After received his doctoral degree in Civil System Engineering from Kyoto University, Japan in 2000, Dr. Wu joined Institute of Systems Science Research in Kyoto and worked as a consultant in transportation planning and traffic engineering field for Japanese government and municipalities. He was appointed to set up a consultant firm in Beijing, China in 2005 and worked there as General Manager for five years. Now, Dr. Wu serves as the Department Director of Traffic and Transportation Engineering in School of Urban Rail Transportation at Soochow University. His research interests are focused mainly on travel behavior analysis and transportation planning models.