9:00 - 12:00, Monday, May 23: Opening Ceremony and Keynotes
Room: 1-315, FIT Building
Chair: Jun Li (Executive Deputy Director, TNList, THU)
9:00 - 9:30 AM: Welcome Remarks and Introduction
9:30 - 10:00 AM: Keynote #1: “The Construction of New District 'Ji' Bay for Yellow River (Energy Resources) and Another pole of China's Economy”
Zhengyuan Hu, Director of Regional Development Committee, China Promotion Committee of Constructing an Innovation-Oriented Country Strategy, State Council of China
10:00 - 10:30 AM: Keynote #2: “ Energy-related Research Activities at USC”
Yannis Yortsos, Dean of Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
10:30-11:00: coffee break
11:00 - 11:30: Keynote #3: “Vehicle-Infrastructure Cooperation for Traffic Systems in China “
Yi Zhang, Professor, Dept. of Automation, THU
11:30 - 12:00: Keynote #4 “Low Carbon Energy Technologies Needed in China”
Qiang Yao, Deputy Director of Low-Carbon Lab, THU
14:00 - 17:00, Monday, May 23: All-together Round-table Discussion
Topic #1: Energy Informatics: Green and Smart for a Sustainable Future
Room 1-315, FIT Building
Co-Chairs: Joe S. Qin (USC) and Xiaohong Guan (THU)
14:00 - 14:15: Orientation of the Session: What’s the Energy Informatics?
Joe S. Qin, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
14:15 - 14:30: Invited Talk #1 “Efficient Operation of Building Energy Systems Facilitated by Microgrid Technology”
Xiaohong Guan, Dept of Automation, THU
14:30 - 14:45: Invited Talk #2: “Incentive Pricing and Market Architecture for Renewable Energy Integration”
Rahul Jain, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
14:45 - 15:30: free discussion
15:30-16:00: coffee break
16:00 - 17:00: Free discussion
17:00 – 17:30: Summary (future directions, potential collaboration schemes, funding resources, ……)
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9:00 - 12:00, Tuesday, May 24: Round-table Discussion
Topic #2: Energy-Efficiency in Information and Communication Systems
Room 1-315, FIT Building
Co-Chairs: Murali Annavaram (USC) and Wenguang Chen (THU)
9:00 - 9:15: Orientation of the Session
Murali Annavaram, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
9:15 - 9:30: Invited Talk #1 “Low power data center servers – Leveraging emergent storage technologies”
Wenguang Chen, Dept of Computer Science and Technology, THU
9:30 - 9:45: Invited Talk #2: “Conventional and alternative fuel utilization”
Fokion Egolfopoulos, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
9:45 - 10:00: Invited Talk #3: “Content Aware Soft Real-Time Service for Green Wireless
Communications”
Xiaofeng Zhong, Dept of Electronic Engineering, THU
10:00 - 10:30: free discussion
10:30-11:00: coffee break
11:00 - 12:00: Free discussion
12:00 – 12:10: Summary (future directions, potential collaboration schemes,……)
Topic #3: Information Technology for Energy Management and New Energy Resources
Room 1-312, FIT Building
Co-Chairs: Cyrus Shahabi (USC) and Junwei Cao (THU)
9:00 - 9:15: Orientation of the Session
Cyrus Shahabi, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
9:15 - 9:30: Invited Talk #1“Surface Plasmon Polariton in Silicon Photonics”
Yidong Huang, Dept of Electronic Engineering, THU
9:30 - 9:45: Invited Talk #2 “Wide-area Power Grid Monitoring and Control using IoT Technologies”
Junwei Cao, Research Institute of Information Technology, THU
9:45 - 10:00: Invited Talk #3: “Research in Engineering Frontiers Research Center at USC”
John O’Brien, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
10:00- 10:15: Invited Talk #4 “Nitride Materials Growth and Optical System Design for Solid
State Lighting”
Changzheng Sun, Dept of Electronic Engineering, THU
10:15 - 10:30: free discussion
10:30-11:00: coffee break
11:00 - 12:00: Free discussion
12:00 – 12:10: Summary (future directions, potential collaboration schemes,……)
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14:00 - 17:00, Tuesday, May 24: Individual Lab Tours and Discussions |
