People
CHEN Yue 陳玥
Vice-Chancellor Assistant Professor
yuechen@mae.cuhk.edu.hk
TEL: 852 - 3943 0501
Room 318, William M.W. Mong Engineering Building
Grid Resource and Energy Economics (GREEN) Lab

Dr. Yue Chen is a Vice-Chancellor Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). She received 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. From 2018 to 2019, she was a visiting student at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). In 2019, she was also awarded the Legal Professional Qualification Certificate by the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China. She has received multiple awards, including the Vice-Chancellor Early Career Professorship, the Dean’s Exemplary Teaching Award, the Stanford Bits & Watts Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Excellent Ph.D. Thesis Award of Tsinghua University, and several best paper awards from leading international journals. Dr. Chen is an IEEE Senior Member and has been consistently recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists.

Her research focuses on trustworthy artificial intelligence and optimization, with applications to smart grids. She currently serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, and IEEE Power Engineering Letters. She also serves as the Hong Kong Chapter Representative for IEEE PES Women in Power.

Research Interests
  • Smart grid and smart city
  • Trustworthy AI and optimization
  • Quantum computing
Projects
  • NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme, Trustworthy “computing-energy” co-optimization for low-carbon operation and management of data centers
  • Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Commission Innovation and Technology Fund. PSopt-Q: A quantum power system optimization tool for next-generation smart grid applications and education.
Teaching
2024/2025
EEEN4050 Energy Storage Devices and Systems
2023/2024
EEEN2030 Energy and Environmental Economics and Management
ESTR 4998 Graduation Thesis II
2022/2023
MAEG4070 Engineering Optimization
EEEN2030 Energy and Environmental Economics and Management
ESTR 4998 Graduation Thesis I
Publications

Selected Journal Papers (* corresponding author)

  1. Q. Liu, C. Zhao, Y. Cao, T. Li, Y. Chen*. Quantum privacy-preserving multi-agent deep reinforcement learning for local Volt/Var control. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2026, early access. DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2026.3734069
  2. K. Qu, Y. Chen*, H. Liang, C. Zhao. Conditional distributionally robust optimization for look-ahead power dispatch with heterogeneous uncertainties. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2026, early access. DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2026.3697741
  3. D. Yan*, Y. Chen*, Y. Liu, J. Zhu. Joint pricing of hydrogen-integrated microgrid aggregator in coupled power-traffic system. IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification, 12(4):6253-6266, 2026.
  4. Y. Cao, Y. Chen*. A differentially private energy trading mechanism approaching social optimum. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 17(2):1444-1456, 2026.
  5. M. Yang, H. Wang, Y. Xu, Y. Chen*. Dynamic load restoration of coupled power-transportation systems considering healthcare system operation. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 17(2):1093-1107, 2026.
  6. R. Xie, Y. Chen*, P. Pinson. Predict-and-optimize robust unit commitment with statistical guarantees via weight combination. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 41(2):1163-1177, 2026.
  7. X. Wang, Y. Chen*. Carbon-aware quantification of real-time aggregate power flexibility of electric vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 16(6):4906-4920, 2025.
  8. X. Wang, Y. Chen, L. Du, Y. Chen*. Online deadline-aware EV charging considering state-of-charge-dependent peak charging rate. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 16(6):5275-5288, 2025.
  9. M. Yang, R. Xie, Y. Zhang, Y. Chen* . Robust microgrid dispatch with real-time energy sharing and endogenous uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 16(4):3085-3098, 2025.
  10. 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, 220:115786, 2025.
  11. K. Qu, Y. Chen*, C. Zhao. Distributionally robust energy and reserve dispatch with distributed predictions of renewable energy. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 40(5):4233-4248, 2025.
  12. 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, 388:125560, 2025.
  13. 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, 26(4):5538-5551, 2025.
  14. K. Qu, Y. Chen*, C. Zhao. Approximately adaptive distributionally robust optimization for energy and reserve dispatch. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 16(3):1762-1775, 2025.
  15. 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, 12(2):750-761, 2024.
  16. R. Xie, P. Pinson, Y. Xu, Y. Chen*. Robust generation dispatch with purchase of renewable power and load predictions. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 15(3):1486-1501, 2024.
  17. D. Yan, S. Huang, Y. Chen*. Real-time feedback based online aggregate EV power flexibility characterization. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 15(1):658-673, 2024.
  18. Y. Chen*, C. Zhao. Improved approximation of dispatchable region in radial distribution networks via dual SOCP. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 38(6):5585-5597, 2023.
  19. Y. Chen*, W. Wei. Robust generation dispatch with strategic renewable power curtailment and decision-dependent uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 38(5):4640-4654, 2023.
  20. Y. Chen*, C. Zhao, S. H. Low, A. Wierman. An energy sharing mechanism considering network constraints and market power limitation. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 14(2):1027-1041, 2023.

Patents

  1. S. Mei, Y. Chen, W. Wei, F. Liu, L. Chen. Method and device for renewable energy accommodation based on an energy sharing game, Chinese Patent, ZL201910886588.8, granted 3 June 2022.
  2. Y. Chen. A charging and discharging circuit for series-connected batteries, Chinese Patent, ZL202023317938.6, granted 6 August 2021.
  3. S. Mei, Y. Chen, W. Wei, L. Chen, S. Huang. Method and system for joint hydro-thermal power dispatch considering characteristics of uncertainty distributions, Chinese Patent, ZL201810102789.X, granted 21 February 2020.

Book

  1. S. Mei, W. Wei, F. Liu, Y. Chen, Y. Fang. Engineering game theory and applications in energy systems. Tsinghua University Press, 2022. (in Chinese)