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ABSTRACT: During the last years PWM converters have drastically increased their importance on the market of DC-AC, AC-DC and DC-DC conversion. Two technology breakthroughs of the electronic industry enabled this remarkable development:

• the introduction of semiconductors on the market enabled the manufacturing of reliable, robust and low cost converter modules,
• the introduction of low cost microprocessors (e.g. DSPs) and FPGA for real time applications allowed the successful implementation of complex vector control schemes.

Lately the PWM converters become very important for integration of renewable energy to the distributed energy systems. They offers characteristics like: Maximum Peak Power Tracking (MPPT), excellent control of induction or permanent magnets synchronous generator, a low harmonic distortion of the line currents, a regulation of the power factor, an adjustment and stabilization of the DC-link voltage. 

PWM converters for renewable energy sources can be more efficient, reliable, cheaper and smart with proper design of converter topology to application and new advanced control and modulation, what is presented in this keynote speech.

Mariusz Malinowski received the Ph.D. degree from the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) in 2001 and habilitation in 2012. He has been granted the following awards and distinguishments: the Siemens Prize for his PhD thesis in 2002, the Siemens Prize for research achievements in 2007, the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education awards for research achievements in 2008, and the Prime Minister of Poland award for habilitation in 2013. Moreover, he received IEEE IES David Irwin Early Career Award for “Outstanding research and development of modulation and control for industrial electronics converters” in 2011.  

Mariusz Malinowski has published over 150 papers, four books and three patents. His total number of citations according to Google Scholar is over 3500. He has participated in over 20 research and industrial projects (11 in a leader role). His international research cooperation include following institutions: Aalborg University (Denmark), University of Nevada (USA), Technische Universitat Berlin TU (Germany), University of Federico Santa Maria (Chile), ETH Zurich (Switzerland), University of Seville (Spain).

Mariusz  Malinowski public service include activity in IEEE, where he was Editor in Chief of IEEE Industrial Electronics Magazine (2010-2012), Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (since 2005) and Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics (since 2012). He is currently vice chair of IEEE Poland Section and IEEE IES Vice President for Workshop Activities .