Publications

Papers in Optimization & Learning:

• Bo Zhou, Ruiwei Jiang, Siqian Shen, “Risk-Averse Safe Reinforcement Learning for Real-Time Economic Dispatch Considering Demand Response,” in preparation.

• Bo Zhou, Ruiwei Jiang, Siqian Shen, “Submodularity and Supermodularity in Min-Cost Flow Interdiction,” submitted, 2025.

• Bo Zhou, Ruiwei Jiang, Siqian Shen, “Bilevel Mixed-Integer Linear Program with Binary Tender,” submitted, 2025.

• Bo Zhou, Ruiwei Jiang, Siqian Shen, “Learning to Solve Bilevel Programs with Binary Tender,” in Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Learning Representation (ICLR), Vienna, Austria, May 2024.

• Yanru Guo, Bo Zhou, Ruiwei Jiang, Siqian Shen, Xi (Jessie) Yang, “Distributionally Robust Resource Allocation with Trust-aided Parametric Information Fusion,” in Proceedings of the 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Milan, Italy, December 2024.

• Wenjia Shen, Bo Zhou, Ruiwei Jiang, Siqian Shen, “Sequential Charging Station Location Optimization under Uncertain Charging Behavior and User Growth,” in Proceedings of the 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Milan, Italy, December 2024.

Papers in Energy System Operations:

Under Review/In Preparation:

• Bo Zhou, Ruiwei Jiang, Siqian Shen, “Robust Pricing for Demand Response from Ambiguous Data Centers,” in preparation.

• Mohammad Rajabdorri, Bo Zhou, Lukas Sigrist, Enrique Lobato, “Implementing General-Order Frequency Dynamic Response Model and Frequency Excursion Duration Criterion in Unit Commitment Problem,” Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, under revision.

Journal Papers:

• Xiaomeng Ai, Huang Zhou, Jun Zhou, Bo Zhou*, Shichang Cui, Jiakun Fang, Jinyu Wen, “Multi-Week Continuous-Time Scheduling of Integrated Electricity and Natural Gas System Against Long-Lasting Stressful Weather,” Applied Energy, 383, 125305, 2025.

• Bo Zhou, Ruiwei Jiang, Siqian Shen, “Frequency Stability-Constrained Unit Commitment: Tight Approximation using Bernstein Polynomials,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 39(04), 5907-5919, 2024.

• Bo Zhou, Xiaomeng Ai, Jiakun Fang, Kun Li, Wei Yao, Zhe Chen, Jinyu Wen, “Function-space optimization to coordinate multi-energy storage across the integrated electricity and natural gas system,” International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy System, 2023(151), 109181, 2023.

• Bo Zhou, Jiakun Fang, Xiaomeng Ai, Yipu Zhang, Wei Yao, Zhe Chen, Jinyu Wen, “Partial-dimensional correlation-aided convex-hull uncertainty set for robust unit commitment,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 38(03), 2434-2446, 2023.

• Bo Zhou, Xiaomeng Ai, Jiakun Fang, Shichang Cui, Wei Yao, Zhe Chen, Jinyu Wen, “Storage right-based hybrid discrete-time and continuous-time flexibility trading between energy storage station and renewable power plants,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 14(01), 465-481, 2023.

• Bo Zhou, Jiakun Fang, Xiaomeng Ai, Wei Yao, Jinyu Wen, “Flexibility-enhanced continuous-time scheduling of power system under wind uncertainties,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 12(04), 2306-2320, 2021.

• Bo Zhou, Jiakun Fang, Xiaomeng Ai, Chengxiang Yang, Wei Yao, Jinyu Wen, “Dynamic Var reserve-constrained coordinated scheduling of LCC-HVDC receiving-end system considering contingencies and wind uncertainties,” IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 12(01), 469-481, 2021.

• Bo Zhou, Jiakun Fang, Xiaomeng Ai, Menglin Zhang, Wei Yao, Zhe Chen, Jinyu Wen, “Linear network model for integrated power and gas distribution systems with bidirectional energy conversion,” IET Renewable Power Generation, 14(17), 3284-3291, 2020.

