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Yousu Chen is a distinguished chief electrical engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), where he has been contributing his expertise since 2006. His research focuses on applying advanced computing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence and machine learning to power grids. He is dedicated to enhancing power system reliability and security, as well as advancing operations, control, and decision support. 

As the manager of PNNL's Advanced Grid Modeling program, Dr. Chen oversees the development of cutting-edge methodologies in advanced computing, modeling and simulation, mathematics, machine learning, and data analytics. His leadership is pivotal in developing innovative approaches at the intersection of technology and power system management, ensuring the grid's ability to adapt to evolving challenges and opportunities.

Dr. Chen’s outstanding contributions to electrical engineering have earned him several prestigious honors, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Member and Geographic Activities Leadership Award and the 2018 R&D 100 Award. As an IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Distinguished Lecturer specialized in high-performance computing for power system applications, he shares his extensive knowledge with peers globally. 

Dr. Chen earned his PhD in electrical engineering from Clemson University and is a joint research professor at the University of Denver. He is also a licensed professional engineer in Washington State.

• Advanced computing 
• Grid analytics
• Artificial intelligence/machine learning
• Power system modeling and simulation
• Power system decision support

• PhD, Electrical Engineering, Clemson University
• M.S., Environmental Engineering, Washington State University
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, Nankai University
• B.E., Electrical Engineering, Sichuan University

• Senior member of the IEEE
• Member of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Electrical and Computer Engineering Evaluation Group, August 2024–present
• Active member, International Federal Automatic Control (IFAC) Technical Committee TC6.3 (Power and Energy Systems [PES]), 2016–present
• Chair, IEEE PES Task Force on cloud computing for power system applications
• Chair, IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer Program, 2011–2017
• Regional Committee co-chair: Region 6, IEEE PES Scholarship Plus Program, 2011–2015
• Regional representative, IEEE PES Region 6, 2010–2013
• Editor, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid and IEEE PES Letters, 2014–2019
• Chapter chair, IEEE PES Richland Chapter, 2009–2011

• IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer, IEEE PES, since Jan 2014
• Best Conference Paper Award, IEEEE PES General Meeting, July 2022
• Exceptional Contribution Program Award, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Dec 2022, Dec 2018 and Dec 2015
• 2018 R&D 100 Award, R&D 100 Conference, Dec 2018
• IEEE 2016 Member and Geographic Activities Leadership Award, IEEE
• Software Creator Award, PNNL, May 2013
• IEEE PES Outstanding Small Chapter Award, IEEE PES, Jul 2010

• Enhanced Dynamic Contingency Analysis for Power Systems, Patent No. 11,592,788, Issued Feb 28, 2023
• Decision support systems and methods for complex networks, US 8,126,804, Issued Feb 28, 2012

2025

• Tan B., J. Zhao and Y. Chen. 2925. "Scalable Risk Assessment of Rare Events in Power Systems With Uncertain Wind Generation and Loads." In IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 40 (2): 1,374–1,388. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2024.3435490. 
• Liu C., C. Wu, R. Song, Y. Chen, A. Li, Ml Huang, and T. Geng. 2025. “Nature-GL: A Revolutionary Learning Paradigm Unleashing Nature's Power in Real-World Spatial-Temporal Graph Learning,” In ASPDAC '25: Proceedings of the 30th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference. doi:10.1145/3658617.3703142
• Su, T., Zhao, J., Gomez-Exposito, A. et al. 2025. “Grid-enhancing technologies for clean energy systems.” Nat. Rev. Clean Technology 1: 16–31. doi:10.1038/s44359-024-00001-5

