Dr. ding yi, (yiding@shmtu.edu.cn), as a master supervisor in logistics research center, Shanghai maritime university. His research interests include operational optimization of container ports and information systems. He has published over 20 academic papers in this field, such as the interfaces journal paper (informs), and has completed an academic monograph. He has presided over a national natural science foundation project and a number of Shanghai scientific research fund projects. As a project manager, has ten years of experience in large container port information system research and development, research and development of multiple decision support system using smoothly in container port enterprises, is currently involved in yangshan phase iv container terminal automation information system construction and so on related work, relevant results obtained China institute of navigation science and technology progress award, Shanghai science and technology progress third prize, pudong new area of science and technology progress award, etc. Dr. Ding yi has been responsible for and completed many decision-making consulting projects of large port logistics enterprises and governments. He used to hold a temporary post in taixing port management bureau and served as the deputy director of the riverside development office. Currently, he is a visiting professor in the school of information engineering, university of Hamburg.