Professor Chuan Ding is a doctoral supervisor at  Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is a recipient of the National Youth Talent program and currently serves as Executive Deputy Director of the Key Laboratory of Intelligent Transportation Technology and Systems, Ministry of Education. His research focuses on modeling and control of road transportation systems, intelligent cooperative vehicle-infrastructure systems, and traffic simulation. He has been selected for multiple talent programs, including the Ministry of Education Young Scholar and the Young Top‑notch Talent in Transportation, and has been named among the World's Top 2% Scientists. He has published over 50 SCI/SSCI papers as first or corresponding author, and has authored four monographs in Chinese and English. He has led several major research projects, including those under the National Key R&D Program, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Beijing Natural Science Foundation. His work has earned him multiple provincial/ministerial awards, including the First Prize of the Huaxia Construction Science and Technology Award and the Second Prize of the Ministry of Education Natural Science Award. He also serves as an Editorial Board Member for internationally renowned SCI journals such as Transportation Research Part D and IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, and is a Council Member of several national transportation societies in China.

Email: cding@buaa.edu.cn.

Professor Kai Lu is a doctoral supervisor at South China University of Technology. He currently serves as Associate Dean of the School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, Director of the Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Intelligent Transportation Information and Control, and Director of the Guangdong Higher Education Institutions Engineering Technology Research Center for Modern Transportation. He also holds positions as Council Member of the China Intelligent Transportation Systems Association and Vice Chairman of the Low‑altitude Economy and Technology Education Branch of the China Transportation Education Research Association. He has received honorary titles including Outstanding Young Teacher of Guangdong Higher Education Institutions, Pearl River Science and Technology New Star of Guangzhou, and Outstanding Young Innovative Talent of Guangdong Higher Education Institutions. His research focuses on road traffic control. He has led three projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He received one Second Prize of the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award as the first recipient, and as a major contributor, he also received one First Prize (ranked 4th) and one Second Prize (ranked 2nd) of the same award. He has published over 60 papers indexed in SCI/EI, been granted more than 30 national invention patents and 2 US invention patents, and authored one academic monograph. He has guided graduate students to win one gold medal and two first prizes in national science and innovation competitions. His research outcomes have been applied in demonstration projects in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Guizhou and other regions.

Email: kailu@scut.edu.cn.

Professor Zhihong Li is a doctoral supervisor at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, and serves as Associate Dean of the school. He has received the Science and Technology Innovation Youth Award from the China Communications and Transportation Association, and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Washington, Purdue University, and Beihang University. His research focuses on large passenger flow management, freight optimization, and autonomous driving. He has led over 20 provincial/ministerial research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Social Science Fund, sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program, and the Beijing Key Fund. He has published more than 50 academic papers in authoritative journals, been granted over 10 invention patents, and successfully commercialized some of them. He has received more than 10 awards, including honors at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions and multiple provincial/ministerial science and education awards. He has also authored one Beijing-level high-quality undergraduate textbook. He serves as Council Member of the China Communications and Transportation Association and the Chinese Association of Automation, and is an Editorial Board Member or Young Editorial Board Member for several well-known journals, including the Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, the Journal of Railway Science and Engineering, Urban Rail Transit, and the Journal of Municipal Technology.

Email: lizhihong@bucea.edu.cn.

Professor Feng Sun is a doctoral supervisor at Shandong University of Technology. He currently serves as Associate Dean of the School of Transportation and Vehicle Engineering and Deputy Director of the Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Smart City Cloud Brain Technology. He also holds positions as a member of the Traffic Management and Control Committee of the World Transport Convention and a member of the University Faculty Committee of the China Highway and Transportation Society. His research focuses on intelligent traffic signal control technology and traffic big data mining theories and methods. He has undertaken seven projects under the National Key R&D Program, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and provincial key R&D programs, as well as over 30 government consulting and corporate R&D projects. He has published more than 50 academic papers, been granted over 30 invention patents, and authored two books. As the first recipient, he won one Second Prize of the Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, along with six other awards.

Email: sunfeng@sdut.edu.cn.

Dr. Ying Jiang is an associate professor at the School of Transportation, Southeast University. She received her Ph.D. in Development Science (Transportation Engineering) from Hiroshima University in Japan. She previously served as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Washington in the United States and as an Assistant Professor at Hiroshima University in Japan. Her research focuses on transportation-energy integration at comprehensive transport hubs, port big data and multi-source data fusion, and travel behavior decision-making. She integrates econometrics, big data, and AI methodologies to expand the interdisciplinary theoretical framework. She has published over 30 papers in high-level journals and contributed to five monographs. She has led or participated in more than 20 vertical research projects and over 30 industry-funded projects across China, the United States, and Japan. Many of her research outcomes have been applied in key engineering projects across more than ten regions.

Email:  yingjiang@seu.edu.cn.

