Backjin Lee is a Senior Research Fellow, National Infrastructure & Geospatial Information Research Division, KRIHS. He received his doctorate degree from Hiroshima University, Japan, in 2003. His areas of expertise include travel behavior modelling, intelligent transportation systems(ITS) and national transportation planning. His recent research projects are “Impact Analysis of GTX-A Opening in SMA”, “Research on Establishing the National ITS plan in road and automobile sector”, “Research on Methods for Developing New Highway Routes Using Traffic Big Data”, etc. In 2023, he authored a book titled “Advancements in Advanced Transportation Technology and Changes in National Land”

Fumitaka Kurauchi is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Gifu University and serves as Vice-Director of the Center for Infrastructure Asset Management Technology and Research. Having graduated from Kyoto University in 1992 with a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, he went on to earn a Master's Degree in Engineering in 1994. He then obtained a Doctor of Engineering in 2002 from Kyoto University. From 1994 to 2008, he held positions as a Research Associate and later as an Assistant Professor at Kyoto University. During his time in Kyoto, he conducted research at the Centre for Transport Studies in Imperial College London as a visiting researcher from July 2002 to June 2002. In 2008, he joined Gifu University as an Associate Professor and later in 2012 he was promoted to the position of full Professor. His research interests include travel behaviour in response to dynamic traffic information, resilient transport network design and analysis, and public transport network planning, design and evaluation. He is an Associate Editor for Transportmetrica B and Scientific Reports, and serves on the International Scientific Committees of CASPT (Conference on Advanced Systems for Public Transport) and TransitData (International Workshop and Symposium on Research and Applications on the Use of Passive Data from Public Transport), the latter of which he co-founded. In July 2025, he co-chaired the CASPT and TransitData 2025. He also contributes as an expert advisor to public transport councils and urban planning committees in Gifu Prefecture and its municipalities.

Professor Mi DIAO received his Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is currently a professor in the college of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University in China. Previously, he served as a Senior Research Fellow and Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore. He has been recognized as one of the world’s top 2% researchers (Stanford University, 2021–2024) and was awarded the Economic Approach in Urban Sustainability Studies Award by the International Association for China Planning in 2021. Professor Diao has led a wide range of international research projects in China. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Transport and Land Use, Transportation Research Part D, and Urban Rail Transit.

Dr.-Ing. Dimitris Milakis is a Senior Researcher and European Research Coordinator at the Institute of Transport Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR). He is also Co-leader of Cluster 6 “Societal Aspects and People Needs” of the CCAM Association in Europe, involving over 200 innovation stakeholders. His research explores the complex relationships between transport innovations and society, adopting a socio-technical perspective that places society at the heart of innovation. Through in-depth exploration of societal acceptance, implications, and governance of transport innovations, his work has opened new research paths beyond the technological and operational focus prevalent in literature and practice. His publications on transport innovations and society are among the most read and cited in the field. He has undertaken key roles, as principal investigator, research associate, and international expert advisor, in Greek, Dutch, German, Norwegian, and EU-funded research projects. He has held teaching and research positions at several leading universities, including Delft University of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Technical University of Munich, and National Technical University of Athens.

Marcelo H. Ang, Jr. is a Professor at the National University of Singapore and principal researcher at its Advanced Robotics Centre. He holds degrees in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from De La Salle University, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Rochester. His research focuses on robotics, mechatronics, and intelligent systems, with a particular emphasis on autonomous vehicles. Dr. Ang actively contributes to standards development for robotics and autonomous systems and advises industry and government on automation strategies. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses and is deeply committed to robotics outreach, serving as founding chairman of the Singapore Robotic Games and Advisory Council member of the World Robot Olympiad. With a career spanning academia, industry, and policy, Dr. Ang brings a multidisciplinary perspective to the future of intelligent systems and their societal impact.

Dr. Jinhee Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Engineering at Yonsei University, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Urban Transportation Planning from the same department. Before joining Yonsei University, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of the Built Environment at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. His research focuses on understanding and modeling travel behavior and urban mobility patterns, with particular attention to individual decision-making processes in activity-travel choices. He applies and develops advanced discrete choice models and machine learning frameworks to capture the complexity of travel decisions. A major application area is demand forecasting for urban infrastructure, emerging mobility solutions, and transportation policy evaluation. More recently, his research has expanded to incorporate Artificial Intelligence (AI) in travel behavior modeling, particularly to design and assess personalized public transportation services. He is also actively engaged in developing evaluation criteria for transportation project appraisal, aiming to provide robust tools for sustainable and inclusive mobility planning.

Professor Toshiyuki Yamamoto is a professor at Nagoya University, affiliated with the Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Division of Systems Research (DS). He obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering from Kyoto University and has conducted research in the field of transportation for nearly 30 years. His primary research areas include travel behavior, big data analysis, and demand analysis, which are core topics in transportation planning. He also explores the intersection of transportation safety, electric and hydrogen vehicles, and urban planning with a focus on land use. More recently, he has been actively engaged in research on smart mobility, including Mobility as a Service (MaaS), and participates in both Japanese and international research projects. Academically, he has published more than 300 papers and has also served as an advisor and committee member for major transportation organizations in Japan.

Professor Jiangping Zhou is a full professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on transportation and urban studies, particularly the connections between transport/public transit systems and land use, as well as strategies to improve the outcomes of these connections. Recognizing the difficulty of promoting alternative modes of travel in car-dominant environments, he investigates their usage based on traditional and primary data sources such as surveys and interviews. In addition, he leverages big data, including cellphone usage records and smartcard transaction data, to enhance the excess commuting framework, which was previously unrelated to big data.

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