Prof. Reza Arghandeh is a Full Professor in Artificial Intelligence for Energy at the Department of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mathematical Sciences at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, in Bergen, Norway. He is the director of the Collaborative Intelligent Infrastructure Lab (CI2Lab). He is also a lead data scientist in StormGeo company. He has been an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the Center for Advanced Power Systems at Florida State University, USA, 2015-2018. He completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Virginia Tech (2013) and spent two years as a post-doctorate fellow at the University of California-Berkeley. He also holds two masters degrees, one in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech (2013) and the other in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manchester (2008). He has been a power system software designer at Electrical Distribution Design Inc. in Virginia, USA, 2011-2013. Dr. Arghandeh is the recipient of the IBM Faculty Award in 2018. He is a steering member of the IEEE PES Subcommittee on Big Data & Analytics for Power Systems. His research interests include data analysis and AI for smart grid and smart city applications.