Approved Special Sessions

SS-01 Medium-Voltage High Power Converters
Leopoldo G. Franquelo, Jose I. León, Samir Kouro, Sergio Vázquez, Abraham Márquez

SS-02 Control Methods for Power Converters in Distributed Generation Systems and Microgrids
Organizers: Sergio Vázquez, Tomislav Dragicevic, Marcelo Pérez

SS-03 Smart Automation and Digital Control in Power and Energy Systems
Organizers: Thomas Strasser, Peter Palensky, Marco Cupelli

SS-04 Emerging Converter Topologies and Control for High-Performance PV Systems
Organizers: Andrii Chub, Yongheng Yang, Samir Kouro, José Cobos

SS-05 Fault-Tolerant Power Electronic Converters, their Control, and Fault Detection Methods
Organizers: Andrii Chub, Mariusz Malinowski, Giampaolo Buticchi

SS-06 Emerging Solutions for Vehicular Embedded Systems
Organizers: Saad Mubeen, Matthias Becker, Lucia Lo Bello

SS-07 Modular multilevel converters: Topologies, control, and applications
Organizers: Abdul R Beig, Apparao Dekka, Ricardo Lizana Fuentes, S. M. Muyeen

SS-08 Impedance Source Converters: Topologies, Control and Applications
Organizers: Dmitri Vinnikov, Ebrahim Babaei, Sertac Bayhan, Yushan Liu

SS-09 Intelligent Control and Motion Planning for Robotics
Organizers: Wenyu Liang, Jiawei Cao, Qinyuan Ren

SS-10 Induction heating systems
Organizers: Oscar Lucia, Michele Forzan, Claudio Carretero

SS-11 Integration of wide band gap (SiC, GaN) power semiconductors in power electronic applications
Organizers: Markus Makoschitz, Johannes Stöckl, Thomas Strasser, Carlo Cecati

SS-12 DC Shipboard Power Systems for the future All Electric Ships
Organizers: Marco Cupelli, Tuyen Vu, Tomislav Dragičević

SS-13 Advanced signal and image processing techniques for condition monitoring of Electric Machines and Drives
Organizers: Jose Antonino-Daviu, Roque A. Osornio-Rios

SS-14 Machine Vision, Navigation and Control
Organizers: Oleg Sergiyenko, Paolo Mercorelli, Wendy Flores-Fuentes, Julio C. Rodríguez-Quiñonez, Lars Lindner

SS-15 New methodologies in electrical and electronic engineering education
Organizers: Jose Antonino-Daviu, Larisa Dunai Dunai, Epaminondas Mitronikas

SS-16 Tidal Stream and Wave Energy Converters: Design, Monitoring, Resilient Control, and Grid Interface
Organizers: Mohamed Benbouzid, Yassine Amirat, Jean Frédéric Charpentier, Tianhao Tang

SS-17 Active thermal management and reliability control for power electronics converters
Organizers: Abraham Márquez, Vito Giuseppe Monopoli, Giampaolo Buticchi

SS-18 Multiphase Drive Systems for Emerging Applications
Organizers: Obrad Dordevic, Ngac Ky Nguyen, Mario Duran

SS-19 Advances in Power Converters for HVDC Systems
Organizers: Zixin Li, Georgios Konstantinou, Josep Pou

SS-20 Microgrids/Nanogrids Implementation, Planning, and Operation
Organizers: Mohamed Benbouzid, Elhoussin Elbouchikhi, Josep M. Guererro

SS-21 Modelling, Detection and Estimation of Incipient faults using advanced statistical-based signal processing methods
Organizers: Claude DELPHA, Demba DIALLO, Tianzhen WANG

SS-22 Advanced High Reliable and Fault-Tolerant Motor Drives for Electric Vehicles
Organizers: Yihua Hu, Jiadong Lu

SS-23 Internet of Things Application in Resilient Power Grid
Organizers: Rui Liang, Yihua Hu

SS-24 Intelligent Sensing Applications for Human Assistive Systems
Organizers: Naoki Motoi, Hiroshi Igarasi, Sota Shimizu, Sehoon Oh

SS-25 Solid State Transformers Technologies and Applications
Organizers: Marcelo A. Perez, Jose R. Espinoza, Alex Q. Huang

SS-26 Advanced Topologies and Control Techniques for Multilevel Converters
Organizers: Mohammad Sharifzadeh, Hadi Kanaan, Kamal Al-Haddad

SS-27 Advances in Data-Driven Process Monitoring and Control for Complex Industrial Systems
Organizers: Hao Luo, Zhiwen Chen, Chao Cheng, Okyay Kaynak

