Chao LEI
Ph.D, Research Fellow
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Email: chaolei@ece.ubc.ca
Hi There, Welcome!
I am currently a research fellow at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from The University of British Columbia (UBC). My research focus centers around Advanced Optimization for Power System Flexibility, Cyber-Physical System Security and Privacy Protection towards the affordable, reliable and sustainable goal for the clean energy future. Previously, I received the PhD degree at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). During PhD study, I was a visiting student at National University of Singapore (NUS). To date, I have published over 20 papers in top IEEE transactions and international conferences (including 7 IEEE trans. with first authorship), authored 1 academic book entitled “Load Transfer Optimization of Smart Distribution Networks” in China Electric Power Press, contributed 2 book chapters for an academic book Power and Energy Resources: Modelling and Optimization in Springer Nature, and been granted 6 patents in China and Hong Kong.
News
- 2025.07: 🎉🎉 Our paper ‘Optimal Ship-to-Grid Dispatch Considering Battery Thermal and Voltage Electrochemical-Thermal-Coupled Constraints’ has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. [Link]
- 2025.07: 🎉🎉 I have been nominated as an Associate Editor for Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems (PCMP). [Link]
- 2025.06: 🎉🎉 Our conference paper to IEEE PES International Meeting 2026 in Hong Kong, with the title ‘A Differentially Private Reconfiguration Approach for Multi-Agent Distribution Networks’ has been submitted. [Link]
- 2025.05: 🎉🎉 Our book chapter ‘Chapter 3: Economic Dispatch of Wind and Thermal Bundled Power Systems’ has been published in Power and Energy Resources: Modelling and Optimization by Springer Nature in 2025. [Link]
- 2025.05: 🎉🎉 Our book chapter ‘Chapter 9: Distribution Network Reconfiguration’ has been published in Power and Energy Resources: Modelling and Optimization by Springer Nature in 2025. [Link]
- 2025.04: 🎉🎉 Our book ‘Load Transfer Optimization of Smart Distribution Networks’ has been published by China Electric Power Press in 2025. [Link]
- 2025.03: 🎉🎉 Our paper ‘Load Transfer Optimization with Graph Characterizations on Multiple Time-Scales for Multi-Voltage Distribution Networks Against Overload Cascades’ has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery. [Link]
- 2025.03: 🎉🎉 Our conference paper to PES General Meeting 2025 in Austin, Texas, with the title ‘Battery Dispatch Optimization for Electric Vehicle Aggregators: A Decentralized Mixed-Integer Least-Squares Approach with Disjunctive Cuts’ has been accepted.
- 2025.01: 🎉🎉 Our paper ‘Model-Data-Driven Approach for Achieving Decoupled Power Flow and Its Application in Asymmetric Bipolar DC Distribution Networks’ has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. [Link]
- 2025.01: 🎉🎉 Our paper ‘Real-time Multi-stability Risk Assessment and Visualization of Power Systems: A Graph Neural Network-based Method’ has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Power System. [Link]
- 2024.09: 🎉🎉 Our paper ‘Decentralized Optimal Power Flow for Multi-Agent Active Distribution Networks: A Differentially Private Consensus ADMM Algorithm’ has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. [Link]
- 2023.11: 🎉🎉 Our paper ‘Observability Defense-Constrained Distribution Network Reconfiguration for Cyber-Physical Security Enhancement’ has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. [Link]
Research and Services
Research Highlights with Representative Publications and Patents
Research Groups
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Journal Reviewer (Selected)
- IEEE Trans. on Power Systems(TPWRS)
- IEEE Trans. on Smart Grid(TSG)
- IEEE Trans. on Sustainable Energy(TSTE)
- IEEE Trans. on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation(TEMPR)
- IEEE Trans. on Industrial Applications(TIA)
- IEEE Trans. on Consumer Electronics(TCE)
- IEEE PES Power Engineering Letters(PESL)
- IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy(OAJPE)
- Protection and Control of Modern Power Systems(MPCE)
- International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems(IJEPES)
- CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems
- Energy System
- Journal of Solar Energy
- IET Renewable Power Generation
- Energy Conversion and Economics
- Journal of Energy Engineering
Expertise in Computer Skills
- Experience in applying optimization packages
- Experience in using AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Neural ODE, Input Convex Neural Network, Fully Monotonic Neural Networks, Lipschitz Neural Networks)
- Experience in performing finite element simulation for battery packs
- Effective writing skills with typesetting software
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