• Bo Zhou, Jiakun Fang, Xiaomeng Ai, Wei Yao, Zhe Chen, Jinyu Wen, “Pyramidal approximation for power flow and optimal power flow,” IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 14(18), 3774-3782, 2020.

• Bo Zhou, Xiaomeng Ai, Jiakun Fang, Wei Yao, Wenping Zuo, Zhe Chen, Jinyu Wen, “Data-adaptive robust unit commitment in the hybrid AC-DC power system,” Applied Energy, 254, 113784, 2019.

• Menglin Zhang, Jian Gong, Xiaofei Wang, Qiuwei Wu, Bo Zhou, Fangxing Li, Jinyu Wen, “Coordinated Scheduling of Virtual Power Plants Driven by Unbalanced Distribution LMP,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 17(02), 936 - 951, 2026.

• Menglin Zhang, Sheng Cai, Yunyun Xie, Bo Zhou, Weiye Zheng, Qiuwei Wu, Jinyu Wen, “Supply Resilience Constrained Scheduling of MERs for Distribution System Restoration: A Stochastic Model and FW-PH Algorithm,” IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 16(01), 194-2087, 2025.

• Menglin Zhang, Qiuwei Wu, Jinyu Wen, Bo Zhou, Qingyue Guan, Jin Tan, Zhongwei Lin, Fang Fang, “Day-ahead stochastic scheduling of integrated electricity and heat system considering reserve provision by large-scale heat pumps,” Applied Energy, 307, 118143, 2022.

• Menglin Zhang, Jiakun Fang, Xiaomeng Ai, Bo Zhou, Wei Yao, Qiuwei Wu, Jinyu Wen, “Partition-combine uncertainty set for robust unit commitment,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 35(04), 3266-3269, 2020.

Refereed Conference Papers

• Bo Zhou, Ruiwei Jiang, Siqian Shen, “Differential-Algebraic Equation-Constrained Frequency-Secured Stochastic Unit Commitment,” in Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Orlando, United States, July 2023.

• Bo Zhou, Xiaomeng Ai, Jiakun Fang, Wei Yao, Jinyu Wen, “Continuous-trajectory robust unit commitment considering beyond-the-resolution uncertainty,” in Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), Montreal, Canada, August 2020.

• Bo Zhou, Xiaomeng Ai, Jiakun Fang, Chengxiang Yang, Ruitong Liu, Yingxuan Yang, Fangwei Duan, “Steady state security region considering post contingency cascaded DC commutation failure,” in Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Sustainable Power and Energy Conference (iSPEC), Beijing, China, November 2019 (Excellent Paper).

• Bo Zhou, Xiaomeng Ai, Jiakun Fang, Jinyu Wen, Jianhua Yang, “Mixed-integer second-order cone programming taking appropriate approximation for the unit commitment in hybrid AC–DC grid,” in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Renewable Power Generation (RPG), Wuhan, China, October 2017.

Selected Papers in Chinese:

• Jinyu Wen, Bo Zhou, Jianyu Zhou, Yujun Lin, Xia Chen, “Exploring the Role and Value of Energy Storage in Constructing New-Type Power Systems,” Proceedings of the CSEE (in Chinese), early access.

• Jinyu Wen, Bo Zhou, Lishen Wei, “Preliminary study on an energy storage grid for future power system in China,” Power System Protection and Control (in Chinese), 50(07), 1-10, 2022. (F5000 top articles)

• Bo Zhou, Xiaomeng Ai, Jiakun Fang, Wei Yao, Jinyu Wen, “Continuous-time modeling based robust unit commitment considering beyond-the-resolution wind power uncertainty,” Transactions of China Electrotechnical Society (in Chinese), 36(07), 1456-1467, 2021.

• Bo Zhou, Minggang Song, Jiawei Huang, Xiaomeng Ai, Wei Yao, Jinyu Wen, “Configuration optimization method of multifunctional hybrid energy storage for regional power line fault,” Automation of Electric Power System (in Chinese), 43(08), 25-34, 2019.