He has edited 1 book, and published over 150 technical papers in international top journals, and conferences. He has led and participated in several large scale research and consulting projects in Europe, China, and Australia, concerning renewable energy, electric vehicles, and electricity market etc., using AI and data mining techniques. He was Co-PIs for Hong Kong Research General Council Theme Based Research Projects on Smart Solar Energy harvesting, Storage and Utilization and Sustainable Power Delivery Structures for High Renewables.

Professor Zhao XU is currently serving as Chairman of IEEE HK PES/IES/IELS/IAS Chapter. He received various awards including 2017 1st Class State Nature Science Award by MOE PRC, 2018 Best Paper Award in IEEE ISGT Asia Conference, and the Top Five Best Algorithm Award in IEEE Competition on 'Application of Modern Heuristic Optimization Methods for Solving Optimal Power Flow Problems' in 2014 etc.This talk will give an overview over the latest development of artificial intelligence and its applications to smart grids, and specific topics such as AI applications to renewable energy prognosis and system topology identification will be covered.