Distinguished Lecture: Computational Intelligence for Smart Energy and Mobilit
Distinguished Lecture: Computational Intelligence for Smart Energy and Mobility
Distinguished Lecturer: Professor Loi Lei Lai
Organisers: IEEE SMC UK & I Chapter, IEEE UoB Student Branch, Birmingham Energy Institute
Host: Department of EESE, School of Engineering
Venue: Room 327 (Y8), School of Engineering, University of Birmingham
Time/Date: 3:30pm - 5:00pm Thursday 26th November 2026
Abstract:
This Distinguished Lecture covers some important topics associated with computational intelligence applications in smart energy, mobility, and standards development. To achieve net-zero emissions by 2050/2060, and mitigate global warming, people need to promote sustainability and adopt renewables. Smart energy network control, operation, management, and planning will play a key role in a carbon-neutral society. In general, batteries and energy storages are used to maintain system stability and efficiency. With the advancement AI racks and importance of artificial intelligence models, AI racks, which can have 1 MW of peak power per rack, can drop its output by 70% of the peak level and then jump back within sub-millisecond due to a change in computing tasks. This is a challenge in storage technology and new international standards need to be considered seriously. Major environmental, economic, and technological factors such as climate change, economic restructuring, pressure on public finances, cyber security, digitalization of the retail and entertainment industries, and growth of urban and ageing populations have generated huge interest for cities to be run differently and smartly. There is a consideration in urban air mobility to provide service for inter- or intra-urban transport in alleviating environmental problems, due to the use of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Also, there are studies with an energy efficient memristive sequence network for human emotion classification. Smart technologies can monitor human behavior to improve the safety of the users in mobility. Some current international research and development activities will be reported, updated or/and new terminologies, the importance of standards development and future directions will be discussed.
Bios:
Professor Loi Lei Lai, Chair, DRPT International Incorporated, Perth, Australia Professor Loi Lei Lai received his B.Sc. (First Class Hons.) and Ph.D. from the University of Aston, Birmingham, UK, in 1980 and 1984 respectively. His D.Sc. is from City St George's, University of London, London, UK, in 2005. All degrees are in electrical and electronic engineering. Professor Lai is currently Chairman of DRPT International Incorporated, Australia. He was a Pao Yue Kong Chair Professor with Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China; Professor & Chair of Electrical Engineering with City, University of London, London, UK and University Distinguished Professor with Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. Professor Lai received an IEEE Third Millennium Medal; the IEEE Power and Energy Society (IEEE/PES) UKRI Power Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award in 2000; a special award from City, University of London in 2005 and is its honorary graduate; the IEEE/PES Energy Development and Power Generation Committee Prize Paper in 2006 and 2009 (Papers published in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion); the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (IEEE/SMCS) Outstanding Contribution Award in 2013, 2014 and 2026; the Most Active Technical Committee Award in 2015 and 2024; IEEE Standards Association Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding contributions in 2020 & 2024 and Plaque in 2026. Professor Lai is Editorin-Chief of the IEEE Smart Cities Newsletter; a member of the IEEE Smart Cities Board of Governor; Member-at-large, IEEE Technical Activities Board (TAB) Committee on Standards & was Chair of the Seed Funding ad hoc Committee; Chair of IEEE/SMCS Standards Committee; IEEE/SMCS Fellow Committee Evaluator; IEEE/SMCS Distinguished Lecturer and was IEEE/PES Lifetime Achievement Award Committee Assessor. He was the Director of Research and Development Center, State Grid Energy Research Institute, Beijing, China; a Vice President for Membership and Student Activities of IEEE/SMCS; and a Fellow Committee Evaluator and Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. His current research and development interests are in smart cities, smart grid, clean energy and computational intelligence. He is an IEEE Life Fellow, IET Fellow and International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences Fellow
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