Sen LI
李森
PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University, 2017

Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering



(852) 2358 7155
cesli@ust.hk
Room 3586
Personal Web

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ORCID
0000-0003-4974-4177

Scopus ID
55844459900




Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision Space used




Research Interest

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Smart city
Intelligent transportation systems
Smart grids



Publications

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All Years 24 2022 0 2021 3 2020 4 2019 4 2018 2 2017 0 2016 11

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2021 3

Impact of congestion charge and minimum wage on TNCs: A case study for San Francisco
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, v. 148, June 2021, p. 237-261
Li, Sen; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin Article
Optimal Resource Procurement and the Price of Causality
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, v. 66, (8), August 2021, article number 9177253, p. 3489-3501
Li, Sen; Shetty, Akhil; Poola, Kameshar; Varaiya, Pravin Article
Spatial pricing in ride-sourcing markets under a congestion charge
Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, v. 152, October 2021, p. 18-45
Li, Sen; Yang, Hai; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin Article

2020 4

Selling demand response using options
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, v. 12, (1), January 2021, article number 9146590, p. 279-288
Muthirayan, Deepan; Kalathil, Deleep; Li, Sen; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin Article
Transactive Energy Systems: The Market-Based Coordination of Distributed Energy Resources
IEEE Control Systems, v. 40, (4), August 2020, article number 9143248, p. 26-52
Li, Sen; Lian, Jianming; Conejo, Antonio; Zhang, Wei Article
Impact of Driver Classification Regulations on Transportation Network Companies
2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2020 / IEEE. New York, NY, USA : IEEE, 2020, Article number 9294693
Shetty, Akhil; Li, Sen; Tavafoghi, Hamidreza; Qin, Junjie; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin Conference paper
Off-Street Parking for TNC Vehicles to Reduce Cruising Traffic
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, v. 2020, 14 December 2020, article number 9304277, p. 2585-2590
Li, Sen; Qin, Junjie; Yang, Hai; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin Conference paper

2019 4

Connections between mean-field game and social welfare optimization
Automatica, v. 110, December 2019, article number 108590
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Zhao, Lin Article
Regulating TNCs: Should Uber and Lyft set their own rules?
Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, v. 129, Noember 2019, p. 193-225
Li, Sen; Tavafoghi, Hamidreza; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin Article
Data-driven capacity bidding for frequency regulation
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, v. 2019-July, July 2019, article number 8815383, p. 3901-3908
Li, Sen; Qin, Junjie; Shetty, Akhil; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin Conference paper
Distributed storage investment in power networks
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, v. 2019-July, July 2019, article number 8814777, p. 1579-1586
Qin, Junjie; Li, Sen; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin Conference paper

2018 2

Optimal Energy Reserve Procurement
The proceedings of European Control Conference (ECC 2018) / IEEE. New York : IEEE, 2018, p. 1106-1111
Shetty, Akhil; Li, Sen; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin Conference paper
Optimization Perspectives of Mean Field Games
23rd International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, MTNS 2018, HKUST, Hong Kong, 16-20 July 2018
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei Conference paper

2016 4

Market-Based Coordination of Thermostatically Controlled Loads-Part I: A Mechanism Design Formulation
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, v. 31, (2), March 2016, article number 7111384, p. 1170-1178
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit Article
Market-Based Coordination of Thermostatically Controlled Loads-Part II: Unknown Parameters and Case Studies
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, v. 31, (2), March 2016, article number 7111382, p. 1179-1187
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit Article
On reverse Stackelberg game and optimal mean field control for a large population of thermostatically controlled loads
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, v. 2016-July, July 2016, article number 7525463, p. 3545-3550
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit Conference paper
On social optima of non-cooperative mean field games
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC, v. 2016, December 2016, article number 7798808, p. 3584-3590
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Zhao, Lin; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit Conference paper

2015 1

Maximizing the revenues of data centers in regulation market by coordinating with electric vehicles
Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, v. 6, June 2015, p. 26-38
Brocanelli, Marco; Li, Sen; Wang, Xiaorui; Zhang, Wei Conference paper

2014 2

Integrated power management of data centers and electric vehicles for energy and regulation market participation
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, v. 5, (5), September 2014, article number 6834834, p. 2283-2294
Li, Sen; Brocanelli, Marco; Zhang, Wei; Wang, Xiaorui Article
On market-based coordination of Thermostatically Controlled Loads with user preference
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, v. 2015-February, February 2014, article number 7039766, p. 2474-2480
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit Conference paper

