On August 21, 2023, a ceremony and lecture were held at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronics (EEA) at Tsinghua University to appoint Dr. Mohammad Shahidehpour, a Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and a professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, as a distinguished visiting professor. The ceremony was presided over by Associate Professor Yu Zhanqing, Deputy Dean of EEA, and Professor Kang Chongqing, Dean of EEA, presented Dr. Shahidehpour with a certificate of appointment as a distinguished visiting professor at Tsinghua University. More than 50 faculty and students from EEA, including Professor Wu Wenchuan, Professor He Jinliang, Associate Professor Liu Feng, Associate Professor Wei Wei, Assistant Researcher Guo Hongye, Assistant Researcher Wang Peng, and Assistant Researcher Lin Chenhui, attended the appointment ceremony and lecture.

Professor Kang Chongqing presented Professor Mohammad Shahidehpour with the certificate of appointment as a distinguished visiting professor at Tsinghua University

After the appointment ceremony, Associate Professor Yu Zhanqing hosted a special academic lecture by Dr. Mohammad Shahidehpour on the topic of “Hybrid AI and Time Series Methods in Power System Forecasting”. In his presentation, Dr. Shahidehpour systematically explained the necessity of improving forecasting accuracy in power systems with large-scale renewable energy integration. He also provided a detailed introduction to AI forecasting methods that combine ensemble learning and long short-term neural networks. Additionally, he introduced a time series model with autoregressive integrated moving average in AI forecasting to enhance accuracy and robustness. Following the lecture, faculty and students from EEA engaged in an in-depth discussion with Dr. Shahidehpour on topics such as the application of AI in power systems, feature selection methods for large-scale data, and how electrical engineering professionals should approach AI technology.

Professor Mohammad Shahidehpour delivered an academic lecture

At Professor Mohammad Shahidehpour’s lecture

A group photo with attending faculty and postdoctoral researchers

Dr. Mohammad Shahidehpour is a Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, a distinguished professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the Chair Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He also serves as the Director of the Robert W. Galvin Power Research Center. Dr. Shahidehpour has authored over 800 academic papers and published six specialized books on power system planning, operation, and control. His books have been translated into multiple languages, including Chinese and Persian. Dr. Shahidehpour is also a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), and a Foreign Fellow of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE). He is a recipient of the Khwarizmi International Award. His research areas include optimal generation dispatch with renewable energy sources in power markets, information security in smart grids, and the design and implementation of microgrids. Dr. Shahidehpour earned his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Iran and his Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest. Dr. Shahidehpour has held various teaching and research positions at universities in China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Denmark, and Romania.