SS-28 Smart systems and circuits for industrial sensing and energy harvesting
Organizers: Yunjia Li, Chia-Hung Chen, Boby George

SS-29 Recent Advances in Multilevel Converters for Renewable Energy Systems
Organizers: Ana M. Llor, Dmitri Vinnikov, Guillaume Gateau, Christian Rojas

SS-30 Recent advances in analysis and control of complex systems
Organizers: Mahdi Jalili, Ming‐Feng Ge, Guanghui Wen

SS-31 Advanced Technologies for EV Battery Chargers
Organizers: Gabriele Grandi, Mattia Ricco, João L. Afonso, Vitor Monteiro

SS-32 Advanced Power Quality Conditioning Systems
Organizers: Chi-Seng Lam, Yunwei (Ryan) LI, Yongheng Yang, Qing Zhong

SS-33 Intelligent Control in Smart Buildings
Organizers: Djaffar OULD ABDESLAM, Dirk Benyoucef

SS-34 Future power electronics for resilient high-power-quality grid-connected renewable energy systems: design, modeling and control
Organizers: Hadi Y. KANAAN, Maurice FADEL

SS-36 Data-Driven Operation of IoT-Enabled Microgrid
Organizers: João P. S. Catalão, Pierluigi Siano, Miadreza Shafie-khah, Mohamed Lotfi

SS-37 DC-DC Power Converters: Smart Placement of Reactive Components and Semiconductor Devices, Control for Renewable Energy Conversion Systems
Organizers: Mahajan Sagar Bhaskar, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Frede Blaabjerg, Michael G. Pecht

SS-38 Computational Intelligence Systems: Iterative, Dynamic, and Evolving Design
Organizers: Jérôme Mendes, João Paulo, Radu-Emil Precup, Cristiano Premebida, Rui Araújo

SS-39 Advanced Multilevel Converters with DC Capacitors: Topology, Modulation, Voltage Balancing, and Control Strategies
Organizers: Mohamed Trabelsi, Hani Vahedi

SS-40 HVDC technologies for HVDC grids
Organizers: Oriol Gomis-Bellmunt, Eduardo Prieto-Araujo, Jun Liang, Jef Beerten, Helder Leite, Nicolaos Antonio Cutululis

SS-41 Low Power Smart Sensors for Industrial Applications: Hardware and Software Design
Organizers: Reza Abrishambaf, António Espírito-Santo, Vincenzo Paciello, Victor Huang

SS-42 Real-time Simulation and Hardware-in-the-Loop Validation Methods for Power and Energy Systems
Organizers: Andrea Benigni, Georg Lauss

SS-43 Advanced control, measurement and estimation of interactive force
Organizers: Sehoon Oh, Toshiaki Tsuji, Michael Ruderman

SS-44 Design, Optimization and Control for Multi-Megahertz Wireless Power Transfer
Organizers: Minfan Fu, Ming Liu, Chengbin Ma

SS-45 Ultra-Reliable Power Conversion for More Electric Transports
Organizers: Stefano Nuzzo, Davide Barater, Michael Galea, Paolo Giangrande

SS-46 Modelling, Control and Optimization for Cyber-Physical Microgrid Networks: Artificial Intelligence Perspective
Organizers: Jingang Lai, Xiaoqing Lu, Jiakun Fang

SS-47 Modeling, management and control of Energy Storage Systems in Electric Vehicles
Organizers: Alexandre Ravey, Mario Porru, Alessandro Serpi

SS-48 Electrical machines for e-mobility with reduced rare-earth materials
Organizers: Mircea Popescu, Marco Villani, Fabrizio Marignetti

SS-49 Power Electronics for Fuel Cell System in Transportation Applications
Organizers: Rui Ma, Dongdong Zhao, Chen Liu, Elena Breaz

SS-50 Theory and Technology of Human Factors
Organizers: Sho Yokota, Jinhua She, Daisuke Chugo

SS-51 Multi-functional Grid Connected Converters: Design, Operation and Control
Organizers: Chandan Kumar, Xiaoqiang Guo, Saad Mekhilef

SS-52 Emerging Power Electronics for Renewable Energies
Organizers: Chunhua Liu, Zhen Zhang, Teng Long, Ralph Kennel, Petros Karamanakos

SS-53 Frequency and time measurements in industrial applications
Organizers: Oleg Sergiyenko, Vladimir Kartashov, Daniel Hernandez Balbuena, Marina Kolendovska

SS-54 Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Organizers: Max Mauro Dias Santos, Prabhat Kumar Sharma, Avinash Keskar, Ritesh Kumar Keshri

