Dr. Hoe Kyoung Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Engineering at Dong-A University in Busan, Korea. His primary teaching and research interests are in transportation operations, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), traffic simulation, and smart mobility. He obtained his B.S. in Urban Engineering from Dong-A University (1996), his M.S. in Civil Engineering from the Texas A&M University (2002), and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology (2010). After obtaining his Ph.D., he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for 1.5 years. He not only participates in the multiple transportation-related committees in Busan, Korea and plays an important role as the head of the Southern branch office for both Korean Society of Transportation and Intelligent Transport Systems.