Dr. Petr Musilek is a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Prior to joining the University of Alberta, he held NSERC/NATO Science Fellowship tenured at the Intelligent Systems Research Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan. His research is at the intersection of intelligent systems, energy and the environment. His main expertise lies in neural networks, reinforcement learning, meta-heuristic optimization methods. He applies artificial intelligence to industrial problems, mainly in the areas of power and energy (intelligent energy management, integration of renewables, distributed control) and environment (wireless sensor networks, data fusion). Examples of specific projects include modeling and forecasting of extreme weather events, prediction of electricity generation and load, coordinated distributed control of energy storage devices, or reinforcement learning-based energy trading agents. He has 20 years of experience in conducting long-term research projects and leading research teams, many with major industrial partners across the world. He has been a board member of the Alberta Power Industry Consortium, and member of the International Advisory Board of the Institute of Computer Science, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.