2013 4

Data center power control for frequency regulation
IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, v. 2013, 2013, article number 6672933
Li, Sen; Brocanelli, Marco; Zhang, Wei; Wang, Xiaorui Conference paper
Joint management of data centers and electric vehicles for maximized regulation profits
International Green Computing Conference Proceedings, v. 2013, June 2013, article number 6604496
Brocanelli, Marco; Li, Sen; Wang, Xiaorui; Zhang, Wei Conference paper
Planning and control of electric vehicles using dynamic energy capacity models
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, v. 2013, December 2013, article number 6759911, p. 379-384
Liu, Jianzhe; Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Mathieu, Johanna L.; Rizzoni, Giorgio Conference paper
Range based target localization using a single mobile robot or multiple cooperative mobile robots
IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA, v. 2013, June 2013, article number 6565116, p. 117-122
Zhang, Xiangyu; Li, Sen; Lin, Zhiyun; Wang, Hui Conference paper


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Article 3

Impact of congestion charge and minimum wage on TNCs: A case study for San Francisco
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, v. 148, June 2021, p. 237-261
Li, Sen; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin
Optimal Resource Procurement and the Price of Causality
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, v. 66, (8), August 2021, article number 9177253, p. 3489-3501
Li, Sen; Shetty, Akhil; Poola, Kameshar; Varaiya, Pravin
Spatial pricing in ride-sourcing markets under a congestion charge
Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, v. 152, October 2021, p. 18-45
Li, Sen; Yang, Hai; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin


Expand All Collapse All


Article 2

Selling demand response using options
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, v. 12, (1), January 2021, article number 9146590, p. 279-288
Muthirayan, Deepan; Kalathil, Deleep; Li, Sen; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin
Transactive Energy Systems: The Market-Based Coordination of Distributed Energy Resources
IEEE Control Systems, v. 40, (4), August 2020, article number 9143248, p. 26-52
Li, Sen; Lian, Jianming; Conejo, Antonio; Zhang, Wei

Conference paper 2

Impact of Driver Classification Regulations on Transportation Network Companies
2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, ITSC 2020 / IEEE. New York, NY, USA : IEEE, 2020, Article number 9294693
Shetty, Akhil; Li, Sen; Tavafoghi, Hamidreza; Qin, Junjie; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin
Off-Street Parking for TNC Vehicles to Reduce Cruising Traffic
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, v. 2020, 14 December 2020, article number 9304277, p. 2585-2590
Li, Sen; Qin, Junjie; Yang, Hai; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin


Expand All Collapse All


Article 2

Connections between mean-field game and social welfare optimization
Automatica, v. 110, December 2019, article number 108590
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Zhao, Lin
Regulating TNCs: Should Uber and Lyft set their own rules?
Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, v. 129, Noember 2019, p. 193-225
Li, Sen; Tavafoghi, Hamidreza; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin

Conference paper 2

Data-driven capacity bidding for frequency regulation
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, v. 2019-July, July 2019, article number 8815383, p. 3901-3908
Li, Sen; Qin, Junjie; Shetty, Akhil; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin
Distributed storage investment in power networks
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, v. 2019-July, July 2019, article number 8814777, p. 1579-1586
Qin, Junjie; Li, Sen; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin


Expand All Collapse All


Conference paper 2

Optimal Energy Reserve Procurement
The proceedings of European Control Conference (ECC 2018) / IEEE. New York : IEEE, 2018, p. 1106-1111
Shetty, Akhil; Li, Sen; Poolla, Kameshwar; Varaiya, Pravin
Optimization Perspectives of Mean Field Games
23rd International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, MTNS 2018, HKUST, Hong Kong, 16-20 July 2018
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei


Expand All Collapse All


Article 2

Market-Based Coordination of Thermostatically Controlled Loads-Part I: A Mechanism Design Formulation
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, v. 31, (2), March 2016, article number 7111384, p. 1170-1178
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit
Market-Based Coordination of Thermostatically Controlled Loads-Part II: Unknown Parameters and Case Studies
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, v. 31, (2), March 2016, article number 7111382, p. 1179-1187
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit

Conference paper 2

On reverse Stackelberg game and optimal mean field control for a large population of thermostatically controlled loads
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, v. 2016-July, July 2016, article number 7525463, p. 3545-3550
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit
On social optima of non-cooperative mean field games
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC, v. 2016, December 2016, article number 7798808, p. 3584-3590
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Zhao, Lin; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit


Expand All Collapse All


Conference paper 1

Maximizing the revenues of data centers in regulation market by coordinating with electric vehicles
Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, v. 6, June 2015, p. 26-38
Brocanelli, Marco; Li, Sen; Wang, Xiaorui; Zhang, Wei


Expand All Collapse All


Article 1

Integrated power management of data centers and electric vehicles for energy and regulation market participation
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, v. 5, (5), September 2014, article number 6834834, p. 2283-2294
Li, Sen; Brocanelli, Marco; Zhang, Wei; Wang, Xiaorui

Conference paper 1

On market-based coordination of Thermostatically Controlled Loads with user preference
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, v. 2015-February, February 2014, article number 7039766, p. 2474-2480
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit


