Short Bio.

I am currently pursuing a PhD degree at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). I’m very fortunate to be supervised by Prof. Yue Chen. Prior to this, I earned my Master’s degree and Bachelor’s degree in CUHK-Shenzhen, where I collaborated with Prof. Junhua Zhao.

Currently, I work at the nexus of smart grid technology, AI, and optimization techniques.

News

• [2026] One paper about quantum learning and estimation for distribution networks and energy communities was published in CSEE Journal of Power and Energy Systems.
• [2026] One paper about quantum-enabled probabilistic optimal power flow with built-in differential privacy was released as an arXiv preprint and is under review at IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
• [2026] I joined the PSopt-Q project on quantum power system optimization, supported by the Hong Kong ITC Innovation and Technology Fund.
• [2025] One paper about differentially private energy trading was published in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
• [2025] One paper about advanced power dispatch with large language models was published in Scientific Reports.
• [2025-2027] I was selected for the Young Scientific Talent Cultivation Program for Ph.D. Students by the China Association for Science and Technology.
• [Nov. 7, 2024] One survey paper about LLM-enhanced RL was accepted to IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems.
• [Nov. 2024] Our team received the Outstanding Team Award in the Energy Industry Artificial Intelligence Application Competition.
• [Nov. 2024] One paper about a differentially private quantum neural network for probabilistic optimal power flow received the Best Paper Award at the Energy Conversion and Economics Forum.
• [Apr. 7, 2024] One paper about low-carbon data centers in demand response was accepted to IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
• [Jan. 9, 2024] One paper about risk estimation using quantum GAN and quantum amplitude estimation was accepted to Energy Conversion and Economics.
• [Nov. 9, 2023] Two papers were accepted in the EI2 2023 (The 7th IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration). One is about strategic bidding using reinforcement learning. Another is about carbon emission minimization.
• [July 8 2023] One paper about optimal power flow warm-start was accepted by International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems.
• [May 14, 2023] One paper about quantum LSTM was accepted by Quantum Machine Intelligence.

Publications

Services

Reviewers

• IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
• IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
• IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
• IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
• IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy
• IEEE Power Engineering Letters
• Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
• Energy Conversion and Economics

Teaching

• Head TA, Statistical Genetics and Genomics, at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-SZ), 2023, Instructor: Prof. Jin Liu
• TA, Reading For Excellence in Economics and Finance, at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-SZ), 2018 & 2019, Instructor: Prof. Chak Wong

Contact

Office Location: Academic Building 1 (AB1) 301
Email: yjcao@mae.cuhk.edu.hk
Phone: +86 (755)13827460514

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