Committees



General Chair – João P. S. Catalão, FEUP and INESC TEC, Portugal

General Co-Chair – Felipe Rosa, University of Sevilla, Spain

SEST Series Founder – Hossam A. Gabbar, UOIT, Canada


Steering Committee

  • Akin Tascikaraoglu, Mugla University, Turkey
  • Edris Pouresmaeil, Aalto University, Finland
  • Felipe Rosa, University of Sevilla, Spain
  • Hossam A. Gabbar, UOIT, Canada
  • João P.S. Catalão, FEUP and INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Miadreza Shafie-khah, University of Vaasa, Finland
  • Mohamed Lotfi, FEUP and INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Nikolaos Paterakis, TU/e, The Netherlands
  • Ozan Erdinc, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
  • Pierluigi Siano, University of Salerno, Italy


Local Organizing Committee

  • Bernardo Silva, INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Jorge Pereira, FEP and INESC TEC, Portugal
  • José Rui Ferreira, FEUP and INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Matthew Gough, INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Mohamed Lotfi, FEUP and INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Mohammad Javadi, INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Patrícia Vale, INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Paula Castro, INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Sérgio Santos, INESC TEC, Portugal


Web Coordinator and Publications Chair

  • Mohamed Lotfi, FEUP and INESC TEC, Portugal


Technical Co-Chairs

  • Miadreza Shafie-khah, University of Vaasa, Finland
  • Ozan Erdinc, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey


Technical Program Committee

  • Agustin Sanchez de La Nieta, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • Ahmad Nikoobakht, Higher Education Center of Eghlid, Iran
  • Akin Tascikaraoglu, Mugla University, Turkey
  • Alberto Borghetti, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Alireza Heidari, University of New South Wales, Australia
  • Amin Hajizadeh, Aalborg University, Denmark
  • Anastasios Bakirtzis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • André Diniz, CEPEL, Brazil
  • Angela Russo, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
  • Anouar Belahcen, Aalto University, Finland
  • Antonio Conejo, The Ohio State University, USA
  • António Espírito Santo, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
  • Antonio Gomes Martins, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Antonio Gomez-Exposito, University of Seville, Spain
  • António Machado e Moura, FEUP, Portugal
  • Bikash Pal, Imperial College London, UK
  • Carlo Alberto Nucci, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Carlos Henggeler Antunes, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Carlos Moreira, FEUP and INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Cláudio Monteiro, FEUP, Portugal
  • Damien Ernst, University of Liege, Belgium
  • David Pozo, SKOLTECH, Russia
  • Deqiang Gan, Zhejiang University, China
  • Dirk Van Hertem, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
  • Duarte Sousa, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Edris Pouresmaeil, Aalto University, Finland
  • Eduardo Rodrigues, ESAN, Portugal
  • Elias Kyriakides, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
  • Emilio Ghiani, University of Cagliari, Italy
  • Fabrizio Pilo, University of Cagliari, Italy
  • Fangxing (Fran) Li, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA
  • Fei Wang, North China Electric Power University, China
  • Fernando Maciel Barbosa, FEUP, Portugal
  • Fernando Silva, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Florin Capitanescu, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg
  • Frede Blaabjerg, Aalborg University, Denmark
  • Gabriel Pinto, University of Minho, Portugal
  • George Gross, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
  • Gerard Ledwich, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  • Gerardo Osório, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
  • Gianfranco Chicco, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
  • Giuseppe Marco Tina, University of Catania, Italy
  • Gregor Verbic, The University of Sydney, Australia
  • Gregorio Muñoz-Delgado, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
  • Grigoris Papagiannis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Hadi Amini, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  • Hamid Reza Baghaee, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran
  • Hamid Soltani, VESTAS, Denmark
  • Hatem Zeineldin, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE
  • Hossein Farahmand, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
  • İbrahim Şengör, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey
  • Ionel Vechiu, ESTIA, France
  • Jamshid Aghaei, Shiraz University of Technology, Iran
  • Javier Contreras, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
  • Jianhui Wang, Southern Methodist University, USA
  • João Luiz Afonso, University of Minho, Portugal
  • João Martins, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • João Matias, University of Aveiro, Portugal
  • João Peças Lopes, FEUP and INESC TEC, Portugal
  • João Tomé Saraiva, FEUP and INESC TEC, Portugal
  • José Bernal Agustin, University of Zaragoza, Spain
  • Jose L. Martinez-Ramos, University of Seville, Spain
  • José Manuel Arroyo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
  • José Nuno Fidalgo, FEUP and INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Jovica Milanovic, University of Manchester, UK
  • Juan Corchado, University of Salamanca, Spain
  • Juan Miguel Morales, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
  • Kai Strunz, TU-Berlin, Germany
  • Katia Almeida, University of Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
  • Leonardo Martins, IBM Research, Brazil
  • Leonel Nunes, University of Aveiro, Portugal
  • Luis Baringo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
  • Luís Marcelino Ferreira, University of Lisboa, Portugal
  • Manuel Matos, FEUP and INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Maria do Rosário Calado, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
  • Mario Ventim Neves, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Mehdi Savaghebi, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
  • Mikko Routimo, ABB Finland, Finland
  • Mohamed El Moursi, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, UAE
  • Mohammad Masoum, Edith Cowan University, Australia
  • Mudathir Akorede, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
  • Nadali Mahmoudi, University of Queensland, Australia
  • Nikolaos Paterakis, TU/e, The Netherlands
  • Nikos Hatziargyriou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
  • Nilufar Neyestani, INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Nima Amjady, Semnan University, Iran
  • Pablo Frías, IIT Comillas Madrid, Spain
  • Pedro Dinis Gaspar, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
  • Pedro Faria, Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal
  • Peter Palensky, TU Delft, The Netherlands
  • Pierluigi Mancarella, The University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Pierluigi Siano, University of Salerno, Italy
  • Prasanta Ghosh, Syracuse University, USA
  • Radu Godina, NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal
  • Radu Porumb, Universitatea Politehnica din Bucuresti, Romania
  • Reza Hemmati, Kermanshah University of Technology, Iran
  • Ricardo Bessa, INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Rui Castro, University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Rui Melício, University of Évora, Portugal
  • Salah Bahramara, Islamic Azad University, Iran
  • Sérgio Cruz, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  • Shahab Bahrami, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Silvano Vergura, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
  • Sílvio Mariano, University of Beira Interior, Portugal
  • Sonja Wogrin, IIT Comillas Madrid, Spain
  • Tarek AlSkaif, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  • Tomislav Capuder, University of Zagreb, Croatia
  • Vahid Hossennezhad, University of Salerno, Italy
  • Vahid Vahidinasab, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran
  • Victor M. F. Mendes, ISEL and CISE-UBI, Portugal
  • Vitor Monteiro, University of Minho, Portugal
  • Vladimir Terzija, The University of Manchester, UK
  • Vladimiro Miranda, FEUP and INESC TEC, Portugal
  • Wei Wei, Tsinghua University, China
  • Yasser Hegazy, German University in Cairo, Egypt
  • Yong Li, Hunan University, China
  • Yury Dvorkin, New York University, USA
  • Zbigniew Leonowicz, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
  • Zhaoyu Wang, Iowa State University, USA
  • Zita Vale, GECAD - ISEP/IPP, Portugal