2023 – Present: Dean, Graduate School of Logistics, Incheon National University

2020 – Present: Team Leader, 4th Phase BK21 Project Team, Incheon National University

Advisory Professor for companies in the fields of distribution, logistics, and SCM, including Naver and POSCO DX

Professor SangHwa Song is currently serving as a professor at the Graduate School of Logistics at Incheon National University and previously worked as a software engineer and consultant at IBM.
His main research areas focus on the digital transformation of business, including logistics and supply chain management. He emphasizes the use of mathematical optimization, machine learning, data analytics, and strategic frameworks for digital transformation.
He has conducted industry-academic collaboration projects with organizations such as Incheon Port Authority, Korea District Heating Corporation, Hyundai MnSoft, Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), Korea Expressway Corporation, Korea Maritime Institute, SK, and Hyundai Steel.
He has served as an advisory professor for private companies including Naver, CJ Logistics, KOTRA, Hyundai Steel, and Homeplus, and has held roles such as a member of the Logistics Policy Committee of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and a logistics subcommittee member of the National Mobility Innovation Forum.
Since 2020, he has been leading the 4th Phase BK21 project team supported by the Ministry of Education under the theme ""Cross-border e-commerce and logistics innovation with artificial intelligence and digital platform.""

Higher Education

Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL, Ph.D. in Chemical Oceanography, 1992–1996, Thesis advisor: Professor Frank J. Millero.
Thesis title: Studies of the carbonate system in the oceans, 253 pp.

Univ. of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, M.S. in Chemical Oceanography, 1988–1991, Thesis advisor: Professor William M. Sackett.
Thesis title: The high temperature titration of amorphous silica, 62 pp.

Chungnam National University, Korea, B.S. in Oceanography, 1982–1986.

Employment History

Pohang University and Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea, Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of Divison of Environmental Science and Engineering, 8/1/2001–present.

NOAA/AOML/CIMAS, Miami, FL, Assistant Scientist, October 1998–July 2001.

NOAA/AOML/CIMAS, Miami, FL, Postdoctoral Research Associate, June 1997–September 1998 (Advisor: Dr. Rik Wanninkhof).

Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Chemical Oceanography, September 1996–May 1997 (Advisor: Professor F.J. Millero).

Research Interests (Human footprints in the ocean)

Ocean acidification due to anthropogenic carbon dioxide and its impact on marine ecosystemsThe role of the oceans in absorbing anthropogenic carbon dioxide

Impacts of anthropogenic nitrogen on the marine nitrogen and carbon cycles

Oceanic dimethylsulfide production over the Arctic Ocean and its impacts on aerosol formation

Study of biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nutrients in aquatic environments using tracers

Professional Experiences

Lecture entitled “Impacts of Anthropogenic Nitrogen on Ocean Nitrogen System in the Yellow and East China Seas”, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 9-13, 2019

Plenary lecture entitled “Biological production reduces the net impacts of coastal acidification in the northwestern Pacific Ocean”, SOLAS Open Science Conference, Sapporo, April 21-25, 2019.

Lecture entitled “Rising anthropogenic nitrate levels in the North Pacific Ocean”, Monterey Bay Research Institute, CA, USA, July 19, 2017.

Plenary lecture entitled “Anthropogenic ocean chemistry changes (carbon and nutrients)”, First Korean-American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, Korean Academy of Science and Technology-U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Irvine, CA, USA, August 12–14, 2013.

Plenary lecture entitled “Human footprints in the marginal seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean”, The North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) Science Board Symposium, Hiroshima, October 12–19, 2012

Plenary lecture entitled “Change in ocean carbon chemistry since pre-industrial times”, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group II/I Workshop on Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biology and Ecosystems, Okinawa, Japan, January 17–19, 2011.

Plenary lecture entitled “Excess carbon export following the spring bloom in extratropical oceans: Implications of N2-fixer-mediated carbon export”, Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Open Science Conference, Xiamen, China, March 6–9, 2007.

Visiting Scientist at the Univ. of Washington/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, USA, February 2009–December 2009.

Adjunct Assistant Professor in Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry Division of Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL, USA, 2002–2009.