2024

• Chen, Y., and Y. Liu. 2024. "Validation of Phasor-Domain Transmission and Distribution Co-simulation Against Electromagnetic Transient Simulation." In Proceedings of the 12th IFAC Symposium on Control of Power & Energy Systems (CPES 2024), July 10–12, 2024, Rabat, Morocco. IFAC-Papers Online, edited by R. Lajouad, H. Ouadi and F.Z. Chaoui, 58: 235–240. Amsterdam:Elsevier. PNNL-SA-194055. doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2024.07.488
• Chen, Y., X. Fan, R. Huang, Q. Huang, A. Li, and K. Guddanti. 2024. Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Technology in Power System Applications. PNNL-35735. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.  
• Fan, X., Y. Chen, D. Wang, C. Qin, Y. Liu, K. Guddanti, and Y. Li, et al. 2024. 5G Energy FRAME Report on 5G for Grid Use Case: Year 3 Final Report. PNNL-36588. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.  
• Huang, Q., R. Huang, T. Yin, S. Datta, X. Sun, Z. Hou, and J. Tan, et al. 2024. "Towards Intelligent Emergency Control for Large-scale Power Systems: Convergence of Learning, Physics, Computing and Control." Electric Power Systems Research 235. PNNL-SA-190811. doi:10.1016/j.epsr.2024.110648
• Jing, H., Y. LI, M.J. Brandsema, Y. Chen, and M. Yue. 2024. "HHL algorithm with mapping function and enhanced sampling for model predictive control in microgrids." Applied Energy 361. PNNL-SA-182784. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.122878
• Liang, S., S. Jin, and Y. Chen. 2024. "A Review of Edge Computing Technology and its Applications in Power Systems." Energies 17. PNNL-SA-199011. doi:10.3390/en17133230
• Penne, M., C. Jia, W. Qiao, L. Qu, S. Wang, Y. Chen, and L. Qu, et al. 2024. "Robust Disturbance Rejection Rotor Current Control of Doubly-Fed Induction Generators." IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 60. PNNL-SA-181127. doi:10.1109/TIA.2024.3352553
• Ross, B.A., Y. Chen, Y. Liu, and J. Kim. 2024. Challenges, Industry Practice, and Research Opportunities for Protection of IBR-Rich Systems. PNNL-36067. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.  
• Tan, B., J. Zhao, and Y. Chen. 2024. "Scalable Risk Assessment of Rare Events in Power Systems with Uncertain Wind Generation and Loads." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 40. PNNL-SA-203374. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2024.3435490
• Zheng, M., Y. Chen, X. Yang, and A. Li. 2024. "Early Exploration of a Flexible Framework for Efficient Quantum Linear Solvers in Power Systems." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2024), July 21–25, 2024, Seattle, WA, 1–5. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-191945. doi:10.1109/PESGM51994.2024.10688916
• Zheng, L., Y. Cui, S. Jin and Y. Chen. 2024. “High-Performance Computing-Based Open-Source Power Transmission and Distribution Grid Co-Simulation.” In IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2023.3349200
• Chen, Y., et al. 2024. “A Scalable Transmission and Distribution Co-simulation Platform for IBR-heavy Power Systems.” In 2023 8th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGRID), Karlsruhe, Germany, Jan. 2024, pp. 1–6. doi:10.1109/eGrid58358.2023.10380812.

2023

• Anderson, A. A., B. A. Jefferson, S. Kincic, J. E. Wenskovitch, C. Fallon, J. A. Baweja, and Y. Chen. 2023. "Human-Centric Contingency Analysis Metrics for Evaluating Operator Performance and Trust." IEEE Access 11. PNNL-SA-177705. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3322133
• Chen, Y. 2023. High Performance Adaptive Deep-Reinforcement-Learning-based Real-time Emergency Control (HADREC) to Enhance Power Grid Resilience in Stochastic Environment Final Report. PNNL-34029. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 
• Chen, Y., L. Wang, X. Fan, D. Wang, and J. P. Ogle. 2023. "A 5G Enabled Adaptive Computing Workflow for Greener Power Grid." In IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT 2023), January 16–19, 2023, Washington, DC, 1–5. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-177612. doi:10.1109/ISGT51731.2023.10066383
• Chen, Y., S. A. Stein, A. Li, and Z. Huang. 2023. "Is it coming soon to power systems: Quantum Computing and its early exploration." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2023), July 16–20, 2023, Orlando, FL, 1–5. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-179849. doi:10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10252721
• Fan, X., D. Wang, C. Qin, K. Guddanti, V. Tiruchirappalli Narayana Kumar, Y. Chen, J. P. Ogle, et al. 2023. 5G Energy FRAME: The Design and Implementation of Data, Model, and Use Case - Year 2 Report. PNNL-34658. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.  
• Fan, X., U. Agrawal, J. D. Follum, R. Huang, Y. Chen, and Z. Huang. 2023. Eastern Interconnection Wide-Area Oscillation Assessment and Study Report. PNNL-35769. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.  

