IEEE Chicago is proud to be a partner of the ChiBrrCon cybersecurity conference, details of the event are below: - Event Registration Details: Date: 5-Feb 2026 Location: Illinois Institute of Technology, Herman Hall Your Code for Discount Registration: IEEE2026 for 40% discount (https://chibrrcon2026.sched.com/) Room: Hermann Hall, Bldg: Illinois Institute of Technology, 3241 S Federal St, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60616
Modern power systems increasingly rely on data-driven tools for load analysis, monitoring, and operational decision-making. However, utilities and system operators often face practical challenges such as limited data availability, missing measurements, privacy constraints, and difficulty capturing rare but critical events. These issues directly limit the effectiveness of advanced analytics in real-world deployments. This talk presents a series of generative and data-driven methods developed to address these challenges using real utility data. First, MultiLoad-GAN is introduced to generate realistic synthetic load profiles that preserve temporal behavior and customer-level diversity, enabling large-scale studies without exposing sensitive data. Second, BERT-PIN and related language-model-based approaches are demonstrated for restoring missing smart meter data, improving data quality for downstream tasks such as load forecasting and planning. Third, the application of pre-trained large language models (LLMs) is discussed, showing how they can be adapted for power system time-series problems with reduced data and training requirements. Finally, a VAE–GAN framework is presented for event detection and classification using synchrophasor data, enabling early identification of abnormal system behavior. This presentation will count for 1 Professional Development Hour (PDH) for the PE License in Wisconsin and Michigan. Speaker(s): Dr. Yi Hu , Agenda: 5:00 Featured Speaker - Dr. Yi Hu D.J. Bordini Center at FVTC 6:30 pm CST Social-Happy Hour at Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen 4531 W Wisconsin Ave Appleton, WI 6:45 pm CST Dinner at Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen Cost: $20, payable at registration 7:00 pm CST Short business meeting Door prize drawing Room: BC112A, Bldg: D.J. Bordini Center at FVTC, 5 N. Systems Drive, Appleton, Wisconsin, United States, 54914
- Fusion fundamentals (and the need for good confinement) - Stellarators: Type One Energy’s Approach to Fusion Energy - Distinguishing features - Recent advances and predecessors - Turning commercial fusion into reality within the next decade - A summary of Infinity One and Infinity Two: recent results and challenges - Building and testing HTS magnets - Our relationship with TVA - Meeting the moment: The current commercial fusion ecosystem of partners, collaborators and enablers Speaker(s): Chris Agenda: 17:45 - Pizza and networking 18:00 - Administrivia and introduction of speaker 18:05 - Presentation on Type One Energy's Fusion Energy Development Mission 18:50 - Q&A 19:00 - Adjourn Room: Community Room, Bldg: Hawthorne Public Library, 2707 E. Washington Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
