Dr. Yue Chen is currently a Vice-Chancellor Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Prior to joining CUHK, she earned her B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2015 and 2020, respectively, and her B.S. degree in Economics from Peking University in 2017. She was a visiting student at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 2018 to 2019. Additionally, Dr. Chen obtained the National Legal Professional Qualification Certificate issued by the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China in 2019. She is a recipient of multiple awards, including the Vice-Chancellor Early Career Professorship, the Dean’s Exemplary Teaching Award, the Stanford Bits & Watts Postdoc Fellowship, the Outstanding Graduate Award of Tsinghua and Beijing Area, the Excellent Ph.D. Thesis Award, and multiple Best Paper Awards from leading international journals.
Her research focuses on trustworthy AI and optimization and their applications in smart grids. Dr. Chen now serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, and IEEE Power Engineering Letters. She is also the Hong Kong Chapter Representative of IEEE PES Women in Power.
- Smart grid and smart city
- Integrated energy systems
- Optimization and game theory
- Mathematical economics
- Energy Storage Devices
ESTR 4998 Graduation Thesis II
EEEN2030 Energy and Environmental Economics and Management
ESTR 4998 Graduation Thesis I
Selected Journal Papers (* corresponding author)
- M. Yang, R. Xie, Y. Zhang, Y. Chen*. Robust microgrid dispatch with real-time energy sharing and endogenous uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2025, early access. DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2025.3569095
- M. Yang, Y. Chen*, S. Huang, L. Chen. Recent advances in coordination and optimization of power-transportation systems: An overview. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2025, 220: 115786.
- K. Qu, Y. Chen*, C. Zhao. Distributionally robust energy and reserve dispatch with distributed predictions of renewable energy. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2025, early access. DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2025.3553921
- Z. Xu, Y. Chen*, L. Sang, H. Qiu, Z. Wu, H. Ye. Resilience-oriented planning for microgrid clusters considering P2P energy trading and extreme events. Applied Energy, 2025, 388: 125560.
- S. Huang, D. Han, J. Z. F. Pang, Y. Chen*. Optimal real-time bidding strategy for EV aggregators in wholesale electricity markets. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2025, 26(4): 5538 – 5551.
- K. Qu, Y. Chen*, C. Zhao. Approximately adaptive distributionally robust optimization for energy and reserve dispatch. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2025, early access. DOI: 10.1109/TSTE.2025.3532753
- D. Yan, T. Li, C. Zhao, H. Wang, Y. Chen*. Hierarchical game for coupled power system with energy sharing and transportation system. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 2025, 11(1): 981 – 992.
- D. Yan, M.-Y. Chow, Y. Chen*. Low-carbon operation of data centers with joint workload sharing and carbon allowance trading. IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, 2024, 12(2): 750 – 761.
- R. Xie, Y. Chen*. Real-time bidding strategy of energy storage in an energy market with carbon emission allocation based on Aumann-Shapley prices. IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy, and Regulation, 2024, 2(3): 350-367.
- R. Xie, P. Pinson, Y. Xu, Y. Chen*. Robust generation dispatch with purchase of renewable power and load predictions. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2024, 15(3): 1486-1501.
- D. Yan, S. Huang, Y. Chen*. Real-time feedback based online aggregate EV power flexibility characterization. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2024, 15(1): 658-673.
- D. Yan, Y. Chen*. Distributed coordination of charging stations with shared energy storage in a distribution network. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2023, 14(6): 4666-4682.
- X. Hao, Y. Chen*, H. Wang*, H. Wang, Y. Meng, Q. Gu. A V2G oriented reinforcement learning framework and empirical study for heterogeneous electric vehicle charging management. Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023, 89: 104345.
- Y. Chen*, C. Zhao. Improved approximation of dispatchable region in radial distribution networks via dual SOCP. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2023, 38(6): 5585-5597.
- Y. Chen*, W. Wei. Robust generation dispatch with strategic renewable power curtailment and decision-dependent uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2023, 38(5): 4640-4654.
- D. Yan, C. Ma, Y. Chen*. Distributed coordination of charging stations considering aggregate EV power flexibility. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2023, 14(1): 356-370.
- D. Yan, Y. Chen*. A distributed online algorithm for promoting energy sharing between EV charging stations. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2023, 14(2): 1158-1172.
- Y. Chen*, C. Zhao, S. Low, A. Wierman. An energy sharing mechanism considering network constraints and market power limitation. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2023, 14(2): 1027-1041.
Patents
- Method and apparatus for renewable energy accommodation based on energy sharing game, China Patent, ZL201910886588.8, June 3, 2022.
- A circuit design for series charging and discharging of batteries, China Patent, ZL202023317938.6, Aug 6, 2021.
- Dispatch method for hydro-thermal system considering the distribution characteristics of wind power output, China Patent, ZL201810102789.X, Feb, 2020.
Book
- S. Mei, W. Wei, F. Liu, Y. Chen, and Y. Fang. Engineering game theory basics and its application in energy systems. Tsinghua University Press, 2022.