2022

• Fan, X., J. P. Ogle, J. V. Cree, D. Wang, Y. Chen, E. S. Peterson, and T. Fu, et al. 2022. Technical Characterization and Benefit Evaluation of 5G-Enabled Grid Data Transport and Applications. PNNL-33221. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.  
• Fu, T., D. Wang, X. Fan, H. Ren, J.P. Ogle, and Y. Chen. 2022. "Efficient Topology Assessment for Integrated Transmission and Distribution Network with 10,000+ Inverter-based Resources." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2022), July 17–21, 2022, Denver, CO, 1–5. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-168308. doi:10.1109/PESGM48719.2022.9916770
• Huang, R., U. Agrawal, N. Zhou, J. D. Follum, S. Wang, P. V. Etingov, Y. Chen, et al. 2022. WECC Wide-Area Oscillation Assessment and Trending Study Report. PNNL-33651. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.  
• Kim, J., E. Muljadi, B. Vyakaranam, Q. H. Nguyen, M. Maharjan, A. Tbaileh, S. Datta, et al. 2022. "Enhanced Frequency Support Scheme of Generic Inverter-Based Resource Models for Renewable-Dominated Power Grids." In IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2022), October 9–13, 2022, Detroit, MI, 1–7. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-177207. doi:10.1109/ECCE50734.2022.9948100

2021

• Cassiadoro, M., S. Kincic, T. Becejac, E. S. Andersen, and Y. Chen. 2021. High Value Opportunities to Advance Automation in Electric Grid Control Rooms. PNNL-32362. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 

2020

• Chen, Y., K. R. Glaesemann, X. Li, B. J. Palmer, R. Huang, and B. Vyakaranam. 2020. "A Generic Advanced Computing Framework for Executing Windows-based Dynamic Contingency Analysis Tool in Parallel on Cluster Machines." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2020), August 2–6, 2020, Montreal, Canada, 1–5. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-149017. doi:10.1109/PESGM41954.2020.9281477
• Chen, Y., T. Yin, R. Huang, X. Fan, and Q. Huang. 2020. "Big Data Analytic for Cascading Failure Analysis." In IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data 2019), December 9–12, 2019, Los Angeles, CA, 1,625–1,630. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-146726. doi:10.1109/BigData47090.2019.9005593
• Chin, G., B. J. McGary, K. L. Pierce, J. B. Woo, R. S. Rabello, and Y. Chen. 2020. "A Dynamic Contingency Analysis Visualization Tool." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2020), August 2–6, 2020, Montreal, Canada, 1–5. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-149039. doi:10.1109/PESGM41954.2020.9281993
• Vyakaranam, B., P. V. Etingov, H. Wang, X. Li, M. A. Elizondo, D. V. Zarzhitsky, N. A. Samaan, et al. 2020. "Database Management Module Framework for Dynamic Contingency Analysis and Visualization." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2020), August 2–6, 2020, Montreal, Canada, 1–5. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-149097. doi:10.1109/PESGM41954.2020.9281566

