**Tomonobu Senjyu**

Senjyu works at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, the University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan. (Fellow, IEEE) He received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of the Ryukyus in 1986 and 1988, respectively, as well as a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Nagoya University in 1994. Since 1988, he has worked at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, the Faculty of Engineering, the University of the Ryukyus, where he currently works as a professor. His research interests include power system optimization and operation, advanced control, renewable energy, the IoT for energy management, ZEH/ZEB, smart cities, and power electronics. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan.
