ZHAO Changhong

*SHB = Ho Sin Hang Engineering Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong


Research Interest
  • Control, optimization
  • Networked systems
Courses Taught

  • Signals and Systems
  • Networks: Technology, Economics, and Social Interactions

ZHAO Changhong 趙常宏教授

Assistant Professor
SMIEEE
BEng (Tsinghua), MS, PhD (Caltech)
(852) 3943-5157
Room 806, SHB*
chzhao [at] ie.cuhk.edu.hk

Dr. Zhao worked at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory before joining CUHK. He received Caltech PhD thesis prizes (2016, 2017), RGC Early Career Award (2020), and IEEE Power and Energy Society Prize Paper Award (2021). His research is in the control and optimization of networked systems, such as power systems.

Recent / Selected Publications
  • Bohang Fang,* Yue Chen, and Changhong Zhao. Approximating dispatchable regions in three-phase radial networks with conditions for exact SDP relaxation. arXiv:2503.22385. (*student)
  • Heng Liang,* Yujin Huang,* and Changhong Zhao. A data-driven real-time optimal power flow algorithm using local feedback. arXiv:2502.15306.
  • Kaiping Qu,** Yue Chen, and Changhong Zhao. Distributionally robust energy and reserve dispatch with distributed predictions of renewable energy. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2025.3553921. (**postdoc)
  • Bohang Fang,* Changhong Zhao, and Steven H. Low. Convergence of backward/forward sweep for power flow solution in radial networks. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, DOI: 10.1109/TCNS.2025.3534557.
  • Heng Liang,* Xinyang Zhou, and Changhong Zhao. A hierarchical OPF algorithm with improved gradient evaluation in three-phase networks. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 12(1):825-837, 2025.
  • Wanjun Huang** and Changhong Zhao. Deep-learning-aided voltage-stability-enhancing stochastic distribution network reconfiguration. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 39(2):2827-2836, 2024.
Research Interest

  • Control, optimization
  • Networked systems
Courses Taught

  • Signals and Systems
  • Networks: Technology, Economics, and Social Interactions