Publications

Journal Papers

J12. Conic Relaxations for Power System State Estimation with Line Measurements

Yu Zhang, Ramtin Madani, and Javad Lavaei
To appear in IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, 2017.

J11. Weighted Sum-Rate Maximization for MIMO Downlink Systems Powered by Renewables

Shuyan Hu, Yu Zhang, Xin Wang, and Georgios Giannakis
IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 5615-5625, Aug. 2016.

J10. Dynamic Energy Management for Smart-Grid Powered Coordinated Multipoint Systems

Xin Wang, Yu Zhang, Tianyi Chen, and Georgios Giannakis
IEEE J. on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 1348–1359, May 2016.

J9. Distributed Stochastic Market Clearing with High-Penetration Wind Power

Yu Zhang and Georgios Giannakis
IEEE Trans. on Power Systems, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 895–906, Mar. 2016.

J8. Robust Workload and Energy Management for Sustainable Data Centers

Tianyi Chen, Yu Zhang, Xin Wang, and Georgios Giannakis
IEEE J. on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 1–14, Mar. 2016.

J7. Robust Smart-Grid Powered Cooperative Multipoint Systems

Xin Wang, Yu Zhang, Georgios Giannakis, and Shuyan Hu
IEEE Trans. on Wireless Communications, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 6188-6199, Nov. 2015.

J6. Electricity Market Forecasting via Low-Rank Multi-Kernel Learning

Vassilis Kekatos, Yu Zhang, and Georgios Giannakis
IEEE J. of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1182-1193, Dec. 2014.

J5. Robust Energy Management for Microgrids With High-Penetration Renewables

Yu Zhang, Nikolaos Gatsis, and Georgios Giannakis
IEEE Trans. on Sustainable Energy, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 944-953, Oct. 2013.
(#12 on the list of top 50 most frequently accessed articles, Jan. 2017)

J4. Distributed Optimal Beamformers for Cognitive Radios Robust to Channel Uncertainties

Yu Zhang, Emiliano Dall'Anese, and Georgios Giannakis
IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, vol. 60, no. 12, pp. 6495-6508, Dec. 2012.

J3. Efficient Relay Beamforming Design With SIC Detection for Dual-Hop MIMO Relay Networks

Yu Zhang, Hanwen Luo, and Wen Chen
IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, vol. 59, no. 8, pp. 4192-4197, Oct. 2010.

J2. A Relay Scheduling Algorithm in Dual-Hop Wireless Networks

Yu Zhang, Hanwen Luo, and Xiaolin Zhou
J. of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 331-335, Mar. 2011.

J1. A Utility Function Based Low Complexity User Scheduling Algorithm for Multi-User MIMO Systems

Yu Zhang, Hanwen Luo, Chun Wang, and Feng She
J. of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, vol. 43, no. 7, pp. 1103-1107, July 2009.

Working Papers

W2. Bundle Methods for Distributed Market Clearing with Large-Scale Demand Response

Yu Zhang and Nikolaos Gatsis
In preparation for IEEE Trans. on Power Systems.

W1. Forecasting Loads and Renewables via Low Rank plus Sparse Nonnegative Matrix Factorization

Yu Zhang and Seung-Jun Kim
In preparation for IEEE Trans. on Sustainable Energy.

Conference Papers

C18. Power System State Estimation with Line Measurements

Yu Zhang, Ramtin Madani, and Javad Lavaei
55th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC), Las Vegas, CA, Dec. 2016.

C17. Robust Geographical Load Balancing for Sustainable Data Centers

Tianyi Chen, Yu Zhang, Xin Wang, and Georgios Giannakis
Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Process. (ICASSP), Shanghai, China, Mar. 2016.

C16. Optimal Dynamic Power Management for Green Coordinated Multipoint Systems

Xin Wang, Tianyi Chen, Yu Zhang, and Georgios Giannakis
Globecom, San Diego, CA, Dec. 2015.

C15. Big Data Sketching with Model Mismatch

Sundeep Chepuri, Yu Zhang, Geert Leus, and Georgios Giannakis
Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers (Asilomar), Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2015.

C14. Optimal Resource Allocation for Smart-Grid Powered MIMO Broadcast Channels

Shuyan Hu, Xin Wang, Yu Zhang, Georgios Giannakis
7th Intl Conf. on Wireless Commun. and Signal Process. (WCSP), Nanjing, China, Oct. 2015.

C13. Distributed Robust Resource Allocation for Renewable Powered Wireless Cellular Networks

Yu Zhang, Xin Wang, Georgios Giannakis, and Shuyan Hu
BlackSeaCom Conf., Constanta, Romania, May 2015.

C12. Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting using Nonnegative Sparse Coding

Yu Zhang, Seung-Jun Kim, and Georgios Giannakis
49th Conf. on Info. Sci. and Syst. (CISS), Baltimore, MD, Mar. 2015.

