Prof. Dr. Mustafa Bagriyanik graduated from Electrical Engineering (EE) Department of Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. He obtained both his MSc, and PhD. degrees in EE also from Istanbul Technical University. He was s a research associate at Texas A&M, Department of Electrical Engineering. Currently, he is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Turkey. His current research interests are power system analysis and application of intelligent methods in electrical engineering. He is the director of Distribution Automation Laboratory and Smart Electrical Distribution Systems Research Group of ITU. He is supervisor of several ongoing projects with distribution companies. The laboratory provides a test bed for innovative power system projects regarding smart distribution systems and building energy efficiency technologies. He is the general coordinator of DiNODR project team. 

Prof. Dr. Aydogan Ozdemir is a Professor at Istanbul Technical University. His current research interests are in the area of electric power system with emphasis on reliability analysis, modern tools (neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, etc.) for power system modeling, analysis and control, and high-voltage engineering. He was the principal investigator of Smart Electric Energy and Buildings Energy Efficiency Technologies (SEEMBEET) bilateral project comprising researchers from Turkey and Greece. The project is conducted between 2014 and 2016, with main focus on advanced energy management in an experimental microgrid with PV panels, wind turbine, batteries and controllable loads. The project also included development of quasi steady-state models through combined simulation (co-simulation) using PSCAD and MATLAB softwares to test the extreme cases and long term operation. Impacts of microgrids over LV distribution networks are also investigated at the last stage of the project. Currently he is the principal investigator of Grid Responsive Society through Building Automation Systems (GReSBAS) international project supported by ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus initiative. Dr. Ozdemir is a Member of the National Chamber of Turkish Electrical Engineering.

Dr. Alp Batman received the B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey in 1987, 1991 and 2001, respectively. He is currently part of a Technical Staff at the same university. He was researcher in SEEMBEET bilateral proect and currently a researcher in an ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus project (GReSBAS). His current research interests are renewable energy systems, intelligent method applications to electric power systems and smart grids.

Dr. Dimitrios Tsiamitros received his Dipl.-Eng. degree and the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in 2001 and 2005 respectively. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece. His special interests are power system modeling and computation of electromagnetic transients, powerline communications, distributed generation and smart grids. He was the principal investigator of SEEMBEET project at TEIWM side.

Dr. Dimitris Stimoniaris received his Dipl.-Eng. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1989 and his Master degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece in 2005. He is currently member of the research and teaching staff (lecturer) at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece and since 2011 he is pursuing his Ph.D. degree from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. His special interests include renewable energy resources, microgrids and smart grids.

Mustafa Alparslan Zehir received his BSc in 2010 and MSc in 2012 from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). In 2008 and 2009, he was a member of ITU Solar Car Team and Powerbee Wind Energy Project Team. He is presently research and teaching assistant and PhD candidate at ITU. He is also student researcher in GReSBAS (Grid Responsive Society through Building Automation Systems) project. His research fields are electric power distribution, energy management systems, distributed generation, microgrids and demand response.

Vaia Zacharaki received her BSc from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2004 and MSc from Chalmers University of Technology, Digital Communication System and Technology in 2007. Between 2007 and 2010, she worked as Service and System Support Engineer at Ericsson Hellas S.A. She took part in two IPA Cross-Border Program projects from 2013 to 2016. Since 2014 she is research assistant at TEIWM, Department of Electrical Engineering.