I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in Control Science and Engineering at the College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University. I am advised by Prof. Mingyang Sun and Prof. Peng Cheng. I am also a visiting Ph.D. student at the IDEAL Lab, Peking University.

My research focuses on large language model agents, machine-learning-based modelling, and intelligent optimisation and decision-making for complex industrial systems. Using power and energy systems as a high-complexity testbed, I develop domain-specific LLM-agent frameworks, professional-grade code-generation and optimisation-modelling benchmarks, time-series foundation models, and reliable decision-making methods under operational constraints.

I am particularly interested in building closed-loop research workflows that connect model generation, executable evaluation, robust prediction, and optimisation. My goal is to develop reliable, interpretable, and scalable AI systems that translate domain knowledge and data into verifiable decisions for real-world complex systems.

For more information, please take a look at my Google Scholar and GitHub.

🔥 News

📝 Publications

arXiv 2026
paper

AIDC Microgrid Vulnerability Assessment Under Computing-Power Coordinated Attacks

Ze Yu, Hongwei Zhen, Chao Shen, Mingyang Sun

arXiv preprint, 2026.

  • This work explores computing-power coordinated attacks against low-carbon AIDC microgrids, jointly assessing inverter control tampering and AI-induced demand manipulation under renewable and demand-response uncertainty.
Applied Energy Under Review
paper

Workload reshaping and waste heat valorization for token cost reduction in large model datacenters: A two stage forecasting and optimization framework

Junyan Shao, Chao Shen, Zihan Guo, Yujia Huang, Mingyang Sun

Applied Energy Under Review, 2026.

  • The first work links token-level workload reshaping with waste heat valorization, opening a new optimization pathway for cost-efficient large-model datacenters.
NeurIPS 2026 Under Review
paper

OptArgus: A Multi-Agent System to Detect Hallucinations in LLM-based Optimization Modeling

Zhong Li, Zihan Guo, Xiaohan Lu, Juntao Wang, Jie Song, Chao Shen, Jiageng Wu, Mingyang Sun

NeurIPS 2026 Under Review, 2026.

  • OptArgus is among the first systems to formalize optimization-modeling hallucination detection, using specialist agents to catch structural errors missed by objective-value checks.
Applied Energy 2026
paper

Universal transient stability analysis: A pre-trained generative transformer-enabled power system dynamics prediction framework

Chao Shen, Ke Zuo, Mingyang Sun

Applied Energy, 2026. (Power/Energy Top, SCI Q1, IF 12.2)

  • Uni-TSA presents a first universal transient-stability prediction framework that can generalize across operating conditions, fault scenarios, and even unseen power systems.
Applied Energy 2026
paper

LLM-Guided Safe Reinforcement Learning for Energy System Topology Reconfiguration

Zongyan Zhang, Chao Shen, Xu Wan, Jie Song, Mingyang Sun

Applied Energy, 2026. (Power/Energy Top, SCI Q1, IF 12.2)

  • This work pioneers an LLM-guided safe RL paradigm for topology reconfiguration, injecting domain reasoning into safety-critical switching decisions.
ICML 2026
paper

ProOPF: Benchmarking and Improving LLMs for Professional-Grade Power Systems Optimization Modeling

Chao Shen, Zihan Guo, Xu Wan, Zhen Yang, Yifan Zhang, Wen Huang, Jie Song, Zongyang Zhang, Mingyang Sun

International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2026. (CCF-A)

  • ProOPF introduces the first professional-grade OPF benchmark for LLMs, moving text-to-optimization evaluation from toy tasks to realistic power-system modeling.
TII 2026
paper

LLM-DMD: Large Language Model-based Power System Dynamic Model Discovery

Chao Shen, Zihan Guo, Ke Zuo, Wen Huang, Mingyang Sun

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2026. (Automation/AI Top, SCI Q1, IF 9.8)

  • LLM-DMD is an early attempt to use LLM agents for power-system dynamic model discovery, jointly searching differential equations and algebraic constraints.
TPWRS 2025
paper

Probabilistic Robustness Verified Data-Driven Transient Security-Constrained Optimal Power Flow

Ke Zuo, Chao Shen, Peng Cheng, Jie Song, Mingyang Sun

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2025. (Power/Energy Top, SCI Q2, IF 8.7)

  • This study advances data-driven TSCOPF by adding probabilistic robustness verification, making learned security constraints more reliable under uncertainty.
TII 2025
paper

Physics-augmented auxiliary learning for power system transient stability assessment

Chao Shen, Ke Zuo, Mingyang Sun

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2025. (Automation/AI Top, SCI Q1, IF 9.8)

  • PA-AL introduces physics-augmented auxiliary learning for TSA, using electrical velocity as a new auxiliary signal to improve both accuracy and physical consistency.
TPWRS 2025
paper

Physics-following neural network for online dynamic security assessment

Chao Shen, Ke Zuo, Mingyang Sun

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2025. (Power/Energy Top, SCI Q2, IF 8.7)

  • PFNN moves beyond generic physics-informed learning by explicitly following power-system dynamics for online security assessment.
CAC 2024
paper

Carbon-NeuGC: Neural Granger Causality Based Attribution Analysis of Power System Carbon Intensity

Chao Shen, Fengzhou Sun, Hao Chen, Yi Lin, Chuangxin Guo, Mingyang Sun

China Automation Congress (CAC), 2024.

  • Carbon-NeuGC provides a neural Granger-causality framework for attributing power-system carbon intensity, enabling more interpretable carbon-flow analysis.

🎖 Honors and Awards

  • 2026.02: PFNN was recognized by Web of Science as an ESI Highly Cited Paper (Engineering).
  • 2025.11: Outstanding Graduate Student, Zhejiang University.
  • 2021.10: National Scholarship.
  • 2021.04: Finalist, Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (Top 2%).
  • 2020.01: First Prize, China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Mathematics (Top 8%).

📖 Education

  • Sep 2022 - Present, Zhejiang University, College of Control Science and Engineering. Ph.D. Candidate in Control Science and Engineering (GPA: 3.90/4.0). Supervisors: Mingyang Sun and Peng Cheng.
  • Jul 2024 - Present, Peking University, College of Engineering. Visiting Ph.D. Student at the Intelligent DEcision-mAking for Low Carbon Energy Systems Laboratory (IDEAL Lab). Supervisor: Mingyang Sun.
  • Sep 2018 - Jun 2022, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, School of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering. B.Eng. in Hydraulic and Hydropower Engineering (GPA: 3.96/4.0). Supervisor: Hui Qin.

🤝 Services

  • Invited reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.
  • Invited reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid.
  • Invited reviewer for Applied Energy.
  • Invited reviewer for International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems.
  • Invited reviewer for Electric Power Systems Research.