姚琦伟简介：1987年获得武汉大学统计学博士学位；2002:年至今任The London School of Economics and Political Science统计系教授，系主任；2003至2007年为我系特聘教授；姚教授为Fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics，Elected member of International Statistical Institute。其研究领域为：Nonlinear and linear time series analysis; spatio-temporal modeling and its application; nonparametric regression with dependent data; high-dimensional nonparametric regression; heavy tailed time series analysis and its application in analysing _nancial data; bootstrap with dependent data; change-point problems.

陈嵘简介：1990获得Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.统计博士；1999 - 2007 为 Department of Information and Decision Sciences and Department of Bioengineering, The University of Illinois at Chicago教授；2005 - 2007 Program Director, Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation；2002 – 2005曾任我系教授、系主任。陈教授为Elected Fellow of Institute of Mathematical Statistics (2006)，Elected Fellow of American Statistical Association (2002)，2001 College of Business Administration Alumni Award for Distinguished Research, University of Illinois at Chicago。其研究领域为：onlinear and Multivariate Time Series Analysis；Monte Carlo Methods, Statistical Computing and Bayesian Analysis；Statistical Applications in Economics and Business；Statistical pplications in Bioinformatics