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About
Khaled Alshehri is a Fellow at KAPSARC, with research focused on integrating digital technologies into the power sector to optimize grid operations, enhance economic efficiency, and support energy transition. Drawing on extensive experience across government, academia, and industry, Dr. Alshehri leverages advanced tools from game theory, control, and optimization to address complex challenges in energy systems. In 2024, Dr. Alshehri was honored with the Questrom-CEMA Best Paper Award for his co-authored work on the efficient aggregation of distributed energy resources – a recognition of significant contributions to the field. He earned his B.S. in Control and Instrumentation Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Publications
24 February 2026
AI and Energy: The Future of Data Centers in Saudi ArabiaThe rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the global economy, making AI-ready data centers essential drivers of this change. Unlike traditional data centers for general information technology (IT), AI-focused facilities use advanced chips, dense servers, and liq...
17 July 2025
Generative AI for the Power Sector: Methodology, Safety, Trustworthiness, and Policy ImplicationsPower systems are transforming into digitalized smart grids where cyber, physical, and social domains converge. In parallel, Generative AI (GenAI) offers new capabilities to address these challenges. While prior research explores AI in specific power sector applications, comprehensive...
