Dr. S. M. Mahfuz Alam is a Professor at the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology. He received his MS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Memphis. His current research interests include advanced machine drives, smart grids, smart home energy management systems, new load forecasting and scheduling methods for smart buildings, data analytics control of smart residential loads, power electronics, control system applications in smart grid and conventional power system.

Dr. Mohd. Hasan Ali is a Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and leads the Electric Power and Energy Systems (EPES) Laboratory of the University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He received his Ph.D. Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan. His Lab currently deals with the following research: 1) cyber security issues and solutions to smart grid and microgrid systems, 2) cyber-attack detection and mitigation techniques for Internet of electric vehicles, 3) data analytics for smart/microgrid systems, 4) AC/DC hybrid microgrid control, 4) distributed energy resources, 5) energy storage systems, 6) load forecasting and scheduling for smart buildings, and 7) effects of geomagnetic induced current (GIC) on Transformers.