Summary
Yohan Chang is a transportation data scientist and policy-minded researcher with a PhD in Transportation Engineering and over a decade of experience bridging transportation planning, ITS, and geospatial analytics. He currently serves on South Korea’s Open Government Partnership steering committee and advises the Public-Private Joint Data Council while leading applied research at KRIHS and teaching GIS and coding at Gachon University. His work spans travel demand and traffic modeling, autonomous/connected vehicle simulation, evacuation modeling, and data fusion for urban monitoring, with hands-on experience in VISSIM, DynusT, and machine learning for large-scale mobility datasets. At OECD he managed a geospatial lab workstream focused on integrating heterogeneous data sources for monitoring, reflecting his knack for turning complex, messy data into actionable insights. Colleagues note his rigorous, detail-oriented project delivery and his ability to translate academic research into government and industry practice. Based in Sejong, he combines technical depth with public-sector impact, often operating at the crossroads of transportation engineering, GIS, and policy.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Master of Science - MS, Transportation and Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Transportation and Engineering at Chonnam National University
University of Missouri
English, Korean