Ik-Soon Cho received a B.Sc. in Nautical Science in 1996, an M.E. degree in Maritime Transportation Science in 2000 from Korea Maritime & Ocean University (KMOU), Busan, South Korea, and a Ph.D degree from the Graduate school of Science and Technology from Kobe University, Kobe, Japan in 2005. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Global Maritime Studies at the College of Maritime Sciences of KMOU. He has worked in the Traffic Safety Audit Center in KMOU based on the Korea Maritime Safety Act. His main areas of research interest are maritime traffic safety evaluation, ship operation, and mooring safety analysis.