Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Computations in Engineering Systems

Dr. Subhransu Sekhar Dash is presently Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India. He has more than 19 years of research and teaching experience. His research areas are power electronics and drives, modeling of facts controller, power quality, power system stability and smart grid. He is a Visiting Professor at Francois Rabelais University, POLYTECH, France and visiting research scholar at University of Wisconsin, Millwauke, USA. Dr. K Vijayakumar is presently HOD and Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from SRM University, Chennai, India. He has more than 19 years of research and teaching experience. His research areas are modelling, control and operation of power system, optimization of power system, flexible AC transmission system, and power quality. Dr. Swagatam Das received the B. E. Tel. E., M. E. Tel. E (Control Engineering specialization) and Ph.D. degrees, all from Jadavpur University, India, in 2003, 2005 and 2009, respectively. He is currently serving as Assistant Professor at the Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India. His research interests include evolutionary computing, pattern recognition, multi-agent systems, and wireless communication. He has published one research monograph, one edited volume and more than 200 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. Dr. Bijaya Ketan Panigrahi is Associate Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department in Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from Sambalpur University. He is a chief editor in the International Journal of Power and Energy Conversion. His interests focus on power quality, facts devices, power system protection, and AI application to power system.