Joo-Sung Kim received his B.S. degree in Nautical Science from Mokpo National Maritime University, Republic of Korea, in 2004; his M.S. degree in International Maritime Transportation Sciences from Mokpo National Maritime University in 2014; and his Ph.D. degree in International Maritime Transportation Sciences from Mokpo National Maritime University in 2016. He is now a professor in the Division of Navigation Science at Mokpo National Maritime University. His research topics mainly include maritime traffic engineering, vessel collision avoidance, vessel traffic services (VTS), maritime information and communication networks, human factors engineering, and data-driven maritime intelligence (machine learning and pattern recognition).