He is the Founding Chair of IEEE Working Group on Energy Forecasting, General Chair of Global Energy Forecasting Competition (gefcom.org), lead author of the online book Electric Load Forecasting: Fundamentals and Best Practices (otexts.org/elf), and author of the blog Energy Forecasting (blog.drhongtao.com). Dr. Hong received his B.Eng. in Automation from Tsinghua University in Beijing and his PhD with co-majors in Operations Research and Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University.