EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), USA

· Expected Graduation: Mar. 2011

· Supervisor: R. Jayakrishnan

· Dissertation: (Tentative Title) Dynamic Traffic Management under Emergence of Multiple Private Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) Providers

· Coursework: Urban Transportation Network, Transportation System Analysis, Traffic Flow Theory, Transportation System Operations & Control, Traffic Simulation, Transportation Data Analysis, Transit System Planning, Discrete Choice Economics

MS in Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, 2000

· THESIS: Development of the Shortest Path Algorithm using Genetic Algorithm

GPA: 4.13/4.3

BS in Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea, 1998

GPA: 3.51/4.0

Professional EXPERIENCE

Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Irvine, CA, USA

Graduate Student Researcher

Sep/06 – present

· Corridor Deployment and Investigation of Anonymous Vehicle Tracking for Real-Time Traffic Performance Measurement (Caltrans Project #RTA65A0279) [2009~present] – Programmed a real-time sensor-based data collecting software program in Linux-based field units for California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

· I-5 Corridor Modeling Project [2006~2008] – Wrote utility programs used in updating time-dependent origin-destination (TDOD) demand by path-based approach, and responsible for estimating TDOD within the I-5 corridor for California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)

M&SOFT R&D Center, Seoul, Korea

Research Engineer and Consultant

Feb/00 – May/06

· Innovative In-Vehicle Navigation System named GINI [2005~2006] – Designed and optimized road network databases with over half million links and nodes, and developed a route searching module with bi-directional searching algorithm and multi-layered road network databases

· A Study on Location Referencing(LR) Method between different map databases for ITS [2006] – Developed a testbed to investigate the applicability of the European LR standards named AGORA-C for National Computerization Agency (NCA), Korea

· MOZEN Telematics Service Center [2003~2006] – Involved as a manager and developer, and mainly in charge of the design and development of the route guidance systems with real-time traffic information in MOZEN, which is Telematics Service Center of Hyundai Motor Company (HMC), providing to its subscribers total auto care service including route guidance, real-time traffic information, emergency service, remote auto diagnosis, and so on

· ENTRAC Geographic Information Systems (GIS) [2000~2002] – Worked as a programmer to develop route guidance and traffic information servers in ENTRAC, which is GIS Service Center of SK Corporation, providing route guidance and real-time traffic information service

Urban Transportation Research Center, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

Mar/98 – Jan/00

· Economic Feasibility Study on Construction of Eumsung-Chechon Expressway [1999] – Worked as a project manager, and conducted travel demand forecasting for Korea Development Institute (KDI)

· Teaching [1999] – Taught the four-step models of Urban Transportation Planning Systems (UTPS) using Tranplan

· Analyzing the Development Strategy and Feasibility of ITS Service [1998] – Analyzed the survey results statistically for Korea Telecom (KT)

PUBLICATIONS

· Inchul Yang and R. Jayakrishnan, “A General-purpose Scheme to Incorporate Global ATIS Strategies in Real-time Traffic Control,” Paper #11-3087 submitted to 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C., 2011.

· Hyunmyung Kim, Inchul Yang, and Yongtaek Lim, “Simulation-based Optimal Time-dependent Framework Using Genetic Algorithm Evacuation Planning,” Paper #S_AP00559 nominated for the Outstanding Paper Awards for 17th ITS World Congress in Busan, Korea, Oct. 25-29, 2010.

· Hyunmyung Kim, Inchul Yang, and Keechoo Choi, “An agent-based simulation model for analyzing the impact of asymmetric passenger demand on taxi service,” Paper # KSCE-D-09-00282, Accepted for publication in KSCE: Journal of Civil Engineering, 2010.

· Joseph Y.J. Chow, Gunwoo Lee, and Inchul Yang, "Estimating Cumulative Prospect Theory Parameters for HOV Lane Selection using Genetic Algorithm", Accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2010.

· Yongtaek Lim, Hyunmyung Kim and Inchul Yang, “A Goal-Based Transportation Planning Model,” Journal of Korean Society of Transportation, Vol. 27, No. 5, 2009, 195-208.

· Choong Heon Yang, Young Tae Son, Inchul Yang and Hyunmyung Kim, “Developing algorithms for providing evacuation and detour route guidance under emergency conditions,” Journal of Korean Society of Road Engineers, Vol. 11, No. 3, 2009, pp.129-139.

· Keechoo Choi, R. Jayakrishnan, Hyunmyung Kim, Inchul Yang and Jungwoo Lee, "Dynamic OD Estimation using Dynamic Traffic Simulation Model in an Urban Arterial Corridor," Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2133, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2009, pp. 133–141.

PRESENTATIONS

· Jungwoo Lee, Hyunmyung Kim, Inchul Yang and Keechoo Choi, “Data Preparation and Algorithm Development for Dynamic OD Estimation,” 58th Spring Symposium of Korean Society of Transportation, Feb., 2008

· R. Jayakrishnan, Inchul Yang and Hyunmyung Kim, "OD Estimation Schemes/utilities from the Caltrans Corridor Modeling Project," Presentation at Caltrans Micro-simulation Technical Advisory Committee Meeting, Sacramento, 2007

· Inchul Yang and Hyung Jin Kim, “Development and Application of Genetic Algorithm for Network Assignment Problem,” 9th World Conference on Transportation Research (WCTR), July, 2001.

· Inchul Yang, Hyung Jin Kim and Wan Yu, “Development of the shortest path algorithm by genetic algorithm,” 36th Autumn Symposium of Korean Society of Transportation, November, 1999.

PATENTS

· Detour Route Guidance in In-Vehicle Navigation System, #10-0680138 in Korea, issued Feb/07

· Multi-Route Display Method in In-Vehicle Navigation System, #10-0680139 in Korea, issued Feb/07

· Route Guidance System with Real-Time Traffic Information, # 10-0695477 in Korea, issued Mar/07

TECHNICAL SKILLS

· Computer Skills

Expert in C/C++ on Windows/Embedded Windows/Linux

Proficient in MS Office, Hancom Office

Knowledgeable about Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) such as MS Access and MySQL

· Transportation Packages

Proficient in Paramics, and knowledgeable about TransModeler, TransCAD

HONORS & CERTIFICATES

· Univ. of California Transportation Center (UCTC) Dissertation Grant [2009]

· Honor employee, M&SOFT, Inc., Korea [2001]

· Korean Certified Transportation Engineer [Jun/97 – present]

· Honor Student, Yonsei Univ., Korea [1994, 1996, 1998]

· Entered summa cum laude, and graduated magna cum laude in Dept. of Urban Planning and Engineering, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea [Mar/94 – Feb/98]