Soft Computing Applications for Advancements in Power Systems

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Vijay Sood received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Bradford UK in 1977. He is currently a Professor at Ontario Tech University Canada. Previously he was a senior researcher at the Research Institute of Hydro-Quebec (IREQ Montreal). He has extensive experience in the simulation of HVDC-FACTS systems and their controllers. He has authored two textbooks on HVDC transmission. His research focuses on the monitoring control and protection of power systems and on the integration of renewable energy systems into smart grids. Dr. Sood is a Registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario Canada. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada and Emeritus Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He served previously as a Director of the IEEE Canadian Foundation and as a former Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery and Co-editor of the IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Power series for River Publishers. Krishna Murari received the B.Tech degree in electrical engineering from WBUT India in 2010 the M.E degree in power systems from Thapar University India in 2014 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India in 2019. He currently serves as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Toledo Toledo Ohio USA. Prior to this he worked as a Research Associate at Clarkson University Potsdam New York. He has also worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) University of North Carolina at Charlotte North Carolina USA. He is the recipient of the third-best prize award from The Industrial Automation and Control Committee of the IEEE Industry Application Society for his research work presented at the IAS annual meeting 2021. He is a reviewer of journals such as IEEE IET MDPI and Taylor Francis journal. His research interests include power system analysis power flow studies demand-side management optimization and control of DERs optimal power flow distribution network pricing and smart grid.Om Hari Gupta received the M.Tech. degree in power electronics & ASIC design from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad Prayagraj Uttar Pradesh India in 2011 and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee Uttarakhand India in 2017. He is an awardee of the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship for research visiting Canada and from March 2017 to June 2017 he was a visiting Researcher at the Ontario Tech University Canada. Since 2018 Dr. Gupta is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur Jharkhand India. He is one of the founding organizing secretaries of the conference series Electric Power and Renewable Energy Conference - EPREC. Dr. Gupta is the author/editor of five books and has more than 80 publications including one Indian Patent (Granted). He is a senior member of IEEE and a reviewer of many reputed journals like IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery IET Generation and Transmission Electric Power Systems Research Electric Power Components and Systems and International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems. His research interests include power system protection microgrid renewable-based distributed generation and electric power quality. Anupam Kumar currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) National Institute of Technology Patna India from Oct 2022. Prior he was an Assistant Professor at IIIT Kota and IIIT Bhagalpur India from 20192022 and 20182019 respectively. His current research interests include Fuzzy logic systems Robotics Signal Processing Robot Assistive device Biomedical engineering Health care application Deep learning Machine learning etc. He received the M.Tech and Ph.D. degree from IIT Roorkee India in 2012 and 2018 in the ECE Department. He has published more than 14 SCI/Scopus journals 13 conferences 7 book chapter 2 book chapters 1 patent granted and 2 patent published. His current google scholar citation is more than 600. He is serving as reviewer in journals like IEEE Transactions Elsevier Springer Taylor Francis journal and Wiley. He also served as a reviewer at many conferences. He is also a recipient of the best paper award at NIT Kurukshetra. He has attended several workshops and participated in many research activities.