadership Seminar, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN, Jan. 17, 2014.
[P2] “Blackout model considering slow process and SOC analysis,” IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego CA, Jul. 2012.
[P1] “Power system set membership state estimation,” Poster Presentation, IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, San Diego CA, Jul. 2012.