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Conference paper 4

Data center power control for frequency regulation
IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, v. 2013, 2013, article number 6672933
Li, Sen; Brocanelli, Marco; Zhang, Wei; Wang, Xiaorui
Joint management of data centers and electric vehicles for maximized regulation profits
International Green Computing Conference Proceedings, v. 2013, June 2013, article number 6604496
Brocanelli, Marco; Li, Sen; Wang, Xiaorui; Zhang, Wei
Planning and control of electric vehicles using dynamic energy capacity models
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, v. 2013, December 2013, article number 6759911, p. 379-384
Liu, Jianzhe; Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Mathieu, Johanna L.; Rizzoni, Giorgio
Range based target localization using a single mobile robot or multiple cooperative mobile robots
IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA, v. 2013, June 2013, article number 6565116, p. 117-122
Zhang, Xiangyu; Li, Sen; Lin, Zhiyun; Wang, Hui


Expand All Collapse All


2016 4

Market-Based Coordination of Thermostatically Controlled Loads-Part I: A Mechanism Design Formulation
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, v. 31, (2), March 2016, article number 7111384, p. 1170-1178
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit Article
Market-Based Coordination of Thermostatically Controlled Loads-Part II: Unknown Parameters and Case Studies
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, v. 31, (2), March 2016, article number 7111382, p. 1179-1187
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit Article
On reverse Stackelberg game and optimal mean field control for a large population of thermostatically controlled loads
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, v. 2016-July, July 2016, article number 7525463, p. 3545-3550
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit Conference paper
On social optima of non-cooperative mean field games
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC, v. 2016, December 2016, article number 7798808, p. 3584-3590
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Zhao, Lin; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit Conference paper

2015 1

Maximizing the revenues of data centers in regulation market by coordinating with electric vehicles
Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, v. 6, June 2015, p. 26-38
Brocanelli, Marco; Li, Sen; Wang, Xiaorui; Zhang, Wei Conference paper

2014 2

Integrated power management of data centers and electric vehicles for energy and regulation market participation
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, v. 5, (5), September 2014, article number 6834834, p. 2283-2294
Li, Sen; Brocanelli, Marco; Zhang, Wei; Wang, Xiaorui Article
On market-based coordination of Thermostatically Controlled Loads with user preference
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, v. 2015-February, February 2014, article number 7039766, p. 2474-2480
Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Lian, Jianming; Kalsi, Karanjit Conference paper

2013 4

Data center power control for frequency regulation
IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, v. 2013, 2013, article number 6672933
Li, Sen; Brocanelli, Marco; Zhang, Wei; Wang, Xiaorui Conference paper
Joint management of data centers and electric vehicles for maximized regulation profits
International Green Computing Conference Proceedings, v. 2013, June 2013, article number 6604496
Brocanelli, Marco; Li, Sen; Wang, Xiaorui; Zhang, Wei Conference paper
Planning and control of electric vehicles using dynamic energy capacity models
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, v. 2013, December 2013, article number 6759911, p. 379-384
Liu, Jianzhe; Li, Sen; Zhang, Wei; Mathieu, Johanna L.; Rizzoni, Giorgio Conference paper
Range based target localization using a single mobile robot or multiple cooperative mobile robots
IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA, v. 2013, June 2013, article number 6565116, p. 117-122
Zhang, Xiangyu; Li, Sen; Lin, Zhiyun; Wang, Hui Conference paper


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Teaching Assignment

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2021-22 Winter 0 2021-22 Fall 2 2020-21 Summer 0 2020-21 Spring 2 2020-21 Winter 0 2020-21 Fall 2

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CIVL4100J Introduction to Smart City Economics
CIVL4910 Civil and Environmental Engineering Final Year Project


CIVL4100K Multi-agent Decision-Making in Smart Cities
CIVL4910 Civil and Environmental Engineering Final Year Project


CIVL4100J Introduction to Smart City Economics
CIVL4910 Civil and Environmental Engineering Final Year Project


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No Teaching Assignments


No Teaching Assignments






Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision From January 2019 to December 2022 (As of 30 January 2022)

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Current RPGs

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Doctor of Philosophy AO, Di
Intelligent Transportation( 2021 - )

CAO, Zhefeng
Civil Engineering( 2021 - )

HAMDAOUI, Najoua (co-supervision)
Civil Engineering( 2021 - )

LIU, Yang
Civil Engineering( 2021 - )

YANG, Xingzhao
Intelligent Transportation( 2021 - )

DING, Xiaoshu (co-supervision)
Intelligent Transportation( 2020 - )

GAO, Jing
Civil Engineering( 2020 - )

LAI, Zhijie
Civil Engineering( 2020 - )

WANG, Zemin
Civil Engineering( 2020 - )









ProjectsFrom January 2020 to December 2022

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All Projects 1

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No Projects.
Regulating Transportation Network Companies in Multimodal Transportation Systems


多模態交通系統下網約車平臺的監管問題 Leading


RGC - Early Career Scheme


Project Team (HKUST)
LI Sen (Lead)


2021 -