**Meet the editor**

Dr. Adel El-Shahat is an assistant professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Georgia Southern University, USA. He is the founder and director of Innovative Power Electronics and Nano-Grids Research Lab (IPENG). His research focuses on neural networks, smart grid systems, power electronics, electric machines, distributed generation, renewable energy systems, power systems,

energy storage, optimization and FACTS. He got some awards and recognitions due to his work. He is an IEEE senior member and a member of many organizations (21 up to now). He is the editor-in-chief of *International Journal of Convergence Computing*, Inderscience Publishers, and a reviewer for more than 40 journals and conferences. He has 40 journal papers and 50 conference papers plus 6 books and 1 book chapter with 68 other publications.

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## **Preface XI**


Zhiquan Shu, Hsiu-Hung Chen, Xiaoming Zhou and Dayong Gao