SS-55 Smart Transformer: its impacts and challenges in future distribution grids
Organizers: Rongwu Zhu, Marco Liserre, Mark Dehong Xu, Hui Li

SS-56 Artificial Intelligence approaches for maintenance and control in the Industry 4.0 framework
Organizers: Patrice Wira, Dominique Knittel, Christop Reich

SS-57 Network-based Control Systems and Their Applications
Organizers: Yu-Long Wang, Dong Yue, Wangli He, Xian-Ming Zhang

SS-58 Control of Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems and Smart/Micro Grids
Organizers: Nil Patel, Kiran Maroti Pandav, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen

SS-59 Advanced Motion Control for Mechatronic Systems
Organizers: Kazuaki ITO, Kenta SEKI, Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Tom OOMEN

SS-60 Electric Vehicle Charging Systems and Management
Organizers: Kim-Fung TSANG, Chengbin MA, Mo-Yuen CHOW

SS-61 Power Electronics Systems for e-Mobility
Organizers: Ritesh Kumar Keshri, Giuseppe Buja, Akshay Rathore

SS-62 Distributed machineries and smart systems for material handling and smart manufacturing using Industry 4.0 technologies
Organizers: Thomas Bangemann, Daesub Yoon, Frank Golatowski

SS-63 Resonant Power Converters: Emerging Topologies, Control Methods, and Applications
Organizers: Ersan Kabalcı, Stanimir Valtchev, Farhad Shahnia

SS-64 Energy Storage for Future Power and Energy Systems
Organizers: Amjad Anvari-Moghaddam, Behnam Mohammadi-ivatloo, Farhad Shahnia, Masood Parvania

SS-65 Technology for inclusive education
Organizers: Anikó Costa, João Correia Freitas, José Lagarto

SS-66 Smart Grid Communication Systems: Emerging Technologies and Their Applications
Organizers: Yasin Kabalcı, Antonio Cataliotti, Mingchao Xia

SS-67 Hybrid Multilevel Converters
Organizers: Amer Ghias, Yi Tang, Michael G. Pecht, Josep Pou

SS-68 Efficient and Reliable LED Lighting Systems
Organizers: Antonio J. Marques Cardoso, Marco A. Dalla Costa, Fernando Bento

SS-69 Intelligent Drives, Sensors and MEMS for Industry 4.0
Organizers: Stanimir Valtchev, Ersan Kabalcı, Yasin Kabalcı

SS-70 Intelligent Drives and Hardware-in-the-Loop
Organizers: Viktor Mescheryakov, Altan Gencer, Mikhail Mudrov

SS-71 High-Power Resilient Converters for Power Quality Enhancement and Renewable Energy Integration
Organizers: Ebrahim Babaei, Hasan Komurcugil, Sertac Bayhan

SS-72 Modulation and Control Methods for PV Inverters
Organizers: Mokhtar Aly, Christian A. Rojas, Xiaoqiang Guo

SS-73 High Performance Isolated DC/DC converters
Organizers: Zhe Zhang, Nimrod Vázquez, Rongwu Zhu, Marco Liserre

SS-74 Grid Integration of PV systems and other Distributed Energy Resources: challenges, monitoring, and power quality assessment
Organizers: Sónia Pinto, John Licari, Grazia Barchi, Cédric Caruana, Jonathan Leloux, Marios Theristis

SS-75 Medium Voltage DC for Electricity Distribution Networks
Organizers: Wenlong Ming, Jun Liang, Tim Green, Erik de Jong

SS-76 Modeling, Analysis, and Implementation of Cyber-Physical Systems
Organizers: Remigiusz Wisniewski, MengChu Zhou, Shaohua Wan, Dariusz Kania, Luis Gomes

SS-77 Topologies, Control Techniques and Applications of FACTs, HVDC, Active Power Filters and Grid Converters
Organizers: Kouzou Abdellah, Jaroslaw Gusinski, Marek Jasinski, Hafaifa Ahmed, Robert Malkowsk

SS-78 IoT automation technologies and applications
Organizers: Pal Varga, Luis Lino Ferreira, Federico Montori

SS-79 Recent power electronics converters and energy management for AC and DC Microgrids
Organizers: Thomas Geury, Omar Hegazy, Sónia Pinto, Amrane Oukaour, Moataz El Sied

SS-80 Modelling, Control and Operation for Active Distribution Network Integrating Large Scale Emerging Energy Systems
Organizers: Mingchao XIA, Ramazan BAYINDIR, Antonio CATALIOTTI

SS-81 Energy Storage System Modeling and Monitoring System
Organizers: Bharat Balagopal, Mo-Yuen Chow, Federico Baronti