2019

• Huang, Q., R. Huang, B. J. Palmer, Y. Liu, S. Jin, R. Diao, Y. Chen, et al. 2019. "A Generic Modeling and Development Approach for WECC Composite Load Model." Electric Power Systems Research 172. PNNL-SA-125265. doi:10.1016/j.epsr.2019.02.027

2018

• Chen, Y., B. J. Palmer, P. Sharma, Y. Yuan, B. Mathew, and Z. Huang. 2018. "A High Performance Computational Framework for Dynamic Security Assessment under Uncertainty." In IEEE Electronic Power Grid (eGrid 2018), November 12–14, 2018, Charleston, SC. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-138783. doi:10.1109/eGRID.2018.8598684
• Chen, Y., J. Wu, H. Ren, and Z. Hou. 2018. Probabilistic Look-ahead Contingency Analysis Integrated with GE EMS Tool. PNNL-28130. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. 
• Chen, Y., P. V. Etingov, E. B. Fitzhenry, P. Sharma, T. B. Nguyen, Y. V. Makarov, M. J. Rice, et al. 2018. "Bringing Probabilistic Analysis Capability from Planning to Operation." Control Engineering Practice 71. PNNL-SA-118424. doi:10.1016/j.conengprac.2017.06.006

2017

• Chen, Y., K. R. Glaesemann, and E. B. Fitzhenry. 2017. "Contingency Analysis Post-Processing With Advanced Computing and Visualization." IFAC - PapersOnLine 50. PNNL-SA-122202. doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.010
• Chen, Y., P. V. Etingov, H. Ren, T. B. Nguyen, and Z. Hou. 2017. "Smart Sampling and HPC-based Probabilistic Look-ahead Contingency Analysis Implementation and its Evaluation with Real-world Data." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, July 16–20, 2017, Chicago, Illinois, 1–5. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-122201. doi:10.1109/PESGM.2017.8274058
• Diao, R., S. Jin, F. Howell, Z. Huang, L. Wang, D. Wu, and Y. Chen. 2017. "On Parallelizing Single Dynamic Simulation using HPC Techniques and APIs of Commercial Software." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 32. PNNL-SA-112876. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2016.2601024
• Huang, R., S. Jin, Y. Chen, R. Diao, B. J. Palmer, Q. Huang, and Z. Huang. 2017. "Faster than Real-Time Dynamic Simulation for Large-Size Power System with Detailed Dynamic Models using High-Performance Computing Platform." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, July 16–20, 2017, Chicago, Illinois. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-122263. doi:10.1109/PESGM.2017.8274505
• Jin, S., Z. Huang, R. Diao, D. Wu, and Y. Chen. 2017. "Comparative Implementation of High Performance Computing for Power System Dynamic Simulations." IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid 8 (3): 1,387–1,395. PNNL-SA-113488. doi:10.1109/TSG.2016.2647220

2016

• Chen, Y., E. B. Fitzhenry, S. Jin, B. J. Palmer, P. Sharma, and Z. Huang. 2016. "An Integrated Software Package to Enable Predictive Simulation Capabilities." In 19th Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC 2016), June 20–24, 2016, Genoa Italy. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-113618. doi:10.1109/PSCC.2016.7540951
• Chen, Y., P. V. Etingov, H. Ren, Z. Hou, M. J. Rice, and Y. V. Makarov. 2016. "A look-ahead probabilistic contingency analysis framework incorporating smart sampling techniques." In IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2016), July 17–21, 2016, Boston, MA. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-114459. doi:10.1109/PESGM.2016.7741449
• Jin, S., Y. Chen, R. Diao, Z. Huang, W. A. Perkins, and B. J. Palmer. 2016. "Power Grid Simulation Applications Developed Using the GridPACK™ High Performance Computing Framework." Electric Power Systems Research 141. PNNL-SA-115344. doi:10.1016/j.epsr.2016.06.024
• Palmer, B. J., W. A. Perkins, Y. Chen, S. Jin, D. Callahan, K. A. Glass, R. Diao, et al. 2016. "GridPACK™: A Framework for Developing Power Grid Simulations on High-Performance Computing Platforms." International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications 30 (2): 223–240. PNNL-SA-109336. doi:10.1177/1094342015607609

