Chao Chen is currently an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, and also a core member of the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Transportation Technology and Systems, Ministry of Education of China. He received his Ph.D. in Automotive Engineering from Dalian University of Technology in 2023. His research centers on intelligent transportation systems (e.g., optimization) and data analysis. He has been an associate professor in Shandong Jiaotong University and a Postdoc. in Beihang University and Hiroshima University.