Intelligent Solutions for Smart Grids and Smart Cities

Dr. Sheldon Williamson - received his B. Tech degree in 1999 from the University of Mumbai and his Master's in 2002 and his Doctorate in 2006, Electrical Engineering, from the Illinois Institute of Technology. From 2006 to 2014, he was an Associate Professor of ECE, at Concordia University. In June 2014, he joined the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, where he is currently a Professor and NSERC Canada Research Chair in Electrical Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification. His research specialization includes Battery Storage and Battery Chargers, Electrical Energy Storage Systems, Electric Motor Drives, Electric Vehicles, Power Electronics, and Renewable Energy Systems. He has authored 6 books and published more than 90 technical papers in scientific journals and international conferences. He has two patents and delivered more than 60 presentations at various international events.He has completed 19 funded projects and more than 17 are still continuing. He is a recipient of the Best Paper Award for several international conferences. He serves as the General Chair, Annual Conf. Of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society to be held in Toronto, Canada, in Oct. 2021.
Dr. Pierluigi Siano received the M.Sc. Degree in electronic engineering and a Ph.D. degree in information and electrical engineering from the University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. He is a Professor and Scientific Director of the Smart Grids and Smart Cities Laboratory in the Department of Management & Innovation Systems, University of Salerno. Since 2021 he has been appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Science within the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research activities are centered on demand response, energy management, the integration of distributed energy resources in smart grids and electricity markets, and planning and management of power systems. In these research fields, he has co-authored more than 500 articles, including more than 300 international journal papers. In 2019 and 2020 he received the award as a highly cited researcher by ISI Web of Science Group.
Dr. Sabeena Beevi K is the Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, T K M College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala, India. She received her Ph.D. degree from the University of Kerala, in 2018 in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and her M.Tech. Degree in computer science with a specialization in Digital Image Computing in 2009 from the Computer Science Department of Kerala University. In June 1998, she joined the Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department at T K M College of Engineering, where she is currently working as a Professor. Her research interests include pattern recognition, machine learning, medical image analysis and AI applications in Electrical engineering. She has published several papers in international journals and conferences. She is a senior member of IEEE, IE(I), IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, and the Computer Society of India (CSI).