2015

• Chen, Y., K. R. Glaesemann, M. J. Rice, and Z. Huang. 2015. "Integrated State Estimation and Contingency Analysis Software Implementation using High Performance Computing Techniques." In 9th IFAC Symposium on Control of Power and Energy Systems (CPES 2015), December 9–11, 2015, New Delhi, India. IFLAC-PapersOnLine, edited by S Mishra, 48: 227–232. Amsterdam: Elsevier. PNNL-SA-109573. doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.12.382
• Chen, Y., M. J. Rice, K. R. Glaesemann, and Z. Huang. 2015. "Sub-second State Estimation Implementation and its Evaluation with Real Data." In Proceedings of the IEEE Power & Energy General Meeting, July 26–30, 2015, Denver, Colorado. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-106859. doi:10.1109/PESGM.2015.7285996
• Chen, Y., P. V. Etingov, E. B. Fitzhenry, P. Sharma, T. B. Nguyen, Y. V. Makarov, M. J. Rice, et al. 2015. "A Framework to Support the Fusion of Operation and Planning." In Proceedings of 9th IFAC Symposium on Control of Power and Energy Systems (CPES 2015), December 9–11, 2015, New Delhi, India. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 48: 427–432. Amsterdam: Elsevier. PNNL-SA-106843. doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.12.416
• Jin, S., Y. Chen, D. Wu, R. Diao, and Z. Huang. 2015. "Implementation of Parallel Dynamic Simulation on Shared-Memory vs. Distributed-Memory Environments." In 9th IFAC Symposium on Control of Power and Energy Systems (CPES 2015), December 9–11, 2015, New Delhi, India. IFAC-PapersOnLine, edited by S Mishra, 48: 221–226. Amsterdam: Elsevier. PNNL-SA-100015. doi:10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.12.381

2014

• Chen, Y., and Z. Huang. 2014. "A High Performance Computing Platform for Performing High-Volume Studies With Windows-based Power Grid Tools." In The 19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, August 24–29, 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, 10,772–10,777. Rondebosch: International Federation of Automatic Control. PNNL-SA-99412.
• Chen, Y., S. Jin, M. J. Rice, and Z. Huang. 2014. "Parallel State Estimation Assessment with Practical Data." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PES), July 27–31, 2014. Vancouver, BC. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-99881. doi:10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672742
• Huang, Z., R. Diao, S. Jin, and Y. Chen. 2014. "Predictive Dynamic Security Assessment through Advanced Computing." In IEEE PES General Meeting, Conference & Exposition, July 27–31, 2014, National Harbor, MD, 1–5. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-101147. doi:10.1109/PESGM.2014.6938850
• Wong, P. C., Z. Huang, Y. Chen, P. S. Mackey, and S. Jin. 2014. "Visual Analytics for Power Grid Contingency Analysis." IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 34 (1): 42–51. PNNL-SA-88323. doi:10.1109/MCG.2014.17

2013

• Chen, Y., S. Jin, M. J. Rice, and Z. Huang. 2013. "Parallel State Estimation Assessment with Practical Data." In IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES), July 21–25, 2013, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1–5. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-92478. doi:10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672742
• Jin, S., Z. Huang, R. Diao, D. Wu, and Y. Chen. 2013. "Parallel Implementation of Power System Dynamic Simulation." In IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) General Meeting, July 21–25, 2013, Vancouver, BC, 1–5. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-92399. doi:10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672565
• Palmer, B. J., W. A. Perkins, K. A. Glass, Y. Chen, S. Jin, and C. D. Callahan. 2013. "GridPACK Toolkit for Developing Power Grid Simulations on High Performance Computing Platforms." In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on High Performance Computing, Networking, and Analytics for the Power Grid (HiPCNA-PG '13), November 17–21, 2013, Denver, Colorado, Article No. 3. New York, New York: ACM. PNNL-SA-99768. doi:10.1145/2536780.2536782
• Rice, M. J., Z. Huang, Y. Chen, C. H. Allwardt, and P. S. Mackey. 2013. "Alleviating Contingency Violations through Visual Analytics and Suggested Actions." In IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES 2013), July 21–25, 2013, Vancouver, BC. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-92477. doi:10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672738

