• Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Segers Family Dean’s Excellence Professor
  • Chancellor EDGES Fellow
  • Presidential Impact Fellow
Le Xie

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University – 2009
  • Sc.M., Engineering Sciences, Harvard University – 2005
  • B.E., Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University – 2004

Research Interests

    • Modeling and control of electric energy systems;
    • Integration of renewable variable energy resources;
    • Design and optimization of competitive power systems;
    • Theory and application of cyber-physical energy systems.

Selected Publications

  • H. Zhong, L. Xie, and Q. Xia "Coupon Incentive-based Demand Response: Theory and Case Study, " IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (accepted,to appear)
  • Y. Gu, and L. Xie, "Early Detection and Optimal Corrective Measures of Power System Insecurity in Enhanced Look-ahead Dispatch, " IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (accepted,to appear)
  • S. Wang, L. Cui, J. Que, D.-H. Choi, X. Jiang, and L. Xie, "A Randomized Response Model for Privacy Preserving Smart Metering,"IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid . Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 1317 - 1324, September 2012.
  • L. Xie, D.-H. Choi, S. Kar, and H. Vicent Poor, "Fully distributed state estimation for Wide-Area Monitoring Systems,"IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid . Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 1154 - 1169, September 2012
  • L. Xie, Y. Chen, and H. Liao, "Distributed online monitoring of quasi-static voltage collapse in multi-area power systems, " IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (accepted,to appear).
  • A. Thatte, and L. Xie, "Towards a Unified Operational Value Index of Energy Storage in Smart Grid Environment ," IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 1418 - 1426, September 2012.
  • L. Xie, Y. Gu, A. Eskandari, and M. Ehsani, "Fast MPC-based Coordination of Wind Power and Battery Energy Storage Systems,"Journal of Energy Engineering
  • L. Rao, X. Liu, L. Xie, and W. Liu, "Coordinated energy cost management of Internet data center in multi regional electricity markets,"IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid (accepted)
  • L. Rao, X. Liu, L. Xie, and Z. Pang, "Hedging Against Uncertainty: A Tale of Internet Data Center Operations Under Deregulated Electricity Market,"IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 555 - 563, September 2011.
  • L. Xie, , Y. Mo and B. Sinopoli, "Integrity Data Attacks in power market operations,"IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 659 - 666, December 2011.