Bendong Tan
Assistant Professor@PolyU
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) since Fall 2025. I was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Connecticut and a visiting scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working with Dr. Junbo Zhao and Dr. Deepjyoti Deka. I received my Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut in 2024, advised by Dr. Junbo Zhao. Before my Ph.D. studies at UConn, I received my M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Wuhan University in 2020 and my B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from Wuhan University in 2017.
My long-term vision is to advance power system resilience against uncertainties. Currently, I focus on modeling/monitoring, stability assessment and control for inverter-penetrated stochastic power systems. My research interests include but are not limited to:
- Dynamic power system modeling, including dynamic load and inverter-based resources
- Inverter-penetrated power system inertia estimation and tracking
- Static/dynamic power system risk assessment with high penetration of inverter-based resources
- Stochastic power system decision-making and control
- Applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in power system analysis and control
I am open to research discussions and collaborations. Feel free to reach out to me via email!
Openings for 2026 Fall: I'm actively looking for Ph.D. students/Postdocs to work with me. Feel free to drop me an email (bendong.tan@polyu.edu.hk) with the subject "{PhD/Postdoc Application}-{Your Name}" (e.g., PhD/Postdoc Application-Ming Li) with your CV, transcripts (Postdocs don't have to submit), and representative publications (if any) attached, if you are interested. Please include a brief statement of motivation for joining the research group in the email.
🔥 News
2025
2025-11-14 Our paper "Computationally efficient tail distribution-aware large-scale power system overloading risk assessment" has been accepted to Nature Communications.
2025-11-13 Appointed as an associate editor for International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems.
2025-11-07 Our paper "Stochastic dynamic stability assessment with high penetration of uncertain sources: Uncertainty modeling, solutions and applications" has been accepted to Cyber-Physical Energy Systems.
2025-10-31 Our paper "Gaussian processes in power systems: Techniques, applications, and future Works" has been accepted to Applied Energy.
2025-10-13 Joined EEE at PolyU as an Assistant Professor.
2025-04-25 Appointed as an early-career researcher associate editor for IET Smart Grid.
2025-04-20 Appointed as an early-career associate editor for Energy Conversion and Economics.
2025-02-15 Our paper "High-dimension Bayesian parameter estimation for WECC composite load model using realistic event measurements" has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
2025-01-19 Our paper "Bayesian post-fault power system dynamic trajectory prediction" has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
2024
2024-09-09 Our paper "Power system dynamic state estimation of grid-forming inverters with current limiter" has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
2024-07-31 The PhD defense has been done! My PhD studies at the University of Connecticut are finished!
2024-07-21 Our paper "Scalable risk assessment of rare events in power systems with uncertain wind generation and loads" has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
2024-06-18 Delivered a talk on "Data-driven uncertainty quantification for stochastic power system: risk assessment and parameter estimation" at The Young Scholars Forum of the School of Electrical Engineering, Chongqing University.
2024-05-31 Delivered a talk on "Data-driven uncertainty quantification for stochastic power system: parameter estimation, risk and stability assessment" at Process-Energy-Environmental Systems Engineering (PEESE) Lab of Cornell University.
2024-05-10 Received 2024 Summer PreDoctoral Fellowship from Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCONN.
2024-05-09 Our paper "Power system overloading risk assessment considering topology and renewable uncertainties" Received Best Paper Award from 2024 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (GM), Seattle, USA!
2024-04-15 Received 2024 Summer Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the Graduate School of UCONN.
2024-03-17 Our paper "Data-driven adaptive unscented Kalman filter for time-varying inertia and damping estimation of utility-scale IBRs considering current limiter" has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
2024-01-11 Received 2023 Excellent Reviewer Award from Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy (MPCE)!
2024-01-03 Received the 2023 IEEE PES Connecticut Chapter Outstanding Young Engineer Award!
2023
2023-12-21 Received 2023 Outstanding Reviewer from IEEE Transactions on Power Systems!
2023-08-28 Bendong has successfully passed the PhD qualification examination and has been elevated to a PhD candidate in UCONN.
2023-07-20 Received Conference Participation Award from the Graduate School of UCONN.
2023-05-22 Started the summer internship at National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
2023-05-04 Our paper "Debiased uncertainty quantification approach for probabilistic transient stability assessment" has been accepted by IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
2023-04-11 Received Excellence GE Fellowship (only three recipients in ECE) from School of Engineering, University of Connecticut!
2023-03-07 Received 2022 Outstanding Reviewer from IEEE Transactions on Power Systems!
2023-02-26 Our paper "Amortized Bayesian parameter estimation approach for WECC composite load model" has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
2023-02-13 Our paper "A general decentralized dynamic state estimation with synchronous generator magnetic saturation" has been listed as one of the most popular papers in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
2023-01-29 Our paper "Time-varying inertia estimation for inverter-based resources" has been accepted to 2023 IEEE PES General Meeting.
2022
2022-12-18 Our paper "Transferable deep kernel emulator for probabilistic load margin assessment with topology changes, uncertain renewable generations and loads" has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
2022-12-12 Our paper "Data-driven time-varying inertia estimation of inverter-based resources" has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
2022-10-17 Our paper "A general decentralized dynamic state estimation with synchronous generator magnetic saturation" has been accepted to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
2022-10-11 Our paper "Interpretable data-driven probabilistic power system load margin assessment with uncertain renewable energy and loads" received Best Paper Award from 11th International Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies, Asia!
2022-08-07 Paper "Power system inertia estimation: review of methods and the impacts of converter-interfaced generations" received 2022 Best Journal Paper Award (3 out of 1500+ papers) of International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems!
2022-05-16 Our paper "Explainable Bayesian neural network for probabilistic transient stability analysis considering wind energy" received Best Paper Award from 2022 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (GM), Denver, USA!
2022-02-01 Received 2021 Outstanding Reviewer from IEEE Transactions on Power Systems!
2021
2021-12-01 Our paper "Distributed frequency divider for power system bus frequency online estimation considering virtual inertia from DFIGs" has been accepted to IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems.
2021-12-01 Our paper "Decentralized data-driven estimation of generator rotor speed and inertia constant based on adaptive unscented Kalman filter" has been accepted to International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems.
2021-07-01 Our paper "Power system inertia estimation: review of methods and the impacts of converter-interfaced generations" has been accepted to International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems.
2020
2020-08-06 Our paper "Adaptive integrating assessment method for transient stability of power system considering missing data" has been accepted to Automation of Electric Power Systems (in Chinese).
2020-07-16 My Electrical Engineering internship at Hunan Electric Power Research Institute has been started.
2020-06-01 Our paper "Spatial-temporal Adaptive Transient Stability Assessment for Power System under Missing Data" has been accepted to International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems.
2020-05-18 The master defense has been done online! My master in Wuhan University is finished!
2020-01-16 My academic website has been built!