C11. Distributed Market Clearing with Wind Generation and Large-Scale Dispatchable Loads

Yu Zhang and Georgios Giannakis
53rd IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC), Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 2014.

C10. An Efficient Primal-Dual Approach to Chance-Constrained Economic Dispatch

Gabriela Martinez, Yu Zhang, and Georgios Giannakis
North American Power Symp. (NAPS), Pullman, WA, Sept. 2014.

C9. Kernel Selection for Power Market Inference via Block Successive Upper Bound Minimization

Vassilis Kekatos, Yu Zhang, and Georgios Giannakis
Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Process. (ICASSP), Florence, Italy, May 2014.

C8. Efficient Decentralized Economic Dispatch for Microgrids with Wind Power Integration

Yu Zhang and Georgios Giannakis
6th Annual IEEE Green Tech. (GreenTech), Corpus Christi, TX, Apr. 2014.

C7. Disaggregated Bundle Methods for Distributed Market Clearing in Power Networks

Yu Zhang, Nikolaos Gatsis, and Georgios Giannakis
Global Conf. on Signal and Info. Process. (GlobalSIP), Austin, TX, Dec. 2013 (invited).

C6. Robust Optimal Power Flow with Wind Integration using Conditional Value-at-Risk

Yu Zhang and Georgios Giannakis
4th Intl. Conf. on Smart Grid Commun. (SGComm), Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 2013.

C5. Low-Rank Kernel Learning for Electricity Market Inference

Vassilis Kekatos, Yu Zhang, and Georgios Giannakis
Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers (Asilomar), Pacific Grove, CA, Nov. 2013.

C4. Risk-aware Management of Distributed Energy Resources

Yu Zhang, Nikolaos Gatsis, Vassilis Kekatos, and Georgios Giannakis
18th Intl. Conf. on Digital Signal Process. (DSP), Santorini Island, Greece, July 2013 (invited).

C3. Risk-Constrained Energy Management with Multiple Wind Farms

Yu Zhang, Nikolaos Gatsis, and Georgios Giannakis
4th IEEE-PES on Innovative Smart Grid Tech. (ISGT), Washington, D.C., USA, Feb. 2013.

C2. Robust Distributed Energy Management for Microgrids with Renewables

Yu Zhang, Nikolaos Gatsis, and Georgios Giannakis
3rd Intl. Conf. on Smart Grid Commun. (SGComm), Tainan, Taiwan, Nov. 2012.

C1. Distributed Robust Beamforming for MIMO Cognitive Networks

Yu Zhang, Emiliano Dall'Anese, and Georgios Giannakis
Intl. Conf. on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Process. (ICASSP), Kyoto, Japan, Mar. 2012.

Technical Reports

R2. Conic Relaxations for Power System State Estimation with Line Measurements

Yu Zhang, Ramtin Madani, Javad Lavaei, Apr. 2017 (extended version of J12).

R1. Robust Energy Management for Microgrids With High-Penetration Renewables

Yu Zhang, Nikolaos Gatsis, and Georgios Giannakis, July 2012 (extended version of J5).

PhD Thesis

Resource Management for Sustainable Power Grids and Wireless Networks: Distributed and Robust Designs

Yu Zhang, ECE Dept., University of Minnesota, July 2015.

Talks

T10. Power System State Estimation with Line Measurements

eCAL Seminar (host by Prof. Scott Moura), UC Berkeley, Sept. 20, 2016.

T9. Power System State Estimation with Line Measurements

MOPTA 2016, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, Aug. 19, 2016.

T8. Electricity Market Inference via Low-Rank Multi-Kernel Learning

2015 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2, 2015.

T7. Robust Resource Management for Sustainable Power Grids and Wireless Communication Networks

ECE Department, Southern Illinois University, IL, Sep. 16, 2015.

T6. Energy Management and Data Analytics for Smart Grids: Modeling, Optimization, and Applications

Foundations of Resilient CybEr-physical Systems (FORCES), UC Berkeley, CA, Apr. 8, 2015.

T5. Bundle Methods for Convex Hull Pricing in Energy Markets

2014 INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 12, 2014.

T4. Real-time Power Dispatch with Renewables using Stochastic ADMM

2014 SIAM Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, July 11, 2014.

T3. Smart Micro-Grid Energy Management with High-Penetration Renewables

WindLogics Inc., St. Paul, MN, Nov. 26, 2013.

T2. A Stochastic Programming Approach to Power Dispatch with Renewable Energy Sources

2013 INFORMS annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 8, 2013.

T1. Robust and Risk-Constrained Energy Management with High-Penetration Renewables

Honeywell, Minneapolis, MN, Dec. 18, 2012.