Session Chair for the 2nd International Symposium of CO2 in the Oceans, Tsukuba, Japan, January 1999.

Chief Scientist for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Ocean 2Atmosphere Carbon Exchange Study (NOAA/OACES) North Atlantic cruise (24 N), January 2–February 24 1998.

Teaching Assistant for undergraduate and graduate chemical oceanography at the University of Miami, 1993–1996.

Research Assistant at the University of South Florida, 1988–1991.

PhD from Cornell University in Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Current) Professor at Inha University Department of Marine Science and Biological Engineering

Current) Director of Gyeonggi Incheon Seagrant Center

Current) Member of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries’ Marine Education and Culture Review Committee

Current) Member of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s Earthquake and Volcano Disaster Prevention Policy Expert Committee

Current) Public Interest Member of Incheon Metropolitan Government’s Offshore Wind Power Public-Private Council

Professor Woo Seung-Buhm has developed services that provide integrated information and create & link marine information resources by converging marine observation databases from the Marine and Fisheries Technology Regional Specialization Project and model-AI prediction databases.
Through a joint research with the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology on improving the accuracy of AI-based ocean predictions, Professor Woo contributed to proving the model’s effectiveness by dramatically improving the accuracy of ocean numerical models based on deep learning.
Through the Coastal Big Data Platform & Center Construction Project jointly carried out with the Incheon Port Authority, he contributed to securing marine-IT technology implementation capability, including maximizing the value of data by standardizing data and controlling its quality as well as creating value through convergence and integration by systematically collecting segmented and dispersed maritime safety data.
Professor Woo secured extensive big data on water temperature, currents, and waves by building a pilot forecast system based on a 3D marine numerical model in the Incheon sea area. He cultivated talent for the industry by leveraging networks with local maritime and port-related organizations and industries.
Professor Woo applied and spread AI technology in the maritime and port sectors by providing AI-IT innovation services through the convergence of coastal information (public sector) and marine industry and maritime safety information (private sector).
He cultivated talent for the industry by leveraging networks with local maritime and port-related organizations and industries.
Professor Woo applied and spread AI technology in the maritime and port sectors by providing AI-IT innovation services through the convergence of coastal information (public sector) and marine industry and maritime safety information (private sector).

Present – President, Busan International Cruise Institute

Present – Secretary-General, ACLN (Asia Cruise Leaders Network)

Present – Editor-in-Chief, Cruise Industry Review (CIR)

Present – Vice President, Cruise Industry Committee, World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) Hills Tourism Summit

Former – Associate Professor, School of Management, Nanjing Jinshen College

Currently serving as the Secretary-General of the Asia Cruise Leaders Network (ACLN), she founded the Busan International Cruise Institute in 2018 to contribute to infrastructure development for the growth and cooperation of the Asian cruise market and to revitalize the Korean cruise industry. She has also held roles such as cruise expert and vice president of organizations in Shanghai, Qingdao, Dalian, Taiwan, Jeju, and Incheon.

Present – Professor, Korea University & Director, AI Convergence Talent Development Program

Present – President, The Korean Society of Intellectual Property Education & Research

Present – President, Smart SCM Research Society & Senior Vice President, The Korean Society of Supply Chain Management

Present – Research Professor, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia

Former – Professor, National University of Singapore & Advisory Professor, PSA"

Lee Chul-Ung completed his undergraduate and master's degrees at Seoul National University's School of Industrial Engineering and obtained his doctorate from Pennsylvania State University. He conducted research on material handling and warehousing in logistics at the University of Waterloo in Canada, and while working as a professor at the National University of Singapore from 2000 to 2005, he conducted research on logistics automation and logistics optimization at PSA Port and Singapore Changi Airport. After he became a professor at Korea University in 2005, he conducted smart port and port automation research with Incheon Port Authority, Busan Newport, Korea Maritime Institute, and Hanjin Group, and provided consulting for and researched smart airport with Incheon International Airport Corporation and Korea Airports Corporation. Professor Lee’s recent research focuses on incorporating artificial intelligence and big data analysis technologies into port automation and smart port research.

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