Professor Xinqiang Chen is a doctoral supervisor at Shanghai Maritime University. He has been named among the World's Top 2% Scientists. His research focuses on traffic big data mining, visual perception for intelligent ship navigation, and automated terminal navigation. He has led over 20 vertical and industry-funded research projects, including those under the National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program and Young Scientists Fund. He has published more than 50 SCI papers as first or corresponding author, of which 22 are ESI Highly Cited Papers. As the first inventor, he has filed or been granted over 20 invention patents in China and abroad. As the first recipient, he has received the First Prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award from the China Institute of Navigation and the Youth Science and Technology Award from the China Ports Association. He serves as Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member for several SCI, EI, and CSCD journals, including IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Transportation Safety and Environment, and Chinese Journal of Ship Research. He also serves as a Young Editorial Board Member for CSCD and Peking University Core journals such as the Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development and China Measurement & Test.

Email: xqchen@shmtu.edu.cn.

Professor Nengchao Lü is a doctoral supervisor at Wuhan University of Technology. He currently serves as Director of the Institute of Traffic Information and Intelligent Systems. He has been selected for the Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Hubei Province and recognized as a Young Science and Technology Talent of Transportation by the Ministry of Transport. His research focuses on road traffic safety and intelligent transportation systems. He has led nearly 20 national and provincial/ministerial research projects and over 30 industry-funded projects. He has published more than 150 papers, of which over 100 are indexed in SCI/EI, and has been granted more than 20 invention patents and software copyrights. He has received eight provincial/ministerial science and technology awards, including the First Prize of the Provincial Technological Invention Award and the First Prize of the China Intelligent Transportation Systems Association Science and Technology Award. He also serves as Chairman or Standing Committee Member of several specialized committees under national transportation societies.

Email: lnc@whut.edu.cn.

Professor Jinjun Tang is a doctoral supervisor at the School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, and serves as Director of the Research Center for Intelligent Electric Vehicles. He has been selected as an Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researcher, named among the World's Top 2% Scientists, and recognized as a Furong Scholar Young Scholar of Hunan Province. He received his joint Ph.D. from Harbin Institute of Technology and the University of Washington. His research focuses on traffic information engineering and control. He has published over 90 SCI/SSCI papers, including 14 ESI Highly Cited Papers and 4 ESI Hot Papers. His publications have received more than 7,940 citations on Google Scholar, with an H‑index of 49. He has led more than 20 research projects, including sub‑projects of the National Key R&D Program and projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has been granted over 30 invention patents, with technology transfer valued at 4.5 million RMB. He has received more than 10 awards, including the Second Prize of the Science and Technology Progress Award from the China Highway and Transportation Society. He currently serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Advanced Transportation and as Chair of the Technical Committee on Data Science Theories and Methods in Transportation at the World Transport Convention.

Email: jinjuntang@csu.edu.cn.

Professor Guangnian Xiao is a doctoral supervisor at Shanghai Maritime University, and currently serves as Associate Dean of the School of Economics and Management. He is a Council Member of the Maritime Systems Branch of the Systems Engineering Society of China. His research focuses on intelligent transportation systems, green shipping management and policy, and traffic big data analytics. He has led multiple national-level research projects, including General Program and Young Scientists Fund projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as talent programs such as the Shanghai Shuguang Program and the Shanghai Oriental Talents Young Program. He has published numerous papers in prestigious journals including Transportation Research Part A, Transportation Research Part C, and IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, with many of his papers selected as ESI Highly Cited Papers or Hot Papers. He has also contributed to academic service as a reviewer or editorial board member for Journal of Marine Science and Engineering and the FMS Journal Rating List of Management Science in China.

Email: gnxiao@shmtu.edu.cn.

Dr. Qiang Luo is a lecturer and master's supervisor at Guangzhou University. He has been recognized as a "Most Popular Teacher" by students and an Outstanding Teacher for Curriculum Ideological and Political Education at the university level. His research focuses on traffic safety, driving behavior, and traffic big data analytics. He has led or participated in more than 10 vertical research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Social Science Fund, and the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation. He has published over 50 high-level academic papers.

 Email: luoq_yan@gzhu.edu.cn.

Dr. Xia Zhao is an associate professor at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture. She has been selected for the Young Talent Support Program of the Beijing Association for Science and Technology, and has been a visiting scholar at the University of Sydney and Beihang University. Her research focuses on traffic big data mining, traffic pattern recognition, and deep learning. She has led more than 20 provincial and ministerial research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Social Science Fund, the General Program of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and the Beijing Social Science Fund. She has been granted 13 invention patents and successfully commercialized some of them. She has published over 40 papers in SCI journals and Chinese core journals as first author or corresponding author, and has received more than 10 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards. She has also led multiple provincial and ministerial teaching research projects, contributed to one transportation textbook as a co-author, and guided her students to win more than 20 national and provincial awards in transportation science and innovation competitions.

 Email: zhaoxia@bucea.edu.cn.

Dr. Shiwen Zhu is a research assistant at Shanghai Maritime University. He received his master's degree from the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom in 2024. His research focuses on traffic big data, traffic safety, and traffic energy consumption prediction and control. He has participated in multiple national and provincial research projects, published several academic papers in international journals, and accumulated extensive engineering and research experience in the field of smart maritime systems.

Email: zhushiwen@stu.shmtu.edu.cn.