2012

• Chen, Y., Z. Huang, and M. A. Elizondo. 2012. "Value of Faster Computation for Power Grid Operation." In The 8th Power Plant and Power System Control Symposium, September 2–5, 2012, Toulouse, France, edited by M Fadel and S Caux, 8: 242–247. Laxenburg: International Federation of Automatic Control. PNNL-SA-87327. doi:10.3182/20120902-4-fr-2032.00044
• Chen, Y., Z. Huang, and M. J. Rice. 2012. "Evaluation of Counter-Based Dynamic Load Balancing Schemes for Massive Contingency Analysis on Over 10,000 Cores." In SC Companion: High Performance Computing, Networking and Analysis (SCC 2012), November 10–16, 2012, Salt Lake City, UT, 341–346. Los Alamitos, California: IEEE Computer Society. PNNL-SA-90849. doi:10.1109/SC.Companion.2012.53
• Chen, Y., Z. Huang, Y. Liu, M. J. Rice, and S. Jin. 2012. "Computational Challenges for Power System Operation." In Proceedings of the 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences(HICSS), January 4–7, 2012, Maui, Hawaii, edited by RH Sprague, Jr., 2,141–2,150. Los Alamitos, California: IEEE Computing Society. PNNL-SA-80664. doi:10.1109/HICSS.2012.171
• Elizondo, M. A., Y. Chen, and Z. Huang. 2012. "Reliability Value of Fast State Estimation on Power Systems." In IEEE Power & Energy Society Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), May 7–10, 2012, Orlando, Florida. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-82932. doi:10.1109/TDC.2012.6281657
• Halappanavar, M., Y. Chen, R. D. Adolf, D. J. Haglin, Z. Huang, and M. J. Rice. 2012. "Towards Efficient N - x Contingency Selection Using Group Betweenness Centrality." In SC Companion: High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SCC 2012), November 10–16, 2012, Salt Lake City, UT, 273–282. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-90395. doi:10.1109/SC.Companion.2012.45
• Huang, Z., and Y. Chen. 2012. "High-Performance Computing for Advanced Smart Grid Applications." In Smart Grids: Infrastructure, Technology, and Solutions. Electric Power and Energy Engineering, edited by S Borlase. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. PNNL-SA-85675.
• Huang, Z., N. Zhou, Y. Li, P. J. Nichols, S. Jin, R. Diao, and Y. Chen. 2012. "Dynamic Paradigm for Future Power Grid Operation." IFAC - PapersOnLine 45(21): 218–223. PNNL-SA-88055. doi:10.3182/20120902-4-FR-2032.00040
• Jin, S., Y. Chen, M. J. Rice, Y. Liu, and I. Gorton. 2012. "A Testbed for Deploying Distributed State Estimation in Power Grid." In 2012 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, July 22–26, 2012, San Diego, California, 1–7. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-84535. doi:10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345456
• Liu, Y., W. Jiang, S. Jin, M. J. Rice, and Y. Chen. 2012. "Distributing Power Grid State Estimation on HPC Clusters A System Architecture Prototype." In IEEE 26th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops & PhD Forum (IPDPSW 2012), May 21–25, 2012, Shanghai, China, 1,467–1,476. Los Alamitos, California: IEEE Computer Society. PNNL-SA-83180. doi:10.1109/IPDPSW.2012.183

