Hwayoung Kim received his B.S. and M.S. from the Department of Maritime Transportation, Mokpo National Maritime University, Korea, in 1998 and 2004, respectively. He earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Marine System Engineering, University of Kyushu, Japan, in 2007. Since 2007, he has been a senior researcher of Department of Maritime Logistics, Korea Maritime Institute and Maritime Safety Research Center, Korea Ship Safety Technology Authority. His research interests include maritime safety policy and technology, port logistics systems, container terminal simulations, shipping industry, expert systems, and decision-making systems. He is member of KIIS, KOSOMES, KINPR, KPEA, and JASNAOE.