Dr. Yang obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Department of Automation, the University of Science and Technology of China in 2001 and 2004, then PhD Degree from Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong in 2008, all in the area of systems and control. He was the recipient of Outstanding Young Research award of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and a full professor with College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University. His main research interests include smart grid, automatic control, signal processing and so on. He has published near 100 peer-reviewed papers and is the PI of more than 10 research projects. He is an associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.

Research Areas:
◆ Smart grid： electric vehicle, electricity market, renewable energy, demand response
◆ Automatic control: adaptive control, robust control
◆ Signal processing：statistical signal processing, motion capture, sensor networks

Experiences:
◆ 2017.8~，Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
◆ 2010.2~2017.8，Associate Professor/Professor, College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
◆ 2008.10~2010.4，postdoc, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Education:
◆ 2008.9，PhD, The University of Hong Kong
◆ 2004.6，Master, University of Science and Technology of China
◆ 2001.6，Bachelor, University of Science and Technology of China

Awards & Honors:
◆ 2015, Outstanding Young Research award of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation
◆ 2013, “151” Talent of Zhejiang Province

Papers：
1. Yang, J. F., Xu, Y. L. and Yang, Z. Y., Regulating Collective Charging Load of Electric Taxi Fleet via Real Time Pricing, IEEE Trans. Power Systems, vol. 32, no. 5, 2017
2. Chai, B., Ahipasaoglu, S. D., Huang, S. S., Yuen, C., and Yang, Z. Y., Optimal Meeting Scheduling in Smart Commercial Building for Energy Cost Reduction, IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, online, 2017
3. You, P. C., Low, S. and Yang, Z.Y., Optimal Charging Schedule for a Battery Switching Station Serving Electric Buses, IEEE Trans. Power Systems, vol. 31, no. 5, 2016
4. You, P. C., Yang, Z. Y., Chow, M. Y. and Sun Y. X., Optimal Cooperative Charging Strategy for a Smart Charging Station of Electric Vehicles, IEEE Trans. Power Systems, vol. 31, no. 4, 2016
5. Yang, Z. Y., Wu, R., Yang, J. F., Long, K. Y. and You, P. C., Economical Operation of Microgrid with Various Devices via Distributed Optimization, IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 7, no. 2, 2016, 1/5
6. Deng, R. L., Yang, Z. Y., Hou, F, Chow, M.-Y. and Chen, J. M., Distributed Real-time Demand Response in Multiseller-multibuyer Smart Distribution Grid, IEEE Trans. Power Systems, vol. 30, no. 5, 2015
7. Yang, Z. Y., Long, K. Y., You. P. C. and Chow, M.-Y., Joint Scheduling of Large-Scale Appliances and Batteries via Distributed Mixed Optimization, IEEE Trans. Power Systems, vol. 30, no. 4, 2015
8. Yang, Z. Y., Yang, Q. M., and Sun Y. X., Adaptive Neural Control of Nonaffine Systems with Unknown Control Coefficient and Nonsmooth Actuator Nonlinearities, IEEE Trans. Neural Networks & Learning Systems, vol. 26, no. 8, 2015
9. Deng, R. L., Yang, Z. Y., Chow, M.-Y. and Chen, J. M., A Survey on Demand Response in Smart Grids: Mathematical Models and Approaches, IEEE Trans. Industrial Informatics, vol. 11, no. 3, 570-582
10. Yang, Z. Y., Sun, L. H., Ke, M., Shi, Z. G. and Chen, J. M., Optimal Charging Strategy for Plug-in Electric Taxi with Time-Varying Profits, IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 5, no. 6, 2014
11. Yang, Z. Y., Sun, L. H., Chen, J. M, Yang, Q. M., Chen, X. and Xing, K., Profit Maximization for Plug-In Electric Taxi with Uncertain Future Electricity Prices, IEEE Trans. Power Systems, vol. 29, no. 6, 2014, 1/6
12. Deng, R. L., Yang, Z. Y., Chen, J. M., and Chow, M.-Y., Load Scheduling with Price Uncertainty and Temporally-Coupled Constraints in Smart Grids, IEEE Trans. Power Systems, vol. 29, no. 6, 2014
13. Chai, B., Chen, J. M., Yang Z. Y. and Zhang, Y., Demand Response Management with Multiple Utility Companies: A Two-Level Game Approach, IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 5, no. 2, 2014
14. Deng, R. L., Yang, Z. Y., Chen, J. M., Asr, N. R., and Chow, M. Y., Residential Energy Consumption Scheduling: A Coupled-Constraint Game Approach, IEEE Trans. Smart Grid, vol. 5, no. 3, 2014
15. Yang, Z. Y., Shi, X. and Chen, J. M., Optimal coordination of mobile sensors for target tracking under additive and multiplicative noises, IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics, vol. 61, no. 7, 2014