Keynote Speakers
| Keynote Speakers |
Assoc.Prof. Muhyiddine Jradi
Center for Energy Informatics, University of Southern Denmark
Research area: Energy efficient systems, Sustainable energy technologies, Energy digitalization, Building management systems, Building energy modelling and simulation, Thermal comfort and indoor air quality, Cogeneration and Tri-generation systems, Energy systems numerical modelling and simulation, HVAC Systems, Energy Storage, Systems control and optimization.
Speech Title:
Design and Evaluation of Next Generation Building Automation Systems
Abstract:
In future smart communities, buildings must possess energy efficient systems, provide absolute comfort, empower occupants with information, adapt operations to energy grid situations and facilitate strategic maintenance. A key condition to realize these deliverables, is a proper designed and well-equipped building automation and control system (BACS). This talk presents an innovative holistic tool ‘IBACSA’, for BACS assessment and smartness evaluation using a hybrid qualitative-quantitative multi-criteria approach. The tool serves as a comprehensive and user-friendly instrument in a systematic building initial and retro commissioning platform, ensuring a good start-up for newly built and retrofitted energy efficient buildings. First, the talk will highlight the importance of building commissioning and BACS auditing in improving the overall building stock operation and meeting environmental and energy goals. Then, IBACSA design and development will be presented, followed by demonstration, considering three hospital buildings in Denmark.
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Prof. Dr. Ishak Bin Aris
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Brief introduction:
His areas of research interest include Renewable Energy System, Automotive power train system, vehicle communication and network, Power Electronics and Drive System, Electric Vehicle power train, Wireless EV Charging System, BMS, Battery Pack System, Intelligent Energy Efficient Vehicle, Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing, Avionics, UAV, Sensor System, Robotic System and IoT system.
He has authored and co-authored more than 400 (149 in citation indexed journals, 20 in non-citation indexed journals, and 240 in international proceedings, 25 standards) academic and professional papers and reports. He has 9 patents granted, 8 patents pending and 5 copyrights. His Scopus H-Index is 20 and Google Scholar H-Index is 25. He has published 7 chapters in books and 1 book. He has been invited as invited and keynote speaker in many local and international conferences. He has carried out 30 research projects worth RM30 million. He also has carried out various consulting projects both at local and international worth about RM4.5 millions.
Speech Title:
Wireless Brain Computer Interface Network System for Non Medical and Medical Applications
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Prof. Dr. M. Prabhakar
Centre for Smart Grid Technologies,
School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT),
Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
Brief introduction:
My research experience is focused on developing, testing and implementing high gain DC-DC converters for integrating renewable energy sources to a DC bus. I started my research in the year 2012 and I have been actively involved in synthesizing more than 20 high gain DC-DC converters. The voltage gain of the developed converters range from 15 to 25. The test results obtained from the prototype versions of the power electronic converters have been published in reputed journals.
From May 2022, I am associated with Centre for Smart Grid Technologies (CSGT), Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India as a Professor. In recent times, I am involved in synthesizing high gain multi-input converters. Presently, I am working on implementing machine learning-based algorithms to integrate the multiple photovoltaic (PV) sources to a common DC bus through asymmetric multi-input converters. This particular work is being funded by my university, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India under “Seed Fund Grant” proposal.
Speech Title:
Power Converter Interfaces for Renewable Energy Applications
Abstract:
In general, the output from renewable energy source like photovoltaic (PV) panel is low and of the order of 12 to 60V. The voltage level must be significantly stepped up through an appropriate power electronic converter interface. In this keynote address, I shall be presenting the
(i) systematic development of high gain DC-DC converters,
(ii) synthesis methodology of at least two high gain power converters and
(iii) key experimental results obtained from the hardware prototype version