2011

• Adolf, R. D., D. J. Haglin, M. Halappanavar, Y. Chen, and Z. Huang. 2011. "Techniques for Improving Filters in Power Grid Contingency Analysis." In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Mining in Pattern Recognition (MLDM), August 30–September 3, 2011, New York. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, edited by P Perner, 6871: 599–611. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. PNNL-SA-77563. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-23199-5_44
• Chen, Y., J. C. Fuller, R. Diao, N. Zhou, Z. Huang, and F. K. Tuffner. 2011. "The Influence of Topology Changes on Inter-area Oscillation Modes and Mode Shapes." In 2011 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, July 24–29, 2011, Detroit, Michigan. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-77205. doi:10.1109/PES.2011.6039904
• Chen, Y., Z. Huang, and N. Zhou. 2011. "An Advanced Framework for Improving Situational Awareness in Electric Power Grid Operation." In Proceedings of the 18th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), August 28–September 2, 2011, Milan, Italy, 18, 12,162–12,170. Laxenburg: International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). PNNL-SA-75876. doi:10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.03381
• Diao, R., Z. Huang, N. Zhou, Y. Chen, F. K. Tuffner, J. C. Fuller, S. Jin, et al. 2011. "Deriving Optimal Operational Rules for Mitigating Inter-area Oscillations." In IEEE/PES Power Systems Conference & Exposition (PSCE 2011), March 20–23, 2011, Phoenix, Arizona. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-75661. doi:10.1109/PSCE.2011.5772564
• Huang, Z., Y. Chen, F. L. Greitzer, and R. Eubank. 2011. "Contingency Visualization for Real-Time Decision Support in Grid Operation." In IEEE 2011 Power and Energy Society General Meeting, July 24–29, 2011, Detroit, Michigan. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-77869. doi:10.1109/PES.2011.6039887
• Mackey, P. S., J. T. Feo, P. C. Wong, and Y. Chen. 2011. "A Highly Parallel Implementation of K-Means for Multithreaded Architecture." In Proceedings of the 19th High Performance Computing Symposia (HPC 2011): SCS Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim 2011), April 3–7, 2011, Boston, MA. San Diego, California: Society for Computer Simulation International. PNNL-SA-76703.
• Makarov, Y. V., N. A. Samaan, R. Diao, M. Kumbale, Y. Chen, R. Singh, I. Green, et al. 2011. "Assessment of Critical Events Corridors through Multivariate Cascading Outages Analysis." In IEEE 2011 Power and Energy Society General Meeting, July 24–29, 2011, Detroit, Michigan. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-78197. doi:10.1109/PES.2011.6039900
• Papic, M., M. Papic, K. Bell, Y. Chen, I. Dobson, L. Fonte, E. Haq, et al. 2011. "Survey of Tools for Risk Assessment of Cascading Outages." In IEEE 2011 Power and Energy Society General Meeting, July 24–29, 2011, Detroit, Michigan. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-80153. doi:10.1109/PES.2011.6039371
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2010

• Chen, Y., Z. Huang, and D. Chavarría-Miranda. 2010. "Performance Evaluation of Counter-Based Dynamic Load Balancing Schemes for Massive Contingency Analysis with Different Computing Environments." In Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE. PNNL-SA-69878. doi:10.1109/PES.2010.5589536
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2009

• Chen, Y., S. Jin, D. Chavarría-Miranda, and Z. Huang. 2009. "Application of Cray XMT for Power Grid Contingency Selection." In Proceedings of the Cray User Group Meeting: Compute the Future. Corvallis, Oregon: Cray User Group, Inc. PNNL-SA-66173.
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2008

• Huang, Z., P. C. Wong, P. S. Mackey, Y. Chen, J. Ma, K. P. Schneider, and F. L. Greitzer. 2008. "Managing Complex Network Operation with Predictive Analytics." In Proceedings of AAAI Spring Symposium on Technosocial Predictive Analytics, edited by A Sanfilippo, 59–65. Menlo Park, California: AAAI Press. PNNL-SA-63337.