G. Kumar Venayagamoorthy is the Duke Energy Distinguished Professor of Power Engineering and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University. Dr. Venayagamoorthy is the Founder and Director of the Real-Time Power and Intelligent Systems Laboratory at Clemson University. Dr. Venayagamoorthy holds the position of an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.Dr. Venayagamoorthy received his PhD and MScEng degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. He received his BEng degree with a First-Class Honors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria. He holds an MBA degree in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Clemson University, USA.Dr. Venayagamoorthy is a recipient of the prestigious 2004 U.S. NSF CAREER award, 2007 U.S. Office of the Naval Research Young Investigator Program (YIP) award and 2008 U.S NSF Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) award. His research interests are in the development and innovation of artificial intelligence technologies for power systems and smart grids. He is an inventor of technologies for scalable computational intelligence for complex systems and dynamic stochastic optimal power flow. Dr. Venayagamoorthy has published over 600 refereed technical articles which are cited over 26,000 times with a h-index of 75 and i10-index of > 320. Professor Venayagamoorthy has given over 500 technical presentations (including over 40 keynotes and plenaries) in 50+ countries to date.Dr. Venayagamoorthy is the President-Elect of the International Neural Network Society (INNS). He is a Fellow of the IEEE, IET (UK), the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE) and Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), and a Senior Member of the INNS. Dr. Venayagamoorthy is the Editor for the IEEE Press Series on Power and Energy Systems. He is a Distinguished Visitor/Lecturer of the IEEE CS, IES and PES. He was a 2024 U.S. Fulbright Scholar to South Africa.